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LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1845.

T.,e House of Lords met at Five o'clock.
The Earl of MINTo postponed his motion on the sub-
jfct of Otaheite until Friday.
The Loan CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of
the Jewish Relief Bill. Ire proposed to relieve the Jews
from the disabilities under which they at present laboured
with regard to holiling municipal offices, by omitting in
their case the words, " in the true faith of a Christian," j
from the oath required by law to be taken by persons

beFore they could be admitted to finch offices, thus put-
ting Jews on the same footing with Quakers, Moravians,
and Separatists.
The Bishop of LONDON, in consenting to the motion,
distinctly reserved to himself the right of opposing the
Bill in a future stage, if he should see fit.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE and Lord BROUGHAM
supported the Bill, as did Lord CAMPBELL, who ex-
pressed a hope, that in the next session of Parliament,
the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack would
come down to the House with a Bill which would en-
able a person of the Jewish persuasion not only to sit
in the Court of Aldermen of the City of London, but to
a seat in the Legislaturo of the country.
Lord COLCHESTER could not think it proper that
persons of the Jewish religion should be allowed to
bit in Parliament. He would not, however, oppose the
present measure.
Aftcr a few words from Lord REDESDALE, the Bill
was read a.gectnd time.

Lord'MoNTEAGLE brought in a Bill to amend the laws
relating to pauper lunatics in Ireland, which was read
a first time.

The- Constables (Scotland) Act Amendment Bill was
read a third time and passed, and their Lordships ad-
journed.

The House of Commons met at Four o'clock.
After the transaction of private business and the prc
sentation Of petitions,

On the motion that the, report on the income• tax be
received,

Mr. C. BULLER meved the following resolution by
way of amendment :—" That the circumstances uccler
which the renewal of the income-tax is at present pro-
posed, are such as to render it exceedingly improbable
that Parliameat will have the power of dispensing with
its continuance at the end of three years ; and that it is
therefore the duty of this House to take care that
the tax be imposed in a form in which its opera-
tion shall be less unequal and inquisitorial than it
now is." The Hon. and Learned Gentleman supported
his motion in an argumentative, sarcastic, and witty
speech, in the course of which he frequently convulsed
the House with laughter by his unsparing dissection of
what he said had been called " the poor man's budget."
His close imitation of the language and style of
Sir ROBERT PEEL, as he stated the pains he
had taken to make inquiries into the quantity of cotton
used in the manufacture of fustian, and the calculations
by which he had arrived at the result that the saving
effected on a suit of fustian, by the reduction of the
duty,:would amount to one penny and nine-sixteenths of
a penny was most felicitous, and set the House in a roar.
His thrusts were home ones. "The Right Hon. Baronet,''
said Mr. BILLER, " will not give the poor man corn—
he will not :give him butter, but he gives him alum to
adulterate his bread, and lard to adulterate his butter."
This was loudly cheered. It was the most telling speech
that has been delivered this session.

Mr. EWART seconded the amendment, which was
opposed by
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who, in a
lengthened speech, defended the financial scheme of the
Government.

Lord Howie': supported the amendment, and urged
upon the Government the necessity of removing those
duties which were imposed, not fur purposes of revenue,
but for protection. By so doing they would give relief
to the consumer without diminishing the finances of the
country. The income-tax was imposed solely to enable
the Government to continue the system of protection ;
and he hoped that, before the next general election, the
electors of England would well consider whether the
income-tax should be taken on their shoulders for the
purpose of bolstering up, for a few years longer, that
system of protection which even the members of the
Government were fain to admit, was contrary to the
principles of reason end of common sense.
Sir R. H. 'Nom, expressed his belief that there was
not a man in the House who did not believe that the
property-tax was a tax for ever. They ought not to be
contented with the statement of any Minister that the
tax was only for three years, and they ought to make it
as little oppressive as possible. He thought that some
portion of the surplus ought to have been appropriated
towards providing for the spiritual wants of the country,
and urged the relieving of all charitable a%el religious
societies from payment of the legacy duty. He should
sugiort the amendment.

llr. IVARBIMITON could n o
the Hon. Member for Liskeard.

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Mr. M. MIISIO thought the discussion was perfectly
useless.

Mr. HAWES considered the imposition of the income-
tax unnecessary, as all the reductions might be effected
out of the surplus revenue without its continuance. It
was for the sake of continuing the protection to sugar
that the income-tax was imposed.
Mr. SPOONER opposed the amendment.

Mr. IIuNE, although disapproving of the conduct of
Government as regarded the sugar duties, would yet
support them on the present occasion, because he con-
sidered direct preferable to indirect taxation.

Sir H. PEEL combated the statements of the Hon.
Member for Lambeth, and went through a series of calcu-
lations for the purpose of proving their fallacy. He
also argued at great length against all the propositions
which had been made for modifying the income-tax.
He stated the grounds on which the Government had
proceeded in proposing the various reductions of duty
on different articles. With regard to the article of cot-
ion, he explained to those who had shared in the wag-
gery of the Hon. Member for Liskeerd on that subject,
that one great object of that reduction bad been to
enable the manufacturers of this country to meet their
competitors in the foreign market on better terms.
The House was afterwards addressed by Mr. SHELL,
Mr. COBDEN, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Mr. VILLIERG, and
Mr. MUNTZ *, after which the amendment was put and
negatived, the numbers being, for the amendment, 112,
against it 240—majority, 128. An amendment was also
proposed, granting an appeal to tenant-farmers, which
was lost ; and the other business being disposed of, the
House adjourned at a Quarter past One o'clock.

We would wish to draw the particular attention of our

readers to an advertisement which appears in another
column, on the subject of the subscription which has been
,et on foot to provide for the widows and children of the
crew u: the boat Pbeenix, of Yarmouth, who, on the
26th of January, .nerished in the gallant attempt which
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..he whole of that day, will be long On
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