The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-03 00:00:00

FRIDAY, APRIL 29.

Petitions were presented on a variety of subjects.
THE KOSSUTH AFFAIR.—In reply to inquiries by Sir
Joshua Walmsley, as to the result of the legal investiga-
tion into the seizure of warlike stores at Rotherhithe, and
to the employment of the police to watch the residence of
M. Kossuth or other political refugees,—Lord PALMER-
szoN said, the house was aware that one of the proceed-
ings before the police-court had closed, and that the
magistrates had thought the other matter ought to be
inquired into before another tribunal. With re.
spect to the second question, it was the duty
of the police to watch the proceedings of English
men or foreigners suspected, rightly or wrongly, of mu.

templating a breach of the law, and neither M. Kossuth
nor any other political refugee could be exempted froul
the ordinary precautions.— Mr. BRIGHT complained
that Lord Palmerston abstained purposely from Whig
anything that could lead the public to feel that there was
no evidence against M. Kossuth. He asked whether the
Home-office had instigated the proceedings, and whether
there was any evidence to show any connexion betweell
Kossuth and the making of the warlike stores.-14°T.„
PALMERSTON, with some degree of warmth, expressed 111:
extreme surprise at the ignorance evinced by Mr. Bright
of the constitutional principles which ought to govern 0
minister of the crown, and every member of that base'
in taking him to task for not choosing to answer a cluse;
tion which no man had a right to put to him, and whiff
it would be contrary to his duty to answer, as to the effect
of a judicial inquiry now pending. To the questioe
whether the proceedings were authorized or directed
him, he answered that they were. It was the duty of the
Secretary of State, if he had reason to think that refugees'
who while in this country were free as the air the,
breathed, abused its hospitality, to take steps to 01:41
information, and to punish any man who offended the
law, whether Englishman or foreigner.
THE BUDGET.
The adjourned debate was resumed by Mr. Moon-Sit
who contended that the measure, as applied to Irelands
must be justified upon one of two separate and distine:
grounds—either that Ireland was not sufficiently Weal
or that she would not be more taxed under the budget
than at present; and neither had been or could he
established. But, whatever became of the budget,ll
was save there would be a universal feeling on the Pert
of the committee that it ought to be pruned at lost e'
one unnatural excrescence which- occasioned a suspicion"'
a bare suspicion only (" but Caesar's wife should be above
her)suspicion”—that there might have been a bargain be:
tween Majesty's government and a portion of tbi'
press—a suspicion which ought to- be removed, for
should not be permitted even to be suspected that TA,
government was capable of trafficking with the press, e`
that the first journal in the empire was a hireling scribe'
Mr. J. MIC-rfsEGOR, COL HARCOURT,Mr. H. HERBERT'—
Kr. C. FOSTER, and Mr. C. URQUHART supported ti
budget, and Mr. C. R. Moacior, Lord A. VANE, it
Lord JOCELYN opposed it.—Mr. CARDWELL said the
question was, whether we were so satisfied with past 0"1
perience of the income tax—upon the happy results,lt
which in effecting financial improvements- he dwelt 07,
much force—that we were willing to make another grett
experiment. Thtinequalities of the assessment had bee;
pressed into the discussion, but no plan had been (life
by which those inequalities could be redressed..--31,„'
HENLEY subjected-the general scheme of the budget wt
a minute critical examination, observing that it did not
hold out any particular charm for the landed interest,
and that the continuance of the income tam for set"
years would, in effect, exempt our whole taxation fro
the constitutional control which parliament had alto 7
exercised over a certain portion of our revenue.—Pr.
CAIRNS spoke against the budget, and the debate eel
adjourned till Monday.