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Mr. limier? ferWilfshift).theught the best
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medy *as, to inohe Keene- *ochrep that it would
'not be worth the poacher's, while to break the !awe;
and, with the hope Oat much of the,esil inejj•lre
"prevented. he should' feel it his duty, to asipppat
the motion of the Noble Lords •
Mr. Costa. jun. objected to, the appo;sitmove of
a Committee. De thouelit she, preinortion wiestrf
mix up with the 'poets of the crinuoymeu .a.ror -
ceitary disposition, with which they.are Wan 41atAlL
quainted. He was riot an unqualified edroeste fur
these laws; but lie thought it was just es implant-
hie to stop the prog•ess of smuggling, err any othir
such crime, as to check the practice of poriehime as
,long 48 kherg
,afe!found purchasers, who ore, in
SF i&lorge or Ate crime. • ••::
Woaftx aid, if he tbs.* the ,Comusithie
ituniLl deprive country gentile/awn aei.O:lorreitiitiones
of their recreation, lie should Dot support rt. II
was, however. °fa different opirriou, sod he thought
it was quite impossible to prevent poaching.
Lord LOWTHER opposed the motion, as he
thought no advantageous results could mime from
the iuquiry.
Mr. FIARBOAD thought the laws might be !l-
eered, so as to prevent the numerous crimes dart
occur, and also preserve the game for the resident
gentlemen in the country. He divl riot know whe-
ther a Committee were the host course to pursue,
sortie course however should be adopted. •
, o esse
Lord CRANBORNE replied. w-ft
The gallery was then cleared for a division. d
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For the Motion
Agairut it rid `4/.l'r
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Majority against the Motion 3t d 4164
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HUSBANDRY HORSE TAX. ws •-1 .
Mr. CukwaN rose to cull the intention of the
House to this question, which he considered of
great importance ; although it would not go the
whole way to remove the distresses of the farmer,
still it would he a great and essential boon, and
there never was a time when it was more necessare
to •hew a disposition to relieve them. The nature
of this tax is highly objectionable ; you might as
well impose a tits on the loom, the shuttle, the
plough, or any other implement of husbandry.
Tie tax on the cultivation of 50 acres is upwards
of five, and he requested the Noble Lord (Castle-
reagh),. if the Chancellor of the Escht pier turns
a de.rf ear to him, would attend to the 'Subject.—
lie would state one of many casts lie might do.
One poor farmer, who was a great fox-hunter, on
going to market, was met by a fox in full chase.
he immediately forgot his purpose, and tot recol-
lecting the surcharge, laid down his packs mot
set alter the fox.—/Hear, hear, heur-j—The
circumstance came to the ears of air informer,
and the poor farmer was fined for his sport. This was
• great hardship, but lie might cite litany similar.
There was no subject to which the House were
more imperative called on to turn their attention
than the distresses of the farmer. The Monarchs (l
of Europe are the great corn merelrahts at present,
and it' we were unfortunately again to open our
port., the king of Denmark would iimuediatety
pour in an immetae quantity of corn, sod lie
should like to know whether lie would take hard-
ware or pottery in exchange ? There is another
subject to which he wished to allode—he meant
the subject of surcharge. It • has been (Build of
the greatest advantage to apply metallic springs to •
carts, and yet, if this is dour; he is subject to the
tux of a gig. It surely never could have been in
the contemplation of the Legislature to impoje
such restrictions on labour. lie, therefore, called
on the Right fun. Gentleman to snake some re-
duction in• all the taxes on the agriculturist, which
would benefit all classes, and a compensation mieht
be made by imposing au lucerne tax. • The Hon.
Gentleman then alluded to the taxes otturalt, salt.
soap, stud leather, which might be-reduced. It
would afford the greatest possible relief to all
classes, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer might
make up the amount of the revenue in other
manner less oppressive to the poor. He thought
lie might begin with giving this boon to the farmer.
Ile begged pardou for intruding on the time of the
House, and concluded by moving for leave to bring
in a Bill to repeal the aStli and 52i4 of George 111.
and 2d of George IV.
Sir W. W. WYNN regretted the Hon. Gentleman
hail not postponed his motion to some future period.
lie should however give it his support.
Sir C. Buaaett. observed, that this lox operated
most cruelly on the farmer. In several parts of
the country oxeu cannot be employed oa the road.,
anal therefore great numbers of horses must be
employed ; and, under all the circumstances, as it
seems the wish of the House that the motion should
be postponed until the Report of the Agricultural
Committee is received, he hoped his lion. Friend
would comers!. flowerer, should he press it to a
division, he should ordain!, vote for it.
Mr. DAVENPORT said a few words in favour cf
the motion.
Mr. BENF.TT (of Wiltshire) observi d that hr
should 11. e every exertion to relieve tt.e burdens of
the fmnier, slid should of course support the pre-
sent 'notion.
An Minoruable Member under the gallery sup-
ported the motion in a few observattoi.s.
The CitAlicELLoit of the ERGO RQU Kit wished the
motion should be withdrawn until the Report of
the Con tttttt tee were received. if nut, he should
feel himself bound to oppose it.
dist'sr.olf..a.Theuzsitst,
direct tax 011 the fuodholder would be a breath of
DieGl utusprotak/se.at Istohtnaes lengthbeeu acid ni the
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faith. He admitted it was so, bnt lie could out
shut his eve. to the fact that a time must come
when this breach must be committed. This mu-
tie. might come ia a more regular way attei•

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