The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-04-30 00:00:00

THE LONDON PRESS.

The division of Friday renders much of what we were

about to say useless. Ilut even if Sir W. Ingilby's mo
Lion had not proceeded, Althorp's most asinine budget
would have gone the way of all humbugs. There was
really a most delicious meeting at the Crown and Anchor,
where Sir Francis Burdett, the " old chaise horse," as
Cobbett calls him, was all but kicked down stairs—and
we hope and trust that the real masters of the Ministry
will show their creatures that they are not to be insulted
with impunity. If we were all the Political Unions but-
toned up in our own person, as the Irish Volunteers are
concentrated in O'Connell, we should roar, bawl, shout,

brawl, halloo, bray, in all the notes of our compass from
treble to bass, against the assessed taxes. How dare
the Ministers not take them off, when the Great Un-

washed demand it. It is downright Leze Majeste of the
people, and they ought to impeach the traitors.
Whittle Harvey was most eloquent upon the absurdity
of taking off the tax on tiles ; but he forgot to say tha t
he stole all his arguments, and even his jokes, ready
made, from the Age. Sir Solomon Lobb, the man-mid-
wife, who is returned from Marylebone by the grace of
the Whigs, delivered himself of an oration, which, with
its parent, did these said Whigs, as well as could be ex-
pected. Hobhouse very properly staid away—the better
part of valour, the ex-Secretary at War knows is dis-
cretion, and he prudently declined undergoing the cere-
mony of being flung out of the window—a piece of well-
deserved justice, which would infallibly have been ex-
ecuted, if he had thrust his greasy countenance within
the walls of the Crown and anchor. Since the day when
the great Whig chair was knocked down to Harry Hunt
for thirteen pence-half- penny—

" The very value of a hangman's rope,"

there has not been such a field-day- within the walls of
that celebrated tavern.
We—ungrateful people of the Press as we are—we
do not thank Althorn for his relief to us ; and we under-
stand that lie was about to alter his advertisement tax.
He might as well have done so at once as in a couple of
Sessions hence, as he did in the case of the duty on raw
cotton. The remission of the duty on marine insu-
rances is hardly worth a tinker's soldering-iron to any
body in the world : and the soap ? 0 ! aye, the soap ?
Benjamin Hawes ! Benjamin Hawes ! you shall not
Wash your hands of . the soap in a hurry. We shall hunt
up, and having hunted up, most unquestionably expoSe,
your connection with this affair, and all your dealings
with the respectable and " promising young merchant,"
Mr. Powlett Thomson—late tallow-chandler, but now,
for our sins, God help us ! President of the Board ,of
Trade. Depend upon it, Benjamin, you will b 3 over-
hauled; and, before the business is over, you may find it
as great a bore as your own Thames Tunnel. How did
Ben vote on the malt duty ?

What remained of this bothered budget? Nothing.
The very assessed taxes which were reduced are of the
least important kind—and those who have not great
shop-windows, or travellers, or bagmen '(a class of li-
terary individuals, Who, we are credibly informed, prin-
cipally write the leading articles of the Globe), or ware-
housemen or stewards, or bailiffs, do not benefit a far-
thing by them. And we ask our readers to compute in
their own minds who the people are that employ those ap-
pendages to their business ?
But it is useless to. slay the slain. Althorp's third
budget was just as stupid and nonsensical as his first ;
but the " untoward event" of Friday has dished it for
ever without further discussion. A ministerial paper
'says—

" The motion was for a reduction of the Malt Duty from
20s. Bd. to 10s. per quarter. The produce of the malt duty, is
£4,825,000, so that this reduction, allowing for increased con-
sinnption, will leave little more than three million's. The
ministry. have seventeen or eighteen millions clear, after pay-
ingthe interest of the National Debt. It may be true, as was
stated by one honourable member, that there arc a number of
over"rown salarieS—lhat there are pensions and sinecures
which ought to be abolished—that the Judges are overpaid—
and that the Civil List may be reduced: but ingenuity itself
could hardly reduce the expenditure more than three millions.
"But if one day the inhabitant's of London determine no longer
to pay Asisessed Taxes, and the next the Malt duty is refused,
we do not well see how ministers can go on without imposing
fresh taxes."
Let not our Ministerial friend lay the flattering unc-
tion to his soul that the proposed reduction of the malt.
duty will leave three millions to the Exchequer. Not it,
by any manner of means. It may leave two and a-half
perhaps, and but perhaps. Nor have the Ministers
seventeen or eighteen millions clear of the national debt.
The debt is twenty-eight millions—the net revenue forty-
four millions ; sixteen then only are left. If two and
a-half are taken by the late Vote out of sikteen, -accord-
ing to Cocker, thirteen and a-half remain; and if, as we
'hope and trust, the nation cannot be any longer Al •
thorped out of the assessed taxes, slap go ofttvvo millions
and a-half more, 'reducing the balance in the hands of
Ministers to eleven millions. This is indeed a pretty
stock in hand to carry on, the affairs of the greatest em-
laire in the world. But be not uneasy, gentle reader,
we know where the money is to be found, and so does
Nathan 'Meyer Rothschild, Esq.
Even if we did not, we are under no compulsion to
discover. The Whigs have set us the precedent. They
said, when they were out, that the Ministers were
bound .to 'find the money, and that the business of the
:Opposition was to out off the taxes. Lord Althorp him-
self acknowledged that lie had formerly voted against the
Malt Tax, for the purpose of embarrassing the Govern-
ment of the day ; and the engineer is now "to hoist with his
own petard." Never, indeed, was there a more embar-
rassed Ministry. seen since the days that 'Cabinets came
in fashion. It is " quite refreshing" to read the politi-
cal -articles of the last Edinburgh Review NOW. Poor
Blue and Yellow was very busy in 'lecturing the people
on their impatient 'ignorance of 'taxation and predicting
the grand success of the Whigs over taxation,
Anti-taxers.
Alas, Jeffrey ! you must depart—no longer to be Lord
Advocate, but to sink back again, 'in spite of all your

'L STANDAR O.

fine predictions, into the condition of a hack and effet e
litte rateur.—Age.

A sweet JOB.

An inKenious gentleman, some weeks ago, sent a
letter to. Lord Grey, containing a scheme for bringing
the syrup of the sugar-cane from the West Indies to
England, for the purpose of manufacturing it into sugar
in this country. Lord Grey referred it to the Board of
Trade. The inventor of the plan, being aware of the
delays of office, since the Whigs have attempted to carry
on the business of the public, was patient ; and knowing
that he had to deal with Lord Grey and Lord Auckland,
was confident that his scheme would be treated fairly,
although the decision might, from Whig incapacity, be
made ignorantly.
What was the Inventor's surprise when he heard of a
Patent having been taken out, by a friend of the noble
r lord who presides with so much ability and knowledge
over the trade of the country, for converting the saccha-
rine juice of the cane into sugar, the specification of
which was drawn out nearly in the very words of the
Inventor's statement transmitted to Lord Grey. There
may be some mistake—we hope there is—and before we
male any comments on the transaction, we afford the
parties another week's delay ; but my Lord Auckland
must feel, that on a matter of this kind, there ought to
be " no mistake."—John Bull.

FOREIGN IDITELLIGEN CE.

FRANCE.

On Thursday last, the King of the French prorogued
ie Chamber of Deputies, by the following speech from
ie Throne : _ .

- .
"' Gentlemen of the Chamber of Peers, and of the Chamber of
Deputies,
" After the long and important labours of this session, I
feel above all things the desire to return you my thanks for
what you have already done for France and for me : the
monarchy and the charter have been strengthened by your
energetic devotedness ; you have known how to recognise and
support on all occasions the true interests of France and the
constitutional throne ; you have lent the most loyal support to
my. government. Already France has reaped the fruits of this.
It is no longer hope alone that we entertain ; we have entered
on a new era of present and future prosperity; the country is
becoming calm and re-assured ; commerce and industry are
developing themselves with the most abundant activity ; in every
industry assures the welfare of the population, and
consolidates order wherever it is established. This progress is
a source of despair to the facetious ; their regret vents itself
in menaces; they will prove impotent; your honourable exam-
ples, gentlemen, will sustain the courage of the good citizens,
and the firm support of my government will never be wanting
for that purpose ; and the. peaceable development of our insti-
tutions, the national security \abroad as well as at home, shall
be our reware. In order to attain that end, it is indispensable
that the finances and the administration of the state should be
brought back to their regular situation ' • the regime provisoire
under which circumstances have, until this day, imperatively
held us, is a serious evil for the country and for its government.
When that evil shall have ceased, the examination of the
expenses will become snore efficacious, the vote of the subsidies
will be free from all embarrassment, the state will be in posses-
sion of all its means of action, and the country of its full
guarantee. This is the powerful motive which has determined
me to ask from your patriotism your co-operation in a new
session. I shall direct it to be immediately opened. The bills
relating to the finances, which will at length effect some reduc-
tions in the expenses of the state, will be immediately presented
to you, and you will, at the same time, complete the important
measures of organization which have been already submitted to
your deliberations. I have only to congratulate myself on the
state of my foreign relations. Events have proved that the
question which divides Holland and Belgium will be. settled
without compromising the peace of Europe. The state of the
East is an object of anxious attention, but there is reason to
believe that a speedy denouement will restore peace in those
countries. Be assured that here, as elsewhere, France will be
found to have pursued the line of conduct and occupied the
rank worthy of her; and I fell confident that, whether it be
required to maintain her dignity, to ensure her happiness, or to
guarantee her liberties, the nation will never be disappointed in
what she has a right to expect from us, and that she will render
justice to our common efforts.' "
The termination of this discourse was followed by renewed
cries of " Vive le ltoi ;" after which, the ordinance closing the
session having been read, the ltoyal cortege departed in the
same order that it had entered.
From an extraordinary supplement to the Moniteur, published
on Thursday evening :
" Louis Philippe, King of the French, &c.
" We have ordained and do ordain, as follows
The Chamber of Peers and the Chamber of Deputies are
convoked for the 26th of the present month of April, 11333. Our
Minister Secretary of State for the department of the Interior
and Public Worship is charged with the execution of the
present ordinance.
` Given at the Palace of the Tuileries, the 25th of April,
1833, " LOUIS PHILIPPE.
" By the King, the Peer of France, Minister Secretary of
State for the Interior and Public Worship,
" Count D'ARGOUT."