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to the public, ai they, for a great part, feTh in this
instance, upon persons who were exempted from al-
most any other species of taxation. It may be,.
and he believed was perfeftly true, that they did
not produce in many cases all that they ought to
do, but they were made prodetive wherever pro-
perty lie ascertained. With regard to the
remark made by the Hon. Gentleman, that this
tax may be enc-eased or even doubled in the next,
or ensuing yews, it was impossible for him to fore-
see what sArritices circumstances might require in
any future case, ; but the same observation would
equally apply to any tat, which, in cases of ne-
tesity, the Parliament might think proper to aug-
ment. 'raking the preperty, however, as far as re-
garded land, there was one subjea of great eenso-
I won resulting to the nation from it already, in
chewing that landed property was much greater
than it had ever before been estimated at. When he
first introduced the Income Tax, he only calculated
the landed income at 21,000,0001. a year, whereas
by the last assessments, is appeared to be of no less an
amount than 34,000,0001.

Mr. FOX explained, that in stating the hardship
of this tax, compared with consumption, he was
not answered by any thing that had fallen from the
Right Hon, Gentleman, for no man could be forced
to pay an encreased duty on Wine or Tea, because it
was in his own option whether he drank it or not ;
but he had no option in the case of property, all
of which might be swept away by augmentations of.l
this tax, or at least reduced to such a state, that the
country could go on with it no longer. This pro-
ceeding reminded him of a story told by La Fon.
tains, of a woman, who fell in love with a Ca/J;
which she continued for some time to caress and
dandle in her arms, in the supposition, that habit
would enable her to do the same when it grew
up to be a large fat Mika; and he believed, if
this tax should be made the calf of the Ministers,
as it grew up, the would find themselves as mach
disappointed as the silly woman had been in her
calf.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
observed, that to realise the cakulation of the Hon.
Gentleman, he must suppose the war to continue
without intermission for ninety years to come.
Mr. FOX answered across the Table, 'e Oh, I'm
not in the least afraid that you will go on so long at
this rate."
The different Resolutions were then agreed to ;
the Report ordered to be received to-morrow, and
the Committee (as well as that of Supply) appoint-
ed to sit again on Friday next.
LUSH HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENSION.
Mr. ALEXANDER brought up the Report of
the Irish Habeas Corpus Suspension Kill, which was
agreed to, and the motion being made by Sir Evan
Nepean that the Bill be read a third time to-morrow;
Mr. K INNAI RD asked whether there was not an-
other stilijea likely to produce discussion, fixed for
to-morrow, because in that case, he should suggest,
whether it would not be right to defer the third
reading of this Bill to a future day ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
replied, that the subj..d to come forward to-morrow
and to which the Hon. Gentleman alluded (the
bringing up of the former Sheriffs of Middlesex),
was not, he believed, likely to be produaive of such
delay, as to make it necessary to postpone the third
reading of the present Bill.
The Bill was then ordered to be read a third time
tomorrow.
Mr. HUSKISSON, by order of the House,
brought up an Account of the Outstanding Exche-
quer-Bills unprovided for by Parliament 1804, and
charged upon the aids of the year 1805. Ordered
to lie on the Table. —Adjourned.