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Commons, for the indnlgenee slid forlreirance
which he had experienced from them upon this sub-
ject, and fur that countenance and support which
had encour.sged and animated him throughout the
whole of these discussions. lie took his leave of
the subject with feelings of perfect good humour
tow.irds the Bank Directors, hoping that this might
lie met wills corresponding feelings of good humour
'on their parts. If. however, he should be &sap-
pr..nred in thi. expectation, he should console him-
aril' by thinking, shut he haul incurred their dies
pleasure in coiowritience of what appeared to lOm
Ist he s conscientious discharge of us great public
duty--a principle—a line of csiiirloct —which, so
Jong ars he should hold a seat in tin% liouse, no con-
siderations of I. persuoal nature should ever induce
'Lim to swerve from or abineluns.
The Bill was thirst read is third time, end passed.
. . VV.:ERUPT REGULATION
MIADIN N SS' IT II moved the further consider-
' ation of for Bankrupt Regulation Bill.
Mr. TENNYSON wished to have time to consider
• iforticular t !ruse, and hoped the Honourable
Tierttlemass would flu another slay for the consider-

*lion of tlw Itepott.
Mr. J. Slllllll was exceeslinstly sorry that hit
floe. Frirod should tei.h to delay this measure.
No Ilill IA ever been more scrutinized, more ob-
jected to, and, he would more unfortunate than
she percent. We were stow at the close of the
Session, mid if the delay of another day took Idaer,
it would tint be difficult to anticipate the fate of the
Bill. The Bill had been scrutinised in detail in
w•Committee up stairs, in a way few Dills were,
and 1)4 Hon. Friend himself had been present in
that Committee. Elf expreesed his hope, therefore,
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that his Hon. Irriend.would not press big opposition
to the Bill now passing a stage.
Mr. TVIIIITSON explained.
Ur. AVROTTISSLST raid, every el ,sae bud been
scrutinised in the Committee wp stairs with the
.greatest attention. it would be impoasible fur the
11111 to pass thus Session tilt wus delayed one day

lotteer.
After tome farther observations from Mr. .1.
Sattsti and Mr. Titnxison, the Report was taken
too consideration. sad the Ball ordered to be read
the third time on Monday next.
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EXCISE. DUTIES.
The'Clitawczumo of the Excitrquett mowed
the third reading of the Excise Duties Bill.
141 r. WISTERS felt himself bound to oppose
the third resoling of this Bill, not merely from his
•own 'tense of the of the country to hear the
burdens now thrown on it, but because lie had re-
ceived communications from every part of the curio-
try, urging him to oppose those tun, and stating
the ruinous consequeuces with which they would he
attended. Much tool been said on the subject of
uses affecting the rich. The distinction less more
apparent than real; for taxes on the poor must itiesi-
tidily be felt by the rid', and lases on the tiCh Inuit
-diminish the funds for the employment of the poor,
end consequently affect them as well as the rich.
BA nrtninly the more immediate operation of these
taxes would be Best felt by the lower classes of the
re0p1e......by those whose 'weans were already so in-
inlequate for their proper support. For this res-
tos' hr objected to the tax on intik. which would
told easily to the price of en article consumed
by I tAn, Ile objewill to the tax, as throwing
as heavy louden nu the lower orders. and press-
ing with peculiar severity on an article of the
first neceirote.—The new loxes. in all, amounted
to time indiums, and two millions of them were
on articles, the consumption of which was of she
impi.rtance Ili agriesil'nee.....there being
i,50a,000/. on mot, um! 500,0001. of additional
duty on Ileitis's spirits. Were the Dame aware,
that at this no 'Tient there was no less a suns than
mine millions (4 taxes on malt, beer, end British
spirits The r tiert of this heavy taxation mu malt
must hare the edict of diminishing the consump-
tints of that article, and consequently disniuishing
she growth cf barley. Did the !louse recollect why
the official duties on molt had been diminished ?
it was because it was known that the weight of
taxer l:a.l but the elect of the con-
sumption of malt. In twenty-five years the eon-
raimptiosu .14 malt bad begs reduced one-fourth.
•lts 1799, and ten Succeeding years, the averatze
iseesornotion of milt was 3,390,000 quarters. For
Vie.ten rears, ending 1016, the average conmnip.
Zino oas only 2 907,000 quarters ; so that, at this
la.t peliuil, there was a reduced consumption of
4120,000 quarters. But it appeared from papers on
the table, that it, iu comparing the cousumption
of the two periods, an allowance were made for
tlir mires-e of population in the latter, the
consumption of 1816, in order to be equal In
that of 1793, ought to bale been above 4,200,000
quarters. Did not that clearly chew. that
sv lieu taxation was carried beyond a eel lain
point, it bad the fleet of consunip.
flogs ? The Isere saw the most useful articles
for the consumptiou of the people of this, country
°positively reduced by thr operation of this tax. In
she prrio.l commencing with 1;90, the 1.• ce of bit.-
ley aas 31-. the quarter, Hari the duty ius. a prai-
ser. to the latter period, barley had advanced to
40*.. alien at the virile period the duty bad
advanc-
ed to U ',der there circumstances it was thou.. lit
sweessaly to take off i tie increased dsity. By the im-
position of taxes at the present moment the (loose
were taking a dangerous step. Whatever effect
sought be ;produced on our finances by having an
actual ainktint fund, as coutradistinguished with an
imaginary stoking fund, he thought any advantage
ter hi- derived from this would lie bought too dear
11,!thisg to she burdens of the canonry. Ile did
to underrate the resources of the country ;
lint at the present time lie thought the best policy
would Ire to husband them, and sot to press too se-
verely nn the people. For tins reason he objected
to Irby third reading of the Bill, and ire was deter-
sn.i.e I to take the sense of the linuse on it. Ile
concluded with moving as an amendineot, that the
18.11 he read the third time this day six mouths.
Mr. Oao said, he did tint think that he should be
4 acisar4iug Ins duty, if he did not protest in a
snore !urinal manner than by a silent rote aoaiiist
the 'amid Bill. Ile could assure the Right lion.
tlentletus.i opposite, tlert this uppish did Hot
originate w any a ant of confidence in the present
Allita.try ; he could assure them, that his conduct
could have been the same bad the measure been
p.ipipull by those its *Wit lie hart more confidence.
nthnsg could, sit leis opinion, justify stay additions!
burdens on the people at the prtiont moment,