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as a day has been fixed for entering at large upon the
consideration of that part of thmsubject—one which, in-
deed, deserves the fullest and most ample attention-1
think that I shall best consult not only my own feelings,
but also the convenience of .the House, by not entertngl
upon that part of the subject at present. But, WTI
when I put that. question aside, on account • of• a time
having been fixed for its consideration, I may be per-
mitted to state, on behalf of myself and my colleagues
(and I am the more anxious to do so with a view of
preventing any misunderstanding or misrepresentation),
I Jo not put the question aside, because I do not sym-
pathise with those who are labouring under the difficul-
ties of the times. Far from it. But I shall, before I
sit down, give the best evidence in my power of my
feeling for the existing distress, by my endeavours in
the discharge of my duty to afford 'all possible re-
lief On the other hand, however, I wish not to be mis-
understood, and that it may not be supposed that, what-
ever difficulties now involve the country, I see any cause
for despondency or for permanent alarm, or any ground
of fear for the stability and the resources of the country.
Without further preface, Sir, I propose to enter upon the
question more immediately before us, and I cannot do so
without, in the first instance, calling the attention of the
House to the state of the revenue and expenditure in the
year which has recently expired. lam anxious to do
this, partly in justification of the statements which I
nave before submitted to Parliament, and because 1
'think that the House will find from a consideration of
the revenue and finances of the country in the past year,
that there is a ground for some 'feeling of satisfaction at
the situation in which I shall show that we at present are.
It will be in the recollection of many Gentlemen present
that, in estimating the revenue for the year 1829, I took
it at an amount considerably less than that of the preced-
ing year. I made allowances for what I conceived would
be the probable defalcation, owing to causes which I then
stated, and which I need not now repeat; but, having
made these allowances. I expressed my confident belief
that the revenue would amount to 51,340,0001. It has
turned out, as will appear from a reference to those papers
which are within the reach of every Gentleman, as being
annually presented to Parliament, that the produce of the
revenue has fallen short of my estimate to the amount of
about 560,0001. And here I may be permitted to observe
that, although this defalcation appears in the amount of
the revenue, a part of that deficiency arises from the appro-
priation of a portion of the Treasury receipts otherwise
than had been intended. I speak of a sum of money ob-
tained by the sale of the City Canals which amounted to
about 130,0001, and which was not applied to the service
of the year, hut was carried to the account of
the Bank of England, in repayment of advances,
and which will, therefore, be found in another part of
the accounts. The real deficiency of the revenue, as-
compared with the estimate which I formed, was some-
where about 430,0001.; and, when the House considers
he peculiar circumstances in which in that interval the
country was placed—when Gentlemen bear in mind the
state of the harvest and the nature of the seasons at that
period—they will see no reason to blame me for the un-
reasonableness or extravagance Qf the estimate which I
formed, or to impute censure to the Government for the
deficiency which has arisen—(Cheers.) That deficiency
' has occurred principally in one article, upon which the
state of the season and the harvest has more influence
than upon any other. I estimated that the produce
on malt would fall short of that of the preceding year
by about 600,000/ , but the real defalcation was
1,000,0001., including a deficiency of 200,0001., upon the
at,icle of beer—making, thus, 400,00014 a sum nearly
equivalent to the difference between the estimated amount
and the extent of the actual falling off. At the same time
it is not fit that I should conceal from the House that there
are other articles upon which in the last year some defi-
ciency arose; but I would guard the House against sup-
posing that such deficiency is attributable altogether to
causes •which would imply a diminution 'of consumption
—in one of the articles, at least. It will appear that on
the article of tea there has been a deficiency of about
130,0001. But it is right it should be understood
that that has by no means occurred owing to any dimi-
nution of consumption. The House must be aware
that the duty on tea was an ad valorem duty. When
the supply reached a certain amount a depreciation in
price took place, which affected the duty proportionably.
There would be no danger of being far from the truth
in taking it to have amounted in the present instance
to about 4/. per cent.; and so far the produce of the
duty Might be said to have fallen off. There are con-
siderable deficiencies also in the duties on other articles
connected with the excise, which will be found to make
in the whole excise a falling off to the amount of
.13,00,000/. I must remind the house that last year I
ventured to predict that the customs would experience,
as I imagined,' a decrease of nearly 200,0001. I
took the customs, in that instance, at 17,000,0001.,
whereas in the collection it. was found to exceed that
sum about 200,0001., making the duties of customs
spount in the whole to 17,200,000/. This sum, it
gives me pleasure to state, I have set against the de-
ficiency in the excise in making the estimates for the'
year. There are other heads of surplus connected with
this department, which I calculate will come in aid of
~ the deficiency alluded to ; so that, notwithstanding the
apparent error in the statement I then made, which the
. house will see from being taken 200,0001. beneath,
and actually proving 200,0001. above the, maul
estimate, would amount to 400,000Z:1' 'these
sums, taken 'together, will make nearly an ex-
'act. balance in the account so fkr. There has been, as
•the. House will perceive, a loss as respects the amount;
of the Customs,• so far as refers to the dales. paid, cat
foreign corn. This' I will endeavour • toosxplein .hy:the
fact that it has generklly been ilkiind tliht the arbor it.
fluctuates ow this head of income 'between the Eacisio
.:Ma the Customs according to the goodness or badness
of)tte harvest. If the calculation 'is to 'be'made on the
..event of a good harvest, we generally And "that the ex-
..cise will be increased. The increase would,• of course,,
be found to take place in the tecelpts of the customs in
the-alternative. If the house were to look at *hat had
*ea Affected by the productiveness of the financial ar-
rangements now in action for some time, it will-toe, I
itsk,
sufficiently consolatory to find that not less a's=
rant 2,499,0001. has •been applied prectically,•ai a sot-
.pins, to the redaction of tile debt. This, it will be
recollected, is not an imaginary surplus; and fur
--
*sr, it.wes agreeable to think • that .theseel reductions
. had been.egocted, and payments einisan • that amount,
independently of the.expenses incallnitally think
. on the country. It will tere be hobvederisose cia.49
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pears that a sum of 4,500,0001. had been converted from
the old fund into the new ; and I have the pleasure to
inform the House, from calculations I have been able to
make, that it would appear that the result of the measure
as to these Annuities will produce, in the course of the
next thirty years, a sum of money applicable to the
relief of the public burdens of not Ices than 2,700,0001.
With this view of our financial operations, I shall turn
from the consideration of the past to the prof nets we have
in contemplation for the relief of the public burdens and
distress in the present yetti.—(Cheers.) And here, Sir,
in my anxiety to determine judiciously on the course which
I am disposid to think it is proper to pursue, I have felt
myself in some, and not a little difficulty, to frame my
calculations with accuracy, from circumstances which I
shall explain, and which have not been enhanced slightly
from the cirsumstance of the extreme and unusually early
period of the Session at which it has been considered ad-
visable by his Majesty's Ministers to submit the financial
statement of the country, usually called the Budget,' to the
adoption or rejection of Parliament. —(Hear.) And if, hs
making this statement, I should, through such circles-
stances and such difficulties, be discovered to have over-
estimated any items, or made any mistakes natural enough
in the situation in which I find myself placed, I trust the
House and Hon. Members who may follow me in debate
will attribute those errors, if they exist, to any thing
but an over-eager desire to draw a flattering picture of
our financial affairs—much less an attempt to form a
wrong estimate of the state of the country—and accord
to me that indulgence which they have so often afforded
before to other persons in my situation.—The Speech
from the throne has, for weeks past, informed the coun-
try and the House of the state of distress and difficulty
in which certain classes, principally the working orders in
agricultural and manufacturing districts, were, and had
been for some time previously engaged. Those symptoms
of distress, and the complaints made thereupon, have, I
beg to assure the House, been present to the minds of his
Majesty's Ministers ever since the meeting of Parliament.
They have not slumbered, nor, if they were so disposed,
could they, under the continued applications which have
been poured into the Legislature on the subject of that
distress. To those applications I hold it to be
the duty of Government to pay the most attentive and
prompt regard and consideration. The natural result of
these applications has been what might have been ex-
pected from persons in their unhappy situation, that they
have very generally called on his Majesty's Government,
or rather the Legislature, by their prayers, to afford in
these times, when all who are engaged in the lower de-
partments of agricultural and manufacturing labour feel
the pressure of taxation so peculiarly, an exemption from
that proportion of it which they conceive presses on its
energy and labour. In compliance with these representa-
tions, I can assure the House the most laborious investi-
gation and inquiry have been instituted by his Majesty's
Government, with a view to ascertain the extent of the
distress, and the proper mode of administering relief, and
lighten the burdens under which they, we are aware,• at
present labour.—(Hear.) It may be said by some (who
from this and other acts of Government may yet learn
better), that persons in my situation are too prone to sup-
port, despite of numerous representations to the con-
trary, the usual scale of the taxes for the year, on a pre-
cedent of the past, and resisting all proposals to disturb the
existing order of our finances. I assure the House that the
inference, however general, is, as respects myself, without
foundation. Yet it is always necessary in such cases, that
the necessity for such reduction of taxation should be dis-
tinctly and satisfactorily made out, to warrant any one in
my situation to offer to Parliament measures such as I feel
authorised in proposing to Parliament. There are a few in-
telligent persona, who take the trouble to examine the nu-
merous documents, papers, and accounts laid by Govern
-
meet on your table, who may be presumed to be nearly
as well acquainted with our.financial condition as the mem-
bers of Government themselves. this simplified the work
of explanation ; I shall therefore succinctly remark that, in
attempting this desirable object, we had the choice of re-
scuffing to two courses--the first was, to make the re-
lief applicable to the greatest extent, and consistent
with its object ; the second was, to effect the relief
by imposing new taxes on those who were suffering the
lesser privations and distress, in order to procure a fund
for the relief of those who were enduring greater.
I Amongst other suggestions, the enactment of a tax on
property, which should only touch the higher order of
annuitants on funds, lands, or professions, was pro-
posed. Another was, to relieve the country from the
other taxes, which it was stated pre'ssed so heavily on
different branches of its industry. These and some others
all obtained the fullest possible attention from myself
and those with whom I have the honour to act in the
Government, and we endeavoured to ascertain with
precision what were the advantages which might re-
sult on the one, and what the disadvantages which
might result on the other, from their adoption, prior
to forming any decision as to the course of conduct
we ought to pursue. Taking the practicability of af-
fording relief especially into the scale, we were of opi-
nion that the most advisable course to pursue would be to
recur to that first principle of relief, founded on the di-
rect reduction of taxes oppressive to industry, rather
than put that on the shoulders of others which it appeared
some were desirous of throwing off from their own. Its
considering what mode we should adopt, we did not lose
sight of. the fact that it was particularly desirable the
class of reduction of taxes which we should attempt
should be that which was most calculated to give relief
to the lower orders of agriculturists and manufacturers,
in which class it was admitted the greatest distress aed
embarrassment existed.—(Loud cheers.) The cheers of
the House assure me of what I have long been convinced,"
that there is always a most Haire sympathy *jive in
breasts of Menibers of this House whenever the au/far.-,
legs of the lower orders are a subject of its deliberations,
,and that any thing which tends to their relief will •be
esteemed a favour by a British House of Commons.
--(bear,) Another object, in my mind extremely de-
sirable, was to apply the principle of the reduction in
;hat manner which gave the greatest chance of effecting
the relief to the people, and yet threatened least lois to
the treasury. The degree.of the pressure felt, and the
influence of the remedy on the amount of regular re-
sources in the way* revenue, • were to be taken, of
course, into consideration. Taking these two princi-
ples into our consideration, it appeared on the whole
that the tax on beer (loud cheers) was that the remission
of WhiCh would be.tpost sensibly and' gratefully felt by
the classes ailudeil to. Beer has latterly become the
luxury of. Abe whole industrious world, wherever it
'la in their reach, and it should form the beverage of tie
table of every working manufacturer and labourer In
husbandry. (Hear.) It shall be my object to restore
it to general use, end I. entgrtain sanguine .hopes, thee
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every fourpence halfpenny paid by the consumer to the
publican ; I beg pardon, to three farthings the pot of
beer. In the ordinary consumption of a family it will
be easily seen how very unequally this tax is collected
from the different classes who use it, and how much, of
course, an industrious working family would be a gainer,
in the event of the duty being taken off, and placed in
that situation in which I should wish to see all our labour-
ing and manufacturing classes placed, as respects the
use of this national beverage. But the consequence of the
tax ou beer is, like all taxes of its kind, that it inflicts
many injuries besides the tax on the individuals who
have reason to complain. One consequence is that
it operates in the nature of a restriction. One may
not brew beer of a certain strength, another class
may not vary the strength of beer, and all this under
heavy penalties. The amount, too, of the duty is
not all,—its collection is harsh, severe, and incon-
venient.—(Hear, hear.) It is difficult to estimate
the extent, with precision, of the taxation incidentally
entailed on the public by this system of taxation, but I
am net afraid to take it at full one-third of the whole
duty payable to the necessities of the State. If we do,
then, repeal the whole of that tax, we calculate, by tak-
ing off a duty amounting, in actual revenue to the State,
to no more than 3,000,0001., it will effect a relief to the
public, directly and indirectly, to an amount little short
of 4,500,0001. a-year.—(Loud cheers.) In adopting the
reduction of the beer duty, there were three courses which
we might adopt. The first, and that which I propose to
adopt, was the reduction of the whole duty on beer. The
second, to repeal the duty on malt wholly. The third,
winch was the effect of compromise between two great in-
terests, to reduce the duties on malt and on beer one half.
I have preferred, for many reasons, the first—(loud cheers
for some time), and that, upon the fullest conviction that
in doing so I shall relieve more effectually than by any
.other course of repeal of taxation that class which I am
most anxious to assist and liberate from difficulty and dis-
tress; whilst, at the same time, I am satisfied that I
thereby shall confer upon another class a very important
benefit. In this country the man who is sufficiently opu-
lent to buy materials in the gross, and the preparatory
implenients used in brewing, may brew and drink his
beer at a price infinitely below the man whose laborious
exertions call most loudly for this strengthening and in-
vigorating sustenance at his hard work. In taking off
the whole duties on beer, I take away at once the whole
of that interference on the part of the Legislature with
an almost necessary of life—all that system built on re-
strictions as to strength and qualities, and got rid totall y
of one part of the establishment created and kept up,
with its complicated machinery, for the collection of
a revenue long become.eminently unpopular and
prejudicial in its effects to public moral.—(Loud
cheers.) The tax on London beer alone amounts
to one million sterling annually to Government ;
but the consumers it effecs, I may, I think, assert it
without fear of contradiction, to the extent of three times
that amount. This is the best argument I can offer to
those who contend for the reduction of the duty on malt.
Can there be a doubt that beer will be cousumed in so
increased a ratio that ample relief will be afforded thereby
to the grower of malt, who only now repines at the want
of consumption of the article he grows and manufac-
tures?--(Hear.) Who can doubt that his great object
is the increased consumption of malt? Increase of de-
mand of an article like malt grows with the reduction of
the price of the article in which it is an ingredient. The
relief to the agriculturist is likely to he affected more
safely by that mode, which also relieves the lower orders
from oppressive taxation, rather than give the grower a
direct advantage in the market. As I consider all the
advantages I contemplate likely to turn and be dependent
on the free sale of beer, from all I see and learn from
the evidence and the reports before the Commis-
sioners of both Houses of Parliament, I have .come. to
the conclusion that the greatest advantages will be de-
rived in this instance from throwing the whole trade in
beer open.—(Loud and repeated cheers.) At present it
is true that we have, and so has the public, some
.security for the genuine character of this beverage in
the well-known vigilance of the Excise. In granting.
individuals a monopoly of ale, you may make previewer
for its being unconipounded with deleterious ingre-
dients ; but-if you keep up the monopoly of manufacture
and open the trade, nothing but mischief and tamper-
ing with the liquor will be the result. But let that
best of all rules in these cases be adopted—open the
trade, and abolish the monopoly ; and let the man who
drugs, the liquor beware of the competition which will
soon rob him of all his customers. The time which I
have tboughi it proper this repeal shall take place 1 have
.fixed for the 10th of October.—(Here &slight low mur-
mur was heard, and cries of " Order t") I shall shortly
explain my reason for postponing it till that day; and is
simply, that it would be very inconvenient, in the first
place, to attempt it until the 10th of October, which, be-
ing the day for issuing the beer licenses, both the mea-
sures of withdrawing the licenses in future and the repeal
of the duty on beer will be brought into action simulta-
neously. Next, I take into consideration—and that 1
think no small one—when it is considered how enormous
a property is.involved in beer already brewed, the almost
certain effect in depreciating the large stocks on the hands
of our greater brewers, who should have some time al-
lowed them to dispose of a stock on which it is almost
impossible they will not incur great loss if• they do not
manage prudently. It is true, we might grant them a
repayment of the duty ; but the House is too well aware,
by bitter experience, how frequently arrangements of
this kind have proved that the calculations on the amount
of the stock•on hand have been falsified by the result..
"Mid claims have grinep on the Treasury in consequence
;lit an .enormetur disproportion to that which was con•
teraplated.—(Laughing end cheering.) 'Then, again,
Hop. Members will see that, though she tax is not re-
pealed immediately, the indirect operation of its being
known such a reduction is determined on, at an approach-
ing day, will have the indirect effect and operation.of creel-
ag a fall in thit prig ofheer, immediately from the pass-
ing of, our resolution in this House. The manufaothrer
himself will be found to anticipate tho greater demand likely
to arise from the reduction pf the duty, and the same benefi-
cial consequences will result to the public. Amongst other
improvements in our fiscal cede, Leentemplate. another,
which I think.. will he, though comparatively trifling,
highlyacceptabletp certain Hon. Meinbers in that House,
whp bees elifie,tirgued for or supported by their vote he re-
duction-ssl mean the tax on cider, which it is intended en-
tirely to repeal.-s-(Loud cheers.) Its amount was certainly
inconsiderable, not being above rpm 26.0001. t 640,000/.. a
year, and its col/sedge hue been marked,in sores ineletwee;
by-ditliculties to t,be,eollegtor, and. oczasionel Woe*
to the oulsject, in determining shut dating= pays* isp,.
or what really was bona-fide cider (or sale or paler irtleri,
eider brewed from the growers! fruit or from. pureltsepi
at' from fruit picked. up •on the ground. All diem'
tiohs, which only teed to the perplesit7 and liti-
prosfedoge, or what operated as isisngatious to
, itas .prgposte4 as blew • to. raped for ever,
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beer in other districts. There is another bead on which
I intend to propose the abolition of a tax often enough
the subject of remonstrance and appeal withih these
walls—l mean the repeal of the tax on •leather.—(Loud
cheers.) This is the more necessary, because a great
part of the pressure of this tax arises from the re-
strictions which a continnance of any part of the tax
would occasion. These restrictions and distinctions
we shall now get rid of altogether. I believe, there-
fore, I do not overstate the amount of overcharge which
these restrictions impose upon the country when I esti-
mate them at not equal to, but double the amount of the
tax upon leather itself. (Hear, hear.) And now, Sir,
with respect to the mode in which it is proposed to
make this reduction. It had been asked over and over
again, and always, I think, with great justice, " what
benefit has the partial reduction of the leather tax, which
has already taken place, conferred upon the public ?"
Why assuredly none, and that is the reason why I pro-
pose to reduce the tax altogether. We found out
that it would not do to remit a tax by halves (cheers),
for, as was found in the case of the leather tax, to which
I have been adverting, the restrictions attaching to the
trade, by the portion of tax still retained, so much neu-
tralised any benefit which the public might have derived
from the partial remission (important though that was to
the revenue, being half of the whole amount of the tax),
that to the consumer it worked a reduction, as compared
with the mass of charge, insignificant in amount, and al-
most insensible.—(Hear, hear.) And here I would stop
for one moment, to call the attention of the Committee
to the motives which influenced Government in the adop-
tion of this mode of reduction. In getting rid of the
whole duty upon leather, Government may, I think,
take credit to themselves for their disinterestedness, for
they have done away with all the patronage, which might
be continued by suffering the smallest portion of the im-
post to remain, and which used to be urged against former
Governments in the way of reproach.—(Cheers.) I
therefore propose to reduce the whole of the leather duty
from the sth of July; and my reason for prolonging it
to that period is that which I have already stated' in rela-
tion to the other tax, which is to be prolonged to October.
The whole amount, then, of the taxes which I propose to
reduce, will be this :

Beer
Leather 340,000
Cider 50.000

Total reduced ../.3,390.000

And, Sir, when I call your attention to the extent of relief
which has been thus given to the public, I am not, I think,
visionary in calculating that its substantial operation will
be, at the least, as beneficial as its nominal amount. In-
deed, when I say that it will greatly exceed that amount in
practice, I do not overstate the matter; for, when the 'A-
blation of the House has been fully called to those other
considerations which I shall take the liberty of submitting
to it, I think we may say we have relieved the people to the
amount of fully s,ooo,oool.—(Cheers.) And it is no un-
important part of the consideration that this relief has
not been bestowed in an unprofitable and thoughtless
way. We have not set about diminishing the public
burdens by merely throwing reduction indiscriminately
amongst the people ; ministering to prodigality, or tak-
ing off those burdens which pressed upon the rich alone,
but that it is a boon to all classes—(Cheers) ; a boon to
the industrious and the poor, prudently applied so as to
elate the resources of the country, agricultural and
manufacturing, and giving relief to those classes who most
want it, and are therefore the more entitled to it—
(Chests.) The operation of these reductions coming so
lees in the year, will of course, affect this year's revenue
' but partially. The sum which calculate we shall lose this
year by the loss of the beer duty will be 750,0001, taking
the probable produce of the last quarter of. the year by
the proceeds of the other quarters. At the same
time I doubt whether, in making this estimate, I have
• taken a fair criterion to myself, for I am aware that,
in the quarter immediately before the coming into play
of the reduction, there must be of necessity a dimin-
ished activity in the trade ; but, unless I miscalculate
very much, the. relief given in other respects will have
given such a stimulus to the trade of the country as
will make up the deficiency.—(Hear, hear.) I there-
fore calculate the losing upon this particular at 750,0001.
only; and by the same process of calculation I take
the falling off in the leather tax at 210,0001. mak-
ing together about 960,000/., which we have to pro-
vide for. Having, then, stated to the Committee the
reductions which, after the most mature consideration,
his Majesty's Government think most conducive to the
interests of, and most likely to give relief to, the
most distressed classes of the country, I now come
to lay before the House the modes in which we pro-
pose to make good these deficiencies.—(Hear, hear.),
' I am aware that, when I come to state these, i
shall be exposed to the charge of overstepping the
bounds of prudence, and of trusting too much to future
good fortune ; but, if the Committee will bear with me fu:
a short time, I think I shall be able to show that the anti-
cipations which I have formed are not altogether vision-
ary, and I hope certainly not illusive—(Cheers.) I am
now about to state to the Committee the probable amount
of the different heads of public income that we may see
how far, from the capability of meeting the public exi
gencies, we have been warranted in making the reduc-
tions which I have already stated, or whether we ought
net to go further, and make more. I hope I shall not.
overstate their produce—l shall certainly not understate
It; and, if I do commit an error, in the first respect, I
may, perhaps, claim indulgence for a determination.to
take any possible advantage in order to affordrolief to
.the country itederpreseat ciremnstances.—(Hear.) The
first item to which, in stating the public accounts, it is
usual to 'nude, is that of customs. Looking, then, ,
at this head of. income, I propose to take it at the
amount of last year ; and I do so because, from the
best consideration which I can give the sultject, sod from
the reports which I have had of the stock of goads in
hand at the present moment as compared with the stock
in hand at the same time last rear ;—looking, I say, at
the diminution which bat, taken place in a majority of
the erticles. I believe that for the period to come this
rear there will be an importation and demand for those
articles not inferior to what it was before. And in this
estimate I make allowance for a very considerable ex-
pense to the establishment which will ba saved, and,
therefore, if under all these circumstances I estimate an
inertia's in the Customs of next year of 60,0001. as
compared with this, I do not overstate the case, tied 1
therefore think may fairly calculate on that rem
in aid of any deficiency which may occur in other
departmlints. Added to this will be 'also a con-
liderable stun falling in
,by the termination of cat-
tail) bounties, which I calculate at at 50,0001. Takiotr,
• dame several items,' as well as considering
theudleet-of 'the, transfer of' one Stock to *mother,
11 thl4 do not state the ' account improperly when
krstiluetn..this bait! of income at 1,7,200,000/. Wit h
ft •pbe.‘ tit the' excise, I de not propose to take it as
the estimate of last, year, -and I will explain al reasons.
Had. I yolked to the reports f many permans 'nod con-
-",,* with thii iulsjese, tuurtherefore of great auldiG"

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828,• Parliament sanctioned •a propeaiden -*lade tsy rite it -ail API War ba.goadnciro •to the health aa Coal; ea
x changing the Oneernmeutireranment qtanstittes 'hen tort of ill l' that clam, but be raddittive of-time best fru
mautties.forlites or Annuities thes Sulu of yekus...... moral effect ie' reducing 'them . to 'habits ' tt•-• inks din
lines t =ado iha4tapoilion,...iafria. set Wooed. froni IrpdObriet„.witere.:thee, liatns4,ihays untertenately gio
lb ntannecia *Who* Naked; and 4Ahar air- bripi.li*Wpoted II alWlea -to ihich I shall pre- lie
milaimeigslie , e..tedr egkelmt ascoMistV to p., . ' 'aillida., (1,114. liftalk ter .ay caw of the heaviest aim
hie !spikiejto,. ' • *editisdipalbeA7dinle. ‘4... ';- : „,thf.„lTApillt4 lii duty but of lii4
• - ilr• ti . iiveiki !At 41:toii•iile lie'eft.,*4;ll •.1• . . , . '':
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the amount of regular re- Mal consequences will result to the public. Amongst other articles not inferior to what it was before. Ami in pie
,nue, . were to be taken, of improvements in our fiscal cedes I .mintemplate• another, estimate I mate allowance for a very considerable ex-
Taking these two prinel- which I think••will be, thOugli comparatively trifling, pease to the establishment which will b 3 saved, and.
it appeared on the whole highltscrePiableto certain Hon: Mentbers in that House, therefore, if under all these circumstances I estimate as
rem) was that the remission why have eilSeArgued for or supported by their vote its re- increase in the Customs of next year of 60,0001. as
ably and' gratefully felt by duction-rTI mean the tax on cider, which it is intended en- compared with this, I do not overstate the case, Mal I
T has latterly become the tirely to repeal.-(Loud cheers.) Its amount was certainly .therefore think may fairly calculate on that sem
istrious world, wherever it inconsiderable, not be)ng above f10m25,0001.t640p000/..a in aid of any delicisucy which may occur in other
Id form the beverage of tie ydar, and its celhictiop hie been marked,in sores intiteneas; departmbnts. Added to this will be also a con-
anufacturer and labourer in brdiliiirultift to ihe,Polleetor, and. occasional oppression siderablo stun falling in
,by the termination of am -
utll be my object to restore -to tho oultieet, in determining Shut dutrirro payable on, tain bounties, which I *calculate at at 50,0001. Tnkintr,
ertain sanguine ..hopes that or what sully was bona fide cider for sale or hot for rde— .themfore, • these several item's;
as well as consideriu
iro •to the health anti, coat- eider brewed from the 'growers fruit or from. purchased the effect •of the, transfer of. one Stock to another,
tie •prioduttiVe of-the .best fruit, of from fruit Picked- up -on the graied. AU these. I think I. do not state the ;account improperly when
• them to -habits *ef-' cease diethietioas, which only lead to the perplexity and liti- eatinatio.,this head of income at 1.7,200,000/. WILli
vatist‘haya unfartimptely ' 411 P • rocteedipge, or what
,orrated as Instiga tlOoa to res.• PeciA tq ;hi eici • e,• I 44 not propose to take it .at
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aea which I shall OW. ..Fraugl, 'it .is .pr 91101104 NW blew • Co. ming for ever, the estimate of last. year, -and I will explain my reasonai-
a dearetvs ears' of the heaviest aid place the cider tountiaa op -the fame footing, as ,to. Had, I tinged
,to the :sports pf many persons most con-
**, rellrtd. duty bat of Ilieiressifirti in this feeourite beverage, as the drinkers isriant wits thii tualtherefore of greet
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