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tained in the collecting of the lima lax. After a
few farther observations on the Necessity of esta-
blishing sii operative sinking fund, Ire concluded by
Riving his hearty assent to the itesolutiniis of his
Right Hon. Friend.—(Loud sad reiterated cries of
"I,juestiou! Qrestion !"
Mr. BROUGHAM, iu explanation, expressed his
surprise that the 'lon. Gentleman could hove ottri.
bitted to him the invidious &leftism of recommend.
ing the lixcise duties, attended with domiciliary
vi.its. Every Gentleman who did him the honour
of listening to what he said,. must he fissure that
inching which fell from him Imre the slightest re.
ference to such a proposition.—(/leer, hear.)
Mr. d. SMYTHE iozierd in the principle of apelr-
ing the siooking fund to meet the exigencies of the
and in the odrontage of iolsocisog the revenue
in such a st de as to meet the expenditure of the
country. lint before the Ministers required the
increase of taxes, it became them to whew, and
Parliament to demand, whether the seduction in
Vie public expenditure was so great as might he
affected.--(Hear, •htar.)—As a Member of the
Flounce Committee, he thought himself joistified
in Paying, that very considerahlr redact. might
hr effrcted. The Gist branch of expenditure in
which economy might Ire enforced, was that of col-
lecting the ',oldie serener. This nos thought to
be a fur ul•jrct of impoloy sit the coninienceineni
of the Sassiest, 111111 it was accordingly propose,' ;
but she Noble Lord opposite said it might be don e
in the Finance 'Co tttttt Clue. To this moinew,
11.011143Tf. sin ouch inquiry ova. Undel
hear.)—The second 'mooch iu which some
saving might be effected, was in the eTstionates of
the military service. Boot espy was nut oi Committee
appoitit.(l by,asid responsible to this 'louse, far the
poirpose of *scrota. • g what reduction might be
effected in every brands of the public service ?
Let the result of this inquiry he tisst sseestsined,
ocil if the object of Ministers in placing the re-
reline live millions user the expenditure were trot
thus olcsitioetl, it was then competent for them to
iletwinti bout Paiiiament lids isisTrose of the
losird,iss. But until this was effected, lie did oat
this k the Ministers I I inahe oat a ease to justify
their present demand oisson the puhloc.—(Hear,
hear, and loud tries of " Question !";—ln the
entiftisimo,

Mr. CALVERT rose, and midi some difficulty ob-
tained an hearing. Ile said his stile object in rising
less, to fiat back upon the Ministers the imputa-
tions dud were attempted to he cast upon the
brewers of this country. Ile should not now, on
account of the lateness of the ionise, shear how eiro-
woos were the ealeolations of the Chancellor of
Ilse Exchequer, but be pledged himself to prove
°tit 01l the statements of the Right Hun. Gentle-
wr re fate.

Mr. St:AMA:TT bad listened to the speech of the
11.. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Iliiskisson), and
agreed Kith him on the advantage of having the
debt of the country diminished. But the question
immediately before the House was, whether they
should now impose new taxes on the people ? On
this they were first to eniroiler %%hillier any public
exigency required the adoption of such a measure,
and secondly, whether. if necessary, the present
was the best tittle for imposing than. This pond
they could best ascertain by looking to the present
situation of the c try. It was admitted by Opt
Chancellor of the F.xchequer and the Ncbll Lord
opposite, that there was at present an excess of
revenue over expenditure, of at least 2,000,000/.
and yet they thought it sit CeOlaly to 11011810 an
inererise of taus to the oweissiit of 3.000,0001.
What was the public e•aioency that required this
increase ? They wets- told by the Noble Lord
that peace was fully established in Europe, mill
that au interrusoion could be apprehended to the
present tranquillity—where then was the public
Exigency ? But perhaps the public were able to
bear these additional burdens--(/-/car, Itiski—and
it might be argued, the people were so well able
to cloture this increase of taxes, and were so vet},
tilling to pay them, that advantage ought io
be taken of so favourable au opportunity, and
they should not wait souther time. when the
public exigencies were more iiressing.—(l/ear,
hear.)—Was the establishment of a oinking
loud this public exigency ? It might, perhaps,
seem presumptuous iii a mon of his habits to
tuter upon the discussiou of such a question us
the present, and still more presionptuous at so ad-
vanced an hour to occupy the attention uf the Com-
mittee ; but he could not avoid saying a few words
tin this tqlbitet. Ile admitted, that there was a
great advantage in a sicking fund during a time of
.ear; because it kept up the prices of the funds,
awl thereby eicabied the Government to raise money
fur the public service, at II rate more favourable
than it might otherwise be obtained ; but lie was
one of those who thought the benefit of u sinking
fond its time of peace very problematical, be-
cause it, in his mind, was too frequeutly abuacl
f its proper purpose to giving an extravagant
Alisiistr.y greater facilities for gliailyiii,g their pro-
peusitiea. ‘I lien Mr.. Pitt established the sinking
fond, it was the opinion of that great financier that
whets it amounted to 4,000,000/. the consideration
of its sitsposition ought to be brought before Par-
baineut ; and when iii IHO2, when Lord Sid-
smooth was ut the head of the Administration,
to which Mr. Pitt afterwards acceded, it was pro-
posed that the sinking fund should be made appli-
cable to the public service, it was then thought that
during war the sinking fond should nut be witched,
but upset in peace it ought to he turned to relitv-
isig the public from some part of their burdens.
lie declared that his sentiments on this suLject
were not influenced by any consideration of
party feeling. and that no man ever entered
the House more inaliffereitt than he was about
place, but he should not vote for any Ministry who
would, in time of peace propose an increase of
1:17isillOn to the amount of 3,000,000/.—(Herre,
Itrar.)—But why were 3,000,000/. in particular se-
lected, ruttier than two or four ? It was evident
that the choice was altogether arbitrary, and lie
believed there was no reason for it hut this : the
Ministers, by the vote of a former night, found that
they stood very high in favour with the House, sod
now they propased these new taxes as a test whereby
the /louse might in sincerity manifest its affection.
There was, it appears, by the statement of Minis-
ters, two millions excess, and yet Ministers call
fur widish/Nal taxes of three millions. In his
opinion that two millions ought to be applied in
the remission of taxer; in this time of peace, he