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LONDON:
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1E:42.

Sir, RoießT PEEL has had no hope from the first of
carrying his income tax, but by a coup-de-marl Z. His
plan was to take the country by surprise, and, if ,efore it
had-recovered, to fasten his fetters securely around . it. For
him, therefore, delay is tantamount to defeat, and we
are happy to inform our readers that he was last
flight delayed. The House, at an early hour , went
into aCommittee of Ways and Means. The resolw don to
impose an income tax was brought forward a d de-
bated till half-past 11 o'clock. Mr. BLEWII rx' then
num ed that the Chairman report progress, but as
that hour *wa§. considered to early to intern apt the
proceedings of the House, Mr. BLEWITT'S 'motion
was lost by a large majority. Another division
was soon afterwards taken on a similar notion,
and I again .the . Tories could boast of an it iamense
ajarity? the Whigs having stood neuter •, or
sided' with the Tories. Still the Liberals were firr 1, and
havin g again proposed to stop the proceei Hags,
Sir ItanEn.t. PEEL gave way, and, thougi t his
fOnowers grumbled, consented to report lora gress,
wit h the intention of resuming the discussion on.' Wed-
ne: ;day, to lie, again, we earnestly hope, delayed am l ob-
stt acted in bia nefarious. and, insolent design of is flict-
adincome tax.'On the.ixiiddle classes, in order tilt it he
;y maintain the corn-Wad tax.

Thellight.Hon. Baronet at the close of the prc coed-
with a subtle, .serpent4ikn softness, gliding, ; as it
were, into the hearts of,Enen, professing the greate de-
sire to serve the people, entitle- greatest confidence i n the
wisdom and virtue of his taxing schemes, beseeches! the
House to assent tothis. resolution, .that he might in ake
known to the public the beneficial—the amiable '2 ma-
chinery he has deVised to make the extracting 4 teir
money by an income tax, the most delightful of operatii tits.
:Like a tooth-drawer, he declared that he would inf lict
116 pain; only let him bring his newly-invented machinery
into play, ; but like that.renowned artist, whose prom ises
have passed into a proverb, he would be sure to den eive
us. So the Opposition Concluded, having signified: .their
,deterriination not to allow him to proceed. J:n ~his
'bla*Mlest manlier he threw on them the blame of not
allowing him to make known to the publi a the
new- ..nostrum.lie' has IliVented for
,levying an income
tax, so that it shall not be felt, Just as he did on the
discussion of the coCii-laws, he reproached the 01 po-
Sidon with a design. to prevcnt the people from re-
ceiving' the great benefits he had designed for them.
At the same time, we must observe, that the int on-
sistent,puin has explained to the country that. his 3 na chi-
nery to be that of the law of 1806 ; he admittt id too,
after a little taunt, thathehasnootherrevelations to.niake
but 'some details, and yet that very honest
that very religions man, Sir TnomAs ACLAND, hen
Mr. Fox MAULE had honestly admitted that he
for delay, the honest and religious Sir TnomAs
fellewing Sir E. PEEL'S tortuous lead, -reproach4d' the
Opposition with a determination to decide concerniag the
measure before they knew anything about it. They
wanted, lie Said, to keep-aknowledge of the mersur.! front
the public. Sir ROBERT PEEL and Sir THOMAS A .Z.T.AND_
will find that the country is not to be deceived by."either
bland speeches or blustering professions. Siu4 trash
may go downin. the HouSe of Commons, but the public
are not to be captivated by a gracious manner w'nich I:
they do not see, or by a silvery tonetiv nick. they
do not hear. loth these gentlemen pretend to
believe that the country was in love with :tni in
ctime tax, hm, they m ill be readily Undeceived by,.. every
day that the hated measure is delayed.- Sir 1.1 nuke •r
PEEL commands the House of Commons, and he II %slimes
the youse of Comtnons to be the country ; but he will :I
soon find that the yells Of his backers, the conir' tenda-
tions of the sprightly ;SJEtTHORP, and thelotUl roba- •
tion of the . Saintly: ACLAND,• are not the voice t )f the
nation..

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Now that Sir ROBERT PEEL'S tariff is 13.1r01l ling
known, it excites great discontent. The coffee, n ier,
chants, kmenplain'that he gives an undue adyant4gi to
die holders of one prirticiitar species of eofiee. ".. rhe
coal-owners, the :leather-sellers, the cork-cuttcrs„ the
waziers, ' have remonstrated; or are about to ri: On 117
stratei against it. All the Cornwall miners, to, 3, .ai 'S
making a 'great Outcry against the. reduction of V se du-
ties on &reign ores. Not one clsss or descripl ion of
persons, does the self-will. of Sir ROBERT PEEL, . V ihich
he is pleased to denominate justice, satisfy. He .fint,!r-
feres with' theni all, and pleases none: He has taken
on hiniSelf:a task far surpassing
mortalthe abilities loi '.an
and y
man.. (.11e maintains the principle of pr, tion,
h.e man. lie
twapply it equally to all th e in;-
terests of the, State. To the'corn-grower he giv(
intich,l to the iriine! so much, tx; the coffee • raw.cliai tt so
much, to the Colonies so much, and not one .of his p,
tegqs is coriten•ted.—, Ile' could not abstairi ..• 1",•orn
interfering with all ;. Nve! know not that he e .esii *led
by interference, to promote feee '
fire well assured that the impossibility lietrade ; 1 gut we
and en ry oth El*
statesman will experience to satisfy the rival c ]aims 6f
Afferent ClasSeS .of producers will compel him an
every statesman d compel to give up the task in despair,
snd coin-
.
Det them to give up the very principle.
*-.protc ction;. be.; cause to carry it into execution is impracticabl 2ad im.
Sir B. PEEL has roused a host of i
possible.
ops. °news; I
before whom, we 4elieve, he must soon succrank
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The excitement throughout the country, raised by thEi
much-dreaded impost, the income tax, becomes every
day more intense. The people are recovering from their
lethargy, and now seem thunder-struck at their own
supineness in returning a house of Commons ready to
support a Minister who issues a decree like a foreign
despot, and, like him, also rejects all petitions and re-
monstrances against the inquisitorial measure. Of
irbat use, say they, is the sight of petition, if we
are .precluded from petitioning against a tax which
abhor, and of which we knew nothing till,
av;sefaa l:
as we
eare concerned, it became irrevocable? Since
tie agitation of the Reform Bill we have not been so in-
undated with letters in the same time on any five sub-
jects of public interest, many of the writers exclaiming
-- . - against Sir R. PEEL as against an insidious and practised
\
The public will learn, with great saiisfact; Lon, that robber. Now he may he able, though we trust not, by
Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice, last ;eight, that Ile would this coup-de-main, with the host of Tories at his back, to -
ieral persons, alarmed by cries of distress in the
tjtke the sense of the House on the resolution imposing carry his point, but when it is carried, what' has he . Rue St. Elm, two nights ago, hastened to the spot, and found
gained 7—the determined hostility of the great body of an unfortunate Woman of the town stabbed is several places
fin income tax on, the. Report of that resolutio p, on the ,
with a poignard. Two menawnedreensebeni runtntig aen bly, bautctehiney
!he people, who, harraised more and more by the
first reading of the Bill, on the second readin
were puiesfupedelaiened,
they
g,, and On
captured,were committeednfgor atrial for an attempt
the third reading, which will delay the met' isure, and inquisitorial proceedings of tax-gatherers and the missary
secret communications of spies, will resist his Go- to murder. They are men of the lowest order, but the cause
enable the public to express their opinion on Si
R.
of the attack has not transpired.
vernment till he is finally expelled from office.

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THE HIGHIAND SOCIETY.--.This Society celebrated
the anniversary of the victory of Alexandria last night
at the Freemasons"favern. The Duke of Cambridge
was to have taken the chair, but owing to the unfor4l-
- death of the Earl of Munster, his Roy-al/Highness
was prevented from attending. The Chisholm presided,
and the entertainment went off in true Highland style.
We must defer the report till to- morrow, on account of
the len:gal of the debate.
CHARTIST CONFERENCE.—We have received through
Me srs. Vincer4 Roberts, Philp, and Clarke, several
communications impugning the accuracy of the report
given in the Northern Star, of the late Chartist Conference
at Bath. The Chairman of the meeting using t.l strong
term, calls it a misrepresentation, and at a meeting held
last week to consider Mr. Bartlett's report, it was de-
nounced in still stronger terms by a formal resolution,
We hope the controversy will now cease.
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