Star.
London, England, 1824-03-03 00:00:00

tingt/pistobation, h 4 did tSet caletSl tie on the improve-
ment of the gevenue,
.whiCh mutt arise from the ap-
plication of real commercial principles, and from the.
remission of taxes which had already taken place. He
did not hesitate to allow that thereduction of taxes was
in itself a,positive good, hut hp,fele corifident that no
man who looked at she subject with an eye of practical
experience would gay that the oieasuroproposed by the
llon.Gentleman (Mr. Hoblionse) was, under all the cir-
cumstances, the most eligible. The Him. Gentleman
agreed that the antici,rated increase of Revenue from
the taxes proposedto.be repealed this year, would jilt-
tify the House in m rk..0,,,r a further reduction in the As-
sessed Taxes. He (the -Chancell.t Eychequer)
felt no doubt in his own mind that.the effect of •repeal-
ing the taxes proposed now naturally, and even neces-
sarily, be to improve the Revenue in the cow se of time,
but he would not say that the improvement.mnst take
place within a limited, period. Let it not, howe,ver, be
understood by the House, that when he b: ought for-
ward his statement on the finances.of the cuuntry, he
was so preposterous as to argae,p)itat their Revenue was
not to increase in•four years, or their expenditure to
diminish, and that therefore no further reduction could,
be expected within that time (Hear, -hear,
shear).
These were by no means, his views or anticipations,.
quite the contrary ; but he abstained from throwing.
out any such stivestion, for it appeared to him that
nothing was so improper as to entploy language which
might posSibly lead the House or the country into an
error. The Honourable Gentleman (Mr. 1-10httotw.)
mistook the nature of that surplus,, which enabled him
to temit taxes in the present year. He seemed to think
it arose pal tly from -the repayment of the Austrian
Loan. In reference to the taxes.to be remitted, it was

not at 411 taken into concideration. It was quite clear that
it Must have bert added to the surplus Revenue, as it
was not to be employed in meeting any part of the
usual expenditure of the country. The manner it. which
it was proposed to dispose of it he had before stated to
the House. Having
.said this, much in reference to
what bait) fallen from the Honourable Gentleman (Mr
Hobhouse), he might as well take the present opportu-
nity of adverting to a subject of very considerable im-
portance, which had been touched upon by the Member
for Midhurst (Mr. J. Mdnck) upon a former occasion.
The subject to which he alluded was the Duty on Law
Proceedings. He never was insensible to the'evils arising
from those duties---(Hearj. Ile did not mean to say
that when he formed his financial statement, he was so
strongly impressed with the. evils which do, and must
result from the Operation of duties of this nature, as he
afterWardswas. It was a fault, he admitted, that the
repeal of those duties did not enter into the plan which
he had laid before the House. ' He was now, however,
so deeply impressed with the infinite. evils(tbat.svi,r.)
he thought was not too strong)--(Hear)—which arose
front thoie'duties, that he had endeavonred, by all the
'mean's 'in his power, to find a:Wiaa:by which they might
liereduced—(Hear, hear.) Alitlit was with the greatest
possible satisfaction he could how state to the House,,
that thwe duties might be redoced, and that too, with-,
out in the sli;-htest 'degree. infringing on the. financial
calculation:Which he had 'already laid. before Parlia,
Mein—At/eat, hear).. He_knew, that by 'this statement,
he exposed himself to the reproach of not having con.
sidered the subject sooner—(Hear, hear, from► both sides
of the House). He was extreotely.happy to find that
'this Was not the case, and he felt most grateful to the
House fur the manner in Which it had received his
marion—(Load cheers). He repeatted, that these taxes
oa law proceedings were productive of infinite evil, and
that was no exaggerated representationof the effect. They
were nearly a century old, but this was no argument in
their favour. The only argument he ever heard in sit pport
of their continuance was that they prevented litigation.
This he doubted ; but whatever glad they might pro-
duce was ten thmisand times less than the evil, if they
were the occasion of depriving one single man in the
country of justice—(Hear,. hear.)--Before stating to
the House how hi; meant to affect this object, he should
!first mention, that on iaijitiey into the subject, he was.
rather surprised to find that in fact those doties did net
exceed 180,0001. in England, and about . 20,0001. in
'lreland. Supposing these taxes to be taken off, all they
Nwi old have to meet was a'deficiency of 200,6001. There',
were two ways of doing thisfiist, by finding other
resources, or secondly, by a reduction of expense. He.
was not going *to. propose any other tax as a substitute:
But in the calculation he made, in.a former statement,,
of the revenue likely to be received, he omitted to ad-
vert to a growing branch of ittre meant the Crown,.
lands. The administration of them was under a pal
calar department, devoted exclusively to the purpose,
and their product since the arrangement of the Civil
List was, as the House knew,_ applicable to the revenue,:
and was assigned over to the Public. Many objects of,
great importance, such as the pregervation of the Royal
Forests, and the supply of timber 'for the Royal Nayy,
were connected with it. From the improvements, par=
ticularly in London, the produce of the 'Crown lands
had Considerably increased ; but that increase had
hitherto beenpore' than absorbed' by the expense attend-
ing the formation of the new street, under the Act of
Parliament. All the surplus produce had been devoted
to that object; 500,000/. having been borrowed at an in-
terest of Five per Cent. which had since been .reduced to
Four per Cent. These expenses had, however, ceased;
and the Revenue would now be availeable for public par-
poses.For some years thi,, branch of Revenue had returned
very little to the Exchiquer. The only sum he believed
*as about 0001. or 10004 from some alum mines in
Yorkshire. On liaikinganinutely into the accounts, he
found that in 1825 a considerable sum would be paid
into the Exchequer, which wool) go on increasing up to
1827, when it would be no less than 100,0001. 'This,
the House must see, would beaufficient to make up for
half the amount of the tax proposed to be repealed. The
other half he proposed to make up from savingsto,arise
•in consequence of regulations now in progress fora Mote
economical collection of' the re: enue( Hear.) He was
authorised to say, that from the improved. mode of col-
lection recommended by the Commissioners, an addition
of 100,0001. to the inconte-of the country would be made.
lehis statement on a former night, he assumed no more
than an increase of .50,0001. on the collection of the Cus-
toms. fie war now happy to infoian the .House that a
saving of 100,000/. might be
.contideri4y anticipated
from that source. It gave himithe greatest satisfaction
that this sum Might be applied to so desiratile an,object,
without infringing on Of df the pytneiples,99 which it
was proposed to :itt—( Hear.), It was not necessarxtflar
him to follow the Honoui able ,It
for ,Wes*pn?ter
all those oojections %Ouch he made to the. aßplica-
Lion of a part of the surplus to the liaildino.pf Churches.
The Hopourable Member made one very adpis-
sion. He said. he wOuld not . object
,to ...the:eseetion of
new Churches, if 4.necissity. fp! titscould
.staeaat!.7-r
Nothing could be More lair than this. If the necessity

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