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necessary each year. He had the • authority of Mr. Pitt -
` of anticipation which his plan might seem to involve.
Irce, the n, contionance of the war ia-xes..,
had already expired at Christmas, namely, the tax on
roods carried .eosistWise; no renewal of these was in•
was it the intention of the otovernment to continue the
:on wool. if imported in Brithesisipt, especially as this
might operate as an encouragement to the improvement
Itions. Without any detail, he should merely state,
amount of the war taxes was 2.567.0001. from which,
die amount of the expired taxes, and the t,632,0001.
the loan, the amount to be continued would be 6,516,0001.
to the new taxes. To meet the curiosity of the
subject,. he should begin by shewing what it was not
Zo do. The assessed'taxes would be naturally looked
!his subject lie would take the liberty of first addressing
• did not intend to move any addition to the window
melt houses „as thiswould hard on many classes who
afro; d it : Cut he should propose a tax of a similar tra-
.houses, hothouses, and conservatories. The estimate
lade on their superficial extent, and 40 square feet of stir-
considered as equal to a window. and rated as such.
ppose a green•house to be 60 feet in length, and it! feet
surface would be equal to 15 windowiz, which at the
inflow tax would be 31. 7s. 6d. He suppopsed that
'n would be inclined to object to this tax. Consider
lier hand, how much the trading branches would. be re-
., removal of the property tax, he conceived that trines-
not object to such a sillistitute as he should now propose,
tax on the windows of shops and warehouses, in the
ion of 3s. 6d. a window. It was difficult to procure
Alculation ofthe amount of a new tax. but it was esti-
he produce would be about 50,0 00i. a year. The next
• inhabited houses : he should propose an augmentation
• on the present tax on the rents of inhabited houses,
of warehouses would be charged in the same manner.
led that the first measure would produce 396,5001. and
louse tax would produce 150,0001. The next class of
ild embrace servants, earriagea, ,and horses used for
luxury : a considerable addition would be imposed on
about 60 per cent. Gentlemen. perhaps,. would not
to object to this proposition, wizen they considered
of amount isetiveen this tax and the property tax.
ou servants was estimated at 410,0001; on carriages at
horses, at
.63,5"01. ; men and I:orses employed in
re not inelodeil: but an addition of 301. or 401. per
used in trade would amount to about 35,5001. and on
146,0001. An increase oil the tax on dogs would
,5,5031. An increase also on the duty on game-verb&
!koziesl at 44,0001. He should propose, that all unmar-
alreaiy pay an additional rate on servants aed horses,
still further rate of 501. per cent. on their servants
irizges, which would produce 170,0001. (a loud langh.)
to amount of these several suns was 2 millions and an
uure now to the customs; and here be intended an ad-
on tobacco, and this the rather be(•anse there was rea..
've that peace with America would make tobacco
le duty would be at the rate of 6d. in the pound, and
'e 500,0001. An additional duty of 201. a ton would be
(oreigo wine, and an increase would be laid on the
in excisable articles. He was aware OW this last.
not free from objection, as it might be said to affect
but when its moderate nature was considered, and
referred. to persons who had hitherto been. liable to the
, bethought it was a computation tiotrnoels to be emit-
Ind that it would be more agreeable than the tax frock
sere relieved. It was estimated at 500 4)001. and yet it,
seen on investigation that the persons paying it wonkti
, pay in so large a proportion as at the beginning of thel
iggregate amount of these several items was 950,0001.
intended to impose a small dusty connected with the ,
A tax of id. would be laid on every newspaper sent
,neral post. As lout! ago as in 1783, a similar scheme of
been recommended. It might perhaps be thought
"amp duty wonl,l be effected by this arrangement ; but
‘tlemen, who, when in the country, indulge themselves with
paper, would hardly forego a luxury with which every
heard him was so - well acquainted, for the mere sake of
!lona, penny. Members of the house were exempt to time
an ounce weight, and if it were thought necessary, might
further exempted, This duty would produce 50)0001. -Other

with respect to the Post-office, as to the foreign postage, and espe-
cially regarding the carriage of letters to the East Indies. The
amount of all the taxes now detailed would be 3,7V13 (1001. but five
millions were wanted. Ou a future occasion he would give the
&till, of the rest of the intendisi taxation : he would lbw merely
state what would be affected by the proposed taxation. A conies
derable advance was intetuled on stamp duties (not relating to
law proceedings) which it was calculated would produce about
700,0001. ; but the process of collecting the amount of stamps was
so complicated, that gentleno a would not be surprised that no
schedule could yet be completed. About 600,0001. still remained
to he supplied, and he hoped that the system of bounties and draw-
tracks would be able to meet it. He proposed particularly a con-
tinuance of this system as to printed cotton and sugars. There was
another subject,
on which he had received repeated applications.:
he alluded to the great article of beer: A considerable increase had
some time ago been imposed ou the price of:
_beer : the public at
presentseemed to be convinced, and he was disposed to agree with
them, that this price was now too high. He was certainly unwilling
to increase the price of this article, and would rather relieve the
public than add to
.their burthen. He hoped, therefore, that the
hint now thrown out would not be lost. • Government would wish
not to interfere between the consumer and the maker ; but it wonki
not he neutral upon this occasion; for, -in consequence of the ap-
plication of the brewers, he and Lord Liverpool had on a former oc-
' casion.been parties to the rise, and he must therefore now distinctly
declare that they could not hold themselves responsible for the con-
tinuance of that increased price. (Hear, hear.) Upon the whole, it
was thought advisable not to touch the sinking fund; but allow it to
increase for four years at compound interest ; so that, if so unfortu-
nate a result should happen, it might be a resource for fixture wars;
and, on the other hand, might extinguish the debt at simple interest
within 45 years. It would be a constantly wowing resource.
At the same time, he hoped that that peace would he consolidated
and secured ; and that the hostile spirit, generated by so long a war,
would subside every year, even every month. At any rate it would
be clear, that we were disposed to be tranquil and act with moders•
lion, we were prepared against all the possible contingent attempts
of mir enemies. It was with no smell satisfaction that be now
looked-back upon the late war, and congratulated the Ilene on
the expiration of that mass of taxation with which the country had
been encumbered. Nine millions of taxation were now removed !
He hoped that this reduction would prove advantigs ors not only to
private comfort, but to the twine exteusion of public revenue : for
no doubt this Surplus would be employed in tr,ide, add find its way
ultimately to the public revenue. He must alscremigratulate the
House me the- progressive increase of the revenue (independently of
the property tax) within the last three years, which promised the
best results for the future. The three last years presented the fie-
lowing progress : the first of them produced 47,e00,0001. ; the se-
cond 48,468,000 e : the last, 51.000,0001. The country might now
he proud that it had achieved all its great objects, while it was at
the same time in the most nourishing condition. He must beg leave
of the Committee to. tell a story which: had relation to the present
subject. The late Mr. Burke, on some occasion at the beginnine Cf
the French war, being among his friends, drank success toe the long
war,' the company not expecting the war to be long, expressed some
surprise, but Mr. Rorke repeated Isis sentiuteht, telling" them that
it must be long, adding : ea Mart et tesinct rebus serrate secunth.."
Such was the opinion of that great Statesman, he felt that all that
was to be feared was a feverish impatience on the part of the peo-
ple at the necessary.barthen. The country, however, had borne it,
had nobly persevered, and it now remained for it to enjoy the pros-
perky resulting from that perseverance (hear, hear!). The Right
Honourable Gentleman then Moved his resolutions, according to
the ten Our of his speech.
The Resolutions were then read.
M. ‘VIIITIIREAn complained, that the Right Hon. Gentleman
had dealt milairly-by a set of tradesmen in noticing the hints in the
manner he had•done.—lie was not surprised that such hints had
been given, for hints had been given to him and his brother trades-
men, which they had set at nought. He was inclined to condemn
all animadversions on their conduct, even coming as they did front
such high authority. • With respect to the price of beer, the trade
had only waited tillthei head heard what the Right Honourable
Gentleman intended to do upon the subjert. The hint of the Right
Honourable Gentleman was unnecessary ; measures had beet* taken
fin lowering the price, would be pit in practiee iu 43 hones.
rhe brewers had only waited to learn shat would be done, and they
Would now proceed the saint as if the Riet Minim able Gentlemen

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that the warchoi
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men to about
amount to 105,;
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