HC Deb 12 November 1852 vol 123 cc129-30

The Right Hon. Cecil Forester, Comptroller of the Household, appeared at the bar, and stated that he had a Message from Her Majesty. The right hon. Gentleman then advanced to the Chair, and delivered the message into the hands of Mr. Speaker.

MR. SPEAKER

read the Message, as follows:— VICTORIA R. Her Majesty, desirous of marking in the most solemn manner Her sense of the pre-eminent Services of the late Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, and of affording to Her subjects an opportunity of testifying their veneration for his memory and their sorrow for the loss which they have sustained by his death, has directed that measures should be taken for the public interment, at the earliest possible period, of His Grace's mortal remains in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul's. The Queen is persuaded that, in taking this step, Her Majesty has only anticipated the general wishes of Parliament and of the Country, and that you will afford to Her Majesty your cordial aid and concurrence in giving to the mournful ceremony a degree of solemnity and importance worthy of the Country and of the occasion. Her Majesty relies on the liberality of Her faithful Commons to make suitable provision for the due discharge of this debt of Public Gratitude and tribute of National sorrow.

The CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER

said: I will propose for the consideration of the House an answer to Her Majesty's most gracious Message on Monday next.

MR. HUME

would beg to suggest that the right hon. Gentleman should, at the same time, lay on the table of the House an estimate of the probable expense.

The CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER

I also take this opportunity of referring to a subject mentioned yesterday. It is my intention on the 26th of November to lay before the House those alterations in our system of taxation which we think the change in our commercial system renders necessary. The House will permit me to say, if any notice is brought forward the object of which is to prevent mo making that statement, I reserve to myself the right to take a different course.