The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-05-10 00:00:00

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unlimited license to newspapers, they ought to support him in
the reduction he contemplated, and in three years he had nd
doubt but that the result would be, that they would have alt
larger revenue derivable from that source than they had at
present. (Hear, hear.) He did not wish to advert to matters
personal to himself; for he was resolved to abide the"hazard of
what he had proposed, confident that it would be deemed rea-
sonable by the houso and would be carried intofull.effect. He
should persevere in his scheme in order to save the revenue, to
defeat the existing Combination against the law,, and to put an
end to vexatious prosecutions. (Hear, hear.) This was ne-
cessary to be done in order to support the fair trader who paid
the stamp duty. If these were not grounds for repealing a
tax, he knew not what grounds could be considered as sufficient;
(hear,) and theiefore it was that he proposed that the duty.
should be reduced from 4d. (minus the discount) to Id. The
amount of loss he had also calculated. He intended that the
reduction should take place from the sth of July. He had con:
suited the parties Whose property was invested, and it was their
opinion that the reduction should take place as speedily as post
sible. He calculated, therefore, upon a loss of revenue upoit
three-quarters of the year, and, as he estimated the loss for a
whole year at £230,000, the loss for this year would be £150,000;
He had no doubt whatever that there would be an enormous in-
crease not only in the number of newspapers and advertise;
meats, but in the paper'duty also. One thing more he would
say. He must and would resist the applications which had treed
made for a reduCtion of the duty on 'lrish newspapers to one
halfpenny. lie was obliged to resist it, for it was not, udder
all the circumstances, feasible. A large reduction was made td
theta as'it was. They claimed to be transmitted, and they had
the right to be so, through all the post-offices in the empire; but,
having the mine privileges, they had had a right to bear the
same burden. He did, however, contemplate a small relief to'
'them, to which, indeed, they were entitled. If they now paid a
stamp duty of 2d, without a discount, and ebtaihed a reduction
of only one-half without a discoUnt, they would not reduce.thsti.
price of their paper one penny without a loss to the atiourit of
the discount. Besides this, they were threatened with. gigs,
British competition, and this to a certain extent ht prepar'l:
He should, however, to counterbalance this, afford em a great
reduction in the duty on advertisements: He had in this,-how-
ever, another object. He Wished to try it partly as an experi-
ment, which, if it should answer his expectatiOns, he might re-
duce to practice in England also, bUt he could pot venture to
try" it upon the larger scale at once. As he had, on a former oe-.
canon, proposed the reduction of the duty on insurenceson
farming stock, and he now proposed to extend-that to farming
buildings. The former had given relief to the farmer to the ex-
tent of f. 30,000, and this would give relief to the extent of
£15,000 additional: There were certain other small taxes, the
repeal of which would give relief to the extent of about Ls:oo°,
which would give "'a total repeal of taxes to the amount of
£351,000 in this year, or £563,000• if theyavere to be taken off
upon the whole of the year. He thought, however, 'the lose
Would got be so great as his estimate made it, for, in proportion
as those reductions came into operation, the increased con-
sumption would greatly redeem the reduction in the amount of
duty. (Hear, hear.) The 'Right Hon. Chancellor, after stat-
ing that he could not reduce the marine insurance duty, that he
intended to repeal the 50 per cent. additional "on spirit licence
duty, and, adveiting to some other matters, concluded by mov-
ing.that " a stini of £8,000,000 he granted for the service of his
majesty."
A lengthened conversation ensued, in which Mr. Hums, Mr.
GOULBOURN, Mr. ROBINSON, Sir ROBERT PEEL, Mr. P.
THOMPSON, and other Members, took part, after which the re-
solution was agreed to. •
The report of the bishopric of Durham bill was agreed to.
.A new writ for Kilkenny was moved for in the room.of
Sullivan, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.
Adjourned.

A DVERT
TO MR. BEAN, EDITOR OF TAE ALBION.
SlR,—it is not for the purpose of affording you any satisfac-
tion, but that I' may put myself right with the public, that I con-
descend to take this notice of the garbled statement which you
have, with yeur accustomed want of truth, published in your
paper of this day.
You admit one thing which is material to me, that you called
my conductt ungentlemanly; you, however, have carefully kept
back the fact that I asked you to recall thafexpression; instead
of doing so you repeated it, and it was then that did: you the
honour to cane you. You called the attentio a female who
was at the back desk to this circurosta by saying, "mark
that." I told you to recollect, and not orget, that you had
been caned. It is true that I did not wish to hurt your person,
and therefore merely hit you on what, is called the seat of ho-
nour, but I found that with you honour is out of the. 'question.
You assert that the foul language was used only by me ; fortu-
likely there were witnesses who will vouch for the feet, that you
Balled me a blackguard before I told you you "'era d—d
craven coward..

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In conclusion I have only to say, that if I receive any fustket
provocation frpm so Contemptible a thing, as yourselkl will
make such an impression on your assinine hide as you will not
readily forget, for I find that, not having a particle of gentle-
manly feeling, this is the only way you can be made to feel the
reeentment of an henourablemind.,—With the tleepest eoutempt
I remain THOS.:TINLEY.
Liverpool, 9th May, 1836.

FLOWER PAINTING.--We -have 'seen tome very beautiful
specimens of flower-painting, by Mr.:Kelly, (who, we perceive,
will make a short stay in Liverpool, as teacher,) auctreeceeinend
them as splendid proofs of what can be done in this department
of the arts. These specimens may be seen at Mr. Lacy's, Boltl
street, and Mr. Bdrland's, Church-street. , • '
COURT OF PAS.SAGII.--.lt is said to be the'intention of go-
vernment to .appoint Mr. Charles Crompton to the office of
Assessor in the Court of Passage orthis borough, in the•room
of the late Mr. Henry Roscoe. The appointment will give
general satisfaction.
BOTANIC GAamtst.--The annual report recommendsthit the'
sum of four thousand pounds shall be borrowed for the purpose'
of completitig the new garden. Tho committee also submitted to',
the meeting some alterations in the existilig,rules. They pro.,
prosed that, in future, proprietors, with their families, eiaopt
sons of twenty-one years of age, be admitted gratuitously to
view the garden ; that they have the power to give tickets for
the admission of strangers on payment of one shilling each;
and that each proprietor be allowed to nominate bne subscriber,
paying a guinea annually, with the privilege of a personal ad-
mission gratis, and to the introduction of a friend on payment
of one shilling. With a view to increase the funds of. the insti-
tution the committee suggested that the plants Should be sold
to any person wishing to purchase them, at prices lobe regulated
by the Visitors, and that in order to secure a more punctual at-
tendance of the visitors, they be entitled taieceiveplantO ortho'
value of five shillings each visit, so long as the total aunt doesl
not exceed £lO in the year.
CORONER FOR Wtosst.-;—The long expected contest for;the
coronership came on at. Wigan, on Saturday last. The candi-
dates were Mr. Itogerson, surgeon ; Mr. Grimshaw, town-clerk;
and- Mr. Leigh, attorney. At the close of the election the num-
Leigh, 13; Grimshaw, 1. The ma-
bers were—Rogerson, 19;
jority being 'in favour-of Mr. Rogerson, he was accordingly
appointed.

LIVERPOOL TIDE TABLE.
Days, Arm Ern.— Pestivals,b)s.
MAX., H. St. n. 11. F. r.
Tuesday lO ' 7'21 756 12 5 Jupiter rises 7h 17m morn
,Wednesday 11 827 853 13 6 Jupiter sets Oh 6m morn
Thursday I2 917 9,44 14.8 Ascension Day. or Holy Tht
Friday, 13
.10 0 10,19 15 7 Mara rises 3h limo morn
Satuirday, 14 10 36 10 53 16 1 Venus rises 6h 20m Rpm
SUNDAY 15 11 11 11'26 16 5 Sunday aftgr Aseension •Day
Monday l6 11 43 11 58 16 3 • fSunieilipseil, viiibl,
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