Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1857-03-21
NATIONAL NTELLIGENCER.
FR0M0UR L oND ON CORRESPONDENT
LONDON. FEBRUARY 81, 1851.


appears to have fastened upon the great council of
the nation, and certainly some very unanticipated
aspects have been exhibited. Mr.. d'IsRAELI and
Mr. GLADSTONE have been fighting side by side.
Lord PALMERsToN has opposed motion for the
extension of the elective franchise to counties, and
succeeded in his opposition through the support of
thorough-going tories; and in what has been so far
the most like trial division in the House OF Com
mons, thirty-eght Conservatives voted with the
Government and twenty-seven Liberals supported
Mr.. d'Israeli's amendment Another curious cir
cumstance is that Lord JOHN RUSSELL and Sir
JAMES GRAHAM are very likely tcact together as
the leaders of new liberal party: One hundred
and twenty-seven Liberals voted with them the
other night against Lord Palmerston and his col
leagues. No doubt if all the clements of the OPP
position were united they would be powerful enough
to unnaake Ministry, but think these elements
are too homogeneous to form one. Lord Pamerston has
weakened himself by making the pretext of pres
sure of business during the present session an ex-
cuse for shelving many important measures which
the people are very anxious about, and which have
been postponed through two or three sessions on
account Of the war, and which few persons who
wish them to be passed can now see any sufficient
reasons for being further deferred. For instance,
the Premier opposed Mr.. LOCKE KING motion for
an extension Of the county franchise ION account
of the business of the session, but he would have
been defeated in his opposition if about thirty place
men and tories had not come to his aid Then, the
Government will not introduce any measure upon
the subject of church rates for the same reason !;
nor will any plan for the extension of education be
recognised as Government measure; for the same
reason the subject of agricultural statistics is post
-poned As the session advances no doubt other
popular measures will be utaside account of the
alleged pressure of more important business. Now,
what this more important business is or is likely to
be no one seems to be aware. Lord Palmerston
himself says the Neufchatel dispute will certainly
be arranged, that the misunderstanding with Per-
sia is in fair way of settlement, and that the Chi
nese affair is altogether of little importance. There
may be difficulties respecting the finances, the
budget, and the appropriations, but none OF Sc
rious nature apparent.
On the Continent, France is believed to be sim
cere and Russia friendly and pacific. Prussia has,
perhaps, a double game in view, which she will
harm no one but herself by playing Austria is,
probably too jesuitica to be trusted very confident
ly; and Naples too truculent and foolish to listen
to friendly advice. But none of these things-ad-
uniting they were realities and not probabilities
are of importance enough to cause Prime Minister
of England to ignore matters of home requirement
and necessity Lord PALMERsToN is not man to
be restrained by shadows or to hesitate about doing
positive good through the apprehension OF very
>problematieal contingency; and, therefore, many
Psple fear that important revelations yet to be
made nth respect to the foreign relations or the
oomestlecondtion of the country We have none
OF these alprehensons, but attribute all Lord Pal
perston,s hsitancy to load the session with more
sIness than is absolutely necessary to the state
% ns own heala, and to his feeling that his powers
=. continuing to direct the affairs of England will
ba,n val ~
oare and anxiety than upon ar nation of
parsy whicn can be brought ssssy sssI his adj
i On Friday night Eora r. Nssl5s sand IN ans-,-
ouestion by Mr. Layard that he knew nothing of any
new territorial treaty between Russia and Persia and
that negotiations with Ferukh Khan in progress
Paris with fair prospect of success.
Mr. dIsRAELI attacked the financial scheme of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer tending to create embar
and to render impossible the cessation of the
income tax in 1860. He prophesied there would be
efficiency of e5 600 900 in 1S5S59 and that at the end
oihree years when the income tax, then producing
GOOo co., should cease there would be accumulated
deeciency of $4,000 600.
The CHANCELLOR OF ExcHEoUER said the criticisms
offered by Mr.. dIsraeh scarcely touched the financial
statements of the ensuing year, which were necessarily
almost the exclusive of finance minister. Both
the income and the expenditure of future years were
great extent, uncertain and depended upon the cir
cumstances which might attend them 1t eonfu-
sion of apply the word deficiency the hypothe
tfcal results Of prospective financial arrangements He
declined to frame budget for more than year at
time but upon examining the probabilities of
and expenditure during the period that would eapse
before 1860 he contended that fair prospect existed of
a satisfactory equilibrium
Mr.. GLADSTONE commented upon the inconsistency Of
the Government in sanctioning budget entirely diff
ferent in principle to those which he had himself pro-
posed when belonging to the Administration, and
also with their assent The present scheme of finance
altogether contravened the system which the Legislature
had been aborously and successfully engaged in
etrucng for the last fifteen years The income had
been introduced and continued with special object of
removing heavy burdens. But the tax was renew
ed without any accompanying remission, while the
Chancellor of the E1chequer had specifically expressed
his appreciation of the three imposts which he was
chiefly requested to abolish namely the duties paper
assurances, and wine. Mr. Gladstone declared that the
statements of the Chancellor of the Excheauer were ut
terly deusive that the pretended remission of taxes
was enormously exaggerated, that and oppressive
imposts imposed and fictitious surplus the end
of the year assumed. Mr.. G. accepted Mr.. dIsraelis
resolution honest declaration of the risk of def
cheney and he much feared that such dscredtable
contingency impending. The budget, he said, for
the first time during fifteen years made the proposal to
increase indirect taxation and the policy of free
: trade.
Mr. WILSON replied at length to Mr. Gladstone, and
combated his conclusions The alleged deficit he said
established upon the assumption that the expendi-
ture of the current year would be permanent This
not the There would be further retrenchments
and adjustments and there good reason to appre
bend deficiency.
The debate then adjourned until Monday when
Lord j. RUSSELL said he thought the financial scheme
of the Government had been uniustly impugned He
remarked that Mr. Gladstone had shown great anxiety
for the safety of the compact relative the extinction
of the income in 1860, which he had concluded in
1853 Subsequent events had involved the country in
many difficulties, but the present Chancellor Of the Ex
cheouer had earnestly endeavored to make the best
sble arrangement for the faithful ulhment of that