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DUTIES.

Mr. Cumint said, in rising to move the Order
of the Day for the second reading uLthellill fel the
repeal of the Husbandry Horse DAWN It war WWI
much pleasure that he had to state to the Hoasa
that he believed it was not the intetition of Ministers
to give any further uppnaiiiins to the measure.—
/ hear, hear, hear.)—lii coming to that resolts-
non, they had cc:stonily acted with credit to them-
eelves, and lie was secured with satisfeetion to the
[louse and the ci.untry. He hoped this step
would !cad in the next Session to the adoption of
lonic rubstamial measure of economy iii the public
expenditure, and to the Noble Lord lie begged to
return his Smut thanks fur the very handsome man-
lier in which, as he had been informed, hr had come
to the resolution of making this sacrifice to the
wishes of the House.

The CHANCELLOR of the Excites:luso said,
that however unpuitunt he considered the tax to be,
as affecting the public finances, he felt it his duty
to bow to what appeared to be the decided opium',
of the House; a decisive injority was in favour of
the repeal, and having, since the division, consulted
competeut peisuns out of door,, be was induced to
believe that was the general feeling. That being
the case, he would nut set up his iudivid•iul opitittu
against it, and lie hoped that no MCI standing iii
his situation would evtr do so; at the same time be
could not think the repeal of the tax of vital im-
portance to the people at large, but be trusted the
sacrifice on the part of the sevenne would be well rel.
ceived by the country. To conciliate the public feed•
logs, and allay irritation, was, as a probable conse-
quence (tithe measure, taken into the account in coma
lug to the present deternsimstion, and whatever was
done for the agriculturists was worthy of this saeri fire
—such ii sue:itice beiug made towards the ameliora-
nun of the public difficulties, he hoped the boon
would be teerived with becoming gratitude, and if
tiny convequt nen) of a very inconvenieut siat ore should
result to the public finances front the repeal of the
tax, lie trusted diet the b•snie would Hot be laid at
the door of the Government. He was ready to
udluit that, under present circumstances, inty this%
which could be dune for the relief of arictiltute
should be attempted ; and if the sacrifice made
by the Pm-ha/nem wt to not to prove entirely as
efficacious us by some sus anticipated, he come.
dered !bat the whole the experitneut in this
e:tse was well worth milking, were it only to pro•si!
bow anxious they were to relieve the distresses ut
the country.

Hiscil (1:d not give Niittiters as much credit
for shutdown); Ilse tot al tilcy bt-utllCti disposed to
take. Ile expressed his tortoise at tile same tune
at the conduct of thus who, hacuw
vo:ed rr the whole of the estimates, took pert
aphid the Mioister iu iefusing the meow.. He
as of course very hsopy to witness tiny ditninutiou
v! taxer, but hr hardly knew if lie was right in so
con:tufo ing the proposed measure. It could de.
peutl upon whether or out the Right Hon. Gentle.
man could undertake to abandon the tax without
sseming the ughtt of substitutiug some other, by
w•y of co.', peuration. lu the roulesivours of Ins
Hon. Frieuds to diminish the expenses iti the esti-
mates, they were coestiouollY assured that the rota-
lilishineuts were reduced to the lowest possible
amount. Thus there appealed to be no hope sit
IneeUtig the deficiency to be made by the repeal 0.1
this tax in the way of economy, and if any other
APS were ;o k substituted, then nothuig at s.I

would be gained more than the shifting ofa burden
from one set of shoulders to another, perhaps
still less capable of bearing it. Viewing the sub..
jeer in this way, he most say that he would rather
vnted for the continuance. unless the Right
lion. Gentleman could relieve the House from any

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*sir the 11K01. abont to be repeated.
The •Marquis of LONDONDBIRRY thsloght that it
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sot topics iothigh :were offered in the discussion.
Hari: be Asensio the House on the night ,of the
Hon. Member's motion, he would have felt it to
he Mit duty to state the strong reasons which be
eenceiserl ought to have induced the House and
the Coverament still to uphOld an very nuiterial a
branch of she 'avenge. But taking into consi-
titration the lovelier circumstances of the country,
file very pressing difficulties under which agricul-
ture was admitted to labour at present, he was con-
tent to let the measure pass according to the appa-
rent tochustion of the House, as far as it hail been
a-slimmed on the subject. The repeal of the tax
might or might not bring relief to those whom it
was intended to benefit. He dud not see how it
could materially alter their condition, but at any
rote it would be a measure of sympathy to
prove that the disposition of the Legislature
lil•them to incur a small risk on behalf of the
tinotreeo, rather than withhold any measure of relief
which contained even a probable benefit to the
country large and agriculture, that most im-
pertain interest in pertiewlar. lie was anxious,
therefore...that the propored boon should be con-
ceded to the pablic expectation. Ministers would
inake tin lurther 'niggle on the subject, all their de-
sae would be that the gift should he made with that
"lust of warmth of feeling which was likely to secure
the most grateful ree.eptimi by the public. He
odinnteil rind he hail learnt particulars respecting
the agricultural interest in attending on the Com-
mittee, where he had been frequently, which proved
that their ease required particular consideration from
Porlsameot, and winch would of themselves be so&

'sent justidration to the Parliament for abandoning
Otis tax; at the Lone time the deliberations of that
i`omruittee were not sufficiently advanced to givethe
House :soy grounds of inducement to uudritake
the relief of that roost useful mid important branch
of the national interests; and therefore, in agree-
ing to the repeal of this tax, they were by no means
throwing themselves in contact with the measures
of that Committer, nor thwarting in prospect any
measures of relief which it might be in their power
to propose, being also ht for_the wisdom and pru-
dence of the Legislature to adopt. lie believed it
to be the desire of all parties, on whatever ride they
ringed themselves in polities, to apply relief, as far
as possible, to the exisiing difficulties, and ender-
von► to open the eyes of the country to that great
ruhject, with the view of deterniiiiiiig oltimaattly
on the best method of settling it. If the lessen-
ing of the tax could convey any gratification,
however momentary to the. country, and show
at the ►ame time The desire of Parliament to remit

the burdens of the people, it must be a greet
coasolutina to the House to be able to we'll-
fest such u disposition to benefit the public as far
as a sense of public duty would permit. As to
any measure of compensation, if the withdrawing of
tlia tax ►hould rove detrimental to the finances,
and threaten injury to the public credit, he could
not consider his Right Hon. 'Friend as being pre-
laded from bringing forward something instead of
it. At the same time it would be highly gratifying
to the Gove►nment if the boon could be conceded
lo the public without any events's! addition to
tue existing taxes. He must beg leave to say,
chat its the measure had not originated with &h-
-amsters, yet, us he undertook to assure the House
that by the next Session the utmost rigour of
economy and retrenchment would be enforced
in all the expenditure, if it should be found ne-
cessary to do something more to repluce public
credit ou that high standard on which it had been
placed, and ought to be kept, and from which it
might then be in some measure fallen, he hoped
that it would be remembered that a tax had been
igiven up in deference to the ent►eaties of the pub-
lic, which tt might then be necessary for the pub-
lic credit and the welfare of the country to re-
place. He expressed his v.opes, however, that no
compensation for the loss of the tax would be found

necessary.
Mr. BARING said, that the credit of the country
roust stiffer severely, and tied already been strongly
effected by the steps taken towards the repeal of
the tux. Ile hmwd that the (louse was never
Again to hear that nothing wss ceded to agriculture ;
l►e hoped also that the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer had not been influenced in his conduct on
.the ',resent occasion by the threats held out from
his friends to support the proposition to be sub-
mitted to-morrow by the lion. Member for Aber-
deen ; he hoped also that those who hail praised
his Ron. Friend would follow up their encomiums
by attending to-morrow night and giving their
eepport to his motion—for if there were to be no
reductions made on the amouut of the money
which mks allowed to be spent, it was perfectly
mischievous to deny the means which ought to sup-
ply those expeosi,s. Ile suspected that the Right
Hun. Gentleman had brought the present difficulty
upon himself by sits too great boasting, about the
prosperous state of the revenue, and his assumption
that there wa• an of sinking fund, when in
fact no such futid existed. This was in the matt_
oar of persons who made great boast of their wealth
and poinetistotts, by which they were very apt to
dime thieves to make an attack on them.—
/ Laughter.)
The Marquis of LONDONDIIRRY said, that the
natural tendency of such lanzuage must be to pre-
vent auy Minister from ever consenting to the re-
mission of a tax in future.—( floor, hear.)
Colonel Woo° wished for a clause to bring with.
in the range of the Bull nut oi.ly email farmers at
present exclnded, but also the poor owner. of
mules, which were employed lA. bringing down
mend ore from the Welst► ntallbeatets. The duty
lend already been reduced ou *roe animals from
-t7s. 6d. to 3%; but the latter flay had been con-
tinued far two years. The 841 would give these
parties no rellot; •aa it only egteuded at present to
cattle engaged in agriculture.
Mr. S. WORTLZII would have voted for the re-
peal of the toe had le been preemie, but Ile could
toot agree that in that case he would have been
bound powistendy to sopport the propoliuose of

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