The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-15 00:00:00

RURAL POLICE.

An HON. MEMBER. wished to ask the Right Hon.
Baronet, the Secretary of State for the Home Department,
whether it was his intention to bring in a Bill for the
further regulation of the rural police ?
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said it was not the intention
of her Majesty's Government to bring in any Bill, either
to repeal, vary, or alter the Rural Police Bill, but it was
the intention of her Majesty's Ministers to bring in a Bill
for the better regulation of parish constables.
CORN IMPORTATION DUTIES.

Lord WORSLEY wished to ask the Right Hon. Ba-
rmet, the First Lord of the Treasury, what amount of
revenue he expected would be obtained from the corn
importation duties?
Sir R. PEEL was understood to decline answering the
question for the present. They would enter into the
whole subject on Friday next.

THE INCOME TAX.
Mr. C. BULLER wished to put a question to the
Right Honourable Baronet at the head of her Ma-
jesty's Governinent, which appeared to him to be ofcon-
siderable importance with respect to the House and their
constituents, upon the subject of the Right Hon. Gentle-
man's proposal of an income tax. The Right Hon.
Gentleman had mentioned the subject for the first time
on Friday last ; and on Friday next he meant, as he had
stated, to take the opinion of the House upon the reso •
lirtion for the adoption of that tax. Now, as the subject
was of that kind which would render it desirable that
the opinion of the country with regard to it
should be known before the House came to any decision,
he wished to ask the Right Hon. the Speaker, whether,'
according to the forms of the House, it would be possible
if the House should agree in the first stage to
adopt the Right Hon. Baronet's resolution, it would be
possible afterwards to receive any petition from the
people against the adoption of the tax ?
The SI'EAKER, in reply to the question of the Hon.
and Learned Gentleman, said that it was 'against the
rule.; of the House that any petition should be received
against any tax which had come under the consideration
of the House ; and therefore, after the Right Hon.
Baronet had proposed his resolution, it would be impos-
sible to receive any resolution against the tax in question.
EXCHEQUER BILLS FRAUD BILL.

Lord J. RUSSELL wished to put a question to the
Right Honourable Gentleman, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, respecting the time at which he in-
tended to bring on thei discussion of the Exchequer
Frauds Bill. It was desirable that the subject
should be considered in a full House, and not at any
late period of the evening. He wished to know whether
the Right Honourable Gentleman meant to bring for-
ward the Bill to-night, and, if so; whether he meant it
should take precedence of other business ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said it was his intention to suggest that the House
should go into Committee that evening. He
would take care that the Bill should be
immediately printed ; and in the bringing up of
the Report to-morrow, he would propose that the dis-
cussion should take place upon any part of the Bill upon
which discussion might be thought necessary. But in
the amendments he had introduced into the Bill he had
endeavoured to obviate all, or at least many, of the ob-
jections which had been urged against it on its first in-
troduction. He was desirous that the House should
go into Committee upon -the Bill immediately before
proceeding to the other Orders of the Day.
THE INCOME TAX.

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Mr. C. BULLER would put it to the Right Hon.
Baronet at the head of the Government, whether, after
the statement which had been made from the Chair, he
was still determined on proceeding with his pro-
posal of a property tax on Friday next. He
would put it to him, whether it was not desirable
that some more time should be given to the country for
expressing its opinion upon a matter of the kind ?
Sir R. PEEL said it has his intention to proceed with
the resolution on Friday next.--(Loud cries of " Hear,
hear," from the Ministerial benches.)
THE EXCHEQUER BILLS FRAUD.
Lord RUSSELL said that it appeared to him that
the course which the Right Honourable Gentleman, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, proposed to take upon this
Bill would be an inconvenient one; because if he were to
take the decision upon the Bill to-morrow, there would
be the same objection to his taking such a step as on this
evening, inasmuch as there were other motions on the
raper for to-morrow which would occupy their time till
a very late hour. He thought it would be better that
the Right Hon. Gentleman should appoint the discu'ssion
for an early hour some other evening.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that he would have the Bill printed on to-morrow ; and
he would in the evening name the day he should think
most convenient for its discussion.
SPANISH DIPLOMACY.

Mr. SHIEL wished to put a question to the Right
Honourable Baronet at the head/a the Government,
relative to certain events which had lately taken
place in Spain. In order to make the question intelli-
gible, he would offer a few introductory observations.
It was notorious that the French Government had sent
M. Salvandy to Spain with the intention that he
should deliver his credentials to the Spanish Queen,
The Spanish Government had unanimously come to a