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December 11, 1852.] THE LEADER. 1177
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ANTI-BUDGET MEETINGS. Me. Diseaeli's Bud...
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TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE. A deputation waited ...
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LETTERS FROM PARIS. [From ouk own OouRKH...
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The Hudokt Resolutions. Tin; Following A...
The duties specified in the ' schedule ( B ) , contained in the same act , shall be granted and continued at the reduced rate of one penny three-farthings for every twenty shillings of the annual value of lands , tenements , and hereditaments in England , and at the reduced rate of one penny farthing for ^ every twenty shillings of the annual value of lands , tenements , and heritages in Scotland . And the duties specified in the respective schedules ( D ) and ( E ) , contained in the same act , shall be granted and continued respectively at the reduced rate of fivepence farthing for every twenty shillings of the annual profits or trains , and annual amounts mentioned in the said schedules VD ) and ( E ) respectively .
That the duties specified in the said schedule ( C ) shall extend to all annuities , and all dividends and shares of annuities payable in Ireland out of the revenue of the United Kingdom , to or for the use or benefit of any person , whether resident in Ireland or elsewhere . That the duties specified in the said schedule ( E ) shall extend to public « offices and employments in . Ireland , although the duties of such offices may be necessarily and permanently performed in Ireland by persons resident there .
December 11, 1852.] The Leader. 1177
December 11 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 1177
Anti-Budget Meetings. Me. Diseaeli's Bud...
ANTI-BUDGET MEETINGS . Me . Diseaeli's Budget has certainly not found favour in the eyes of the metropolitan constituencies . Meetings were held on Wednesday at Kingsland and in Southwark , to protest against it . The Kingslaud people assert , — " That while the meeting approved the principle of substituting a tax upon property in lieu of those on the necessaries of life , they nevertheless objected strongly to an increased charge on houses , as contemplated by Ministers , many of them being already charged with a housetax of 9 d . in the pound * and a property-tax of Id .,
amounting together to Is . 4 > d . in the pound , while land and the funds were only charged at 7 d . in the pound ; and that in the opinion of the meeting , an equal tax should be imposed upon all kinds of property , according to the income arising therefrom ; and that , in consequence of the reduced price of corn and other articles , it is the opinion of this meeting that there ought to be a more economical expenditure of the public revenue , by which a large reduction might be made in the taxation of the country without impairing the national defences , and by that means the public be relieved from a large amount of taxation . "
But the Sonthwark resolutions are much stronger . They roundly condemn the whole of the Budget . They adopted these words , — " That this meeting views the proposed increase on the house-duty with indignation and alarm , considering it to bo an attempt to revive the corn-laws in an indirect way , by taxing the towns for the benefit of the landed interest ; and believing also that if the attempt should succeed , other and still more oppressive measures of a similar character will follow ; that this meeting is also decidedly unfavourable to the proposed extension of tho property and
incometax , and the arrangement in regard to it ; and , in fact , this meeting condemns nearly all tho important features of tho Chancellor of tho Exchequer ' s scheme , believing that it would unjustly and soriously affect large numbers of industrious classes , inasmuch as no adequate benefit will be gained by the proposed reduction of the duties on tea , malt , ami hops . That this meeting therefore resolves to do what it can to prevent the now Budget from being adopted , and calls upon the representatives of tho borough of Southwark in Parliament to use their influence to obtain either ita revision or withdrawal . "
On Thursday , there was a meeting m the Marylobone Court House , attended by the borough members , at which , while the house-tax was condemned , the principle of tho change of rate in the income-tax , distinguishing between permanent and precarious income , was approved . Another meeting was held in St . Pancras Vestry Hall , and a third in tho Lumheth Vestry Hull . Tho St . . I ' ancras mooting resolved , — " Thiil ,, in ( ho opinion of this mooting , tho Budget of tho Chancellor of Mm Kxchcimer fails to establish an equitnblo ny . sf . oin of taxation ; that , it will increase- tho ( l . scal exaction levied on tho people , promote tho moans of 'f ' arliiunontary corruption , and continue tho wasteful and extravagant expenditure of tho liublie money ; and that this meeting
eun Imvo no confidence in a Ministry lost to every principle of political morality , who luivo obtained power by l ' alno professions , and who retain oflieo by tho abandonment of 'ill their previous pledges and opinions ; that this meeting is fervently of opinion that there can bo no safety lor tho P'toplc , or . security , unions tho JIouho of Commons passcfl wieh measures as slni . ll conduce to a groat reduction of tho latiouiil expenditure ; and that this mooting , therefore ) , Wjrtw upon the representatives of all cities and boroughs 'n the kingdom , whoever may ho Minister , to insist upon 11 ri gid economy in all dopiutiaeiif . H of tho State , the olmlition of all useless places and pensions , tho reduction ° ' all salaries to moot the altered eireuinstiuieos of Mm ' ¦ "ill's , and tho abolition of all excise duties upon necessaries . "
At . the LamboMi mooting , tho resolution agreed to was ns follows : — " That tho property and income-tax to tho full amount boiiifr lovied on hoiinos , an addition of ( id . in tho pound on Jthojm , and of { hi . on dwelling-houses having boon recently "" ported , the proposition of the Chancellor of tho Kxehoquor ' ¦» doubh , that additional taxation , by increasing tho imposts « m Hliopn to 1 . * ., and upon dwelling-houses to In . ( W ., in unwiao , injurious , and unjust . That thia meeting iu decidedly
unfavourable to the proposed extension of the property and income-tax , and to any arrangements that may follow ; and , in fact , the meeting condemns unequivocally all the important features of tne Chancellor of the Exchequer ' s scheme , by which the interests of the industrial classes would be seriously affected , inasmuch as no adequate benefit will arise to them from tho proposed reduction in the duties on tea , malt , and hops . That in case it should be found necessary , after a proper reduction of the .
national expenditure , to impose fresh taxes for the purpose of making up any deficiency that may be created by the reduction of duties on articles of consumption , it is the opinion of this meeting that such deficiency may bo supplied by the probate and legacy duty , not imposed upon real estates , being extended to the same amount as is now charged upon personal property , and by extending the property and assessed taxes to Ireland , to be there levied in the same manner as is now proposed to be levied from the inhabitants of Great Britain . "
Strong opposition lias also shown itself in the great provincial towns . The meetings had no party character .
Taxes On Knowledge. A Deputation Waited ...
TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE . A deputation waited on the Earl of Derby , on Wednesday , at the Treasury , for the purpose of presenting to his lordship an address from the Association for promoting the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge . The deputation consisted of a large number of gentlemen interested in the subject , and included Mr . Hume , M . P ., Mr . Milner Gibson , M . P ., Sir John V . Slielley , M . P ., Mr . Ewart , M . P ., General Sir De Lacy Evans , M . P ., and Mr . Charles Forster , M . P . Mr . Milner Gibson introduced the deputation ; Mr . ColTett read an address ; and Mr . Hume , Mr . Ewart , and Mr . Digby Seymour , addressed the Premier .
The Earl of Derby said he had listened with great attention to all that had been said ; but it was not to be expected that he should enter afc once into the details of this great and complicated question . There was one point , however , upon which he was quite clear , viz ., that the law upon this subject , as it at present stood , was not in a satisfactory position , and that whatever the law was , it ought undoubtedly to be plain , and simple , and effectual for the purposes for which it was intended . He thought the present Government had shown no inclination to discourage the dissemination of knowledge . The question of these various
taxesmore particularly the advertisement duty—was already under their notice , although , from financial considerations , they had been precluded at the present moment from dealing with it . He was prepared , however , to admit , and without undervaluing tho importance of the other branches of the subject , that the present advertisement duty was of an objectionable character j and he should say , that if it were possible and consistent to notice or repeal it , one course or the other would meet with the recommendation of Government . The subject was one of great importance , and it would receivo every attention from himself and colleagues .
THE SJCOUKITY QUESTION . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) 20 , Great Coroni-strcot , December !) tli , LS 52 . Deae SlK , —A mistake lias arisen on the part of some persons who imagine that the Anti-Knowledge Tax Association intend to burk tho Security Question . Mr . Milner Gibson is pledged to do his best to repeal tho 8 th-section of the . GO George III ., cap . i ) , in the first bill which is brought in on t , he . subject of the newspaper stamp . Permit mo to add that Mr . Ooljdon would have risen a second time to support the amendment of Mr . Rodgers had L not assured him that Mr . M . Gibson was going to do so . Yours , Ac :., O . Dobsom Coi i , i : t .
Letters From Paris. [From Ouk Own Oourkh...
LETTERS FROM PARIS . [ From ouk own OouRKHroNnKNT . ] L ' KTT . IClt L . PuriH , Dcccmbor 7 , \ H 7 , ' i . TJonai'AUTK is ut , the Tuileries . lit ; eats , drinks , and sleeps at the TuilerieH . l'Yoin thence lie dates his decrees ; from theneo he dictates his orders to France ; nnd France obeys .
The marriage was to have taken place on the 101 . Ii , and tho coronation on the 20 fh of thin mouth , but , the I ' ope has definitively refused to come to Paris , nnd the consecration is deferred till next May . Honapnrte hopes during tho interval to prevail over tin ; resistance of I he I ' ope . Ho is preparing to play his Holiness one of his usual tricks to force him l . o have recourse to a socond intervention ; bo will haggle for u bargain , and iiimnno
on the Pope tho condition of coining to crown him at ; Paris . Meanwhile Bonaparte is flattering and cajoling tho priests . All Paris was amazed to read yesfenluy , in the ftlonileur , that " his Majesty the Kmperor had attended inn . su at . the TuilerieN . " On the 2 nd of December tho clergy were received at the TuilerieH . Bonaparte said to the Our / I of St . Germain l'AuxerroiH —• - " You hoc , I am become your parishioner , M . le Curd . " JIo sedulously captivatcM the good-will of tho clergy , in
order to attain the supreme aim of his ambition—to be anointed like Napoleon the Great by the Pope . Just now all the courtier bishops , the Donnez , tho Goussets , ( the names are worthy of the regime they adorn !) are writing entreaty on entreaty to the Pope to conquer or change his determination . But the Pope will not so easily yield . A rumour has been current on the subject of late that Pius IX . and Bonaparte are playing against each other at high stakes . Pius IX . is said to demand as Ids condition of coining to France ,
the solemn and authentic re-establishment of tho Jesuits . Bonaparte recoils from this condition as an enormity . Yet , if he should not succeed in his project of gentle compulsion , I have little doubt he will yield to the conditions of the Pope , and consent to the enormity of there-establishment of the Jesuits in Trance—¦ so great is his ambition to receive a little rancid oil on the crown of his head from the hands of an ex-chasseur of the Italian Guard . Pius IX . served in the French army at Leipsic .
Since his installation at the Tuileries , Bonaparte has become , so far as the interior of the Palace is concerned , * invisible , inaccessible , unapproachable . I had led you to expect this result . At the reception on the evening of the 2 nd of December , the officers of the army were not even admitted , as in the time of Louis Philippe . Even field officers were ousted ; nothing under a general or a colonel could be admitted . Another fact was remarked . Before the 2 nd of December , Bonaparte was very prodigal of shaking hands—he shook hands with everybody . On that evening , his Majesty no longer deigned to grant any one this favour .
This gave great offence to many of the new " subjects " present , who found themselves taken in . We do not like to be played with in France . The sudden affectation of dignity grievously offended the company present . The reception was very cold , and the ceremonial not of the most exhilarating nature . The grand master of the Ceremonies opened the doors of every saloon in succession , and shouted before Bonaparte" The Emperor , gentlemen ! " whereat the whole company divided into two ranks , the Emperor passed on , barely saluting his guests to the right and the left ; the ranks closed again—and—all was over . Nothing under
a grand dignitary or high functionary was admitted to enjoy the distinguished honour of figuring in tho procession of the great man . Not only is this mountebank majesty inaccessible , hut the Tuileries is not approachable . The Palace is now warded by an extraordinary force of sentries ; there are throe times as many as in Louis Philippe ' s time . One cannot walk from the court of the Tuileries to the gardens . The good public is henceforth obliged to make a long detour of ten minutes to get from the Carrousel to the Tuileries garden . The triumphal entry into Paris exactly corresponded with my anticipatory description last week : and your
daily journals will probably have regaled you with descriptions more or less voluminous of that event , so that I need not return to it , except , to give you a few significant details . There was no crowd : the alleys of the Champs Ely sees were deserted ; the population of Paris , ordinarily so fond of sight-seeing , had not taken any trouble to enjoy the spectacle . The lew people who had come to witness this triumphal pomp , wort ) sullen and silent . No entrain , no enthu . siasin , not the slightest qiiolifjcl-, \ uA , the least , pleasantry . Jitcune . s Jloufiovimt !
is turning info a John Hull : he is becoming serious and siilky , and ( a dangerous symptom } has given up laughing . One perceived thai , this population was conscious of the great , act being consummated before its eyes ; one perceived that if was assisting at its own funeral , at its own mourning . Not , a laugh , did I say ? Not , a single cry , L may add , from tho National Guard . There was truly something sinister and alarming in this silence . When all that is now soothing in the recesses of those-human consciences shall burst forth in the face of day , the . world will l > e appalled .
After having neon Bonaparte puss l > y , I walked down the Champs Klyseen to the Tuileries . A Hooted a . s I was by nil these symptoms of the future , I was anxious to see the attitude of the population . At the TuilerieH there was not a soul to lit ; seen , nor on the Place < lu Carrousel . A lew children wen ; playing at hoop with their nurses : with that exception , not a . spectator , not a sight-seer wiis there . I seemed to dream . Then I felt anxious to judge for myself of" the
state of the city , and I walked on by the line St . Ilonore to the Faubourgs St . Denis , St . Martin , and St . Anfoine . Kvery man was at work . The population had been invited to keep * holiday ; not a man left work : the shopkeepers had been invited to shut their shops ; the greater number of shops remained open . 1 went into several of these shops on pretence , of making Home punrha . se , but really for tho purposo of drawing the tradesmen into talk . All wero * Tho Kmperor , wo aro told , ridea and drives out without iiouort . —Ji'd . Jjcadur .
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 11, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11121852/page/5/
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