The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-24 00:00:00

INCOME TAX -THE TENANT FARMERS.

Col. BIBTIIOEP, in mowing that from sad after the
12th of /September seat the intim. tax now levied on the
tensat.farmas of Omit Britain shall come and determine,
expreseed his regret *nth, motion had not feller* into able;
kande dun his owe. The tensat farrows of this country, be
said, had a great deal to bear. coach more than their land-
lords. They had to seder,. great unsertainties and to wa-
ttled against groat difficulties, with littl. power to but the
looses which ht fall upon them. The motion was ono
which he wieW Cheaceltot of the Exchequer had re-
lieved hiss from submitting, bemuse. if that right has, gen-
tlemen would swede to me proposition he (Col. flibtliorp)
would be relieved from making a tiresome speech sad the
uneatis'actory remelt of his feeble efforts would be evened.
lie maintained that there woo no source of industry more
demerit( of encoaragement than ogriemlture and said, in
proof of his dimiscrination to mamma the government or
obstruct the other Dolmas of the sesslun, that if the Chen.
seller of the Exchequer world give hiss the least hope
that the tarot-lannen would ultimately be released
. . . .

Irem this imposition be would withdriw ►is minion.
Feeling the necemity and the justice of the case be
called upon the right hon. gentleman to agree to the mo-
tion ; and If Ite (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) would
imamate that ha would adopt it in 1851, he would not now
press it. If, however, the right hen. gentleman would not
agree to it, he (Colonel Bibthorp) should bring forward the
motion soother IMMOIS.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said be
thought the observations of thebon. gentleman is the latter
part of his speech wee a proper one, namely, that whatever
amine was taken with respect to tenant farmers should be
taken in the next maim of parliament, whoa the whole
subject was liken jab masideration. The home must be
aware that to relieve any elan from the payment of the
iamme tax would be utterly inconsistent with the whole
principle on which the tax was levied. No exemption
whatever was gives to any clam. AU persons having en
income under a amain animalism relieved, but if they had
more than that amount the tax most be paid by all. He bad
head it stated in that house that the profits et
fanners were to be exempt altegether. There wa. no die-
navies is that respect between the profits of fanners and
the penis of easaulactiarers ; and, thereon, a total relief
could not be given to the one without giving it to the other.
If there wee anythiag connected with the case of tenant
farmers it might properly be breaght under consideration
when the whole tax was under discussion, and therefore it
was proper that he should refrain from discussing it on the
present «eagles.
Err. BUCK urged the distress of the landed interest, and
declared his determination to support soy propoeitien for the
relief of that home.

Mr. NEWDECIATII econ2lalned of the elnrie pursued
by the government towards the agricultural interest this
swim

Mr. WODBROUSE wished to impress upon the "overt.
Welt that the petition of the /littlish farmer was at this
messed perfectly new; aad that there was a time
whoa the apiculture of this country was exposed to greater
hazard.

Mr. SPOONER urged that the tenants were ameseed to
Use tax ulna a false principle, and suggested that tie com-
ma' diners of the property ax should be authorised te hear
appeals of tenants who, though angel upon profits, had
been suffering lose.
Col. SIBTHORP replied.
Mr. DISRABLI regarded that ae one of the few oppor-
tunities which were offered to the representatives of the agri-
cultural districts to express their geese of the injustice with
whisk that interest had been nested and their determination
to °bight for it complete justice. (Cheers.) With regard to
the objection of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that it was
imposable to repeal the items Tex Act in the present sea
den, he looked upon it as quite idle, There would
not be tie slightest difficulty in introducing a bill
arid paring it quickly end triumphantly through the
home. (LAmbler.) At all events, it was their
(the protossiesiste) dal to take every possible oppor-
tinny of @bowleg that they were resolved to obtain fa the
saltines, et the sag complete justice. Such en opportunity
was this presented, and he was glad that the subject had
bees Winder:4rd, althoegh he regretted that it had not been
brought forward at an earlier period of the session, when it
might have bees discussed more amply, and in a fuller
house. Is supporting the motion of his hon. and gallant
friend, he was supporting what wee fa perfect karsurag
with the *pinks which be had always professed, that after
the alteration whisk had hens made tet the laws which
repthsted the importaties of agricultural produce, they sheuld
set lose sae moment be doing justice to the cultivator of the
soil. (Hear, beer.)
Mr. BRIGHT said, that from the speech of the boa.
patinae& one might suppose that the farmers were gaffer-
lag most die Wellies Item the present state of the law.
(Cheers hem the protectionist besebes.) He wee not sur-
prised at these ohms; for It seemed to be understood on the
ether aids of the hoses that the WIWI' scaditioa had
away, loses mesidered that of a beget of burden, sad
that he bad never met with meek sympathy In that
Lame. New, he neollected the passing of the
lamas tax. sad Me it mime to be levied
as it wee apes the farmer. It wee notorious
that it was almost absolutely entegary that it should be .0
levied. The aeeeedty arose hem the feet, that it would
have been abases impossible to ascertain precisely to what
the reale of hewn really amounted, simply because they
bed set the accurate methods of book-keeping
aid* be most branches of trade. (Hear, leer.)
It he believed. be shown that where sufficient capital
wee the present mode of levying the inCOlllll tax
japweeer
en the ismer a wailer automat than he
would have to pity II the ordinary mode of
ammemego were amEML If, indeed, it were
that honesee
dame vie ebenlileie ...,..... tax whatever, aver, ether espial is us vario ways should
matinue to beer the . he must my that that appeared to
trim use if the moot extrasedisary gad be would sad use of
the meet impudent prepeeltiene—(ininical cheers from the
rriaseeticstism}—that maid perfidy be submitted to the
Let koseerable gentlemen opposite piston
M theneselne the amostat of esnoyaaee to which traden
wore sehjeeted ruder this tax, and compare it with the ab-
solute cheeses of serialises is the ogee of farmer. He
believed that the ishabitaate of the turas wadi gladly
miser their owe polities for that of the farmers with
regard to tibia impost.

TYe Ma►gttfe of GRANBY seld the hoe, imagine for
Maeohaser► had sot correctly repreoested the position of the
farmer. Whoa the insoles tax was passed, the fuser was
oohing largo profits, and it was therefor* a boat to him to
M wog os hsif of hie root rather then is say oelier made.
Blase that period, ►owever, the ewe laws had beat repealed,