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friends. It had heel mid that there would hes sitiklit fund
of Ave minima ; Met Shelf could rest hap.
(al *OW, eves *a the starog of the Night. Hen: Meotlensan
hiimelf, was four ; sad he woe of "pinkie, that
whatever sisrplite them reasalood, over sod ahoy, the actml ,
expenses of the country, shimdd go ty, relieve;the bunkos of
the people. Nothing amid support public credit but strict
ecoaeoly- " liffjpipikvecd(res at porteismodum" That,
was • principle now very 'generally 111141erstoiml, and one to
erhich the Howse ihnold 'When.. Pot all these reasons Re
should support the repeal slr the tat, sad vote agaiast the
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Mr. HUSKISBON said, if the Malt Tax, the Window
Tax, and every other toe, were to he redeeed, as bad been-
proposed, it was impeosibk .for Ny moo retardate the
limatial state of oho country, with • view to public faith
sod justice. is say. that the affairs of the amatry mold be
conducted. Bat if he were 'stilled that the removal of
this tax was considered geiseralfy, as likely to operate as
relief, however silly the idea might appear, still he should
feel las-lined to yield to the 'felonies, sad make the
experiment. Bet he was • Member of the Aerial,.
tarsi Committee, and had paid coutsiderable attention to
the enhject, and having examined the 112 Petitions that were
laid before She Committe, he could only And one solitary
Petition mention this tax, and that was oae from the hundred
of Parkimore, in the county of Leicester, wad the reasisos
they assigned were rather strange, for they said that be.
cause the frame-knitters had been all oat of employment,
ergo they should repeal the Horse and Malt Tax. A Noble
lord opposite (Matins) had referred with great gravity to
the Kane' Speech at • period so far back as 1721 fur au
argument in favour of the repesl, sad to Mew how
the AdministratiOn of that day had repealed the duty
on beaver skin% peppers and watmeg; but if they looked •
little more dimly into the economical proceediage is these
wise Whig days, they would Rod that the Whig Adaiksistra-
lion, such warm advocates fur mammy, had repealed the
duty upon pepper, nutmeg, and ciansenoo, but proposed in
its stead a substitute of a tax upon Papists.—(Afewe, hear )
—The substitute now proposed was a tax wpm &weirs coos.
amerce • but if they drove away rombetee from the country,
they destroyed the basis of our astiosal prosperity. He
was as mach disposed as maw to relieve the hordes im-
posed upon the country, by a long, exprosive, and exteaded
war, but he thought it was too much to attribute all our dia.
tresses to taxation. When the sissified°, two countries were
compared, they should always consider the respective capital
and popalition of each. Take Ireland, for example, aid
it by a. means paid in proportion the same taxes as this
country, becasoe its capital had bees so diminished,
although it could nut be denied it was proportionally taxed.
He objected to the present motion on all the grasads he had
stated. It had bee. said on other mcasioas that " Know-
ledge was putt he said emphatically That credit was
power; 11114 he therefore e•raestly called on the House to
p.otcct that best and surest resource of the country's wel-
fare.—(lleor, hear.)
Lord MILTON, Mr. BURRELL, and Mr. BENETT
explained.

Sir JOHN NEWPORT mid, t►e Right Hon. Gentleman
had made assine allusions to the stale of !reload; but if say
nme would compare the taxes rid ie bush countries, they
would Gad that is Ireleek poor as s►e was, 'akin a
nniaber of persons above those who is this marry would
be deubminated paupers, and comparing them wit► as equal
number here, they would Bud that t►ey paid more taxes.
Doe of the great objections to the present tax was, the great
Inequality wish which it fell upon the agriculturists. The
pressure was augmented on the farmer in proportion to
the difficulties wit► which he was surrounded. The Right
Hos. Gristtestae (lir. Huskissoa) had spoken of substitutes
for this tax, but instead of imposing a tax upon Parma, be
would suggest as admirable tax, and that was a tax apse
placensen.—(Lbud eirre.)—He could assure the Gentleman'
who regimented the landed interest is that House, that
whenever they wanted a 'substitute for the removal of an
°premier tax, they would Sad a tax upon placemen at the
present day a most productive source of revenue...-(ifnek
lanabler and claws.)
Sir CHARLES BURRELL supported the selective of
the Ist

Mr. CA I.CRAFT said, that although the question had
been so fully discerned, he could not allow it to peas with.
out remarking wpm one topic in the speech of the Right
Hoe. Gentleman. He alluded to t►e use that °endemism,
had made of the 112 Petitions of the people. Instead of ex-
amining their contents, to see whether any remedies could
be applied to the grievances they complained of, it would
seem dint all the attention of the Right Hon. Gentleman
was directed to see whether he could discover any error or
omission to criticise. Thew Petitions were presented to the
Committee, with • view to relief generally, not for the
porpoise of poloting out a particular mode. He had re-
membered whew the Right Hon. Gentleman was out of
office, there was no man more active in his cries for re-
trenchment. Rot since be weal into olive there was ao
sp.eies of estrarragance, except in one instance, which he
did not uaiGirmly supper,.
Mr. HUSKISION captained. He said a more gross or
unparalleled misrepresentation of what he had said respect.
log the Petition's

Mr. M A BER LY 'etude a few observation" (as we wader.
stood) in f of the repeal of the tax.

Mr. BROUGHAM said, it was most true the question
bad hemi most fiely agreed on one side of the Hone?, and
as folly on the other as the merits of Menge would allow, but
be wished to state briefly the grounds upon which he should
gire the motion his support. In the first instance,
that lax sinned against all the principles upon which taxa-
tion could be justified. It was • tax imposed upon tools,
upon an implement of labour, and one of the most essentfal
implements used in husbandry. When the tax upon iron
was proposed, one of the great objections to it was, that it
tended to impose upon labour, and in proportion as it is.
ereueeti the labour of • workman, in that proportion did it
contribute to the tax; In consequence of which, that tax
WAS rejected. But even that tax was free from an objec-
tion which the present lax contained, namely, its inequia.
lily, for it fell equally upon •II by whom iron was used.
The third objection was, that it fell moat unequally upon
thine who were least able to pay it. He should not trouble
himself in providing • substitute, for if the means were
taken sway, Misaintrvs would square their expenditure ac-
cordingly. Upon all these grounds he should support the
motion for the repeal of the tax.
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After a *hurt reply from Mr. CURW EN, the gallery was
cleared for a division: The numbers were—

Fur the Repeal
Against it ll3

Midorlig against Ike Minister .. 28
On our retorts to the gallery—
Mr. CURWEN brought in his Bill, which was read a
Arm time, sod be proposed the second reading for tomorrow
(this day).
The CHANCELLOR of the CHANCELLOR objected
to to-morrow as being an inconvenient day.
Mr. CURWEN said, that after the measure had under-
gone midi a full and complete dismission be hoped there
would be no further opposition given to it.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he by
tin means considered the vole of the Howse to-night a Anal
decision.
Mr. CURWEN said, he should feel it his duty to persevere
he Axing the ',cowl reading for 10-morrow.
Mr. BROUGHAM observed, that the sense of t►e House
' might be taken when the Report was brought up. He sup-
posed it was not the intention to oppose it is every stage.
Mr. BARING said that might be very good lacties in his
Hon and Learned Friend, bat he hoped the Chancellor of
the Exchequer would give no such pledge.
After • few words from Sir Cnanzits Bultwau., Lord
MILTON, and Mr. BRIGUT—
Sir W. W. WYNN hoped that ibis most oppressive lax
would bcrepealed.
Mr. FORBES 'rusted that the f the Moose was
uo strong, that even the artillery suf the Noble Marquis ab.
-pent, if brought to bear upon them, would lie unavailing.
Lind MILTON gave notice that if the Hill passed the
Otarnittee, he would move for leave to bring in a Bill fur
iepeal of the tax ow Foreign Wool.
WV. CURWEN saki, that he would he that rase oppose
dissnown of his Noble Fries& He did nut like to do any
}►Milk could teed 1,0 ifejerli the credit of the country ;
*lois wra,uneasesesjpiraprimiverd that iu far fro=