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belattid elseso nor lay any stress on of uefetnug to it ; but the point et - hic!l lig cooplained of in this question was, that endeavours had been made to persuade the l'oblic that either :llinusters or Parlianwnt had ever pledged their taith that the Property Tax *Litwin not VOlttilmed so 1111 to preclude Parliament from exercising Its discrc- . tion vprni the solaject. When that should come toks consideration-, let the question under the, eireotnetuoces be 'derided upon its own merits-: but it could not -be justly,contended that any Ad ministration had ever pledged itself that the Pro. petty Tax, either in the whole or, io.part, or that - Patlumient was ever so pledged', that.in no cir., cumstances the Property Tax should be continued ire a time of PvKei the'contraty, he v.,..0u1d. say, that Pat molt :bad Derv' . so commit ted as must appear .troin the whole of what. hail. ~likett place sjnce the year 1799, when it was ,viii PrPPoseq ~Puiler t namehe of ; the. Income ax, by Mr. Pitt. Upon that occasion,. though _originally proposed as a War Tax, the comidtra tion was not Oct eftire precluded, %dialler or not, "I'derdmrtiealar eivetnostances, it might be eon . • tinned in a time of peace. It was a fact %veil known to the world,' that the effect ,Of measures which were subsequently adopted, would have Jieen to itnve pletlged this' ax,witheert ant whet 1 . ,,r a sum 0f.:54 milliOns,, anti by that means the Propetty Tax would have been so mortgaged, if his Noble Friend, who afterwards succeeded to •'t he head of Administration, had not proposed to 'l't , rliament•to laud these 66 millions, anti pro 'sided taxes (or tilt PayMent. of the intcrest.„. It 'tumid therefore never have been in the content pktion of Parliament, that tiny contract was 'made bet Ween it and the public, that the kIIPYid hot upon any account he continued in time of peace. Ppon the renewal of hostilities his NtAk Ft:iend prOptisedi Tax upon a similar prin. at the.rate of 5 per cent. but under new lotions. Nothing in that enactment involved any itledge that at tl:e so;iation of war it might not have, beet, continual, Its it was at liist proposed, in case ()lodger boribens. On the contrary, it was regard end aa on open question, to he jittlgeil of seconding (4..iretunstalices. And he must beg leave to bring itta' their Lordship's recollections, what he had 46-stated in the last Session of Parliament, v . Yhen lie proposed the continuauce of the Tax, to: Meet the exigencies of the coming, war. Ile had expresitly stated, not the course which he thought 'should be takers by Parliament, in war or peace ey is h respect to it, but that it would he 'a question ;it the time for Parliament to Minsider, tinder all tlie cireunotances of the case. Butt he batl.a right rorcomplaitt [fiat it should be !alitl that any engage.. rattotlool ever been entered into either by .Ministers . oa:, by ,Parliament to abst3in Erato adopting the h were thooght neeessary,and convenient. now ! catne to point more •intinctliately in qpcittiste,„;end on Britt .be inttkt .COLIft:SS that, the N91.) 1 C Maio k'si explanations were- to, him un. 131.4 factory. lie would. admit, from the state. itteoip which, had been 'titatle,, and from what appeared , lyspeetiog, that financial system,. that it„otiglit. thciutetitiOrt.:.oC;Jts nachos s nut to contiOtte the 'Property Tax, if such could have teen ayoidcd ; lila their objections to have pledged; all the otlicr•Taxes in preference to the 'Property Tax, and that their hopes were, that the would have • conducted .under such circum stances, that ..a necessity for 'the continuance ,ssf 111% Property Tax would not exist ; but there was nothing in the system to invoke n pledge. that the should rant be continued in time of.peacc.. It ypeared on the face of the plan, that in certain circumstances the tax, nutlet- its operation, must havoc beets continued, iu time of peace. This woold appear bons a reference to one of the pA taarephs„ tot the sense ire which the plan was COn.CONed %%MOW . best appear ft - urn the documents ~j~rinte:tl by anthoritY, uutl laid before Parliament. ?aoio.„thts (which : was read by his Lordship), it appcared t that...should' the war continue beyond a . cettain .Petiotl E the Property Tax was to be coml. i - -,tutil,,.and applied. to the purposes of the plan, the kcyitable iiliereliCe Irons which, he argued, most he„,.'tliat the plait would go to pledge the Tax in question (should. the %vat- have continued beyond 'seven years) for. a certain period of pence. With respect to what a Noble, or a Right lion. Friend 'tofaiis ntj ht hav,e said, it could not be supposed •that, he et:Oil:answer for what words might be used hot, abstracted from the irregularity Of such .ss refere,nce, he believed it would be found they had tiver stated that it was the intention of drat Citaveroment to harc . contintted ti:e. Property Tali; in tithe of pektee j but that they had slieWesl, tivit from the. plan : it was in contemplation that circistostauces might BOK which would inducothe totitinstance .of the Tax ; but in, either sense, llogroAo4,.whatever,existed to - form any charge rigt(inAtikiltMaiesty's Ministers on the occasion. tor E LORENyt . ,t4e spoke .at some length in 'sup p4it,,of : whatltati:fallcu from the Marquis of Lens" donne, : relative tO .t lie : Finance plan of 1806, and argmcd, thot. front whateVer fait ly uppeared on the face . .of flip plan, And from - every thing that passed, upon the : occasion, it : %vita not to he fertattlAiantalte then Administrati on, had the lest ititwitiou, of, coacitusing the.' Property Tax in t :tote of:.•:pettee ; yin the .contrary, rt was one of ptincipal objects, to have avoided st obttokirms a meattoe, tic ,contended that at 'least a Ytfrhal rfulgelraditten-ntora than, onee_ given by Mini. 'Sre7t ) Atid . kOnt11413411“1 by the Legislature,. aud it was his firth,•enhvictiqn, that nothing but a. ge teral:pei-snation - on the pat of the public, thfit they. would be cased of a eonsiderable,part of their 'ban - Oleos, but more particitiarly-the tax in (pies. Lion, bath intrucetl' them to hear those burthens sn ehearfuily. as they : had .tiotte. Ile defended the vieasiite , p r ;t h e i t ,e.rea.e. of die Property. Tax by tbe..Admiaistrationnf 184 JG. DP THE NATlftti. The:Order of the Day; upon whic h their Lord. st.ips were summoned,- beiteg real, -• of gam:alto . raise, porsnant to his vot i cu , and observed, that the titthicct to let. bal tit call their Lordshins'atteotion, , as one . . , , stolnel tnagintOne, giTnaced stick a . , . r varie ty of important ouwcts, that, he slmuld have i th ro lik f.“, 01 the taA which he had a uf f e i to ki n, Aid' he trot' feel 'certain tit. t'oeOlving Stain theit. Lortribips i _ indulgence :that ,degree ofjavourAle orwf,ieh he StQO(.l . 50 dints in need, tiraei thei 'itatvd his intention' of eonauding. by' HOUSE OF COMMON'S. rAvENinsT OF' TILE METROPOLIS. Mr. M. A; TA , /Lost, in pursuance of notice, rose to onove. for .a Select Committee to inquire into thelonte of the.rnienterrt of the Metropolis,. Ile stilted ‘lis reason for trot bringing in a ll , iil before the' imptiry was made to be, th.rt the 'loose might be put in posse,sioot of facts, 'in. order that tittf.tie- C . assitY might. be' seen of passing some substantial, measure on the r•objeet. lie .Went: into some detail of the .proreedings of .the -different pa. risks on the snbjeet, •particularly referring to that of!Mary.le.bone, and enfoNed .upon the Douse the:necessity of appoint ingsome inspector genetA who might be responsible for the repair of ilte pdvetnent. In conclusion, he moved for Abe appointment of the Committee.. ' After 50111 e rent:silo; from Sir SIMPON, General TuoatiToN, and Mr. I.l(ncs.r,, the motion tuns agreed to. . Mr. IIENNETT moved for an Account of the grim, 'rind net proceeds of all Colonial Produce consigned front. the West lathes to this Country. If. also moved for :to Aceotitit'of thrA4ctires of the Royal 'Waggon' Train up to , Jonuiry t ' 181t1, the munber of Desertions from llut Train, the litice of Agree)) to. .:Mr,AIIIiIiCRONIML did not gee the lion. naSter of the Mint in his "dace, but he tonerired there coutd•he no ob jection, tuft motion he seas about to make. It was fOr . An Ac count of all Augmontationsmadc iu the Salaries oldie Offices of the Mint since JannAry 1514. • •. The CLIANCEI.I,OK of the Exc.:fir:Qum thought that there would be no ocesoion fur the minion, as a 041C:11104,a that nature would Mid h e r o , the llvyise. . ABERCIMAItiIIt slid, that his object was to'move for the account of the augmentation to show the cOmpari-un.—.- lii: did tiot think that the statement to he giretrwould cota pr.ise that eansporison. The WIANCFALOR of the Exc....m(11%R tail, that a comparative statement would be math:. • Tbe motion Was hen withdrawn. COrill' or siNstoN SCOTL'tND. Mr. J. I'. GRANT 111111011 i whether n return moved for by his friend, the Member for %%tato.- ford, respecting the Court of Session in Scotland, 11411 been made, 11e took this opportunity of statittg, that 'he believed there had been . a. mi ,1 1 .•- prel i etiSion With regard the delay which had occurred. The fact Was, that neither the Court, olgessitOt, nor the Learned PerNoO at the hea'd of that Catrt, were blame Able, as the order ,)viit transmitted to the • Lord Advocate of . Scotland, and not, as it 'shouldliave hero, to the President of the Court of Session. lie was certaitt that no disresptct was Meant to the House. The CHANCE LLoR of the Excneauka replied, that he batl'seen no return of the kind. lie was quite sure that no disrespect 19,0 Meant to the House. • r he LORD ADVOCATS of SCOTLAND eitterCti into a detail of the-manner in which it to hint the Achy :1 1 3d taken plaee. The return, he understood, would be 'made to Parliament in a very short time. Mr: AnettOttamattt considered that tine most prompt ohediente shOuld ever be given to the orders of the Hoitse. lie had,' however, the best means of knowing that,on the present occasion a great 'reason of delay was, the mature cousidera-, lion of the 'subject by the Court of Session. • Mr. ‘%% Gna•rr Suggested that a less round about mode of communication might be adopted than that which now existed in the Seeretary of State's Office, in Seatlind. . Mr. TlVattaYi geeing 'the Lord •Advocate Of Scotland in his place, wished to hear horn biiii personally, ns no answer had been yet made in the return moved' tor, What augmentation had been made in his own Ishtar) 1 The CUANCELLOU of the ExencQuealaid, that the num' had certainly not been wade, but the fault did notlie with his Lordship. , 'hie Loan AD%'OCATL; 'Winn ObjeCtiOn to reply 'to the question put tohim, No return had yet been made; but when it was mado it would Inf orm the Muse, that there bad been neither an aug mentation nor 4 diminution in his salary.: Mr. Ticktiei naked, • Ivltether any advance was, i , ~, n contemplation 1 . . The Logn ADiOCATIC could lint answer that qucition. the 'should follow the course adopted by illiuirters , is not taking hints from the wher side of the lionse. • Thoeitie far a Corntettlee lioustt to Ilraltilts tectil`tel l'y 't'he Wltt ,4l ttePts StattlYt consider of th e St ate o f t h e Nation. Ile then le. fur the county re f fe r re d to- tratiotts preAtlents, where, ott great mid IetoPERTY TAX. UnotirtithUS occasions like the present, Such ! Mr. T'reeerev said it 'would he veil , desireble,ep totte'et: had been tsflri4tscd by the 1 ;""lie• The - kuow, l ivhether it wits the "t•th [light Noble Dekti was proceeding vi;itli his subject hen lion.Gentleusin inure the continuation of the he fiittling himselt sedrienly intlilee•ed) PropertyTax,in the Com m ittee t,t l Alopiley, as It his seat, apparently much affected, and unable to +. 6s +.6s proceed farther. quiestiO nwhich stood for that thy point of farm ? NVould the Hight lion. 4..lentlemati The Marquis of L INSPOu ' NE immettietely sing- b e so good as to state in what coudition the florae gamed that the House woul d ' perhaps allow the might expect to .Mattel us to business for the -next .Noble Duke to postpone his motion to another %se e k Nits the Property Tax Unedited to-be . day. 'brought 'nu, or was.siny other mode to.bu suggest- The Earl of,Ltveepoot: said. he had too much ed in lieu of it, as it was daily more and e.oro personal esteem for the Noble Duke to object to proved to merit the deepest,.coesiderationi - any pditpouement suitable to his Grace's conve- The CtIANGEI4OII Of the li,XClttifaUall said that nienee. • ' l lllinisters and the House must coincide with the Earl Gully then moved, that the debate be ad- 'Right Hon. Gentlethart, that the measure, when , jottrited till Tuesday next, which was immediately ever-it might - be'beotiglit forward, ought to expo , agreed tri by tech- Lan•dsliips, who were ordered hence every consideration. As to the precise .to be sellutioned accordingly.---Adjourned till to- tinin when the subject would he brotight forwent, tnorrow. . we understood the Night lion. Gentleman to say, that till the House should agree to the vote of money in the Commilice of. Supply, to •the amount of five or six millions-, he should not feel himself authorised to introduce this measure. in the Nays and Means. Mr. ! .I,IERNEY replied, that lie knew there was the greatest anxiety on this question ; and he 'Jutted that sonic Gentleman of more cousequenee titan himself would' bring forward a Resolution . 4 on Monday, which . - should cau s e the House to i understend wlien the tfuestion;slionid be brought On, or whether, tinder any eircionst:incts, it ws One whiell ought to he entertained. - Petilious-wete:pregenrea (row Dartmouth, from the tualli)••4 Perth, frltu rtioadeigti, .Destm, by Sir 'l'. • find felir - f front .-\• ' ' s ricultzrall)lv.n...,, from Niqe taw Friars, S u m erht •t, tr'utn the Utuoinst/wy, pgaiiist *l.lch were rt•. rithd, and ordvied to ttit'Tubte, vfittauut producing, !. may debate. Lord NUGENT,. on rising to trove .for leave to pre.sent a Petition from the of stoke, Biickiiiglianishire, read a letter with which it was SLccompanied. It gave a deplor.hle view •of the vote of the people formerly .employed. in egri - etiltisrallabotir, who were thrown on the parishes, .even there (Amid riot get - proper relict, he 'l4ittise the rates cool.l not be obtained. writer 4as a Gentlemait who had 'perhapl never before troubled: hinqcll btu' flow, what he `had witnesses!, lie sAid, he felt deeply that the people were grievously oPpressesl. The 'Peel tiots , stated the same feeling, Attributed then' grievances to the intentiep of Ministers to maintain' u large standing artny, ,which 'valid re iiitire the l'ioperty Tax to be opptesSively levied, in ;order to support ,it.-.-The 1 4 ,;(iI1011 was ceived. se'fie tete rr'r moved to bring rip a Pet it.iori from Shrewsburs., which be-stilted to coreplivin .61 the Pro t .:: -1y Tex as partial, unjust, anti 6ppreSiive, tinder any circumstances.: ;the: alsO prayed tor the abolition of the 'slat Duty, and spoke of the large military establishment its in ttieir minds unconstitutional. '‘Vitli 'such repre- Fentatimis lie cordially agreed,, and , he trusted that Nliiiisters would yet find it - better to pi,t Bomb tither limit t.o taxation than the .patilnce,of the people.—The Pcti: Sou \V us received. Me. -DickeessiN ru,r 10 present one fromlViee lisctiqe, in Surrey., observcd, . that among other evils DV which the Petitioners complaine.i; Was one of vital importante. It related to 4.lte general decrease in the vissatitity of land sown this year with Wheat, as well as the qteintity back oft-the : bands of the p'wners, and, iiow lying uncultivated, as the farmers, front rfie low price of wheat, eOuld not afford to..eulsivate them. Whatever might be. Nair! all Oat the faith of Mini sters on pal tient:it. poilits i i there was Mitt generat m syste of, faith ie GovernMentS, which wits ait• engage:tiger so to stipport the ioterests of agrtent titre, that th,e people should not -rtiti the risk of starved.-,,T -h W e Petition a , s received. • Buouon'ANt. said,. ha. Itch! in les itutol.a Petition front tire town of Hannon, •in Devon, agstinst the Property .fax, which, amotigst other facts,,complisSised that the twist and i-eto lereble parts if that systeth were the compelling the Petitioners to ',lay open their concerns to a train of inspectors and spies ; and th e .y , . r ;., ; „,1 t h e Ijoittid would refuse sanction th the tiec.snre under any modifications 'Whatever, ()n this sub-. jeer he was'etiableir, from- what had .very lately Q0111(2. to his knowledge, to oiler a very . strikiag commentary. A very respectable per:ten, a ship., broker, residing' et tin very great .dislatice front that Hoose, had occasion to purchase au article -at leelteesentonger's, which he received 'wrapped up in a paper that proved to be, 'to Isis tin steals astonishment, the return of rite of friends and neighboors to - the Commissioners of the Property Tax. he called on'theGeutlemen, &toil stated the -circumstance, and they both called 'on the cheese monger, • 'floe trailesfealetall.thein be had lately bought a great 1(.4.0 . waSte paper, of the saute kind, and they found, upon farther• inqiiire, that the lever in ipiestion bud beets exposed .to sale l;.- the C9/I,laliSSiCiarl's ) , anti consisted of tlie.whole retail's, of w tiO hat was costunly ea lied, t eir diction but which he should call their itiquieJi CIVIL. LINT. Thus it appeared the inivkite affairs of all= persons Mr. 13ttotronva asked when a rotaries Paper were expos:!!, not nitly:to the Couninissioners hitt f)ti this subject would be laid before the House ? to the world', by their returns beitte expo:scale lVe tutderstottd the. Chancellee of the Excheqiier sale as waste paper; and it Ito had seen no icason to site it was nearly reedy , Mr. Tlaatilor wished to know why the produc- woillifinduce hint .to do it. For it would.steiv, tion• of the Account so lung . exOecteil wits slot that all attempts for making the Corentii.sioners forthcoming, and when it would be.produced ? keep iaith with those under their inquisition were ttestIIANCELLUit of the ,ExerteSlU4ll said, in enaeailiog ; 11,11(hltere appeared no great 'chance all prtilraltility, it would be delivered to-morrow. . at making these persons keepthe secrets Of indisi /Ur, TI . O(N.Ey replied, th at if it were not pro- d ua l s , unless 0(4/ toOklivorir three to as. (limed to-Morrow, Ice should. . feel it, Itie.doty to sitethem, by wine - hall the :delve . that ensue be.; move a direct vote of censure oil the persoirs.con-.I .fore them would : he verbally,exposed. certied unit the Civil List, us he was ; etniVitieva The CITANCELIoa or the I , x.ctit:Quett denied' that, there iviisohlittliiog improper at the hOttoni that such a charge coma • generally apply to the of the sitbjeet, which prevented the produCtiot i of Commissioners. He remembered a . similar .eir the papery . . c u to stance that occnrred.aboot a year and . a h a lf • 49111 CgcnnAbilt moved for Copi es o f var i ous ago iequiryire ascerta)ted, That it was a Correspondence between slit; Adeliralty and hint- terterftl preetiee recut the Commissioners carefully self, iii February and Jllarelt, ebeliji extracts t o destroy all the returns after they were doee Irons certein ()theist! Docitments nod- the Aluet er , w he t particularly what were of Private . nature, of iveditClT3ilit A l lt i nilci tK'Cel/Elligstich as it was'necessery to or p; . -..ereti thel)"l:pole,sif , sheTiqg 9 44 tehe wltte.mel d r'eertnitt lthreoes Bat it also 'appeared that oye P - • to is eertisio time to the,ll.4l4ltc ee.r. e • ,' t.soreelew cwt' thew' returns had occasionally 'grit it 'ter *few .w.ords, 41y, hockbritt, Sir J. l Ahmed. thou ,h howe%eri could yo,'ke, yorke, aunt ils - Crokee, the..tnotlorewee.egre, e d t o „ take torn to s'ay,' that neither the' Cones JlJ,r,.CoJut moved for Accounts' sittttinz tllc eMU. filiSt'ionerS 101' 1 +0114l01) . , nor any other district, } ttlnnlec9t the sale of these p:txzrs :t o' 4 lion. Gentleman would inquire, f:irther, he as'.'"?: find that this wsis the fete : thli p.:14 1.1 might have got abrdad, tite circumstance was at' taittly*ithout their knowleilg,. it certainlyawyo' was intended that the private conetrits,of tn'Y tliriductl shtittld be Made public. 'Where wasage;.'' degree of misapprehension altogether respect' ing the operation of this Tax; for tinder i" *. 1813, there were nigtlectons out or evert " • did not make any tett:nth wbatever, except fortlnt purpose of obtaining toile, from it. It was irtl known that in the year 1801, In artier to'reve.'lt the grievance Of commercial otpmttres,.•iitst - i* *4 : _sbn who chose to be assessed bvsesponsilite 'Tea ferences of his own appaititmerit, heti the-liberty., to be so, provided t h e cAnntuission,rs approve 4 rt them- though this law was afterwAra abolished, he should. be perfettly satisfied -10" 1i . the assessments which shotild 'be made on PO persons - by Gentlemen of their own appointlitee t i ii in t i l i t e e r e s4 t t i c it i t i ot e i i s r s e io n n tn e s rs tan s c a: s v; no ohjection ti le r' • pct• to disclose his affairs. A n s o t P : r t s a l pt c. :s i s d u d r :°4-r _ the Tax 11110!) the agriculturist, it heti certained- that out of above 1,130;1)00 fltrinsr; only 163,000 paid any portion of it ; 9 " 4 • paid for iihe these persons only about ,6,500 one thousand pounds a. year. Of 589,030 refulni s h appearedi 4r t e2n:oaoiorut nstri:l t i l i t , n oh t o. l lll 4 pa o ii : (.l oo oll % , v li c y re i e o x in timV; i. t t s::, d , t e t i. L ° ritiltlber IS- farmer! a ti l f ) ° l l l3 ll %1?reo. letixrielltheptaebtlitiitisel.276:Oeol3'r°"l)::r(d'lntilu'; been AV itttk 599,9011. The fitrineriovito wotdditave to Nyoll the reduced amount of their rents,' n "2: tit.; e Goth part of th em , 101. in every GO CI t. 4 t It act cf,.kre naturally followed that 001 persons would receive gient relief 4— It woui" ulio be- it- vekiert for consideration, lrhat reta r ,1 13 be granted it) c*ses of tri,tril ; anti tilre' 7 10 do class Whi c h - demanded real . to "'lli "a !louse would not be die posed to listen, it rit e ht. nottrable Gentleman could point it tint. ThCitlitj. Pratt. Gentleman th en ' went i nt , , t 6,. Jo of 9 61 '' ii, ru f, slzew how little the Tax, as no w stmr• G.e;,.e( n tr d ii i trio7 ,le in t r ade. r n ade..There were ,'s ti ; 11 all only 2:: C ,nO2ll 1 t 1 1 4 .1t 1 : i a l s ; e rC t 109,760 were exempted, as returning h?'S ‘ R-yeqr ; So that t h ose who did contribill 1, . the Tax' Irerc no More then :56„5.1 . 2. This bee did not .include journeymen, - whn wre n • ernptell if their respective u eeklv incomes die t ttn : " c e iir x i ee i p ,e d ro U n s s . , ti l i t e r c .t ec i r g t h i_ t np; to the case of crtfilr e ; l'o his opinion that it was iltiljn. " )05si c h n le °e t n , l s ""der:ll:rrli e t t outer. mode thin that nit ndy pointed out ; slc persons would be- mere l y called on to . expot' e , tl 7, of - all Part icilla.hrtinclir of trade io "*": • they in'ght be englged, and they might be c" . " cernt.4 in . various branch es , w i t h o ut ever l?cif!g Oti .bk . the same Commisiimiers to o'l° 4 the . whole Of their itir;;rl. I Buovonot, espianaCon, Said hie Ml Ol no it vision tee,arii ,t 0 the -sink (if 11)c ref ml'l . , to the Connuission.rs of the L'' ll ` l di:strict. Y • .Mr. - 13Attiva s•-:1',1 there had been a 9141enk g1 ,, !ti eery conyerkienily" dressed out , i n a Tresay:" . , ,:„ , per. for the pni•po,e of InA ki i , z the tr ,,,,v,nre Nide : it state•! how.mauv m7lßtins of toerhitn icl i with an 11;CPAle tondo- 70 Or 801. a•year. wt" :7 Will itXempted trimn thi.4 rate , faun whiL h it w .. 1 )" meant to be inferred, that those persol,iolll9t • interestin the ipl u s t i on " . But it twist he s' " all these persra were not 'only obliged Ifs pl' in: directly to the t ax , b u t ihry w , re „h„I4II in(firoc"): Connected with Ilse OS , their masteri, e retluteiPstafe ; front s tii,m 4 ii on tr . .lv, 131 0 • feet all who were . c*nticerneil und'er Clear, in "' I way the fiti7mers' labourers,-were by the distre,ses thefurnieto;.• •The . reliedog. th one part of the people (the: farinero for thc,Pu", pose of 1; irthetong another, was a: project worthy of the great minkter great 'Wi n % The relieving 4f. persons by renvisii6tr aeon," Illitreis %via just 1 ',but it Was not so generallP t it the relief were only p art i a ll y Applied. The W . " point woulitoe to'clireer our ilttellt ion to the Ho' cipie of the tax, which' ices established far supi.ort of tisticar ; aittl therefore Abe thing tvhiFl the Country Gentlemen would have to cunsiderc, ‘tn., that they have been establishing a mea si° of Finance, ‘vhich G'oversonent may ha" re.. !- course to up on . occas i on , an d screw it up bY:I4 A 1; green like the little advances. they have tz let trom titne to tinte upon the 'feu and the 511g3- '.l' ax. lle wished the ide a T o be inculcated. "P''' every Irian's . mind, that this Tax was of such nature, that nothing could justify it.bOt the ni ( " t auluous- war, such us we haveinst emerged tron)i If this 'fax were es'entnally t•enected, ho her e the tenant would be exempted front it. The Clian.. t t : i c i l e lo n e w o H l o t e l e te t iL d4 x : e c l l t l e i ti o :t 4 c l r be t e h n Ot:ght the objection t 0 (lie the di:lelo.o.re 'which ituli i t ' :it e u i :ls .d s t s ) •e r' re "c - 70leini ' t ' : :: pelted to itrelce was not Iv cat, as a chase 8110 W , , fug the parties .to toke their returns to (erees 11:01 not boo :wick act e d upon. lie 0 . / i r t i Wring) w.is not Surrked that few persons hive av:tiletl 'themselves of that clause, as 11 " 1 u Troble . 4od..enihartassinent which it led to wit not•to todored, and was, if possible, w°''S ef than emunion . coorw oHe C O n * f proceeding. two ilf" tleinutfl tLe Property Ta - x for this—it took 1 0 1 )e cent frmo the trader's profits in one concern, NHL' ulloweal trim-no . dfawhack for the losses he might' sustain in the - other thus a shiptowner, wh o, might gain.ott . one vessel, was obliged to Pay t" PrOperty Tax on hip profits On her, though h e ' should sustain a loss to an equal amount on t" other. . PRESTON condemned the Property Tw c a measure wholly unfit to lie teiorted to in a :fro conntry. He objected to its principle /IS inie oll ' stitutional, and as-being .directiv at variance wit.is the spirit 'of English ' liberty. Every . Man .vita loved, virtue oral the llritidt Constitntion, wog hound to resiit sty arbitrary: en impost! whi ch tern to introduce a fostrth Rtal a filtil power into 64 1 'S‘t ,, (4:, and Ponswptoitly to destroy that syster. I (stahlish whieh our it FICCV t ors had !tiled tin: bltio4.---Petition teas ordered to lit on Ilse AOle* Mr. IVESTR#IN r 034 to 1110 V. 'Lot the nott'ti 51t01451,g0 Comm&ttee cm the Avieidtstral.' Distress W the Count. y. c did not atiticirett!