The Sun.
London, England, 1815-03-22 00:00:00

'l'6 tilt ittiribit b''. tilt .t.i-i,i;

Mr. Enttort---" Ld. betore ytlit le*" is Rd
trite ti proverb,• that it is Ant-W. an insult to corn-
runn sense to make use of it ; Best recent events
inditce me tO think that my tittiThei• John Bull
stands as much. in heed of being rentinded of it
as ever, for (to make use of another proverb), as
"'ldleness is the root of all evil," so he, being
thrown but of employ by the shocking change front
star to peace, is casting about how he may oc-
cupy his time hereafter ! and in the interim being
infested with the Line devils, conjures up a thou-
sand atoms to terrify himself with the poverty and
other consequences that may ensue from the want
of a profitable occupation. It was this alarming
idea that drove him to petition Parliament not to
think of renewing the Property Tax, without
foreseeing that some other Tax must be laid upon
him to supply the place of that, which might af-
feet him still more. It was this notion which
carried him to the Egyptian Hall and to New Pa-
lace Yard, to petition that no Corn Laws might
be enacted, without foreseeing that if some en-
couragement be not given to agriculture, the time
maycome when we shall all starve for ‘vant of grow-
ing as much wheat as will feed us. And it is this
same disposition that is now urging forward some
classes of society to petition, that the new in- 1

tended Taxes may be so modified as not to affect
them in particular, that they..rnay fall on other
persons, whom they imagine can bear the. brunt
of them better than themselves.

Now, Sir, as I partake a little of this alarm,
and imagine, from present appearance, I may yet
have to pay the Property Tax, together 'with the
new intended Taxes, I wish the subject maybe so
attended to, that whatever Taxes shall take place,
they miav he so modified as to fall on ever!) one in
proportiOn to his abilities, or to his use of the thing
taxed. And therefore, Sir, I call the attention Of
the Legislature to ALL the Taxes that affect
houses, which none of us can do without, -any
more that,' we can without bread.

This is the popular topic that has succeeded to
that of the Property Tax and the Corn Bill, and
will last som time, if not lost in the contempla-
tion of that wicked rebellion. in France, brought
about by our neighbour Johnny Crapaud, from
the same restless spirit that now actuates John
•

I cannot refrain from expressing my sentiments
of the absolute necessity of obtaining some modifi-
cation.: of the Taxes tnat affect Houses, both from
the present effects and the future, if ever the Pro-.
perty Tax
,should he laid on again, for without
such modifications, a most serious injury must not
only continue to be sustained by the Speculators
in Building, whose Houses now lie unfinished ;
by the Landlord of untenanted Houses, which are
now very numerous, and of such Houses as are let
at' will, and by leasehold Tenants; but will be
considerably increasecl.
I illustrate the-truth-of this opinion by the
following cases, deduced from the consideration
of the great similarity of London houses (al-
though of different sizes) generally containing an
equal number of xvindows.

They are usually of five floors, with three win-
dows to each floor 111 front, and two windows to

each floor bellind, hut with kitchen and office.

windows, the average is about thirty windows to
each house. The rents of such houses are from

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about fifty to three hundred pounds per annum',
and frequently more. In such cases, it will be
seen, how the Taxes affect houses, according to.
the present and now intended mode of assessing.
them, and how, in future, if ever the-Property
Tax shall be renewed.