The New York herald., 1870-04-01

nooss. or burdens they choose 10 remit or general
financial changes tnsy choose TO maze must a., 90
bie-as taev did when the pager dutes were taken
oH-bnt they must submit They can neisher iasro.
duce anv money bills themselves nor ALTER IN any
way tifose thai are sent up by the Commons ineT
lordahips are entirely excluded from naying part OF
lot IN the pubic taxation except Ia the lhQffeOt
way OF giving their assent to what the lower mousse
may resolve
Her Gracious Majesty at the commencement OF
every session embodies short paragraph In her
hope that her faithful Colnnons' VIII grant liberal
supply out OF the revenue towards the maintenance
Of The public services TINS me sage Is the hrst sep
sieurs will you givo me the wnerewitnal 70 main
tam my army nayy and civil establishments r' AS
R0ou as the royal reques ~ lnada Known the clerk.
who Is arrayed IN the full dgaity OF wig aud BONITA.
zine. puts the question to the House whether they
o y aseae Ss
Will ana thus comtietes the nrst stage Of the bust
supply is wanted. Tnis Is answered lirst Of ali Sy
the Ministers who aie at the head OF the different
sssaosnm@eats !s @ hi. GardweIl, tue Secretary at
War; Mr. Chiders, the First Lord OF the Admiralty
aud Mr.. Stansfeld the Secretary to the Treasury,
each prepare Statements OF the amount they think
These statements are called the estimates, and they
are explained IN detail! when they are submitted to
the House. whlch has the power OF reducing them 70
any extent IT deems advisable.
VOTES.
Eacn .em 10 tne gransG se sa a6
for ron-caus CO. 900 for new ries. 100000 for the
administration OF justice, are Instances or now tue
IN what Is called Committee Of supply The speaker
leaves the cnair and goes h0nle to his turtle
man OF committees. taxes his place in another
caair The sums demanded are then put TO the
bling aud Contention. Financial 70 orinsrs and
economists dispute almost every item; some crying
cut mat they should 90 reduced others tnaa ,h tney
utmost " get say thousand pounds struck OH Nity
thousand. When the votes have run the gauntlet OF
fng Af Nrtfn
s aaustea' as It were by the noase~they are re
ported"tnat IS 70 say, the speaker taxes the chair
Committee Of supply has agreed to grant certain
spseedr rss sum Is hs cy@ apa military sso,s aas
ends w @asss q ssss SEs q fas l5
This really becomes the next problem. "We are
% say yss the 'esa eommons but % We have neh
! the ways nor the means We must leave is 10 the
Exoheqaer beng at the head Of the national
hpances tne Ministry practically say to him, "rac
OF tue public revenue we leave you to find It tor us.'
Thns appealed TO. tho Chancellor OF the Exchequer
| lie CALCULATES how much money lie has derived
| from customs aud taxation, dnd strikes the grand
ceed the revenue he imposes additional axes II, on
the other hand, they ta short OF 1t he RENTS those
taxes which tie thinks press too into'eraDy upon the
community.
Having thus made MS c&cniati0ns and having re.
| solved what he VIII Impose and what he will remit
he submits his propositions 10 The House IN speech
winch Is known as the Budget. This Grafton Is made
! in what Is called Committee OF Ways and Means,
which, under another name, is precisely the same as
Committee OF supply. When Tie financial proposals
contained in tae budget are approved OF they are
In the shape Of law the resolutions adopted By the
Commons, and they are read 1lsL second and
through tue lower House completes the third stage
OF tue process OF granting sapply.
THE ROYAL ASSENT.
This action constitutes the fourth ana last stage,
ana 1t Is purely formal. The lower House sends up
the money bills 10 the upper House aud asks their
0rships to agree 10 Them and pass them on 10 the
Queen to receive her sanction. Neltaer Lords nor
queen however, are allowed to alter the measures
In any shape form, or to iaterlere with what the
representatives OF the people have done.
sTOPPlNG SUPPLY.
This is ono OF the most powerful constitutional
rights possessed by the people, and the one which
MDst closely allies them to democratic Institutions
aud governments. Having the entire control OF the
finances ia their own hands, they can at any time
overaqe the Lords and the Queen. should her
GRACIOUS Majesty or the Peers spiritual and tenn
mons have got to do Is to stop the supplies. and
say "We shall not give you one penny TIL you yield
only had recourse to IN ektreme cases; buI It has
been the means of wrestling many useful ret"rMs
I from the nobility. No.
| which, as have said, were Introduced by Mr.
Cnlders, ooatain no feature OF interest to America
guardsmen at 6i, 000 aad there Is IN ali reduction
| OF f75lo0 as compared with last year. Unlike Mr.
Gladstone Mr. Ciiiders Is not genius as handling
| figures, and his statement was consequently tame,
dry and uninteresting. tic is qutte 2 second rate
to his careful, p'0ddng spirit, and his general faith
| fulness to the cause OF advanced Liberalism.
EMIGRATION.
| We have had sharp skrmish upon the subject
or emigration, In the course Of which, as was
natural, much was said and nlnted at with respect
to the United States. AS nave already said gfeaE
distress prevails among our laborlng population.
During the whole OF TINS winter, they have
n1 Atralu fnr .h n,l,n
remedies, have been ciamorng for the means Of
ixrauon. Many OF the more h0t-leaded oil the radi
Gals Ia the House have warmly esp0used their cause
| and have, by public meeting and Otherwise, been
| goadlug the government 10 adopt some remedial
IN ae & 70 & se % traoi,9ns t the rS ana ne
excitement and keep alive the agitation, hoping ~
some future date 10 make political capital out Of the
matter by protesting TO be the working mans
| friends. This, indeed was the attitude III whlcn
| many Of them placed themselves Wien the question
was debated the other night. Fearful OF surprise,
| the government had whipped upn strongly FOR the
occasion, and the liberal bencaes were crowded.
| Those on the conservative side were also wel filed
Dut oil the leaders were absent including Mir jis
] rae, VINO IL much too astute politician TO risk
himself In hgnE where he s not pretty sure OF VIC
tory. He has an immense faculty OF "blng his tne,r
and that was policy he acted upon on the present
occasion. The question was opened by MI. J0rreRs,
the menoef for the University town Of Cambridge,
! who moved direct resolution declaring that II
was the bOunden duty OF government 10 provide
Hrt,sn coiones ma sneecn was q stsong' hnt the
weak point IN IL, as was proved by the subsequent
discussion, was the proyiso respecting the English
dependencies. This was Drought out very s5r0nGiy
indeed by Mr. Gladstone hnself. after the Ave hours
baite had ceased. Earnest as ne usually IS, tue
Premier was never more so than in the remarks by
which he closed the debate. Nay he was even cn.
| thusiastc and dOgmaSc, and spoke yehemently and
| at times passionatey. lie SET his lace directly
| against the whole scheme; declared that he would
never be parry to encouraging any system OF state
emigration; that the colonies would not accept our
emigrants and that 10 rotten system or pollt-
cal economy for government to undertake 10 do Tor
individuals what they ought TO do for themselves.
one point which he specially dwet upon was The
injustice That would be committed by insisting upon
these poor people going to the English colonies In
stead OF where they themselves liked. In bgn and
] swelling tones he asserted what IN fact, every pre-
v0us speaker fad granted, that by lar the largest
proportion OF English emigrants went 10 the uniled
STATES that they much preferred Il TO the colonies
that the mother country had no right TO say to her
starving thoussnds, "You muss go where l want
you TO 60, not where you woutd ike TO go yourself
and where you think you Will best be able TO pros