The National Register.
London, England, 1815-02-12 00:00:00

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the Right Honourable Gentleman bad takcii a ditty rent Now
what was the state of the case ? Did the Right Hruottrahle Gen-
tleman proLiose the Property Tax as an alternative, which it wonld
he necessary to accept, if his financial propositions were not agreed
to, or did he mean to say, that neither in that event, nor in any
other event, mould the Property Tax be renewed ?

The CUANCEI.I.OII of the EICUKQVER arid, that he did pot doubt
the country would cheertiffly submit to the measures which the
Hou►e might think it most expedient to adopt. The House, on Fri.
day tl►e 17th, vvould have to cuusidei p financial scheme, of which
the renewal of the Property Tax would form no part ; it would of
COMIC fur the House to determine whetter tl►e scheme which Le
had to propose would be preferable to a renewal or muditieation of
the Properly Tax ?
Mr:lV tirrog EAD.--The first statement of the Right Honourable
Gentleman, then, was the correct one, and the Property Tax is to
be the alternative.

General Gascovhe said, lie was not perfectly satisfied with the
explanation of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had a petition
to present on the same subject, and he believed there was never one
more numerously signed, presented in behalf of the town which he
represented ; he believed thut there were not above seven or eight
individulds paying the tax •in that town (Liverpool) by whom the
Petition against it was not signed. lie had expected that day to
have heard a positive declaration on the porta the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, that as he saw the tax was so disagreeable So the
country, lit should not attempt to propose its revival. The circum-
stances which had attended to the adoption of the Petition which
he bad to present, were so extraordinary, that he could not suffer the
question to pass without mentioning them ; as they proved, that be-
fore Christmas the Ministry hail not determined whether they should
not prolong the existence of the Property Tax beyond the lith of
April next, or rather that they had determined to continue for one
year; foe by a letter written soon after the reces', from a person
too closely in the confidence of the P, ince Regent to leave any
doubt on the subject, and which was sent to Liverpool, stated that
it was the intention of the Ministry to propose the continuation of
tI Property Tax for one year, even on the supposition that the
Treaty of Peace was ratified by the American Government. This
letter was sent to . many parts of the kingdom ; indeed, it was so
general, that it was acted upon. The town of Liverpool, which
would not otherwise havetnet, had been coifed together, and at tleit
meeting the peation against the Ps operty Tax, which lie had to pre-
sent, had been agreed on by all present, with the exception of t« o
or three individuals. He was then instructed to. impsire what the hi•
tentions of his Majesty's Ministers were ? He had, of course, nu right*
to demand what those intentions were, but he should have wished to
have been informed on that subject, to know whether he should pro-
poor *bat the petition be rekrred to a Committee, or simply that
it be laid on the table (bear!). • It would be most consistent With
the chareeterof the Right Honorable Gentleman (Mr. Vansittart)
to declare that he should isot propose the truer& of the
Tax. But although the explanation which had bete Twits not
perfettly laitiefdttory. he did not thauk fit to propose a Committee.,
The Petition was read and ordered to lie OH the table:

SIX JOHN -911,121141 Y.

Mr. YiNsurTatittalid; ire lAA it incompliand from the Prince Re-
Erupt, to inform the House that 8k John lifortay, a Member of that
hati.btai4ut =du urea, itt order to be (Avila to Couo