Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1871-05-24 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

NAY 1.. 1,7,  THE LAST BLOW AT THE BUDGET.  We have now doubtleas witnessed the last serious blow which will be strack at the Budget ' for lyt. No doubt, the Lords will disease the features of the financial scheme of the liovern, meet when they get the Customs and Inland Revenue Bill before them ; bat no their funetirn with money Bills is confined to peening or re. jecting provisions, and they have no paws to alter, It IS not likely they will attempt to tamper with the financial provisions of the year. The final blow to Mr. Lone 's Bridget, if we mav call the present financial scheme his, was Sall:411i istered by Mr. Disraeli. on the motion for going into Committee on the ettsitooll3 and Inland Ito venue Pill on Thursday night. The right hon. leader of the opposition -bad given notice that he would on that occasion call the atiention of the  ' Hon, to Mr. L.ove-s general financial conduct. and it was generally expected that he would end his .pooch with a motion antagonistic to the Govern• ment. He confined himself, however, to detailed and somewhat technical criticism of the original Budget nod as present successor, to particularly denouncing the increase in the income-tar, and to suggesting that the tea duty ought to be raised in preference to mumieuting j direct taxation, concluding his speech by arguing ; that not only would the lower middle-class be glievouely oppreesed by the additional dl.. but • that real property. which already wt.: unfairly treated in the matter of loc-al taxation. , • would now be subjected to an undue share or imperial burdens. Of course, the right hon. gentleman's supporters cheered him in his Kopp...ea udootOcu of the landed interest but we are afraid his complaints on their boohuli will excite little sympathy amongst the general ;pooblo. Altogether, indeed, Mr. Disraeli'. speech was rather tame, as a could not help being. for , ha was going over ground already well trodden ; he was but gln.tolug where others had already rearkul ; or, to adopt other simile, he was kicking a dead dog Mr. Lowe. confidant iu the harmlessness et Mr. Disraeli's intentions. replied very briefly and in no somewhat od-hand manner to his opponent's .orictures. He began by charging the leader of the opposition with playing oil' a practical joke upon bun, by giving • ° monitory and minatory notice which gave him (Mr. Lowe) " great anxiety and the Chancellor of the Exchequer gave the House to , understand that he now felt quite 3 sensation of relief. Mr. Lowne speech was quite equal to the OCCII/1011 ; and the conclusion was :!-orthy..of  • She commencement, when he scot, But. iller •11, 'Jos M little better Maudl alk. Let us ' '  go r into Committee, end deal with subsequent ra'a'.o..twadmahlteemitemewskeeemiededthi;‘,S measures. lam sorry that I should have been , '......6••••int1 sublw•whieh..• obliged in whet I cousidered to be the diecharge of me duty to delay the House so long.' Atter 6.7 epeeehot from Mr. Fawcett nod Mr. Newdegate, hienoe.o mto oft".b°"alLr repose. The abbey O now se crowded with ra,• which curiously showed these two gentlemen end „.„6„ „ rho n„„ rowing 11l the same boat, Mr. Bernal Osborne pm • wet blanket upon the discussion in ooe a , r„,khis ehameMemt,e aPoerhsa, wiueh ^Mr. ncithcr lomoera. John ltenehel fneud nor fee. •• This,- he said. is • poet- , mortem examination once Budget that ha. con, I I are gto see that • ruilted suicide, end has to be buriul at four cross „ lad , roads and he (wished his utterances of theEnthet eiet. d she. 0, i.e anady wad , mingled .• chair " and good sense by wing of „ „ p,,0.d. • day. ,h.nk : the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He would 6 ono„, rogh,t6g, edidocaod [truer. Almoner keep his place with our Budget than go oitheiongnme., the more it is adulterated dee-, , into cede end carry his own Budget with him.- 0 rt..eo have twee aims iicfrtmi It is eery kind of Mr. Osborne to hike upou *tic. tau Is with n•trated to shag himmlf mid .0010 of his • • indepeudeut Liberia- butter,- and t !wary it rosy Le truly said in 010 friends the reepoii„ibility el the eventual Budget O tub as amts. of the year. list, whateier credit may he due „ to them or to the Comervatives for upsetting An ttt,Lot,,,, to Eott,,,t in enennlo oepr.o.el h.. unpopular financial &Amine, the respon„ibility of „6, 6 ~,.6„„ . the 2.1. increase mu the metette tins clearly rests h 6 upon fir. libulstaine's Government. It tins the tyist, ror „stoto 0,.', (0,100:. „f which made ho grids. hi being usitiwed sri regard. „ rteces•ary tins unpopulttl meusum—almost us masoury. fie sutt .01ro., present •I, t• r • unitoptilar as match-tux. but not likely to he upon the reutheru 'flumes htultsuktuent out • au ituttrutus in its aireet results upon tots- nor tilt. ciaa.riaide place partoular class. It WI. 1.00 late for Mr. Lis'," lowa rtsuatstes• it thr l'runsto 004 I thick in to adopt nay other coulee. perhaps, than the moe ere., r••••1•••‘• it • •ut.' itterettNo 01 the income tax nod we „BRIM maiisee..ae ,•••• ,r•••'• it rather look upun that m a nece.ury expedieut riot. ".". and elop-gep than con welidionsidered inemure. Certainly, if the present high rate of the receded '""ta""'' national expenditure to hi to maintained, the country will expect next year some re-urrangewent of todirect taxiition. tutrut ort: I ,rtseste. Tit rarq. !..  wenel.4. Sh, Adieu brad el* I;t.oldara. . A Yam awk la barna ka