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London, England, 1815-05-11 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIA ENT.

Tiot,!-.E or tonns, MAY 10.

rotther procet,i;ngs were heßrd in the Appeal of Janet and
Lon ilaricock,, as ,K CH as io Lea's Dirorce Cadse.

PROPERTY TAX.

T)ie Karl of LIVEaPOOL moved the second read-
ing of th'e Proper v Tor. Bill.
L' ~r STAN HOPE adverted to some remarks
mad, by the Earl of Liverpool on a former 'llea,
on the benefit of taxes that did Hot press severely
upon the farMirw interest, and he contrasted those
. observations with the cWect of tbi• Bill, which
would compel the farm'er, in self-defence, to raise
the, nrire of corn, by whioli the lower orders
woni,r sever-ly surfer. The argument, that a
pled had ben givrn to the stockholders that all
parties shualil he taxed alike, could not apply,.
ber•hise the farmer was only taxed at ls. 6d.
while all the rest of the King's subject; paid 2s.
in the pound ' Lord Stanhope did not, however;
censure this advatitageous inequality.
The„ Earl of LIVERPOOL contended that this
tax of !ill others, pressed least upon the poor, and
most tpirly upon the chief sources of property.
Eat! GREY said, that -if this Bill were not ob-
jeetionahle in its principle,ln its operation- it was
roost unequal, vexatious and inconsistent with the.
116101 Constitution. He did not mean to op-
pose the srcond reading, because be knew that it
would he ineffectual. He objected to this Bill,
because it continued an unfair criterion for the
calculation of the profit of the fanner, when in
truth his profits amounted in- many situations to
much. leis. He hoped that measures would be
taken to secure a more equal collection of the talb
than at present existed, and be objected to the re-
valuation sometimes made every seven years upon
leases, by which the farmer was deterred from
making improvements in estates. Two millions
were only obtained from the mercantile interest,
which was by no !mans a fair proportion.

The Earl of Liv-Fr.poot. then moved, that the
et:snit-lament of the Bill be dispensed with, and
that it be read a third time to-morrow.

The Duke of NORFOLK was willing to give Mi.
nisters every support, in • order to put them in a
state to meet.hostilitics, should it be necessary.
to commence them. He allowed too, that the
present Bill was a very fair mode of taxation,
though objections might be made to the details.
These details, he thought, ought to he considered
in a Committee, although it might occasion delay:
The Earl of LIVERPOOL thought that no belle-
fic could result from delay—the measure was.
merely a revival of an Act well eon idcred, art
it was quite discretionary whether the Bill shoqld
be committed. •

The Marquis of BUCKINGHAM was decidedly of
opiniou, that it was the duty of the I-louse to de-
liberate in the Committee uu a measure of such
hum., ince.
_ _ _

Lur:i Si'A N Horn stated the proportions on which
the tax was collectO Irom various classes of the
coin unity.

- ;r Marquis of BUCKINGHAM said, that lie
sjwid.l take the sense of theMonfie upon the
question of the commitment of the Bill.

- The House consequently divided. The num-
bers

For the Committee.. s—Against it ...23

Jr waR ()rdered that the Property 'fax Bill should
be read a third time to-;lnorrirkv.

_The E,(cht;quer 13,1 is Bill went through a Com-
mittee.—Adjouriltd.