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' :tradiction to the many gloomy prophecies of Gentlemen on the terest, as the relief now proposed, in his opinion, was ineffiesie liable to a full proportiun of Taxation.
• idler side of the House of the ruinous state of the country, cious, suggested the propriety of taking off the tax upon leather, Mr. Brand presented a Petition from the Farmers and Corn-
lt our finances were flourishing, and that our expenses were which would give material relief. He.observed, that nothing growers of Hertfordshire, praying relief from the heavy load of
iinishiug. The Right Hon. Gent. concluded by inswing for had Breen said about the War Malt Ta,X ;he hoped this would taxation with which they were barthened.—Ordered to lie
ssum of 12,300,0001, to be applied to the payment of Exche• meet the attention of Government. But the greatest burthen on the table.
er Bills; and sat down amidst loud cheering from all quer- of all was the Property Tax, whii6ll he had no doubt the
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country would rise up against, and come to the House end de- The Sheriffs of London presented a Petition from the Lord
Ir. PoNsnanst said, in no view, which he had taken of the sire the Right Hon. Gentleman to ask for a small loan, and Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, of the City of Lon-
Illation of the country, was there any pretence to justify so charge the interest on the Sinking Fund. With respect to don, praying a repeal of the present Pioperty-tax ; and that is
ellke an establishment. The Right Hon. Gent. bad talked of loans, he wished to know why Austria had not repaid the loan of should not be continued under any modification wfuseesee;
desire of Ministers for economy and retrenchment. He seven millions, borrowed twenty years since. At any rate, it was which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.
of none; but if' economy was necessary, surely that bead said, that being a true and faithful ally, she would pay the in- Sir W. Coatis said, he held in iris hand a Petition from the
ired peculiar care. He must also enter his protest against terest, if not the principal, which would now amount to between Lord tlayor, and Livery of London, in Common Hall assembled.
Proporty•tax : lie would not consent to grant one shilling. four and five millions. The troth was, that England furnished This Petition was couched in temperate language, and was
country must not he deceived by their Representatives ; all the money, but seldom get repaid. agreed to by a most respectable body of the Livery. It prayed
f they voted for this tax, real retrenchment In the Public Mr. Rosa, in reply to the Hon. gentleman, otherved, that a repeal of the Properttax, to the borthene of which the Pub-
: nditere would not be seen; and, therefore, the only way there was no reason for altering thel.Tsnry Laws. In respect lie at large lied only been induced to subsoils with patience by
r y denying Ministers the tax they were about to demand to the Poor Rates, various plans had been suggested, without the urgent necessity of the times. That necessity they 100.
~ o years to come. He relied on the integrity of the House, effect, to the benefit of the land owner ;et the same time, he sidered was now gone by ; and any renewal of the tax, howler
the spirit of the People, for compelling Ministers to re- admitted that- it bore bard upon. the agricultural labourers. modified, would, in their opinion, now become an intolerable
ck• If the House did not, the People of England would The Hon. Gentleman had talked about taking MT the rrstric- lourthen ; they therefore hoped, that no attempt whatever
• ilk that the Representatives had deserted their interests.— tions on wool exported, as a means of relieving the grower. would he made to continue it.
ear, Sear.) 'flee filet was, that wool is exported from Spain, many parts of The Petition having been read, Sir J. Strew said, the tan-
, r. Beocossare complimented the Right Hon. Gentleman Germany i and even France had a great redundancy ; there- gime, of this Petition he considered to be the language of the
r. VamlittarO on his able and luminous statement. Another fore he (Mr. IL) was at a loss to know where the wool would he Livery at large. It was temperate and moderate, and it ter-
Fortunity would be afforded to follow him through the de- exported to. He haftalno talked about the patronage of the tainly spoke his own sentiments. The Livers at large had
lis of this large and complicated subject ; for the present he lonian Islands, when, in fact, there was but a single Commis- three objections to a renewal of this Tax, all of which were.
ould only enter his protest against some ofthe principles of sinner in those Isles, and one at St. Helena. In respect to the well founded. They objected to it, first, because the .neceseity
Ministers constantly talked of economy, but did not pro- Property 'fax, that was increased by the Gentlemen opposite which cupid alone render the tax bearable was past : secondly,
••• ed to carry it into client. The first object of attention was when they got into power ; and that tax had saved a capital of loceaese there was a pledge given last ) e it., that at the end of
die distressed state of the country ; and here he would remind 300 millions, and nearly 12 millions of permanent taxes. He it. or of the a ar, the tax should expire i and, thirdly, because
' tof the statement in the speech from the Throne, of the clonhted whether the public would petition against the mite in tie present state of the country it was, he believed, out of
finishing state of the country, which it now turned out was the extent stated. the power of the people to pay it. Under then: circomostantes
sot quite so flourishing. Their first object should have been to Mr. WgtagnA coneeieerl the, proposed relief to the acricul- and for all these reasons, he would now subunit, that it world
ndieve those distresses. But how were those distresses to he tural interest would rot be so great es the Hight Hon. Gentle- he far preferable to raise the six millioos, which it was estimated
ielieved? The Hon. Gentleman adverted to what he had thrown man expected. The only telisf that farmer-, would obtain, in this tax would proolowe, by way, of Loan, the interest to be.
out on a former evening, in respect to the Usury Acts, as giving a farm of 300 scree, taking le house', would lie about 121 an- paid ont of the Sinking Fund. This plan would relieve the
a facility of borrowing money in case of exigency, if the distress nually. The best rens t woe's% he to tax the real property. It conntry from a load of taxation for the present year, and would
was the consequence only of a passing storm. This subject he was in vain• to internist to lay on Nixes, if, as he euntended, the not on all affect the Sinking Fund.
again recommended to Ministers for their consideration, for resources of the country had tailed. After pa i hug the expenses 'the Petition was then ordered to lie on the table. •
relieving the wants of the landholders, as the restrictions im- of cultivation of the land, there eloolately remained no hiiig Mr. Lez.ltinGTON loroneht up the Report of the Committee of
posed by law on borrowers were very heavy. All the Life In- for rent. With repo il to making the property-tax a peace-tax, Supply On its being read,
aurance Companies were in the practice of taking more than be hoped the Chaneinlor of the Exchequer would find the 00- Mr. Elsner.% V was atl‘iuu% to express his opinion on the pro-
. per cent. in no one case was a regular mortgage to be otii Mona of the collate), in opposition, too powerful for Win; fur penal for continuing the tax on Property or Income, because
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