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42e ci t r aS by that means only we could compare 1 . ,) effect produeed by this fmasure, the-ef- Il ee 'S tlie old systern. AS to effect cat this 'sue upon th;assize of bread, there find been - lainstrange and I-_,,ross mis-statement made place. It appeareil, inde . ed, pretty,p;:iin, p at the People of this metropolis could, never eat Lreld as cheap as is other parts of tffe' kiii . fil l, while th e present :(.size:(.sizeof bread:lasted, and : .t h . system ,of aterages lasted, upon which, fhig assize was founded. 1-k %visited, indeed-, that assize could h e done away with alto gether., s AS l'etitionlo,- ther e eras no Man mole disposed -himself. to give theta the fullest attention. It ' 43 t Hot, h owever, b e understood, that the. lieu -11 te Great Britain were unanimous on this point. A'lt o fpetitions that hod been pr esente d iii h • v79ur of the measure, no less than 5(1 were ft om 1 Britain. there w ere comparat i vely so 9 ':, from Ireland, there could be no doubt of the k il ions of the people . Of that part of the United it,ngdotn. Ile believed that the greater number P,mp!e in, Great Britain were favourable to the • .liar of the measure ; but it was well known, it at tit tvhateVer might be the sufferings and feelings latbe agricultural labourers, they had not the il l , facilities (on account of their dispersion) i r) a t. the inhabitants of the towns had for petition- It was th e i r L ordships, ' duty to hold the 41,1fi"tfce • between the diff erent c l asses, b ut it was utely ne C essary that they should lose no time ef,'!r4in to a d ec i s i on. r try " e House then divided, whe n , the numbers • (Nat -tits Nti-Contet6 Proxi es Air Majority aga i nst t h e, Notitm... iips.Antirled dt IiALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK this 81 43119'4 air; - HOUSE OF COMMONS. qt. 4 -6NRES having siren notice of some motions respf.ct- Itl;;` L 'e neze Custom house, the Post-office, and the Mint, ‘:t :'," t : I, ll' he might now bring them forward directly, with-lteu'; 'Y preliminary observations. He then toured for an f I he i'l e l - t " 1 the expenses estimated, of purchasi ng the sit e. 0 ttit -* C ustom-11011Se, a.,— well as Of the expenses already in red. Ni T , ~•”11.;1`'‘7S1-IING'fbN had no' • objection to the motion, but Th4fLeas,ui to think that the expense would be less than t . ; , it (-,-",l,)een estimated.--"''he motion was agreed to. . 'At,;* "'" ) Nel:i: gave notice -of a motion to-morrow se n toN espectiog the Order of the Bath. 14t1-4) OF THE CIVIL POWER IN THE LATE lij l RIOTS. i, ' le ertANc EL L OR o f the E:CCHEEIVER, after eon-s"; til4 ved the order of the d a y f or t h e f urther o t) A i lr 'erittio, o f the min.utes of the proceedings ; i • 1.1,,, ° May last, stated,_ dint' tii,. oiiiect Of the 14 44 ' 1 : t em ; Thai d a y, appeared to be, of t h e i.n 1 44 Tt 4 rigileitit iiiid due aiteimon - ...lap, Ilf that to their duty, in protecting the Members :etil 4t l inuse. He believed that this object had '‘llly ,Sck tar attained, that every Member was 14 tl.4tiSfieti with the attention of the Llagistrares ‘4 4, 3 'taty since Monday night. No disturb-, 4 1l ' 4 1 4 Since taken place in the neighbourhood ;, t ' o t T ',IL- 4 18e, an t i there was no .complaint of want t i t ' e e!),'q•tion for Membels.- In another part of 4° Q• 41 :1 they had all to lament; that in one tin • ti le i ii : l 4 te instance it had heel' necessary to call in 13tlifeil'‘ary power. As lie conceived that the ,t4llit,j'aclehject which die Ifouse had in view, in •Z'N - :''''"r the •examination of the Magistrates, :4ect-lq4":attainecl, lie•thought that it was nu 'lt'4, S , tr Y tO take any fin:they notice of the s,tibi• 111141.1.711 q that it would be' better that the unfor %li.i"ectirrellees o f Monday. should be buried in t he ;; ' ' T (l t tl • He therefore moved, that the ord6 for Alr e x rl 'ianc e of the• Magistrates be discharged. .1114lig;:rtiii•artEito was extremely sorry to be t , s er,„,,r ) bring those disgraceful proceedings to qo -- ckte •'of i. f-1 -/ He did not want 1.%Y sett coon tie ot St— ),Pt4l. ' l '" r eprehension on any person ; but it did T, -4 4; 1 1,6 ° hirli), that after the warning which the t'llli •44iffintd received of the danger to he ap i4 tleifi,l4(l., that officer had been somewhat remiss Po ' exec • of his I • Ile thought it very 4, titiOn I : Ic eo, ( : Otat if timely precautions • had been . e ' l 'lll i• 't 'might have been quite unnecessary to ( z . ' j eci,, l , l ii th e military. As to the good conduct of llltl e : P u wer since • Monday, the Right Hon. Iti ll 4 . l an Sho u ld have recollected, that there had If 101 l . lie (L oh 14.), patroles in the streets ever since.— les t t"ogat.that it would be passing over the bit tlitrte ° sli ghllv, not to take some notice of the At Nees 1 4 - Lr 4 oil Monday. lt„i kl'atntsT stated', that the High Bailiff bad tt., ,es it 4411« it t:tchonsiderable number of his -own eon - 11 t ivi, .. e protection of. the Members ; but 1) (41 ot t ri tile Police Magistrates arrived, he re •t4.'rti. 1 A l 'eni for the management of the Civil 4'rilo.,il.i the very nioutent, however, when the il'''ll4;::ers Were guarding the avenues of that t i t t c , tv riots were taking place in .other parts of '''kie 11 ,• The Civil Officers, however, were not .i‘4,:itliiittli.liY numerous both to protect the avenues p. Il liop: , 6 "se; and also to protect members in 4 ti °. ( lown to that House, from the different 41 . " E th e • N , t. w town in which they resided.. t„,.. ll ii ije ~x•NNIE thought that the reason for post :tiliri-t,:rui,,e'disctission on Monday was, that the VVs 4 0 s'e of it would be detaining the illagis y-0..111 the execution of their duty. He 'eel.- •tTitt4,llQaglit that not the slightest blame could t t i qe4 t - t i l e(l to the Secretary of State, but it was Lib e 'at in some part of the civil power there qtr t-4 4 remi ssness. I ltl. . v IN ty,'oti houGLAs was astonished to find that no i t :4 6 / ' a i l Yet been taken into custody on qe -I,:ll'liiiat,ne Proceedings of Monday. It was ex lii. l ihi L Y that such disgraceful proceedings 41, tak t 0.4 1 I , Place, without any person being t)i•'•,4l.Lou_e punished for them. ~ i t i , l ite o,„eK_.l-lAftl• certainly did not wish for any i„,'ll, ,",the Alagistrates upon the present oc lit t' "'le believed, however, that it would be k 'Y ne t' f Oll ~, •T k , -I, then .oine . better provision for the• seen- I tt,,Yblt h , P e ace id future. He shoot(' wish to ) f t ll of' i ':.; vlgoroni, 41ii hcaltby Constables, .in v, t his ~4 1' Y of the 'aged, decay.ed, and aecripid q t _ •th,.. ~ , !t v . 11 11 1 ,.. ,. M. sat; 011 Monday last - , who were , t le,. J ...."tifit tur the fat iLICS and hazards of such . ; tt ' v eil those• old and i 1 1 4. dli. t ., . )1 0 b • ' ' l tr , c Jealous of one another, and the t•,, L et t _ i , ;A hia t ., 4 ,' 'stables and the others could not i lls t to b g themselves. He thought' that there p,,lcihit,e,a'ratigements for calling - out all the i t t ilky t lB t" suppress tin - wilts of this nature, be tl,• lin' mt ~ . , . • p e i ltu ..ti Wan alarming head. He thought Pei t le " e cessary at a time when Juries had 1 Verdicts .tilought 'proper - to promulgate eveutng. Sir C. MoNcte. was not aware, that in the late riots the mob had shewn any disposion to burn houses or destroy lives. ..There was; however, a verdict now. held out 4tgai9st those who defended, houses, and lie had not heard of any on person being arresed who attacked them. Mr. H. ADDINQTON said, that. there were at least 30 persons now in confinement, in conse quetace of those riot , t. WaoTTEsLEY thought to some.of the'Ma gistrates . swine degree ot blame attached. - H e that some monitory advice, at least, should be given to the High.Baiitf, to have ;mire metliOd iii his arrangements for the suppression ot riots in future. He thought, that if some persons bad been aken into custody in the beginoing of the tonoth s , they would have been Inure easily sup pressed. As he had 50 Constables in attendance, he did not see why lie s)ould rely entirely on the Bow -street Magistrates. The - conduct of Mr. Baker was certain!t• entitled to every praise.---.- „Ilriien he saw what things were written on all 'the - tvalls, he could have no doubt but that the-Po lice, with moderate vigilance, might be a bl e to detect same of th e instigatorsof those riots. Mr. H. ADDINQTON said, that the admonition recommended by the Hhn. Gentleman had been; in fact, given to the High Bailiff, the day after those oceuevences. He had been recommended to adopt it more %methodical arrangement for the future. Alderman ArrelNs stated, that on a former -oc casion, when the peace of Westruinster was this turbed by serious riots, he found it almost impos sible to collect above 50 constables at one Although he summoued many, yet they in gene ral scot excuses, and be . :iad no means of punish ing. them. After sortie further conversation, the question for discharging the order was pot, and carried With Out a division. SOUTH SEA ACT. be CHANCELLOR Of • the Excrtr/auEE moved the Orr of the Pay for the .Honse resolving it self into a Committee of the whole House on the South Sea Act. The Right Hon. Gentleman then entered into an historical retrospeet.of the South Sea Company since its formation, in the 9th year of the reign of Queen Anne, to the present pe riod. They possessed originally the exclusive privilege of trading to all countries lying between the river Oro:mink° and Cape Horn, and on the whole west coasts of America . . It was matter of notoriety that the Company bad not prospered, and the object of the present measure was to ob tain a surrender of the exclusive privilege, to be purchased bya compensation which he apprehended would entaillittle orno burthen on the country. The stock of the Company amounted to 3,soo,oofthear ing an interest of 3 per cent. to which was to he added a small fund, on which an interest of one half per cent. was payable. For the discharge of these sums he had to. propose_tbe establishment of a guarantee fund, to he, provided-by a tonnage duty of Is. fid. and an export (kayo') goods shipped to South Ame rica, of two per cent. He did not think the British merchant would consider this as too large a con sideration for the advantages resulting from an open trade with South America. Should those duties prove adequate to the purpose, the public would'he at no charge whatever is this removal of a very inconvenient obstruction-. Mr. BENNETT wished to take this. opportunity of making some enquiries relative to the .state of our relations with New ,Spain. Had his Majes ty's Ministers either mediated or offered t o me di ate in favour o f a N at i on strUggling for freedom, ex posed to all the horrors of a civil war, and whose Depnties soliciting our assistance or inter vention had long since arrived in London Whilst referring . to this interesting subject, he wished also to knoW vhat Ministerliad had the. hardihood to advise the Prince ll,egent to confer the Garter on Ferdinand, and t,o accept in return the Order of the Golden Fleece ? The CitaNOEct.oit. of the Exctitto.uEa thought the House, on an occasion like tile present, - would rardly expect him to give much explanation on, Joints so extremely remote front the consittera ion of the question he bad submitted.. He had no objection to declare, that it was the disposi tion'of Government. to avoid every cause of tatiotisvith either party, to remain perfectly neutral in the present contest between the parent state and its colonies, and to adhere with the most scrupulous good faith to the provisions and spirit of the Treaty concluded with the Spanish Govern ment.—(Hear, hear !).—His Majesty's Ministers • alts.t.ras-:t ))H opl-3 ; tvhieh they,,c,ailk!d which xv:l.7 As:to a -soldief' using the v - eapon itr hi(` )ands to Cepehiit arti;e l c , it. did-mot'depend lirhieipleS to say V•hat tin%r . oihmce wa ! 4.: it depended altogether on the pt'ealiar ciriims;-ances Q tht fa. l / 4 1.$ says; that if a :,slim havin!' a dvailv weapon in llris haul, onfr uaes it in a ease of extreme ne cessity, aI R when he is driven .to the Nvall; not intirder, Lord Mansfield laid down the same doctrine as :applied to , the military. lie, thert fore, 'conceived i: extremely dangerous that ab tract opinions like what he.huil stated should be now promulgated tot he country aS the law. Mr. H. ADDINGTON thought that it would be hard to pass a censure on Magistrates, for not having wade the best possible arnmgement the first day of the riots . .. The Chief Magistrate of r3ow-street had been attendance that day at the Office of the Secretary of State; but on being informed of the tumultuous proceed;ngs in the avenues leading to, the House, voluntarily repaired there,from his zeal to suppress those tumults. When he came the arrangement was left principally to him, hut -he was suddenly called off on receiving information of dangerous riots in, other parts of the town. If there had been any fault; it was, a mere error of jtuigtnent.; but the conduct of the 'Magistrates in general was inarl;ed by the greatest zeal and alacrity in the execution, of their duty. WIIITERE-An paid that • bad heen by no means his intention ,to lump all -the Magistrates together in his charges, although .the Right Hon: Gentleman had thought that the lumping them altogether was the best way of defending, them. HAtamEast;Ey thought that some. stets ought to be taken by the House, in consequence of those disgraeeftil;occarrences. Mi. BUTTERWORTH' bore testimony to the ex-- ertions that he witnessed in the constables ottbat WAYS AND MEANS. The CHANCELLO R of . the EXCHEQUER moved the Inrther eonsitterlition'of the iUljourtird Report of 'the Committteof Way's' and Mean;. TIERNEY: wi,thed t.<) . understand upon. what ground ht was no . \v a l ctrl to collSep t - to An' amount t,f l‘rlys and MeailS so Much llrger than the Supply that- had' b , ..en v , ,ted previous to the Recess. A supply 0f.2.4„005,000/., including the Artny.and Navy, had ben . voted ; and towards providing this, the.smu of 18,000,000/. had been raised. He con hi JIM d y Ste, 010 . 0 . 011: 2 Wily it Was Proposed to contin ue th e War Taxes to the 'amount 0(6,000,0001., but the Ways and Means now proptv.ed amounted .to a much larger stitli. in iqinisters etnpowen:d to Lxchequer billy to an unlimited amount, Littd . lit trusted the Ihuse woUld - not agree to any "further Ways and Means :before they knew how Ministers had used this•power, and what, was the alumna of Bills that had been issued from the Exchequer. At preS:nt there was no ground whatever laid to induce the House to agree to the new . Taxes beyond what lie admitted to be au able view of Finance, and an entertaining speech front the Right Hon. Gentleman. The CHANCELLOR of the l'cr-wo.uER entirely concurred in the principle, that no stun voted as 'Ways and illeans shoublever exceed the amount voted previously in Supply, Mid lie hoped to satis fy the House, awl the ft.i.t.,ht Hon. Gentleman, that he had now proposed no such irregularity.— Th e Right Hon. Gentleman, in his statement of the S 01:1S voted by the House :in the, early part of the Session, had omitted the sums for making good-Old Exchequer Bills, of 12,500,0001. and of 15;000,00/. mAing a joint sum of 27,500,000/. and a total of 51 indlion and as half of Supply for the present year. To meet this charge 31,000,0001. of Ways au,' Means- had heen granted, leaving a slim of 2 0,000,000/. to be provided for Ile was perfectly ready to admit, that, the Exchequer ought not to anticipate taxes before they xr:.re voted ; but the taxei he now proposed amounted only to between nine and ten millions, of which al4out :$,500,0001. were new, and the rrmainder the former I.Var Taxes. Mr. PoNsoNnY declared his intention to object to bringing up the report, until the Housewas informed t o w h at purposes the sum noW asked for wa s to lie applied. A Peace Establishment was here proposed of nineteen millions, without the Right Hon. Gentleman condescending to com inuoiati the slightest information 'upon any one item of the expenditure which it was meant to de fray. The CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER could not presurt►e to anticipate the judgment of Parliament, before any estimates were laid on the table ; but . by agreeing► to the report, the House gave no opi-: nion as to future establishments ; . they merely pro vided for sripplies which had been already voted, and he considered it advantageous to abstain from entering into subjects not before the House, and upon which they possessed so little information; Mr. 14NNETT and Mr. PETER GRANT protested against voting the Supp!ies, without having a dis duet and comprehensive statement of 'the wants of the country, and how those wants were to be supplied. 11-Torq said; that the• Right lion. Gentle wan was putting the cart before the 'horse. It Was ,desirable that the House' should know what the peace-estahlishment was intended to no, in, order to prevent the necessity of imposing- those . taxes. Mr. BAN,Ns contended, that, in the present si tuation Of the ernlfltrY, the sums then demanded, and more, must be granted, to to die good the supplies actually voted. The Right Hon. Gen tleman was only waiting till he could submit his plan of a peace establishment but the question was, wln.n the news of the last two or three' days might produce. He wished that the expenses of • Were not insmiible to the commere;al advantages t'u be derived front afriendly intercourse- with the 1 .446 v -es of South AnieriCa; 'audit would be their ob ject to furnish nogroundo4rovocation or hostility, either to Spain or her possessions in the New World. It was natural for Great Britain, after having es tahlkhed . the and independence of Ord Spain, (Hear, hear, from the Opposition benches), to wkl, the catt.se of freedom in those ex- . (6)sivt Colonies : but it would be highly impolitic to adopt any measures that might expose us to the irtipntation of-having made our foriiit exer tions in the Peninsula,, only to find a,prstext for robbing our Allies of their most valuable posses.- sions —(War, hear !) jet r. IVFICT i BREAD was of Opinion that the e sent was 4;tuost - „favourat* opportunity -for -the consideration Of this most iinportant subject.— The Right lion'..Gentleman %I'otild give then); lie trusted, Soine iilfotitnation; botAt as to the faCtS'of supplying Spain.. with Alie ineuns ()Cent - lying on hostilities in the NewWorld,,andas,to the Mi nisiey'who had advised the interchati;e of the two orders, h . ctweeti'his Royal acti . iig on behalf of his Majesty,..and'..Ferdinand'. the_ ith i after the latter had proved himsclf_iw nsurper . on ihe . rights Of his people. The CitArtCiti..r.siitT'br EXCHEQUER' had' no difficult) in assuring tire' HUTE - (iehtlelhm) thief no money had been advaneed to the'Spanish 'Goitern- Went for cqrying on::.the contest in South 'Arne ilea. With r espect_ta-thc..Ortleriiiof the Garter, he did not think the interchange of ceremonious ,was a proper subject of consideration .in that Ilriuse: . . Iriictight to be rccollected that it was with Ferili•traliot, who •was . no w4lesignaTe - d as an,usurper, and with him,,personally,. Treaty was m'ade. I • 3kri . I'ol.so 10 Nl: tiiouglit"th :t one of the'gra i test political advantages, that cntil.l be gained for . thiS Country %toad, •To fict4r)) South Awerieejrom airtlepend4eßce uu (Aft- Spain ; but the necessary obserVhti'c'e of tlitl Trea•.y 'bound us to a strict nentraiitic. • • Altur,,pine further observations, the C.l3 . Atc'eFf.4 LOlt of the EXCIIr.QU.Eit observed, that it was not intenthzd to impose the new export duty of two per etnt. on the exportation of foreign linens, that a duty on•export:-Was' preferred to one upon im port, because th c tatter was a l rea dy su ffi c i ent l y l iprthened,'and.thitti l ir was not intended t bat the duties cpliected under this act shOuld b e irer p e t tia l , 6ntib a t th e y were to be limited entirely ti) the creation of the fund for discharging the F claiilit'O'f the company. . the army should be reduced to as low a sum as was consistent with the security and strength of the country. Ili his own opinion, a large pro. portion of the Property Tax would have beet' the wisest meosure, wider all the eirciunsiancei of the country, :and he 'believed that a'siniilar op+4.:_ion was pretty generally cut ertaiueti. 'flee Right Gentleman *had abandoned that tax, because the voice of the people seemed to be agpiost it ; but if the revenue of the (*.anti* were not mid,: com mensurate to.its•expenditure, the their asked for,,. and a much larger slim, would be wanted. 111 r• : pou(t.As maintained,-that the. House e. - as called 111)011 iiya and pruposed. that the Right Hon. Gentleman • ,should fibsrpone his vote till after ' ! ' ./ I:'sdltNi . next, when tile, N 7 bre — .l7ol4 - (tra.:trelTzi l -710 esotil7 h Ve given such ex4Janations,..s . tiiight govci.n then) with'ihpeet to a peace est.tblish went. WHITBREAD' rrrtllely iigrced ~ with the Hon. GentlemanAilio Mut Just s'-it . ...00wn. It was not till Lite time of Mr. Peccevar Budget-}lad been submitted to the _House in piece-meals, and he desired-to prott:st against thR: unconstitutiouril mode of - proceediug. The House Utiqd be hi formed of th creal situation , oft he'conn'th, which: could not be asaertiritn! till the Noble Lord, had, stated : what had been arr;tnuil at Congress. He had heard an Hon;Gentlenoin speak of the Pro perty Tax, whose. , ticeS ,., seemed tcilinve vani . shed and i,t.yirtt3es to remain ; but, ,though we were always extremely favourable to the dead, he feared this t ax ‘vas, not quite extinct ; tier it the Rigtit 'Hon. Gentleman had wedded it to the War Taxes., and •Alleant to restore it _again as sOOtl. 'as this country . was involved in war, then " it only . steeped)," and Might shortlY he. 'rel:'ived. Europe Might 'soon be engag e d it) . another bloody war:— the events of the last few days would, in all pin bability, produce a civil ‘‘ ia,France ; butt be trusted that we s h ou ld not meddle' With it, and be. took that early opportunity to enter his protest against •any interference in the internal affairs of that country. Mr. PHILLIPS th0”:;11t that many of the taxes, particularly that on windows, were extremely partial and oppressive. . The:CHAN,cEnt.on of the EXCHFQCER said,•that the Schedule should be reconsidered . by a Catmnit tee of the whole H o u se . . Mr. Putwps theil objected to the Tax on Cot ton. The Right, lion. Gentletnaq hat .proposed a Tax of sd. pound oo cotton importaal in to reign ships, and Id. iii the pound on lirititil) ships ; bitt this; heeontende4; would'be to serve the terests of. France z.athet than of this country. Sir JOHN NEWPOiiTS oiikctio9 to the Speaker's leaving the ClMir Was, , that it went to perpettuite a system of votilq., the supplies of the year by piece -meal, and not giving Sufficient information, to. the Houle, contrary to the old and constitu-: tional practice. The,CuaNcEl.nott of the ExcnEatra had never intended to lay a partial incorAe tax, for such the Hou.:Gentleman (Mr. Phillips) had. called the tax On cotton, on_any class of subjects ;- bat he had stated, that if the Property Tax were abint dolled, the manufacturing classes would be called upon to contrihate towards the burtheats of the State.. He was about to propose a Resolution to the House, to continue the whole of the War Duties on Customs, except Cotton isiirLirted it) British ships. What he intended was a permaneut duty of Id. in the pound. Al;'. FINLAY insisted, thit the Tax proposed was a continuance of the Property 'fax, and that the Right Hon. Gentleman was the most formitlable antagonist that the mlnufacturers had ever mat with. They Would now have to pay 3,0001. where they only paid I ,0001. before, and this was a system which every person aeqnaintea with manufactures ought to oppose. Mr. W. FITZGERALD 3aul, that the only duty existing in Ireland was a permanent duty. The 'Question was then called for, and the House divided.. I ' ' Ayes, 95—Noes, 21--Majority, 71. When the Gallery re-opened the CHANCELLOR of the Exc.HEQuER Was mentioning his intention to postpone those Resolutions on which differ ences of opinion exited. _ Alderman ATKINs observed, the Americans laid conntervailing duties on imports in their own ships. In answer to a question from Mr. WYNNE, the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER said, he intend eel to move an Amendment of the Schedule. To a question from Sir M. W. RIDLEY he said he had no present int ention.to propose any duty on coals. On the CHANCELLoR Of the LXCUE&UER'S 1110- tion, the Schedules A. li. and part of C. were struck out. • Lord MILTON observed, that the Tax on car riages for pleasure was strained, as those not kept for that pnrpose, if by chance• but ' once used so; were noticed by the surveyors, and surcharged. The Tax on brood mares, it ,was understood, ex empted cone 2 1 :et• tl:d for any other purpose, of which description there were not, perhaps, a score in England. The nature of the exemption should be stated more clearly. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCMEQUER Wished to reler these topics to a Consolidation Bill, which he thought was necessary. Lord It. SEYMOUR wilted the case under the horse duty of small farmers, who abounded in his county, where farms were from 701. to 150/. a year, and who would nOw paT 51. a year for' a saddle horse, instead of 21. 17s. Gd. •by whicit they wo - nld be burthened more than by the Pro perty TaX ; at 701. 'a year . they paid but 7s. tid, and Otorse . tax of. 21. 17s. 6d. making only 31.55. • At 150/.:7 year, they p a id' f o r property-tdx and horse-tal 121. ss. These persons would' be now. in worse'Sitnation. He supposed that on the non-renewal. ,of the ineotne-tax it was not in tended to put any class in a worse stlte. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said a heavy charge must imavoidably tall somewhere. If the tale at which the tax was taken was still those immediately above it, would -feel hard ship. 11 e did not know how to avoid this. After a desultory conversation,' The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCII CQUER proposed to recommit the Resolutions. The lICW Assessed' Taxes were to be charged on the establishment of last , year ; -the a nn ua l not i ce m i g h t yet be glven, The Resolutions objected to wejy. „postponed till _Friday, and the other Orders were (disposed of.—Adjourned.