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Vol. IX.]
[July to December, 1845.
Parliament before Sir Robert Peel's noble acknowledge-
ment of tbe truth of Free Trade principles, we shall venture
to give the address in extenso:—
" The Session we are about to close has been rendered
unusually laborious by the rapid developement of private
enterprise, in extending the railway communications of the
kingdom. We anticipate the most beneficial results from the
facilities thus afforded to the internal trade of the country;
and we have devoted much time and labour to the legislation
requisite for the construction and regulation of these impor-
tant works, notwithstanding the various measures of great
public interest which demanded our attentive consideration.
" Your Majesty was graciously pleased to intimate to us at
the commencement of the Session that your Majesty had carried
into effect, in the spirit in which it was conceived, the Act for
the more effectual application of Charitable Donations and
Bequests. In the same spirit we have continued to legislate for
Ireland, and in making a further grant for the endowment of
Mavnooth, and in providing the means of academical instruc-
tion, we have shown due regard to the peculiar circumstances
of that part of the United Kingdom and the religious feelings
of the majority of its inhabitants ; and we believe that the
encouragement afforded by this and former Parliaments to the
education of the people has placed the future improvement
and prosperity of Ireland on a sure and lasting foundation.
" Our attention has been no less anxiously directed to the
condition of the destitute poor of Scotland, and, assisted by the
information which your Majesty has directed to be laid before
us, we have made such amendments in the law as will provide
fcr the more effectual relief of the poor and for a better system
of parochial management under the control of a general board
of supervision.
" We have endeavoured, by facilitating the drainage of
lands and the enclosure of commons, to encourage agricultural
improvement and the beneficial emp'oyment of labour in the
rural districts. And we advert with peculiar satisfaction to
the measures which have been adopted for the further security
and extension of the trade and commerce of the country.
" The laws passed in a former Session for regulating the
banking establishments of England have been applied with
certain requisite modifications to Scotland and Ireland. The
operations of trade have been simplified and rendered more
secure by the abolition of the duties on many articles of im-
port, and by the Consolidation of the Customs' laws.
" The duties on sugar have been so far modified and re-
duced as materially to affect its price and increase its con-
sumption ; and the important staple manufacture of glass has
been relieved altogether from fiscal charge and the inconve-
nience and expense of Excise regulations.
" To meet the deficiency in the revenue, caused bv these alte-
rations of the tariff1, we have deemed it indispensably necessarv
to continue for a further period the tax upon income ; and we
have been thereby enabled, in accordance with your Majesty's
suggestion, to add to the efficiency of the naval service, and to
afford adequate protection to our commerce.
" It has been my duty thus briefly to lay before your
Majesty some of the most prominent measures of the Session.
We believe them to be well calculated, under the blessing of
Providence, to increase the prosperity of the country, and to
promote the welfare and happiness of all classes of your
Majesty's subjects; and, if we have felt ourselves reluctantly
compelled to renew a tax usually resorted to under the pres-
sure of an expensive war, we have at least the satisfaction of
reflecting that we have reimposed it for no purpose of aggran-
disement or of conquest; but that we might be enabled,
without endangering public credit, to relax those restrictions
which press upon our domestic industry, to extend our com-
mercial relations, and to share the blessings of peace with all
the nations of the world."
Parliament was prorogued by the Queen in person.
[July to December, 1845.
Parliament before Sir Robert Peel's noble acknowledge-
ment of tbe truth of Free Trade principles, we shall venture
to give the address in extenso:—
" The Session we are about to close has been rendered
unusually laborious by the rapid developement of private
enterprise, in extending the railway communications of the
kingdom. We anticipate the most beneficial results from the
facilities thus afforded to the internal trade of the country;
and we have devoted much time and labour to the legislation
requisite for the construction and regulation of these impor-
tant works, notwithstanding the various measures of great
public interest which demanded our attentive consideration.
" Your Majesty was graciously pleased to intimate to us at
the commencement of the Session that your Majesty had carried
into effect, in the spirit in which it was conceived, the Act for
the more effectual application of Charitable Donations and
Bequests. In the same spirit we have continued to legislate for
Ireland, and in making a further grant for the endowment of
Mavnooth, and in providing the means of academical instruc-
tion, we have shown due regard to the peculiar circumstances
of that part of the United Kingdom and the religious feelings
of the majority of its inhabitants ; and we believe that the
encouragement afforded by this and former Parliaments to the
education of the people has placed the future improvement
and prosperity of Ireland on a sure and lasting foundation.
" Our attention has been no less anxiously directed to the
condition of the destitute poor of Scotland, and, assisted by the
information which your Majesty has directed to be laid before
us, we have made such amendments in the law as will provide
fcr the more effectual relief of the poor and for a better system
of parochial management under the control of a general board
of supervision.
" We have endeavoured, by facilitating the drainage of
lands and the enclosure of commons, to encourage agricultural
improvement and the beneficial emp'oyment of labour in the
rural districts. And we advert with peculiar satisfaction to
the measures which have been adopted for the further security
and extension of the trade and commerce of the country.
" The laws passed in a former Session for regulating the
banking establishments of England have been applied with
certain requisite modifications to Scotland and Ireland. The
operations of trade have been simplified and rendered more
secure by the abolition of the duties on many articles of im-
port, and by the Consolidation of the Customs' laws.
" The duties on sugar have been so far modified and re-
duced as materially to affect its price and increase its con-
sumption ; and the important staple manufacture of glass has
been relieved altogether from fiscal charge and the inconve-
nience and expense of Excise regulations.
" To meet the deficiency in the revenue, caused bv these alte-
rations of the tariff1, we have deemed it indispensably necessarv
to continue for a further period the tax upon income ; and we
have been thereby enabled, in accordance with your Majesty's
suggestion, to add to the efficiency of the naval service, and to
afford adequate protection to our commerce.
" It has been my duty thus briefly to lay before your
Majesty some of the most prominent measures of the Session.
We believe them to be well calculated, under the blessing of
Providence, to increase the prosperity of the country, and to
promote the welfare and happiness of all classes of your
Majesty's subjects; and, if we have felt ourselves reluctantly
compelled to renew a tax usually resorted to under the pres-
sure of an expensive war, we have at least the satisfaction of
reflecting that we have reimposed it for no purpose of aggran-
disement or of conquest; but that we might be enabled,
without endangering public credit, to relax those restrictions
which press upon our domestic industry, to extend our com-
mercial relations, and to share the blessings of peace with all
the nations of the world."
Parliament was prorogued by the Queen in person.