The Express.
London, England, 1849-04-10 00:00:00

FINANCIAL REFORM.

REPLY TO THE ASPERSION ON MR. ROE-
BUCK AT SHEFFIELD.

A very large meeting was held in the Guildhall,
Bath, yesterday, to take into consideration the possibility
and necessity of reducing the present enormous expenditure
of the country, end the substitution of en equitable system
of direct taxed= for the present mode of raising the rev*.
nu by taxes upon the necessaries of life, the.
Admiral GORDON took the chair, and in the course of
his remarks in opening the business of the meeting, ex-
plained that the immediate object of the present meeting
was to oonsidor the possibiity of redwing the present expen-
diture of the country, and plaang their system of taxation
upon a more equitable footing. The present system of taxa-
tion was unjust in principle, and oppressive in operation;
and the enormous expenditure of the country was unscrupu-
lous and wasteful. It was to show that this had been the
case for many years, sad to petition parliament to relieve the
intolerable barthen, that they had then met. He would
content kimsrlf by leaving the further discussion of the
(motion in the hands of the many able speakers who were to
follow.
The Rev. T. SPENCER rose, amidst loud cheers, to pro-
pose the first resolution :
That lathe aphelia of this meeting, the alarming amount of path
=misim% awl dlimatent, in the country must be largely and.
le Mitaammene taxation inflicted upon the people—a taxa-
tion realm by an minion' than that of 1833, and that this taxation
ought to le illitimritn reduced.
The rev. speaker, at considerable length, entered into
particulars showing the large amount of our expenditure
and its unjust bearing on the industrious claws, and sat down
amidst continued cheers.

Mr. G. EDWARDS seconded the resolution, which was
carried unanimously.
Mr. Town Councillor SAUNDERS allll4—
Thu the Injurious dam wpm tbe trading mg Inkstrirma demo
are !greatly inereased by the mean of inikset temden, whir* em-
balm the met of Ilvlne by Ones men Im. albs, mgr. sew end
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eatle be Telsedby an sepeitabie mime of iron
. JAMBS 'MINE sessuded the resolution, which
was eke seeried unenintously.
T. W. SAUNDERS, ER., barrister, moved the lent re-
soludoo
Tht reprellei the 'bombers of the_ emet Hewn
of Commas ea
deeply Memeledie the proton memet the coutry, it further
Ippon le Ode motes that, in crier Waists emit redact loa of the
makmal ememillMee, sells oilem ef direst teseition, a large wenn
periermateey Mat,ind a liked seanden of the suffrage, am
slothainly sumenry.
The spieler bevies enforced the matimeat of the man-
tles, took erasion to refer to the pressedioge at Sheffield ia
relation to Mr. Roebuck. He reed the speech of the Rev.
Mr. Waddy from the &press, whilt was met with loud
groans and mem of disapprobatisth Mr. Saunders then
referred, in terms of the highest grebe, to the honesty sad
ability of Mr. Roebuck, and denouesed Mr. Waddra speech
as a gram sad del berate falsehood, not only intuiting to Mr.
Roebuck, but to the liberal constituency of Bath, who felt
that his (Mr. Roebuck's) loss to Bath was their deepest ha-
titillation. A Kremer calumny was never heaped on man
than that on Mr. Roebuck by Mr. Waddy. The learned
speaker was enthusiastically cheered.
Mr. T. BOLWELL seconded the resolution.—Carried
unanimously.
Mr. Town Councillor ARCHARD meted the adoption of
a petition, embodying the sentiments of the foregoing resole.
done, to be forwarded to the members for the City for pre-
mufti= to the Home of Common
Kr. SLOSHING seseaded it, sad it was adopted by
acclamation.
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areisd swift lead cheers.
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Mr. G. ZDsperWARDS amid ft; sad the Posting u-
praised their nal law
An addition-having hewer se stadedi.tetrit, at the suggestion of
Mr. Spinosa, " Tt at, lied the working earn had the privi-
lege of yetis& Mr. Roebush would have bum returned by a
large majority, and beta now the representative for the city."