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London, England, 1815-02-10 00:00:00

HOUSE OF CO M YiIONS,LTu ttsv.A 13., -9.,

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The House. having met this day plirsuant. .to
the Adjournmeniohe SUAKEE, on his taking the
Chair, acquainted the Members that he had issued
warrant for the election of, a Member for
SOnth warts., in the room of Ilenry Thornton, Esq.
decea,ed.

' Sir WM. LEMON presented a Petition from the County of
Cornwall, praying that the House would take measures for
r•iocuriagAlte Abolition of the Slave -Trade.
A person from the Office of .the Board of Works presented
a summary statement of the .accounts of the late Mr. Wyatt,
pursuant to order.
A person from the Office of the Comirissioners for the Re-
dem:ltion of the National, Debt, presented ail Account Of the
•Sutrii redeemed to.the 31st of :January, 1815. -
" A person from the Insolvent Debtors' Court presented an
Account of the names, trades, and deseriptions•of the indi-
viduals who had appteh for relief since its institution, distin-
gui4iing. the sums {,f debts for which they had -been confined,
and those who hail been remanded, from those finally dis-
eharized.

• " A.person from the Fleet presented aneturn from the War-
den of the Fleet, as ordered by the House up to the 3lst Dv-
.
Cemberi 1114.'
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PROPERTi=TAX.

Mr. Seijcant akst.ow he held 'ht his hand
from the. Mayor and Corporation of
Guildford, in Surrey, aguilist the Pi. pFrty-Tax.
He knew that the TetitioneiS had'hitllerta• borne
it patiently, but they now deinecated either its
continuance or.renewal. He should now merely
Inov'e, that the Petition lie oir,the table.

• Mr. C. IDLE presented a Petition of a similar
nature from Weymouth. •

Zr. PONS6NE Y said, that seeing the-Chancellor.
of the Exchequer in his pi ice, he wished to take
the "earliest opportunity presented the reaclitig
of this Petition.(whieh was only the fist of those
very'nUmerous-Petition; prepared in all parts of
the country) of &igniting whether his Majesty's
Minister-S:i;ad yet Made-up their minds to-propose
the renewal ref this most obnoxious tax, or to
abandon it altogether

The CHANCELLOR of' - the EiCHERUER replied,
fbaiit his intent
jon.
ontfriday, the. 17th in-
stant, to submit to the consideration of the House
several important nreastires relating:ta the finances
of the country ; and.he was prepared to state,
thtit the cOntinnance of the Property Tax was not
one" of the measures he Meant to propose, unless
in the event of the non-ratification of peace with
Atherica.—(Cries of Ilear, hear!)
Mr. IiONSONBY •—rWas. the House, then, abso-
lutely to understand that it was the Right lion.
Gentleinan's 'intention to give up the Property Tax
'altogether
The- CHANCELLOR of the Exenuo.umr—Cer-
tainly unles's the other financial measures which
Ire should bring forward appeared to. the House
still more objectioirable.
Mr. PONSOV.BY professed himself by no means
satistied with this reply. The Right Honourable
Gentleman really secured incapable of giving a
dktinet.answer to a plain question.
The CHANCELLOR Of tire ENCILE9XER would
again repeat what he, had already' said—that be
did not mean.to propose the renewal 'of the Pro-
perty Tax.
;Mr. WHITBREAD -thought that it would be
most alarming thing to the country -at large, •
the matter were left to rest on this Uncertain
footing. The Right Hon-. Gentleman and hiS,
colleagues must surely .now be persuaded',l-froin
what they had witnessed during the reeeSs 'of Par-
liament, that there was only one sentiment in the
country as to this most obnoxious tax. Rut it
secured the. Right Hon. Gentleman meant still to
bold it in his hands by. way of coercion, that he
might Lave an opportunity, of saying to the
Roust', " if you do not adopt the measures which
pr:;pose, then. we must resort to the Property
ax." He also hinted at .the possibility' of the,
nor_-ratificatloh'ot the peace,'%vith America ; but
he (Mr, IV.) would again- either in that
event, or,, indeed, in any other event, the
Right Hun. Gentleman mean to force this- tax iip-
cu the public, in•opposicion to tire feelingN which
had been alinost unanimously (tech:red in' every
part ct the country ? .

The CHANCELLOR Of tile. EXCHEQUER replia;.
thk as the House wouh: have a speedy opporto-;
Ditv_of coisiderioi his fivancial propcsicians;•it
would also be for them to decide tvhicli •cciiirse
was the preferable one under• all circittnsti::lces...
sure he sy.',s, that the iii:use would not Li.eti4o

to take cfrii kilt measures for, supporting tile credit
of the country.. .„--
11fr.7--f---' Then the House were .to.
consider the Tax as
.an
.alteration to
wilicirminis'itrs' iiiii,ht -resort. -'1... .: . ...• ...
' : ,

. .
Getperal G,v,4qoyxE -thought the: ansiver of Mi-
14i.,,:tet.4otild. by 114i..metus- be. satisfact6ry-tahis
constituents. ire likAd. in itiS hand a petition' from
Liverpool, Mote nutnerutrdY signed than any-that
had ever before come from that towt-r; and where
prObably :no meeting would: have been_ held on
the 'subject, had not a letter from_a Noble
.high adini-nOratbin;',Veet-1 knoWn to be in Cir-
culation, even after the conclusion of • peace with
America,. with the vioy..of sonnding the minds of
the :people as
.to• the continuance of the .'lax -for
another year. The Meeting at Liverpool,- with
the. exceptiqn.of Only-one or two individuals, had
declared their, disapprobation of the continuance
of the. Tax under, any. circumstances Whatever ;
'acid really:Aer that had passed-, he thought it
would have been more consistent bad the Chan-
cellor of the-Exchequer-declared, that as it seemed
so obnoxious to theTeople; Ministers would not
persist in it. [Here the Conversation. dropped] .
Mr. •M. A IAyLoR gave notice,: that he should'
next week bying in a to, en-
force. the- -Pit‘i!lg and keeping_ iii Repair of the
Street of the NittropOlis.