The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-04-17

Forming a total of. ..... 8 I,5OOol
which being added to somewhere about ECO 600 amount
oil duties upon miscellaneous articles OF a similar dis
CRIT tion, of our ewn manufacture, and which | will not
enumera,e-[ hearl-the whole would exceed, in round
the loss which the revenue will thereby sustain | think
it may be taken to amount to clos, 900 per annum.
These duties are in themselves unjust, and think i'm.
polite. Considering the peculiar difficulties with which
the coach proprietors have had to meet in the way OF
their business, in consequence of the great com petition
experienced on the railways, feel the rae Of duties is
unjust, and presses as a incumbrance upon the revenue
instead Of profting IT to the extent it should. AT present
not exceed one.sigth Of q penny duty per mile. During
the present year lde notpropos that in this instance sny
change shall take place in the rate of duty pail by the
pared with those rates Of duty paid by the coach
masters, the latter are very much too high
p ra0, mile which those carry carry six ten p ,Srsess1i I : a p ,sS:s
carry ing thirteen two pence, and these sixteen thre e
pence per mile. The sum ! propose TO raising from SIS,
which is too high, to 80. As far as they are affected by
the duties assessable under the assessed taxes for coach.
men and guards, which under the bill regulating rail.
roads were net assessable, | shall propose that the coach
proprietors be exempt altogether. loud cheers.l |
propose, in respect to the mileage, that the duties paya
bic by all such coaches shall be averaged at three half.
thus be 81 ,0O0i, a loss which, | think, upon the ground of
justice, is perfectly justiiabIe, and upon that ground |
by masters Of job coaches, which may be taken to be
about Q 000t q ) ear more, forming a total Of 70,00Ol. max
ing a total loss, including the deficiency Of 800 COOL, Of
37S0,00O. By the new taxes he calculated he should
have 5,ac0,00o, so that after deductipg this loss he should
still have a surplus Of So, 000l to meet thelincreased esti.
mate which would be necessary, from the state Of affairs
in India and China. The right hon. baronet, having
thus stated the whole of his plan, and enforced II by
powerful arguments, resumed his seat amidst general
cheering from both sides Of the house.
Lord J. RUSSELL complinented the right hon. bart. on
the great ability which distinguished his statement II
had, whether correct or otherwise, the characteristics
ofss great measure worthy Of a great nation like this.
Il was not q paItry, %quibbliDg measure of detail, and he
should use hs best ability in forming an opinion as to
whether ii was calculated 10 be the most useful to the
country.
Mr. O'CoNSELL approved of the tax on Irish spirits.
Lord HowIcK thought the question OF much toe great
importance to express an immediate opinion upon il.
Mr.. WAxLEY, while he gave credit to the right hon.
bart. for the ability Of his statement, yet felt confident
that the public would not receive with satisfaction atax
He thought the right hon. baronet might with great sd.
vantage, have applied his sliding scale and propertioned
the ratio Of the tax amount Ct the income 10 be taxed
After somt observations from Mr. +. Barring as TO the
danger Of attempting 10 impose a war tax in time Of
peace; and from Mr.. II. HrNpE and other hon. members.
some OF the resolutions proposed by Sir X. Peel were
agreed to, and the house resumed.
The New Tariff.
Corrected from the Times)
REsoLurroNs on crsToHs DUTIES TO Be PROPOSED nv
Sin ROBERT PEEL.
We have been favored with q copy Of the proposed
scale Of duties, from which we make the following. ex,
tracts. The late hour last night at which we received
THIS import ant document p~recludes us from giving more
complete summary Of Its details. The sunloined STATE
m mt, however, of some of the proposed changes com
prised In the first resolution will be found interesting 10
our commercial readers -
Horned CotfIe.-At present prohibited: The proposed
duty is for oxen, cows, and caivesirom foreign countries