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lion, Hie ,suotrabondant orphan., anti the large constant
importations from Ireland, and he thought that Gentlemen
deceived themselves if they believed that any reduction of
Ingham which his Hon. Friend could propose, nr which
the Government could possibly agree to, would afford any
great relief.—(Hear, bear, hear, from the Allnieterisl
Benches)—His Honourable Friend interned to omnivore,
that theta were persons iu the Howse and elsewhere who
wirrned to .deprive the landholder of his fair slid just
. eteigitt.ead consideration In the country; tee (Ale. Ricardo)
foetid not think tint any smelt proms* existed'. With re-
ern to the stock-holder, it appeared to be supposed that a
.oeAserne had been formed fur urousfeu ring the property in the
moll from the landholders to the stockholder; but he knew
of no ouch project, nor. did he believe timed had ever 'wen
enteriamed. In reality, at the prevent moment the •Istek-
!misters were to a great exteut the proprietors 4d the hand ;
fur, inasenoch as they received a certain bum in taxes from
'Ape landholder, they bad to the extent of that amoral a claim
on Abe land. Sat that was no snore titan in fairness they were
eutialied to. If every man had ban milled upon by the Alt-
imeter to contribute to proportion In his poshest:ions towards
the funds requisite for defraying the exprneee of the war,
be would ask whether the landholders mast not have parted
with a considerable portion of their property ? And if
other persons bad been found to advance the capital fur them,
upon what principle could they claim to be &schist. d
bout the payment of the lowest. lie did not ask fur the
stockholder more than he was entitled to; but he could not
bat think that the compact with the stockholder should be
iiiofoughly fulfilled. On a feature occasion he would take an
opportunity, if the House would do him the favorer to listen
to him, to give the reasons why he thought the alit-ratios in
the currency hail been mach overstated, and why he cow
velvet', as he thought lie could undertake to prove, that the
gud, extent of the effect which the measure adopted in
1819 had bid iu reducing the prices of produce did out ex-
ceed five per cent.
Mr. W. PEEL opposed the Resolution.
Mr. BROUGHA It, in reply, proceeded to ;Weed himself
from the charge of inconsistency in condemning the halipay
system of Colette' Crawford and Mr. Windham, winch he
whs stated la bare formerly supported. He saw noth:og
Consistent immeintainiug a difference in opitiloo from two
Gentlemen, of whom one be had newts. *ern, and the other be
hardly knew by sight, had never been acquainted with hint,
nee ever sit in the same room with him, and with whom
hie- only ronnexion was his having sat for one Session of •
very short Parliament with him ; and, as to the immure of
1803, which be was elated to have artpported, that, it would
be Observed, was seven lung year* before he had the honour
of a seat In the House. The Noble Lord had made a
mistake with respect to what he called the whole dead
-weight of ibe half-pry, in stating the difference between
the charge in 1792 and at the peseta period, at
4,700,000 f. as the remelt of that plan; wh , 740,001111.
in 1792, covered the whole charge, which stow
amounted to 4,700,0001.; the difference being 1,000,001.
'there was only one more remark of the Noble Lord's
even which he wished to say a word_ The Noble Lord,
id order to shew that but little relief could be gained by a
redaction of the taxation, referred to the 18,009,000 f. of
taxes which had been taken off at the close of the war;
hut the question was, could the country have been com-
pelled to pay that sum now? and if that reduction bad
not been made, what would have hemi the conditioth
of the country at the present moment? But the fact
was that the change in the value of the currency had
operated • difference in the actual amount of the taxes of
23,000,004)L; so that in reality the taxation had been In-
creased instead of being reduced, and therefore no relief
had been palsied. What had been said by his Honour-
able Friend behind him (Mr. Ricardo) with reapert
to the tax on loather, did nut touch his argument at all.
Fur the fact WON, an he had before stated it. The primps
engaged in the teethe r trade Iseiug men of large capital, bed
leo wish that the tax should be taken off, because they said
they had capital ermozh in undertake the trade, tax 90‘ Olt
whereas, if the tax were taken off, persona of entmll what
would, be let into the trade, sod its pit/in would thereby be
lcrened. The Noble Lord called on ,the noose to wits
with kint for the previous question now,. breante they
,wouitl. not lhereby be giving a direct negutive,to his (14r.
flroag,henee)iteirilution, and rousequenaly would pot hied
themselves to its ultimate rejectiou, but alright pita 6;r ,it
4,lkey4iteght proper in case be should move it as en
easendineel to the Noble Lad'. Motion on Friday:- Batt
when Fridley came the Noble Lord would sirloin call opens
them, as they bad on Monday ought voted fur the pervious
quest ion to. pot off their decision tin the subject instil !bey
should have beard his plan, to put off the reaolutibir
again until the effects of that plan had been trled.
The sole object of the Noble Lord sat to get rld by soy
means which presented themselves or the direct question'ef
reduction or nu reduction. That object he eirdesvotirfil
to effect, by joking at arm gentleman, connplainiog of
soother, lanotiog a third, sod to some he held nut a threat.
the threat that be would resign—(lptighter)—for he well
knew that there were among those who oat behind him many
to whom it would be a threat, though it was none to the-pub.
lie Hui in whatever way the question might he decided, thi re
was little like) hood of that threat being fulfilled; for on
former occasions measures had been cat ried, the sneerer of
which the Noble Lord had declMed would lead to the
same result which he now threatened. He (Mr. B) how-
ever knew himself better thaw to be led for a moment
to believe that the threat would sot produce its 'i'ffect
Whatever might be said as to the Vote fur ibe previous clue -
thin not pledging the House whist reduction in future;
he would tell. them that every min that on the occasion
voted against the Resolution, would tbereby hold himself op
as ea enemy, an rffretual cutout. to iminct ion of taxation,—
The Hun. nod Learned Gentleman couelnded amidst re-
pealed chieri; MA, *the question bring loudly called for,
strangers were ordered to withdraw, when a division took
plate, the numbers being—
For the Previous Question
For the Resolution lOB
Majority mustn't the Resololioo lsi
After the division the Hoene iidjoursed al 111140 'eclat*.
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"I' E', B[4ll S4-.I!PW,.L.S.

LONDON,
TUESDAY, irsmoiy 1522.

It will be seen by our Parliamentary Report that Mr.
~Bssakom,osa last night submitted to the House of Commons
big promised view of the State of the Country. The expo-
sition twee such as might bare hero expected from the
atkeigerleelged talents and lege-Meg of the Hon. Member.
wed will so doubt be read with interest. The length of the
Jebele prevents us from noticing the particolm• of the
ptilement, further than that it rehired principally to the
.Mrpremed mite of.the agriculture of the rountee, sod to
Ike necessity of reducing the semout of tamitiou. TIN Re-
. islstion with which he closed his speech wnsfremed for the
pairpose of pledging the ;loose into an immediate inquiry
likto the Sate of
,the country, and to the accompbahm(utnf
• reductios in the hoidens of the people vomeionsurat•
with the alteration produced in the value of the curieuty
by the resumption of teal) paymetits. Laid Lotasonhannvr
opposed lb' &mistime, shod moved the previous punitive,
sad upon Ibis the House divided, when these appeared,
for the previous gestation, ^l2; against it, 108—majority for
the Ministers,lo4. The majority, we fear, offrrsa• alarm-
ing augury to the hopes and wishes of the country. his
perhaps to he regretted that the motion wax brew/lit for-
ward in so thin • home : nut one half of the skull" Repre.
entatives was present.
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The disgraceful scenes which were aetedpi lble theireplis
es the occasion of the late Queries fosforei.eksheitralireid
'singlet( sit the nova et Commute; by IA r. . Aa

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