Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-05-25
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ZION the n. v. Commercial Advertiser.
In PARLIAMENT.

Hume brought up the outrage eommiticd ny inc
Earl of Cardigan, IN causing the sentence .. nos
ging 10 bc carried into execution on Sunday, imme,
,aielv after service and IN the very place occupied
a, a chapel. The War Secretary, MIR Maca1ley
ATTEMPTED n sort OF vindicston or rather apology
C,r The Earl but admitted that the proceeding wal
On. which he could not countenance; there pre-
e.dent for il indeed, but 1t was nevertheless highly
c.nsnr,be Such notice had been taken OF 1t IN the
proper quarter, as would prevent a recurrence
This nouce subsequently appeared IN the iolm Of
An official reproof, from the commander IN chlet
The other business oil the evening was oil no M
tores,, the members not being in a humor Tor WORK
so soon after their HOLIDAY.
The next evening there was no quorum
On the 22nd, the Lords met, but dc nothlns oil
importance. e...-
In the Commons, great numbers oil petitions were
presented. for the abolition of church rates and the
repeal OF the corn laws. .e
A very LONG debate ensued m relation 10 the man.
cisI affairs OF New South Wales.
23d-Nothing oil interest IN either house.
Monday 26ih-In the Commons, MIR Crawford
gave notice of a motion concerning the apan win
China with a view to urge on the government the
adoption of more vigorous measures to ie-estaolish
a Srent debate was commenced the Irish re-
gistralion bill, lord Morpehs) the question being
on an amendment proposed by Lord Howick, which
was slrenuously opposed 10y ministers, but carried
10y majority OF 81 :, -.
tice that on the llth of May lac should bring IN n
bill TO abolish church rates. go.
2sth The debate on the Irish registration bill was
resumed Progress made but no test question
arose and the debate was adjourned.
2gth. Ministers were again defeated on inc regis
trntion bill by Il malority of II, on what they sta
TO-. 10 he the principal clause Of the bill and indeed
It's foundation. Lord John Russell therefore, an
nounced the intention of government TO abandon the
MEASURE.
3Oth. Lord John Russell gave notice Of motion,
on the 3lst OF May that the House go into com
nittee on the corn laws which notice caused extra
ordinary excitement. The budget was then brought
forward The following summary oil the debate We
take from the London Herald.
The Chancellor of the EIchequer brought for
. ward his financial statement for the year. He IN
the first instance, drew the attention oil the house TO
the expenditure and income OF the country. The
eXpendi.u he had estimated at G49, l9SOOO-thc
income at E4s Ga 900, leaving an estimated den
cheney Of fS5S, 900 which he had proposed TO meet
by vote of credit. The actual results, however,
pruyrd 10 be that the expenditure amounted TO
2s5.OOO, and the income TO t4I ,44S,Ooo, leaving
deficiency larger than he had estimated 10y the
sum of nearly 200, 900. BY comparing the eStma-
ted with the actual income, there appeared TO be
defc ency Of CT I9S,UOO. This deficiency arose,
not from any unfavorable result OF the additional
taxation Which had been imposed, but from ialln
off IN the revenue which, under any circumstances,
would have taken place. The produce of the D per
cent, duty on customs and excise had been calcula-
ted from the returns of the year 1889, which year
gave great increase on the year before; and, as
were on many articles unproducuye.
The articles upon which there had been an in
crease, both in quantity and duties, were butter,
cheese coffee, olive oil, PEPPER silks (raw and
thrown) timber and cotton wool. The articles up
Oh which there had been decrease in quantity but
an increase IN duty were raisnS, taIow, tobacco,
tea and American deals; and the articles upon
which there had been decrease, both IN quantity
md duty were currants, molasSes, spirits, sugar,
wine wool and European deals. The falling off in
the duty on spirits in Ireland amounted 10 S54OOOL.
which was no proof, he felt pleasure IN stating, OF
the decreased of the country, for was
tlrey owing to the increased habits OF temperance
in the people of that country. On the other hand
the payments into the IRISH exchequer showed an
increase in the amount of duties on tea and coffee.
There had been also in Ireland an increase IN the
auction duty and an increase in the duties bricks,
glass ground glass, SOAP soft soap, malt vinegar,
and in the post horse duty. The stamps and taxes
exhibited an increase beyond the estimate Of 60,OO0L
With respect 10 the decrease IN the post office, It
was not the result of decrease in the number Of
letters, but entirely owing TO the increased ex-
penIiture whish il found necessary 10 incur In
that department. The right hon. gentleman then
proceeded to give the following statement of his
pectalions Of the revenue and VI the expenditure,
for the ensuing YEAR.
ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE.
Interests OF the national debt. f29,420,000
Other charges on the consolidated fund $4,000
The Army G. 5S7, 900
The navy 6,SU5, 900
The ordinance 2,O75 900
Miscellaneous 2,935,O0O
Canada 10000
China T5,OOO
With respect to China, there were some charges
IN the account sent in by the East India Company
which would have 10 be paid y the company itself
and he would therefore put the item down at only
40OOO0l, nod this deduction would give total a.
mount Of expenditure OF 5O,73l 776L In eStimat-
ing the coming revenue, he had endeavored TO take
yeiy sober view Of the subject The customs last
year. which rather uniavorable one, produce
ed q, 7OO,900L He estimated them to produce the
ensuing year % 0OO,O0Oi The excise produced last
year Is 673 OOO. He estimated the result this year
to be Ii 600 900. Stamps produced last year Z,
I2l OOO He took them at 1000 OOOt for this year.
The assessed taxes produced last year $50 1921
but the increas ed 10 per cent had not come into
operation for n considerable period OF the yenr, he
thought himself justified in estimating them to pro
duce g. 800 0OOi The Post office he estimated to
produce 45O,OO0i, the Crown lands 100000, and
miscellaneous 25O,0O0!, making total Of 1880
COOL
This gave deficiency Of income to meet the ex-
pondituTe OF no less than ? 42I ,000L From this de-
f:ency he should deduct the charge for China Of4O0
UO0i and the navy debt Of 1871 ,0O0i, rs not being
permanent annual charges on the revenue, and for
which Il would rot he advisable TO make perma-
nent provision. This would leave the deficiency 10
be provided for ,sOOOOOl. Under the circumsian-
ces he had stated he deemed II necessary increase
the revenue OF the country TO 5O,OOOO0W which
would leave 7OO, OOOl 10 be provided. In order 20
raise this amount il would be necessary either u
ElIl back on some of the taxes they had repea ed
,uch MS the house tax, or the tax on Goals or they
must brny IN those parties who had hitherto been
exempted from taxation by imposing legacy duty
upon real property, or they must take away those
exemptions by which certain clas-es were now benc.
6ted such as the exemption Of horses used for agr-
cultural purposes. II they adopted none of these.
they must tax those articles g,s and steam or
rstly they must resort to a tax which had now be-
come populor-an extensive property tax.
II they tesortcd to taxation Ht all, they must
adopt one or other OF these courses and Il was their
duty to turn TO those which throw no additional
burthens on the people. IN order TO increase the
revenue he proposed to alter the duties on timber
and sugar Colonial timber now paid duty Of los
loid while Baltic timber paid SIS, being protect.
~ duty Of $50 per cent. lie proposed TO adopt a
suggestion formerly proposed by Lord Althorp, Of
raising the duty on colonial timber 70 20s, end re
ducing the duty on Baltic timber 10 5Os. BY this
alteration the consumer would be greatly benefit
ted. and the revenue would be increased probably
to the extent Of $50 OOOl; but he would be content
60 gkc d NJ GOOO O0L With respect TO sugar which,
u not absolute necessary, at all events might be
esteemed tho poor mans cheapest luxury, he pro-
posed to leave 70 colonial produce protecting duty
Of only 80 per cent The present duty on foreign
sugar was 63 and on colonial %, and he proposed
10 reduce the former 70 &c. This he believed would
produce q revenue Of 100000, but he would take II
nt 7UOOOOi, which, with the produce from timber,
would give result upon which they might rely to
the amount Of 3O0OOOi leaving sill deficiency
of 4OO,OOOL THIS 400 OOOl. he did not propose 10
make any provision for nt present boc auee of tho