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Otriliav;7lyefr•aorm the inquiries set on foot by that Committee. In t taxation put together; on these grounds he should give his
182'1, also, a Finance Committee had been nomi- I cordial opnsition to the third reading, of the Bill.
et, and thoueh it on'y sat cie, season set 11 set wiles , Tie CHA.NCELtentit of the EXCHEQUER trusted the
t eliough to I'
expense s ,ow the great causes of the country's ' House would forgive him for again troubling them with a few
The „e, and how that expense could be diminished. observations, after the great number of times which .e hail
utztibtieght Hon. Baronet said that the honour of the country had Occasion to address them before. The Right Hon. Gen-
supported at the expense of the (needle bet nhy tleman who had just sat down had thought fit to repeat the
11W..eerdei those wars entered into ? Because they ssly Tried- arguments which had already been made use of, and he laid
,1, .h the affairs of other countries, and they were now pay- considerable stress upon the inequalities of the Bill. He would
wnethe penalty. He regretted that the late Government, remind the Right Hon. Gentleman that a Bill precisely analo-
in'tneanse into office stating that reform, economy, retrench- gnus to the present was introduced in 1803 by one Ministry.
wf.et. peace, and non-intervention, were the principles on I and in 1806 by another. It had long been considered as an
ii`m,"e'
tt:,l they would act, violated the pledges they gave, and I advisable measure to impose a tax epon property, by classes of
eed the country into expenses for objects totally worthless. the two extremes of party politics ; they would see Mr.
tbutulheimust say, that the present Government always showed Pitt and Mr. Fox both supporting it. The Right Honourable
141:e Yes ready to support the late one in those views. The Gentleman found objections to schedule B. He corn-
nri., Lord the late Secretary for Foreign Affairs was pre- pliined that in the case of the occupier of land an arid-
eTat, and he would forgive him (Mr. Hume) for stating trary assumption was made of his profits ; and he said that
ea7ensikete that he considered him (Lord Palmerston) as the chief no correct estimate could be formed of the profits from the
that
hef those expenses which were incurred in useless wars— amount of rent paid. This was an objection which applied to
n.,_ was the evil genius who ' led the Government into the the Bill from the earliest period, and was quite as applicable in
iraeu whsre they we e found by the Right Hon. Baronet.— the time of war as of peace. The Right Hou. Gentleman said
would baler. ) He did not think the past history of the country it was wrong to levy the tax according to the rent, but were
course afford another example of the Government having re- not all the local taxes, the poor-rate, the county rate, and other
taaottur:idn country.
Or th t° a Queen's letter to get charity to relieve she distresses charges levied in that way? The Rieht lion. Gentleman
The Right Hon. Baronet had promulgated objected to the Bill because he said it had a tendency to induce
Principles of free trade; but he believed that the owners of land to sub-divide their property into small
comp/eg would relieve the distresses of the country but a farms ; but he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) did not see
Heoutied free trade in corn, and every other kind of provision . hoe- it could have that effect, because, if the capital was with-
" Dwell only suppose that the Right Hon. Baronet had been drawn from the land and invested elsewhere, it would not
„at
t_ ed to propose these half-and-half measures, in order to escape the operation of the tax ; and also when he considered
O,T he wishes of those around him. What was the condition the advantages derived from large farms he did not think that,
11it'tneeee"ntry might be learnt from the Report of the Com- for the sake of avoiding a tax of three per cent., the landlord
st_, •of Distress. From that Report it appeared that in would diminish the size of his farms. With regard to the next
atertahPaotst failures of mill-owners were constantly occurring, schedule, relating to funded property, the Right Hon. Gentle
app,nraene the distress of the people had assumed a most ag- man urged the same objections which were stated eon ea
IClaced d form. What was said of Stockport would, however, former occasion. With regard to the objection arising from
equally to Burnley, Nlanchester, and other places, for- the supposed injustice of levying the same amount
"Yth hives of industry, their people happy, contented, and of taxation upon terminable as upon permanent annuities,
itcomfortable. which the Right Hon. Baronet telieve that the the House had by a decided majority already pronounced an
Wourife change he proposed to make in the Corn-laws opinion. The holders of those annuities stood in the same
th Produce an real benefit? Was it possible that he position with those persons who, having a limited income, laid
ine°l.4_4ll.t such small and trifling changes as he proposed to by a portion of their profits for the support of their families.
sse:ehin the tariff could have any immediate effect on the feed- And if they were to draw any distinction between terminable
riot aPPilless, and employment of the people ? Why did he and permanent annuities, they must be prepared to make a
oeczepe_asin,oeeut the difficulty by- reducing the twenty-four millions of minue investigation into every person's . circumstances, to as-
The Bight Hon. Baronet knew that on former certain the nature of the property of. which he was. the owner.
the eel nB, when the amount of saving that might be effected in With regard to the objection of including foreigners, in the
it hadlenditure of the country was brought before the House, tax, the House had already pronounced an opinion, and he
from teeen urged that they should not take a farthing more should not therefore enter into that subject; but if the Right
lions s'te Public than necessary; that to effect great reduc- Honourable Gentleman's objection was good as to the interest
sish,eitut'Y should look at their army and navy as they were the which the foreigner had a right to expect from his property.
ie ttejli objects of expense. He knew the manner in the funds, he did not see, on the same principle,
he d'itett that appeal was met by the Right Hon. Baronet, but why he should be restricted in the free disposal of
the e'se elotanalyse the subject, and see what was necessary to his property, especially when he was under the
stellifutietition of the cowry and what was not. He would impression that he could dispose of it as he pleased; but the fo-
thhaevarYittii°lok at the number of men in arms in the army and reigner was too conscious of the advantages he derived
they ceansreral different periods. In 1792 the whole marine of from having
.his property in the English Funds to wish
artillery
consisted of 16 000 men ; the army, 45,000 men ; for an exemption from the imposition of the tax, or to trans-
-9 en, the erY, 4.000 men. In 1822 the navy consisted of 21.000 fer the property to some other country. It was said that it
gemoo army of 68,000, and the artillery 6,250, in the whole was not right to diminish the property which the foreigner had
9,5,000 men.
This year the navy had 44,000 men, the army a right to expect ; but that amount which he had a right to ex-
-1'604 line artillery 8,864, in the whole 146,000 men. The Peet was diminished by means of loans..—( Hear, hear. )
naval fo °II' Baronet had asked him if he would reduce their Under schedule D it was objected that the tax would
expedirree, and he had said he (Mr. Hume) would do so. The have the effect of inducing persons to go abroad ; but if
lieu eol'°.h to China had cost the country 5,000,0001. The the merchants and traders of the country were called on to
4eas
.olish act was interfering with the affairs of Syria. What pay a tax of three per cent., the loss was made less to them by
nersltY, he would ask, was there for such an interference ? a corresponding advantage in the reduction made in the tariff.
• dit"re was, at the presents moment, 34 ships of war in the Me- '1 he Right Hon. Gentleman then objected to the tax on the
"fl4ene,„"h, and the expense of that force amounted to upwards ground of immorality. But this tax would operate on the
Abe, ""Jui. a year. This showed the manner in which the higher orders of society, to the exclusion of those who hold
9oeßefinances had been mismanaged. He believed that property under 1501. a-year, and as property was in some de-
he 1;e71. 0f that amount might 'have been saved : gree the representative of education and intelligence, those
Aatins-- ,n° doubt that, in every other branch, similar extrava- persons would be withdrawn from the operation of the tax who
ones'is ead taken place. In 1840, there were 14,600 men at would be must likely to evade it. If this tax was not imposed
12,71(igee
and recourse had to taxes upon consumable commodities, far
al ;in December 1841, there were 41 ships and
result Ten in the Mediterranean. Now what had been the greater inducement would be held out for the evasion
had e °I the Syrian expedition? Why that the Sultan himself of the Excise and Customs laws. He could not see why pro-
sestiaetlluested Mehemet Ali to march into Syria, and take pus- feselonal men should not be taxed, and he considered there
had 15 n°o Men and an°f it. He might talk to them of Canada, where they was no distinction between their case and that of others who
hip,
were liable to the tax, except indeed those distinctions which
,
ti,e sese'" than that of keeping down men who wanted an Execu- any ingenious man might draw with regard to any Bill affect-
inott eYuvernment ; and, after the expenditure of five millions of ing different classes of society. The Right Hon. Gentleman
b , the
nsteette. Government had agreed that there ought to be an complained at one time Of the strict examination to which
%tot 'eye Government in that country. He thought there persons liable to the tax would be subjected, and at another
lentil e„`Q., he inquiry on these subjects, and he should not rest time he stated that it opened a door to fraud and evasion ; but
liteeelina inquiry had been instituted. In 1822, he (Mr. if the examinati n was stringent, it was for the purpose of
of eie4 n d strongly pressed on the Government the necessity preventing fraud. The Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr.
effect_
ellte!ion of the army. He had moved an address to that Lahouchere) was anxious to know the expense of the machinery
of 10',,”"tch was carried, and the result was, that a reduction for collecting the Income-tax. The House would understand
the ,e7;-' men took place in a few months afterwards, and, in that there were certain new provisions in this Bill, which gave
ene million year, the estimates were lessened by Parties an option of going before Special Commissioners to be
the Ist, mllon and a half sterling. Subsequently, however, assessed of the tax, which would create additional expense. It
inceeasehecessary promotion of naval and military officers was difficult beforehand to make an accurate calculation of the
14t' i.f d the estimates again. He had said enough to shoes expense, but he would now state to the House the best estimate
tint ellilt were not for the unnecessary expenses of the Syrian as to the probable amount of those expenses he was able to form.
anti ea_ uese wars,' and the useless promotions in the army In the year 1815 the expense of collecting the Income-tax
tee te vY, ehere would be no need of resorting to an Income- amounted to 300,0001. a rear; but at the present time it wo'ald
1830" lneet the expenditure of the Government. In the year not amount to more than half that sum. It was intended to give
Were' then Earl Grey's Government came into office, they the collectors of the Assessed taxes the collection of the Income-
Lumens° etrongly- pressed to lessen the taxation t then tax, and by the additional expense of about 30,0001., the Go.
Income-
tin the ed the 'country, that they yielded ; and in consequence, vernment were in hopes that they would be able to collect the
tight Period intervening between the years 1830 and 1835 whole.—( Hear, hear.) In making this statement it was but
lin: e rmlllons of
boonstxation were in the gross repealed. 872,000/. right that he should inform the House that he had called upon
in:
.oertajni
, y re.imposed during that time; but, allow- each department of the Government offices, where there were
e,•2,201 r Neat, the reduction of the taxation of the country was superanuated officers, to furnish a list, in order that those
leen:WM Let them mark what then occurred. From officers, who were able, should be employed in the collection of
- to 1833
the ree_na a reduction of taxation of 7,000,000/. took place ; the tax.— ( Hear, hear.) He believed that by acting
eet,ti'ete. e was then 52,000,0001., and it only fell on the re. upon tins principle, and by employing throughout the
elest, r.l to 49i millions sterling, thus giving an instance of the country existing officers of the Government that could
hl
ficity of the revenue arising from the reduction of taxation, be rendered available, he believed that the expense of collect-
-4114 83.7 the taxation of the country amounted to 51,300,000/. - ing the Income-tax would not be half what it was in 1815.
to it had unhappily gone on. increasing. In 1833 it amounted With respect to the proposition of the Hon. Gentleman the
ik;,1,t7.00,000/. ; in 1839, it amounted to 53.000,000/. ; in Member for Oxford, he had only to say that if he excluded
LZ It again amounted to 53,000,000/. ; and in 1841 it from the operation of the tax all persons having an income of
mounted to nearly 54,000,000/. He would tell the House, 150/. a year, it would create a reduction in the property to be
sit'sa, that in his belief this country could have more easily paid taxed to the extent of 33,000,000/. a year. In conclusion, he
eW Sears 'ago 70 millions, than it could now pay 53 millions, might say that he believed this tax was the best that could be
I
And s4h7? Because trade was then in a sound and prosper.. adopted, and that it would effect the relief which was so much
son condition, while it now languished. The prospects of the required by every interest in the country.
‘'etintry Were at the present moment truly lamentable. He Mr MANGLES thought that the statements that had been
has sorry to find that the Right Hon. Baronets instead of at- made relative to the defalcation of the revenue in India had
'eke_ pting to relieve the national distress by a repeal of the been considerably exaggerated. He could assure the Right
hrn-laws had had recourse to a begging-letter, which should lion. Gentleman that, if he went to the India-house, he would
;tl"erhayelaFen issued. He would take that opportunity of find that they were not at all disposed to sue to him in forma
!,e, sing his regret at the little sympathy manifested by the Pauperzs; they might, it was true, put forward a claim, and as
Otte of the Established Church in the distresses of the people, he thought, a just claim, that a part of the expenses of the Go-
-11;1 t the little they had done for their relief. They seemed, vernment of India should be borne by this country. But they
tile:l:it*. sorry to find, to have almost all allied themselves with would not appeal to him on the grounds of the embarrassments to
littsleteer classes. The majority of the clergy were leaeued which they were subjected. The Government of India could now
try he aristocracy, and the labouring population of the coup- raise money at 4 and 5 per cent. ; whereas, in the days of Lord
6piewilee come influenced by a feeling against them. He had Wellesley, they paid an interest of 10 or 12 per cent. Their
"atill'a the Poor-law Bill because he thought it was right embarrassments were not therefore so great as the Right Hon.
ZRpopulation of the country should be thrown on their Baronet seemed to imagine ; and the Right Hon. Baronet had
eaePrces ; but he protested against the keeping up a law for therefore failed to make a case for the imposition of his In-
tiqte,Price of corn, and rendering it difficult for a poor man come-tax out of the supposed difficulties with which the Indian
`stait;ea. subsistence. He did not believe that the mea- Government had to contend.
lesetNillight Hon. Baronet would produce the relief that Sir R. H. INGLIS wished to address a few words to the
teies4se,- • I He had gone through the expenditure of the House on the subject of the proposal of which he had given
the It -.4 he could undertake to reduce three millions of the notice, that the tax should only be paid upon any sum above
Deele. Sege' with no injury at all to the public service, within 150/. He believed that if they were to. adopt the plan intro-
ttotnilatesne had already pointed out the impolicy of the ex- duced by the Government, they would find that many parties
esti Ia tae the Syrian expedition, undertaken in contradic- having incomes of near 2001. a-year would find means to reconcile
Clsatseie7stem of foreign policy laid down by Mr. Canning it to their consciences to return their incomes at less than 150/.
qtsq","see 'a to by Earl Grey. Taking the expense of the Be believed that the temptation to such a fraud would be
ttelPedition, there would he a sum of twenty millions removed by adopting the plan of calling up' n parties to pay
tatelnsfladn, a. vote-that had, up to last year, been fourteen. the tax upon any sum only which their incomes might realize,
eni "1 et•'e known that the Right Hon. Baronet would bring above the standard which the Government had fined. If men
gf:b4t e,' lures so excellent in principle, as far as his ex- of honour would not stoop to deceive, they must yet remember
ne7teeeeud have gone he would not have been so long out that they were dealing with men as they were; and not with
of sin ti(Hear, hear, and laugl.ter. ) But they had expe. men as they ought to he. He had given her Majesty's Govern-
ktpt Shie bad effects' of Tory rule, and they were afraid scent the fullest credit. for their intentions; he had, therefore,
An hi- g Under their sway again; they therefore thrown out a proposition to apply the sliding scale to the
thelge. Roetaething bad, in order to keep out some- Income-tax ; but as it had not been adopted, and as, in the
Neei!lihi„e• But putting this aside, was the measure of Present state of the House and the public business, there was no
IN tti4 zi on. Baronet calculated to remedy those evils ? chance of coming to a vote upon it, he should not trouble the
Iltsiptrt,e°llld do it but a reduction of taxation, arid a free House any further upon it.--.( Loud cries of " Divide.")
alittli!i, ieee_ro, without which no foreign nations would sym- Mr. VILLIERS said at a time when they were about to add to
tlisv utsl,l4 this naion. His Queen's letter, and his doling the miseries of the people it became Members on this side of
gent tilre—Je Money, would only add to the difficulties in which the House not to let it go forth to the country that the people
hi 'vethseaeed. He therefore objected to the present mea- were satisfied with this measure. He believed that the re-
eeleeltesteOut first instituting those preliminary inquiries, by suit of their reflections both on the Tariff and the Income-tax
tekrtitteY Might ascertain what might be reduced in their ex- was, that the former was not compensatory tor the latter, and
,„,,:p 4, abd the causes of the distress. The principle of that the latter was essentially unjust. They might get what
111. s
ittt.. Nit/ kind of income, on the average of the last three they expected from the Income-tax, but it would have the ef-
`o isit' "rove a very serious evil. He objected, also, to feet of making their taxes less productive, as it contained no. q
oterial part of the plan. lie did not, however, object thing calculated to improve the resources of the country.
Itglas 's
rtYstaxcontrary, he would reduce six It ought not to have been roposed without inquiry into the
tot4aticel jaxation, which pressed on the people, and lay the causes of the. deficiency, which he believed were the laws that
4."'letssi Property of the aountry. Ho gave his opposition interfered with trade and employmen.t, and enhanced the cost
kilt e. islug of the Bill on principle. of subsistence. If they founded their revenue, therefore, on
thitettlestleOPlEß reminded the Hon. Gent:eman, and the the expenditure of the people—if they diminished their re-
'tate.°l4 enarl the years 1837 and 1838, the whole country, sources for expenditure, they must expect to see their revenue
tie% of tienn to the other, was crying out on the inefficient diminished also. They. did nothing to extend trade, either
s. Y les • tothe credit of the
o,el tilt 'ell. nail It was
its eine leer
the estimates by one million and a half; the home consumer to expend more on home manufactures.
lie!:atheq 'ethile a war was raging in China—at the moment Calculations had been gone into of the amount withdrawn from
:1 gad incurred a disaster in India, the operations of the consumption of manufactures, and it had been estimated
ail a Werethee net yet finished—( Hear, hear, from Sir R. Peel)— by Mr. Gregg at fifty millions within the last. four.
listil the'i"aw that France had increased her navy by eight Years. They should have
.gone into art inquiry
taese,islint, the would ask the Hon. Gentleman, and the on this subject, and done all in their power to have improved
en ether .
the condition of. the people. But they had not proved
.th. at
es.h7iie this was a time in which it would be advisable
illeql, to tt reduction in their navy ?—( Hear, hear.) With anything in their other measures would improve the condition
liven of e Income-tax, he thought it very unjust to tax of the people, and it was certain that the present tax must de-
atoellad the thousand a-year landed property, and the man who teriorate that condition. The country was in a deplorable con-
%kilt. ;saute amount from trade or industry, to the same dition ; that condition was consta.ntly growing worse; and could
Nett 110_ either could he approve of the tariff of the Right not be expected to mend of itself. The Right Hon. Baronet
re lots :let, which kept up the duties on 'butter, cheese, sugar, had acknowledged himself that it was expedient to provide
Ilstesluttes\rvilleeh's, all articles which were the food of the poor. wider and cheaper markets for their increasing population,
141.-9lreeen erNDHAIII repelled the motion that the forms of and an admission to the same effect had been made by
0etet_......-eiliteitobwed the Hon. Gentleman opposite to bring such the Vice-President of the Board of Trade. It was
only this. day that a witness had stated in that
tke_ tejs, had done against the aristocracy of the country.
'et f 4 EIS defended the course taken by the Hots. House, in giving evidence
on the truck system, that the emi-
ts:qt. eft Montrose. dition of the working classes was worse than ever, inasmuch
1/4 110 7qatlNG
Lk hlkeys fully concurred in the opinion expressed by as their masters had given them warning in anticipation of the
operation of the Income-tax. He was justified, therefore, in
e_netseseeei "Ober who had just sat down, and he joined with saying that this tax would do nothing to amend the condition of
'eon iterfe-r/igek just tribute to the consistency of the Hon. the working classes, and he should not be doing his duty to his
:it e ky,B„,- - lontrose. He had always consistently advocated
'it -tsreteseln When that word was least popular in that House. constituents if he did not offer it his strenuous opposition.
Mr. D'ISRAELI rose amid loud cries of " Divide, divide."
Nifnits itelc t° the Bill before the House, the first question He only rose to state a fact. The Hon. Member for Guildford
~4 V, ). ' :stir to effect the object for which it was intended? had impugned his statement as to the revenue of India. The
rl, ~,Ir eei.was that Bill to raise money from the country statement of the Honourable Member himself as to the
$
I, ney ttitilUst mode ; and they, as he had often heard them Indian revenue was most monstrous ; he had not included
I,,llit%t.ltletteet by that Income-tax, lay the burden of taxation in his statement of the amount, the expense of collecting. which
ests AI it ee" to the:ability of the party to pay.—( Hear.) By was very great, and he had included in it the sums they had
se 14 ei ex actual'
ti.m it. e,,,,.e. Y-chargedjparties for an income while they
stipulated to allow the native Princes. The Right Hon. Gen-
'tstee % e npt of- no income whatever. If a person sus- tleman had admitted that the English Government had advanced
,40:Zthp4 one schedule he could not set that off 500,000/. to the Government in India. It was well known that
171010 s abeam, under another. Take the case of a merchant,
the latter Government was unable to raise any loan at this
AI, tole' tenger of stock to the amount of 1 000/. a
years'
yheetf, insment, and it could only look to us for a supply. He would
littilhehalehtoia trade two or three thousand a not at present trespass any further on the attention of the House,
ke , 146,„% Pay an Income-tax under the
theyprovisions o
but he would be prepared at a future time to substantiate any
t Eieytitt _ principle of the Bill was that were to
statement which he had made on the subject of Indian finance.
Z,V kl 4 lt4if upon their income, and yet by the provisions of Mr. BROTHERTON said, as it had been stated that the
thena ehelinaee 'were actually by Act of Parliament made to
labouring classes would not be effected by the Income-tax, he
seer" n income which they did not possess. There wished to make one or two observations for the purpose of re-
etatie4ltle jteranornaly its this in the records of legislation, except
•C:tl,4leit'!wr wee of the salt tax in Germany, by which the futing that statement. He would only refer to the cotton-tax.
The tax upon the raw material was about 600,0001., and it was
'1"11 but °lade topay,not according to his actual con- ttet at
, well known that the effect of that tax was to reduce wages to a
shit me, tax e,
eo according to the notions of the tax-gatherer, who
very considerable extent. From the importer of the raw mate-
ze ett , I,2see rding to what he thought the party aught to
rial to the exporting merchant, who exported the cotton in its
ittl'as !e the!! the schedule D, the tenant's schedule. In
anufactured state, 'it was taxed six times over, and this mate-
Ne Uillgt s'Y transfered the tax from income to rent. This tl • ts Meat
lti, sie ee 2of ascertaining the profit of the occupier of • e t
rally diminished the wages of labour. For this reason, he
et -e ine to th
"dales in ~ e next schedule,' and he must say that this mu,st protest against trie income-tax.
rhe House then divided, when the numbers were—
tit ,th Itself an argument against the ;Bill. In this .. 255
elktle • .e' charged For the third reading
i 4 1 %ties. The
terminable annuities the same as perrna-
Against it
er eftettaie ela,he Bight Hon. Gentleman said there was no
Majority for the third reading
'Ow lt,tifese. ' rhith, but this did not make the case less un-
The Bill was then read a third time.
costs
the Public ese proposed to charge 3 per cent. on that
On the question that the Bill do pass,
sti,treeitse,
manufacturers
funds which were merely the reimburse-
lis"f the 1
h N:44 to holder's capital.—( Hear, hear.) He The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER proposed
the amendments of which he had given notice.
esteuhedule for . trades and profcssions.
. rers and traders would be subject to , 'Mr. G. W. WOOD said that the object of the amendments
is4a,
be.etieteitaittivestigation as they were subject to by former moved by the Chancellor of the Exchequer was to exempt
literary and charitable institutions from the operation of the
oilteetieto it would be remembered, was an insurmount-
Act ,but the words of the amendment did not bear out the
Ne,° sant stl'asnsuch as the manufacturers, in their petition
nth en the that object' in view. He (Mr. Wood) would therefore propose
though the House lowered the charges, and ,
11,,,t,ti et.s3.stePer;.centage, they I to remedy the defect, by moving the insertion, in the 25th line,
did not care for that so long 1
f the words "and part of any building."
tittle
mewut 'searching
.investigation continued. He be-
o The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER objected to
i„tok pen ote re)f invesueation would have a most injurious
lootehzeeemmitted. Looking
‘:l,'..talitl, „!_._morals. of the country ; perjury and fraud would
The House divided. The numbers were—
the proposition.
at the circumstances attene
For the original motion
'e 4 ll'O'ulloreftle.-taxes, he regretted to fear that. perjury
Against it
\n, the
_, a be extended so far and wide as materially to
Majority —lo3
07141,,edineiacter of the British merchant at home and
he.:‘° drat:" ellear. ) These were the objections to which he
On them otion that the Bill do pass,
The amendment was then. agreed_ to.
eestsee er _tile attention of the House, and though they tN'l4e,. Jen before, he must say that they had met with : he had given notice of his
tette, the ,",tever from Gentlemen on the other *ie He ' . Mr. T. DUN COMBE said that
iritelstion to propose a clause to the effect. that persons con-
' eeetif th•"„ 111 Was full of injustice ; injustice belongedsi(.te the : tributing to the Income-tax should be entitled to the franchise.
-laelit&llls and could not be avoided insuch - The Right Hon. Gentleman said that he would. introduce a
a system ;
""' 4, the Bill were greater than in all their other clause of that sort, but he (Mr. Duncombe) did not find it in
they amended Bill. If there was such a cli.use he oboulii be

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