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      f ^ e duties specified schedule ( B ) , contained in the same acfc > shall be granted and continued at the reduced rate of one penny three-farthings for every tw enty shillings of the annual value of lands , tenements , and hereditaments in England , and at the reduced ^ te of one penny farthing for every twenty shillings of the annual v alue 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 annualpronts or gains , and annual amounts mentioned in the said schedules ( D ) 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 .

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      ANTI-BUDGET MEETINGS . Me . Disraeli ' 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 Kingsland peop le 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 _ , 7 d .,

      amounting together to Is . 4 id . in the pound , while land and the funds were only charged at Id . m 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 Southwark 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 be 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 the property and incometax , and the arrangement in . regard to it ; and , in fact , this meeting condemns nearly all the important features of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ' s scheme , believing that it would unjustly and seriously affect largo numbers of industrious classes , inasmuch as no adequate benefit will be gained by the proposed reduction of the duties on tea , malt , and hops . That this meeting therefore resolves to do what it can to prevent the new Hudget from bein g adopted , and calls upon the representatives of the borough of Southwark in Parliament to use their influence to obtain

      cither its revision or withdrawal . " On Thursday , there was a meeting' in the Marylehon e Court Houso , attended by the borough lnemboj-s , at which , while the house-tax was condemned , tfc « principle of the change of rate in the mcoine-tax , distinguishing between permanent and precarious income , was approved . Another mooting was held in St . Panerns Vestry Hall , and a third in the Lambeth Vestry Hall . The St . Pancras meeting 1 VH <> 1 v (!( 1 ,

      ' J hat , in the opinion of this mooting , the Budget of the << liai ] ci'llor of Mm lOxehoquer fails to establish an equitable N . y . ttem oi" Luxation ; that it will increase the fiscal oxuetion ' •¦ vied on tho people , promote the means of Parliamentary 'oiTiiption , and continue tho wasteful and extravagant ''xpenditure of tho public money ; and thut thin meeting * '' » i huvo no confidence in a M irustry lost to every principle " political morality , . who havo obtained power by false 1 'i'olenNioiiH , and who retain oflico by tho abandonment of ' . ill their previous iiIiiiIl'cs and opinions ; that this mooting

      * '' '' ^ 'cntly of opinion that ( . hero can bo no safety for ( ho lH !< » pl (\ or security , unless tho Jlouso of Commons pusses "" 'li measures oh . shall conduce to a grout reduction of tho '" lonal expenditure ; and that thin meeting , ( lieroforo , j"fi ' jP <> ri llio representatives of all oitios and boroughs 11 tho kingdom , * whoover may bo . Minister , lo insist upon * gi < l economy in all departments of tho State , tho « i million of all mmoIohh ploue . s and permioiiH , tho reduction " . ' nil fiahirien to meoi , tho allured circurnn

      At the Lambeth meeting , the resolution agreed to ^ 'IIHUH follows :--I hul , the property and income-tax to the full amount wirijr levied on houses , an addition of tW . in tho pound on J '" I'm , and of !)» Ntid , the proposition of the Chancellor or the JUxehoquor " l «> ub | e that additional taxation , by increasing tho imposts * J ? "hops to Is ., arid upon dwelling-houses to la . Or / ., m un-Wl »« , injurious , and unjuot . That thin mooting ifl docidodiy

      unfavourable to tho proposed extension of tho property and income-tax , and to any arrangements that may follow ; and , in fact , the meeting condemns unequivocally all tho important features of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ' s scheme , by which the . interests of the industrial classes would be seriously affected , inasmuch as s no adequate benefit will ariso to them from the 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 be 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 has also shown itself in the great provincial towns . The meetings had no party character .

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      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 . Shelley , 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 . Collett 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 at 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 the importance of the other branches of the subject , "that the present advertisement duty was of an objectionable character ; 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 receive every attention from himself and colleagues .

      THE SECURITY QUESTION . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) 20 , Great Coram-street , December 9 th , 1852 . Dear Sik , —A mistake has arisen on the part of some persons who imagine that the Anti-Knowledge Tax Association intend to burk the Security Question . Mr . Milner Gibson is pledged to do his best to repeal the 8 th section of the GO George III ., cap . {) , in the first bill which is brought in on the subject of the newspaper stamp . Permit me to add that Mr . Cobden would have risen a second time to support the amendment of Mr . Rodgers had 1 not iussured him that Mr . M . Gibson was going to do so . Yours , & . i \ , C . Dohhon Oor / r / fiT .

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      LETTERS FROM PARIS . [ From our own Cokiuchi'ondent . ' I liKTTKlt L . 1 ' arJH , December 7 , 1 H 5 U . TioNAl'ARTH is : it tho Tuilerien . He eats , drinks , and sleeps at the Tuilerics . J'Yoni thence he dates his decrees ; from thence he dictates his orders to . France ; and I ' Yainee obeys . Tho marriage was to have taken place on the 10 th , and the coronation on the 20 th of this month , hut the l ' ope has definitively refused to come to I ' uris , and the consecration is deferred till next May . Honaparfe hopes

      during the intervnl to prevail over ( . he resistance of the l ' ope . He is preparing to play his Holiness one of his usual tricks to force him to havo recourse to it . second intervention ; he will haggle for a bargain , and impose on tho J ' opo Ihe condition of coming to crown him at Paris . Meanwhile Konaparto is flattering and cajoling tho priests . All I ' am was uina / . ed to rend yesterday , in the Atonit . eur , that " his Miijesty the Kmperor hud attended mass at the Tuilories . " On the 2 nd of December tho clergy wore received nt the Tuilericn . I 5 onaparto siiid to tlio dire of St . Germain l'Auxerrois—¦ " You see , f am become your parishioner , M . lo Cure " . " Ho Hodulously captivates the good-will oi" 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 , the 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 hi gh stakes . Pius IX . is said to demand as his condition of coming to France , the solemn and authentic re-establishment of the

      Jesuits . Bonaparte recoils from tills 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 Tranceso great is his ambition to receive a little rancid oil on the crown of bis 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 . Tho 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 the procession of the great man . Not only is this mountebank majesty inaccessible , but the Tuileries is not approachable . The Palace is now warded by an extraordinary force of sentries ; there are three 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 vour

      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 JOlysees were deserted ; tho population of Paris , ordinarily so fond of sight-seeing , had not taken any trouble , to enjoy the spectacle . The few people 1 who had come to witness this triumphal pomp , were sullen and silent . No entrain , no enthusiasm , not the slightest quolibtit , not the least pleasantry . Jucques Jionhomme

      is turning into a John Hull : he is becoming serious and sulky , and ( a dangerous symptom ) has given up laughing . One perceived that this population was conscious of the great act being consummated before its eyes ; one perceived that it was assisting at its own funeral , at its own mourning . Not a laugh , did J say V Not , a single ; cry , 1 may add , from the National Guard . Then ; was truly something sinister and alarming in this silence ; . When all that is now seething in the recesses of these ; human consciences shall burst forth in the face of day , the . world will be uimnlled .

      After having seen Honaparte puss by , I walked down the Champs klysees to ( lie Tuileries . Affected as I was by all these symptoms of the future , 1 was anxious to set ; the attitude of tho population . At the Tuileries there was not , a soul to be seen , nor on the I'luee < lu Carrousel . A few children were ; playing at hoop with their nurses : with that exception , not a , spectator , not a sight-seer was there . I seemed to drcnni . Then I felt anxious to judtre t ' ov myself of tho

      state of the city , and I walked on by the line St . Honore to the Faubourgs St . Denis , St . Martin , and St . Antoine . Kvory man was at work . Tho population had been invited to keep holiday ; not a man left work : ( he shopkeepcrn had been invited to shut ( heir shops ; ( lie greater number of shops remained open . I went into several of these shops on pretence of making some purchase , but really for tho purpose of drawing the tradesmen into talk . All wero

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      December 11 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 1177

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      * The Emperor , we aro told , ridot ) and driven out without oucotl .- ~ JbJd . Leader .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 11, 1852, page 1177, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1964/page/5/