The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-02-21 00:00:00

. i 1 give them thus away like herds ; and were we now to be the first to establish abroad principles which we abborres at home ? The LORD CHANCELLOR. observed, that the ground of resisting the motion was its invoking the premature disclosure of matters of still higher im portance. The Noble Marquis (Buckingham) him self was aware of Ahis from the wording of hi, own motion, which asked for such extracts as might not be inconsistent with the pubtic service. • • • The Marquis of BUCKINGHAM and the LORD CH ANC ELLoft severally explained. The House then divided on the previous ques tion rootesib, 37—Not•CoNeW, 13. Adjourned till to•atorrorr. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Barclay took the oaths and his scat for the Borough of Southwark. A considerable nnmher of Petitions were presented, praying for sour alteration in the Corn Laws, as well as others against the renewal of the Property Tax. (returns were produced at the bar, of the salaries and fees of the different officers and ministers of juqiice in the Courts of Chaarery and King's Bench s as also of the fees and salaries of Ow °Merin in the sireasury and Exchequer in Ireland. Mr. BENNETT gave polite, that he wink!, to-morrow, niove for slaw enquiry into the State Ot the King's Bench, Fleet, and 51urshalsea Pfilolll. MILITIA. Sic S. ROMILLY gave notice, Slut he should submit a Mil lion to the House on the sohject Of the Militia Laws, in conse quence of that force being still kept embodied, an to-morrow sennight. SIR J. DUFF. Mr. W DITHR F. AD gave not ire that on Wednesday .ennight, be should move for an Address to his Royal Ilighneis the I Prince Regent relative in the conduct of Sir J. Dull and Oene nil Smith; and he was desirous that the. night lion. l:entlernan should in the mean time inform himself whether the memorial of one of the Spanish prisoners tried at Cadiz had been transmit ted by Sir J. Dull to General Smith. CORN LAWS. Mr. BAILING rose, to move the Order of the i Day, for the Rouse resolving itself into a Committee of the whole Rouse on the Corn Laws. It had ; been, he observed, ,his intention to submit counter resolutions to those proposed by the Right lieu., Gentleman. On subsequent consideration, hoverer, and the suggestion of an Hon. Friend, he was satis fied that the most convenient course for him to pur-.1 sue, would be to.move some amendment, the object' of which would be, In the first instance, to make the measure temporary, and secondly to introduce some gradation ef prices. This it was his intention toi propose in the Committee pn Wedttesda.y,neat.— Those who agreed with .Isim.its the principle, that any interfereace with the. Corp Laws ought- to be temporary, might then support his amendment,, al though they could. not concer i with, his argumeots, l had they been submitted to the House in the form of resolu t • . . i') • •.f‘ ‘' , :i The Committee was then find for Wednesday nest. Mr, LAhiBTON said, he OhiCl74d in the papers on the table a sum.of 4QOOI, paid front the revenue! of the Croats Lairds in his :Royel Wetness the. Da ke of York, Is defray tie lopence of certain:els-I tertainmeuts. , .wished., to, knew if the dikes, Hon. Gentlemnn could afford him any nplanatiou on this subject. . • . . . I •ti Thu CIIANCELLCa of the F.xctigcluEß,:i in reply, as, we understood, said, it was an advance from a fund enticely under the contrael of kheCrown to his ftuyal Highness, to enable hies to defray the ezpence incident to the entertainments given to the King of Prussia, to whom his Royal Highness was nearly related. Mr. BENNETT said a few words, when the con versation dropped. • FirfIANCIL • The CHANCELLOR of the ERCHEQIJER. moved, that the House should resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider of the Ways and Means for the preSent. year, and that the accounts presented during the present and last Ses sion, together with the Act. 51 of his present Ma jesty,' be referred•to the same Committee. The Speaker having left, the Chair,] . .'he Right Hon. Gentleman began ob observing, in the futsds. 7 --[4 7 out! kaugh.]..-Chis - individual •that it would on, this occasion be naturally expected would only pay upon his separate estates, nor would from hint to state in the first instance what the prin. it be possible fer.any nip even to guess at the gross cipal cause was that now induced him to come for- aggregate of his property. He was, kowever, he ward and submit certain propositions to the Com. admitted, decidedly of opinion, that the, tax could mitten. On the sth of April next, the Property not, consistently nith the views with which it was Tax, and about two months afterwards, the other miginally instituted, be retained for more than War Taxes would expire. It was not his intention s . another year, or,for any other purpose than the final as he had already announced to Parliameet, to pro- i settlement of the war expenditure.; and Juttherefore, pose any further continuance of the Property Tax.— thought it mere. Advisable to lay it aside at tutee,, 11 , .fore Christmas last, some doubt existed as 10 .1 than to irnitair the principle by any .111MV MOdiflea r e K heftier the tax would legally cease in APril next ; lions. fp laying before the Committee the amount of , but the peace with America, and its .probable rani- supplies wanted for tkie service of the year, it was iat. cation by the American Government,' had removed i possible for hint to state tiny precise sum,.ontil inlet,, every doubt of this description. He was satisfied, 1 limae ef tire ratilication of the Tsea•ty by America however, that the Ifouse, in abandoning that great' 811041 enable him to esculent the.periodwithie which measure of finance, did not consider itself at all pre- oucdeets and Armies could.be recalled. ,Thi clud. d from resorting to it again, whenever. the , therefore, which be was about to take of the financial, cessitiet of the country should resider it expralient.,-- situation of . the country .would be less adapted ; to e, [Hear, hear!]—The Parliament of 1802 end . 1606 , peace ghtablishmeut thaw. to a state of gradatipp never could hare iittetn!ed to fetter the discretion,of frpm a war to a p.'aco establishment. ft woeJd cep. either the present or uny future Parliament, 44,1),A/id: Willy, be necessary tp hourow, to a Large emptier, be know of any distinction between the Commoes bet thi*.aatapitt must depend on the time ritlNrt assembler; in that (base, and the Commons of the, woeld. be .possilde 'limit. the I,r.ar .4ex• country at laige. The Representative . and Consti, penditure. The cessation of the Property Tax•strust, tueat fledies were one and the,satne branch of the of .course, resider a cou,siderable augmentetion of. Commonwealth: it was not between them that any the Loan necessary. Looking forward beyond • tlie contract was binding, because whatever was done by present bear, it ini,sht be desirahle•to indulge for a the Representative, must be sepposed to ,be,equally moment i t s a more extended view of our sit uatiow.r— done by the Constituent. The public never could Upon the whole, he considered (be.prnspect as „veal I have contracted that Parliament should not enaUt satisfactory. It was, itot,his inteittion to compare i such laws as were suited to the emergencies of the, our situation wish that at any former period of pe country, nor could any faith be broken by the re : ., celiar difficulty aui.l.Wearta,sment ; such, fur ea- j ttewal of the Property Tax, if it should appear to be, ample, As that. tat,iihe clean of the American war,; the only advisable means of winding up the.expeuees wben public credit seemed to. be giving nay, .b of the war. The: renewal, under all the circuit)... should contrast ip with .a, period i when. our reveusies, stances of our financial situation, it was not his were in the most flourishing state. . lie alluded tio, tentioit at present to recemmettd ; but. he felt . it to. the year 1791, shortly ibefora the breaking onto( the be his duty, in proposing the substitution of other revolutionary tsar.. Ikappeared by .the report of a measures, to call the attention of .the House to the! Committee .9f Finance 4t, that. time, that the pro important service which this tax had been, the means duce ..of the dilfervot taxes, composing. the Corls4,o of rendering to the country. lie had himself been a l lidaled Fund was 14,172,0001. and ;hat the &area party to its introduction; and he . conld•assure the upon it amounted to 11,321,0001. leaving a surplilai. Committee, that there was no circumstance of his ; of 2,151,0001.. To errs wats,t, he •addell Abe pro, public life on which he looked back with greaten duce of the Land artd Malt Taxe5, , 2,676,0001. con.. satisfaction. In conjunction with the other. war ; stituling a disposable fund of 4,7q6,0001. Qa the tases, it haul supported the public credit, and. finally ! sth of , January last our *eine ,ernoented enabled us to assist materially in effecting the, deli- 3/3,250,00U1. to•whieli ,wes.to be added aisetlsereem verance of Europe. They had saved a funded debt of upwards of .q,c90 1 0001., malting tegetbar ra, of between 2 and - 300,000,0001., and an annual i gross revenue of 40,062;0001. The principal charge :.itge of 1 1,0()0,0001. The Property Tax alone upon this is the interest of the funded debt or had I.rodoce.l 1:)0,000,0001. and had saved a .bar- 35,420,0001. which ni h the Imperial Loan, made a THE STATESMAN. liett,of . Arap,ooo,ool. w)th %0 ,0134. of perinsoeiss hotsktp l if fri %Saki at all agree with. i thnse i wbo, IstirePi4stititthrtiass, en grope rt y; desuri *I to be As: ?dim in pinch*, as it was arbitrary in its assessment and collection, he certainly should not now express . anyhope that Parliament w o t ilditill - coiiiiiWr it 'ai . a reee-Wd. f re source for future tars 9r ccitical„easergtiA*',.. l 4.,l knew it was common to hear it called oppreSOie and Inquisitorial, but he sincerely believed that the gen tlemen who gratuitously discharged' the clutitut of Com Missioners had shown as much attention, justice, and impartiality, as, makitig due allowances for hu man infirmity, could be reasonably expected from any body of Ain n.hittever. , fhey were composed of persons who widertook. the ,ofice from the Most lendable and patriotic motites,; they 'were the same . . gitttlenaen who filled the Commission of the Peace, and maintained in the different functions, of the Ma., glstracy, the internal order and tranquillity of the, [ kingdom. He should never, therefore, listen to any ' remarks derogatory to . their character without doing his best to repel them. With:respeCe to the,powers conferred upou them by the Act, ,if „we comsalted,. precedents we should fine) no *ion to consider them as excessive. By the Act Ist Antii,ject, 1, 'chap. 15, on the renewal of the French MU', a ^ tat subsequent to that on land was imposed on personal property. The tax amounted to fifty shillings on capital, twenty-five . on income, four on trades, and four on professions. The Assessors were empowered to levy penalties, and the Commissioners to summon, en quire, and examine upon oath. By the law as it then stood every trader was obliged to deliver in an account of his stock iu trade. The present tax on . property made on, pe , rtional enqiriries, atul selkateyer, might be its inconvenience", and .tlefeos,, as qpplied, to income derived from trade, hesousideved affected land, to ,approach to, perfection. A . cleOse had been inserted iu 1803, for the purpose of tumedy.. Ng, in some degree, this evil, by referring cane' tqt private arbitration,, but it . was "uhserioetitly omitted.,, He was anxious to state his view. of t the importance .and advantages ,of this measure, the event of cir-,; cumstancea hereafter renderiqg it necessary to call it' once more into action., It 'undeublvd)i.Was strictlyr a war tax and though it stood, plethed ter mayoral years at the peace of Amiens, and althopet by . out. ting off so productive a .source of' revenue at .4 tinie when the war expenditure still remained. to be . wrentir . up, the loan for the serriceof the _year most neces sarily be large, he still thought that the, great, vari ation of prices must render it,,. eptltiaired, far more vexatious in its operative, jtpt) on yell .(lo its pressure, thou at, any former,.netiod. Tim fay., mer, in particular, must be.e"pesed to a cliame,cOn!..i siderably higher than any..e4titnate of his reellsrukts would justify, as itbad been the Firectlce bititecto to . calculate moot. It tiad beep proposed to ItiM, „propabli. similar seggesti coos Itad,presented. them** tn,pnitky who,now ?marl hire, to continue the tax orkproperty under different modifications.. One ,pf these pans proposed to exempt the class .of faimers,allogether,, and. apply the tax only . to, property of 4.. mixed 'caption. The obvious objection to tbys.was, . in every Loan Act,, a clause was jutroduced,.exempt; to the stock of _ Ave. contractors-fromAl', tat. j. sod . ] whenever the principle of exanoOtion should, be ad-, , Milted, the stock-kobler, as kpublic,creditor, would; have the best title. viz, ,the faith ef„ Parliammt.tc,! plead in.his behalf. A,tiother plea. atek,t,o apgmetst the tax considerabry on the .great .proprietors, sad reduce it 16 it affected persons of limited and.narrairt. incomes. A .very etteution, ho wever,would show. the Impracticability of such a project. „jilts. Act at present gave no insight into the real property .of any, body: the tax was levied without reference Ito Abe name or business of ,the proprietor. ,To,illeatrate his meaning, he should suppose that e person who was a banker in London might 'be ,merchant in Bristol, and.a.manufacturec at LiKikor, and that he should hare a large landed s ,estate t ri)99ool. _ linsPe . , tokkof '35,173, 0001 . and, with the,additien of the; sired, and also that it referred to persons elms had Oihei_ebergei f , amounted to 37,5n,0p01i leiring l 4: . ,hi erto been liable to the Property Tax, he thnught .peetaanintAtijptus of 3,418,0001. If to this :were it was a computation not much to be complained of, te. be aiiiiii the annual taxes, substituted far the add that it would be more agreeable than the ta r land and malt; a sum total of 8,418,0001. would be from which they were relieved. It was estimated at found ipplicable to the supsiort of the establishments 500,0001. and yet it would be seen on investigaik e of thiCaunliii eisagli e greaVi r earartiiir . wills - that the persons paying it would not, in fact , p a y e l which we n Akh ati.. WaVlSsid fi that time be. so large a proportion as at the begintiiiig f of the war, sides a SiniCing • - Fund of 1,300,0001. only• "we had .The aggregate amount of these.several..items ass nese one of more than 114000,000._ Thedebt, in:. ! 950;0001. It - witeaftiFi fi litilt - tht•tkitfittllrex t ekno deed, was . MiCh'lstiarf s. bot.oir Means of meetiaLit : dety_cenneeted with the Pest,effice. A laza_ it bid increased, in ik conr 7 fold pricporAißcyr-[//ear, i would be bad op .elery neyspiaper serit..ll Ih e G e. hear !3—COniaereble eleitiona, 'hewevdf, were still i ntryi i Past. As . long aga as, in 17 1'v a similar ' necessary. The House must beicware of ,the requisite lis e rn e of bixtrtion,bid been iecotnisended. It might' ' extension of oar military . esiebßiliment, from the ne- ; Perhaps be thought that the stamp duty'wesuld be a e ' cessity of preserving our. colonial settlements, for : fected by this arrangement; tstatthose Gentlemen who, ' Malta, Ceylon, and eopecielly, far Canada. Ali this ' when in thecouatry l itidefOlhiniselves with a London' being taken into consideradma, it word be found,l paper, wouldhaidly forgo eltiaikiiriertiVehieh every that ,the peade military eitiblialwakirt.would not' ball body who heard him was so well acquainted, for the far short of what it was at the . commencement of mere sake of the additional *petliiyl' Meibbers of the war. When also it was recollected,. that our the House were exempt to• the ambunt of an ciente navy hid been engaged in thoardithuiwar. for twee! Weight, and if it were thought necessary, might be 1 •ty years, it must be seen at once, that very extensive i still further exempted. This duty would prod uce repairs were necessary... The House, therefore 50,0001. . Other measures which would hereafter be • would probably hear, without surprise, that the ! detailed were in contemplation with respect to the expeisce of the peace establishment would be eighteen ; Post-office, as to the foreign poitage, and especially or nineteen millions, including the Irish establish- , regarding the carriage of letters to the - East Indies.— merit. He sincerely hoped, that at no distant period The amount of all the taxes now detailed would be some reduction might be possible; but , at present he . 3,728,0001. but five millions were wanted. On a must assume that amount as the sum demanded, which, : future occasion be would give the details of the rest subducting two millions for Ireland, would leave 17 • of the intended taxation: he would now merely state millions for Great Britain. To meet,this demand, ! what wooed' hereff . o4 by the proposed taxation.-- there were in the first place about 6f midione of 1 A considerebteedunce awes Weedieon r stamp duties perinanent annual taxes i . he shirid propose a con. I (not relattettola4 proceedings), which it' war cal. tiuuance of the war taxes , the'Custome, _ and' eacise,l ciliated wOuit'produce about 700,0001. ; but the ' for a limited time, which would . in:White a Souther ,I process of collecting the amount of stenspa - ,riis so sum of six , illions; mid he should lay before the' icompliCated, thafGentlemett Weald - Ka be mink House aplan for new taxes to the amaiint of fire Milo I,that no schedule could yet b 4 ediaptetid. About lions, making in the whole 17 millions and a half. 000,000. still remained to be supplied, and he hoped But the House would recolleet,that thechargee . ofalteltisit the system of bounties and drawbacks would be loan must be defrayed out of these taxes ; and,. ii. j able to obit it % ; Ile :.proposed particularly a con. 1 died even if the expenditure could be redeem! to 13 tinuance of this system as to printed cotton and .. millions, stUerinsiset.be e . eecessity 'for new • taitee.,l sugars: There was another subject, on which he unities the.: Ai. Void. wiFe IA biresorted to, Ish ea- I had received repeated applications :he alluded to the padleut particularly to be wielded.. It would be great article of beer. A considerable increase had foetid owexaminttion, that . after every war. there ; some time ag o been imposed on the price of beer: the: ' wee a winding up of-great amount, and of cousi. I public at present seemed to be convinced, and be t datable duration. .The. expenses of the Ames icani was disposed to agree with them, that this price was' ' war, were not cleared even , in 1788.; and after the ; now toolligh. Hewes, certainly unwilling to in. s peace in I,763,,aerears elf the war were still unpaju in . ; crease tne price of this article, and would rather 177,5, lie would .therefore readily coufess, that the ' -relieve the piddle than add to theft burthen. Ile present war expeuces could no( be wound up within Iboped, therefore, that the hint now thrown out • . shorter period.. than four years, that s, till 18114. i would not be lost. Government would wish not to and till that time be supposed some leap twig* be I interfere between the consumer and the maker; necessary each year. , Ile had .the eothereity. of Mr.,' bask it. would not be neutral upon this occasion; ; ' Eitt for the kind of anticipation which his plan might for e In conseqaeoce of the application of the seem.toinvolve. ',lle first resource, then, would be lirewitte, be. and Lord Liverpool had on a former ' a.steutinuanee of tbeovar. taxes... kart of these had occasion been parties to the rise, and he must, alreed,y,eapired. at Christmas,. namely, the tax on , therefore, now distinctly declare that they could .! tonnage of, goods parried . coastwise : no renewal of., slot hold. themselves responsible for the - continue i these,wee intended ;, tar was, it the intention ef.. tbe snipe of, thalit s cased price.—{llear,hear I] —Upoa Government .to otnitinue the duty on cotton-wool, the whet; it thought. advisable not to touch the ' ifimported in Iltitish ships, especially., as this Wel...Si:llolw ?nail,. but alloWit to increase for four years gencs might eperate.as an encouragement to the lea- at compound interest ; so that, if so enfortresate a re.. .' proventent of..oar plautations. .Without any detail, . mashes:4d beiipeu, it might be a resource for future he should merety.state, that the total amount of the . wars; and, on the other hand, might extinguish the war tales was 9 , 867,0001 . from which, deducting the .40$ ytolaptealite, 'Cat. le ;Nil . 43*years. It would hi l'elinosit'of the ' spired taxes, and the 2,032,0001, 1 , 7 w0005tent1y growing resource. At the same time, he ~, parked for their:ma, theamount to be continued would hoped that peace would'be cOneelidiied and secured ; . W 6,519,0001. lie now came to the new taxes. To.Atud, that the hostile spirit, generated by so long a r tweet .the, curiosity of the House on this subject, he !War, would subside every year, even every month.—. Ishould begin by showing what it wns not hie in. ritt any rate it would be. cleft,' that wldle we were, tentionito do. The Assessed Tastes would be naturally,,tdisposed to be transquil and act with moderation, we , looked to: and to thiasubjeet he would take theliberty !were prepared against all the possible contingent at. .' of. first addressing himself. He did not intend to i tempts of our enemies. It was with no email alio move any addition to the window duty in inhabited.; faction that be new looked back upon the late war. houses, as this would fall hard on many classes who ; altd congratilated theirouse on the expiration of, could least afford it : but be should'propose a tax of , that Masao( taxation witiewhich the country had been a al:idler—nature oil green-houses, hot-Nooses, and encumbered.Ninemillioneoftaxation waren:Hermes'''. conservatories. This estimate would be -made on 1 ad! He hoped dot. this reductiokyeald prove sdnis ß , their superficial extent, sod 48 square feet of see.. tageous not only to private comfort, but to the future taco would be considered as equal to a window, and extension of public revenue: for rho doilit this sur rated at 35..61 Thus, supposed .a •geeen-house.ti, Plus ,would be employed in trade, and find its way be 60 fest in length, and 12 feet height, its surface ' ultimately to the public revenue. lie must also can. would beequel to 15 windows, which, at the rate gittelete ,tjie Mut*. on the • progressive enceease of, of the IViudow Tax, would he...31..71..6d. Ile sup. thirevemm(adependently of the.property tax) within posed thatlew Gentlemen would be inclined to oh. the three lastyeam, which promisedthe best results fur ject to.this tax.. Considering, on the other hand' the future. ..The three last years ; presented the fisl.' how much the trading breaches would be relieved by ; levying . progress:. the first of them prodoesel the removal of the Property Tax, he conceived that :47,000,000,1i ; the . second 48,468,0001.; the la.r,' tradesmen would not. object to such a substitute as 51,00Q,Q0Q1 e . The country might now - be proud thit he should now propose, which was a tax on the win- it had achieved all its great objects, while It was at' dews of shops and warehouses, in the same proper. ; thosameAmit in the most flourishing condition,' Ile. tion of.3s. 6d. a window. It was difficult to procure - malt- beg leave.of the Committee to tell a story-whir:la an accurate osculation of the amount of a new tax, had relation to the present subject. The late Mr. but it was estimated that the produce would hellbent- Burke, on some occasion at the beginning of the. 50,0001. a year. The next tax related to •inhabited , French war, being among his friends,. d ran k success ' houses: he should propose an augmentation of SO . to • " the long war ;" the company, not expecting the per cent. on the, present tax on therents•of inhabited war to be long. expressed some surprise; but Mr. houses, and the rent of warehouses would be charged Burke repeated his sentiment, telling them that it ism thesemearanner. .It was reckoned. abet the first must be long,' adding' . " ',utak et aurora rebus. measure would. produce 396,5001. and that the Ware- • selvage secuidis." Such was the opinion of that house Tat e ould produce 150,0001. The next class of great Statesman: -he felt . that all that was to be lasatiou would embrace servants, carriages, ' aisd horses feared was a feverish hripStieu j. co . 011, the part of the usg.l for.pleasure and luxury ; a considerable addition people at the necessary burthea. •Thecotintry, hew woeld be imposed on them, namely, 'about 80 per cent . ever, had borne - all :- it had sigdyperseeired, We'd it Gentlemenperhape, ;would net be very eager to oh-. new remained for Kt* estiex the preepetittreselting jact to this proposition, when they consideredethe from that perseverance.4Bear, keeribeßietit diffewenee of amount between this tax and the Pro. Hon ! Gentleman then moved itii'lteiergebes, ac pert!, Tax. The.increase on servants was estimated carding to tbe.tinoUr'of bleS . PeeCh., at 41.0,0001.; on carriages at 31:3,0001. ; on horses,' . . Mr. WHITBREAD said, it was not his inten at 63'2,5001. .irsien anti liorseserepleyettinliesbandry tion (o have pot s'Of tlaivi on* present occasion,, were not included, but an addition of 301. -er• 401. haillt stetslneite . .fece census taunt et; sneer that the por.,eeat. on .horses used its trade would amount to . Right. Ho n . Gentliman- had, in a s certain part of his' about .85,80301. , and on lain to about 148;0001. An speech,,4ltweittgpropet tokloar tgt against the trade increaser on ..the tax on dogs would . amount to of which he had the honour (6 be an humble,aiem -105.5001.. •AU increase also on the defy on game. bee. in that part - of the epieelt to'whiela he alluded,. certificates was reckoned at 42,000. lee should Pro- the Rigid' Me. Gentlettaiti hiLl pia,,,.g. that pose, that all unmarried men who already pay an reeived several hintsOlffit as adilitioetitaz might be. addithanatl. rate on servants and horses, should pay a pi l ot on beer• heti the Isigh . _otiti s * *hoh it was' still further rate of 501. per cent.. on . their servants- • kejet .9p e ,"... The itlg'hi• iViii. •.Gentliman had this. horses, and carriages,which would peotluee 1204001. night. offered his plan of fin lisce,' and many were of he had [a loud ingth.3 The aggregate amount of i these' eAnien,Bia l tlititeoc Itiii,artiiilei for raisin the...aoesii g . . ..... sevecat sums was ft .milliene and a halfr • Ile came he wanted would be a tax on beer. The Right Hoe. now to .the customs.; .andbere he intended an Atli- Geittletati !vtt' keek,eiterycireaktitenesi retail's . to timed duty on tobsioo, and this the rath e r because his plan eatZfiniiy.stsee and close. Not a Whisper there was reason,to believe that piece with Atneri6e` had made its way.to tie public till the whole proinui- . would milks tobacco .cheapere • The duty wouta getietehtekjus( Jseqed e from hihretirulnouth- , ,tilt. e"" bleat.thevatref Grt.. in ,ithe pound, undi wind ( ) pro. quiries made by himself otitis friends bad been fruit. dacw.flatis,oool. An additional duty •of 9.01. a tun less and inetrectual. Hi would not give the imitiest would be imposed an foreign wine, nna:an increase hintiti aiiivi: ha . , Afiii.A .; to licessi Is ;. pi that the waultbe laid out chg. lieeticesto ()eaters in eicisable trade to which he belonged could net ford anv tree articles. Ile was aware that this last impost was judgment by which they were to act, as to the coeti not free from objection, as it might be said to affect nuance of the present prices of beer, till they Wl'r" small trades ; but whets its moderate nature was con. able to ascertain what the intet , tiont4 of the 114'1 r I pi