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London, England, 1815-05-12 00:00:00

INI PERI AL PA RLI A MENU.

HOUSE dc LORDS, vt, MAY n.

On eve question that the Prt4.-,Er Tax Bill be
read n third time, • •
'rice Duke of Nonvotx expressed his appro.
liation of the Ist inciple of_the Bill, though he
objected to some of the details. He admitted its
Stecessity under the existing circumstances of the
country, and particularly approved of the
_Clause
;providing that the Act might be alteeed during the
present Session. He hoped that hetore the next
Session, if not during the present, Ministers
would consider of some modification for the relief
of the agricultural interest, upon Whom it pressed
with peculiar severity. He was willing to arm
Ministers in the present crisis, in order that they
'might put themselves in a posture to demand a safe
and honourable peace.
The Earl' of DARNLEY agreed in what bad
fallen from the Noble Duke, particularly with re-
-gard to modifications in favour of the tenantry of
the country. He approved of the measure as
malting a heavier claim npon the proprietors of
laud than upon other classes.
The Marquis of Douotdis luiped at least to have
-seen several modifying clauses introduced into the
Bill, which he completely disapproved, which
'vent by Act of Parliament, to appropriate the
property of the whole country. To-day Ministers
might demand JO per cent. and to-morrow 99 per
cent. It was peculiarly severe upon the tenantry,
more especially in cases where rc-valuations were
made upon leases every seven years.. Wig! regard
to war, he maintained that the House had been
deceived by the Address which was obtained on
•the 7th April, and telt inclined to-resisetothe last,
hostilities directed against thirty millions of people,
Avho would be compelled to fight for their exis-
tence. The Proclamation of Louis XVIII, was,in
his view, mos; impolitic, partientaily in the
assertion that the Allies would altOw to France no
other King but him. He would not diVide the
House,. hut he took this opportunity qfpEotesting
against the third reading of the
The Earl of DARNLF.Y explained. lie did not
mean his assent to this Bill to imply, that he was
ready to arm Ministers in rushing into an aggres-
sive war with France.

. The Earl of LIVERPOOL observed, that a con-
clrrence in the Property Tax Bill-oouldnotso be
construed, since it was only to artil Ministers in
ease of necessity. - He apprehended that the
greater part of the nation would now support the
pleasure, which was only objected to by the peo-
ple as an Act to exist during peace, it was only
to be continued for one year, though it might he
renewed with the consent of Parliament, which
roultrnot be pledged, as it had been erroneously
supposed to be by the last Bill- The Property
Tax was in his opinion excellent, since whether
it perfectly attained the object or not, it aimed at,
all the great masses of property.
The Marquis of LANSDOWN was decidedly of
t;iat the House was pledged that the Tax
si.iould expire on the-sth of April, after the con-
clusion of peace, and it was fit that such a pledge
should be • gi-en and understoOd. It would re-
m, hi, at the eir! of the year, for the House to de-
cide whether this,•Tax should be continued or re-
pealed, and that decision would be governed by
circonstiinces. Admitting that it was necessary
that the revenue should be raised, which he did

riot now mean to dispute, the Property Tax ap-
peared to him the best mode of procuring it.
• The earl of LIVERPOOL explained.
Earl STANHOPE proposed two Amendments,
that• the-Schedules B- anal D should- be omitted,
the.fist applying to the agricultural.) itnd the last
to the mercantile,intartst.--They were 'negatived.
The Property Tax Bill was thenrread a third
time and passed.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, in allusion to the Pe-
titions presented against the Corn Bill, said that
he should examine them to see if they were re-
gular ; and the 'Marquis of DOUGLAS observed,
-that he believed there was nothing ill ,tt►e,z, disre-
---spectful in thought or expression. . -
To a question from the Duke of 'Norfolk,. the
Earl of Liverpool replied, that he einild-give no
information regarding a Message froth the Throne.
He sh-ould move that the House should adjourn
to-morrow,' until the Thursday following.
-Several Messages were received fron► the Com-
mons, after which the Houseadjokirned.

HOUSE OP COMMONS.
Mr. DROGDEN hariug brought up the Re' ell of the Coro-
Inlttee of Ways and Means, respecting the funding of Exche-
quci•
Mr. TIERNEY complained, that, misled by a let-
ter front the Chancellor of the -EXchequer, an-
uouuting that he would take SO per cent. many
persons in the city had purchased Exchequer Bills.
'e consequence had been that they had risen in
livite from a premium of 4s. to one of 12s. or 15s.
la a few hours, however, another message had
come down froth the Right lion. Gentleman to
the City, to state that Exchequer Bills were not
%ranted. They then fell back to their original
price, and their purchasers incurred a heavy loss.
The CHANCELROR of the EXCHEQUER explained,
that the alteration which had taken place in his
mode' cif proceeding, was in consequence of a de-
patation sent by the Gentlemen in the City to
Downing-street. Those who had purchased Ex-
dicquerliills must not have been aware of the de- '
potation, and their loss must have been occasioned
by want of concert among themselves.
Mr. TIERNEY considered alai the'yekresentation
inade by the deputation to the Chandellor of the
Exellever VijAi an exparte and interested'state-
nient, and ought not to be attended to.
Lord CASTEILEAGII gave notice that he should'
move to-morrow that the House Adjourn to next
Thursday.

OP The qiiesti,n that the Alien Bill he read a third time,
7,ord SI'ANE-101T-inade se,eral remarks upon the propriety
tot* introtluaing parenthesis into Acts of Parliament, and pro-
terhal amendment, which was re:,.ected on the ques-
Curl put. 't•
The Marquis of DOUGLAS 'presented Petitions from va-
rious parts of Scotland against tke last,tlause in the Corn
sill. They were laid upon the Table. •
• PROPERTY TAX., •