The Sun.
London, England, 1818-05-28 00:00:00

LAND TAX.

Mr. BROUGHAM read a letter from J. Thomson,
of Kendal, to the effect that the Collectors of the
Land-Tax in that district should not proceed to
levy the Land-Tax Assessments until further no-
tice. This, he had no hesitation in saying,
amounted to a wilful disfranchisement of those
electors, who could not be put upon the hooks in
consequence of there beiqg no assessment. It
was clear that this operated against Lona fide vo-
ters, and was one of the grossest attempts to de-
prive elector's of •their franchise. It was much
worse when it was considered that it came from a
person who held a place in the collection of the
Land-Tax, whicl► the Constitution prevented from
interfering in elections : a person of that kind
was punished with lots of office, if he even asked
an elector for his vote. How much worse was
this t It was kis duty to 1110191 that John Thom-

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son, Clerk to the Commissioners of the Lan :sof
in Kendal, he required to return a copy (3' -of
letter he may have written to the As3essor6
that district in the last three months;
the names of the Commissioners on whose 0(
bßr
rity he issued the same. He had no oPini°11:00
any one in that House wished to screen

to
conduct.
Mr. LUSHINGTON did not risc to make any oPP°sititillo'
this motion. Mr.-Thomson had applied in April to the sco/
missioners to know how tu tax soine 40s. cottages, and joiil
told not to go ou until some dispute, as to the title hy:
the persons held those cottages, should be enquircd
Mr. BROUGHAM said, the enquiry into the tWe
'Westmoreland cottages went on very slowly. He c° 14'
conceive any thing inure disgusting than Officers of tlO
venue interfering in the right of voting. tut /31
LUSHINGTON said, the instruction came fr°`
of the
Commissioners of Taxes here.
Mr. BROUGHAM said, that Mr. Lowndes. orlen or)
Commissioners in Westmoreland, should not have ^rtofas
answer as to votes, When he was asked about the 110'
sessii.g the land-tax. A bars
I\,lr. C. WYNNE was'of opinion the letter wont.- "1 1,1
the Ohm:1. of producing any regulations in the gellera.icioof,
of Assessment, whatever might be done in partial di' tyll
Sir J. GRAHAM had great doubts if any letter :aicHtot
existed from J. Thompson, at least the whole of lt"1ional
been-stated. It was certainly the duty of the Coallu':,01(1.
of Taxes to give information, and he was sure the) rogue
Mr. 111.0t:GILINI said, it was clear th,it a persu;dto•
Thomson did really exist.--The motiou wa, then agre -
OFFICERS' WIDOWS AND PEN.qONS jf•
Mr LiTTnL•roN, alluding to the case -1* fro'
pay ()Meets, was not disposed to press the it
Aa
vier e, of whicii he had given ?twice ytster"y die
beint! nnt'erstood Mini,ters would "k
vjlrri
, .
sti,iject o con3ideratioth. wis",e'. t° tied
es tie: het the XVidow art ()lacer, W 1 0 ",
while on half-pay, was crititied to u pellSloll.o
mlcts:owl not this, if • rue, was a 10" •01
reipect to General Officers receiving
(ached pay, he was informed that there (Pt
mitit ion of numbers receiving vensions, BT'( (le
Officers' vvid mvs who tnarried V"r- •
pt iverl of their atifi.vance. et°
Lord PALNIEMTON said, it was in conten113;111
take the case of widowis, under the circumstances
the Hon. Gentleman, into consideration. With trrPi
General Officers, sonic regulations also were about tbd
adopted. of
Mr. LYTTELTON was satisfied will] the assurances
Noble Lord.

CAPE BRETON.

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'''Tr. BENNET stated, that "the Goverfinir;e
Cape Breton had taken upon itself fix levy
burthens contrary to the general princiPk6:ll be
which the Government of. that place 0°1'; ve
conducted, The Eon. Geoilemun node ;will
tie t y 01" Obliet vations on the subject of. ciphl;
disputes which had arisen wi:h two of the te•o
bitants. He moved fur conies of the Pil,''„l,o:l9
Council respecting the tax on spirituous"Rperf
levied in Cape Breton, and various ()tiler 14'
connected with these transactions, &c.
Mr. GOULBURN said, in respect to the Ta% 111 1.10 l!4
one shilling a gallon had been levied only. Instru,"' jolfr
been sent out that Cape Breton should he governed d'
to the usual mode.—The Motion was agreed to.

COMMISSIONERS OF ENQUIRY. iipP/
Sir J NEWPORT made a variety of obsertl lie
on eel fain neglects which he imputed to ti" :0411
niiiisioners-of Emoiry into the ahnses of ,
. .
Courts of Law. In one instance, these -cf!''
men (two of them being Mastets in Chil„' plc'
had overlooked an Act of Parli,iment %dile° '
chided certain Officers from taking more th'
fee, who now exact U. He compldinel,°:tfefY
great expence of the Commission, and ,100
great tune it had been formed,• withoannetiO
any good. He read the Report of. the
Committee, complaining of the deiays '"l“%g-sett;
lity the Commission alluded to. The (I'7-,
to ...whom he had just referred, as exile:jog I`., tpa
indeed in sonic cases 1/. is., were Clerksl
office of Masters in Chancery. The exPe''c'orte
Are English Commission was 21,000/ , ti;e
duce of their labours only one It poll ',Of°
Right lion. Baronet moved a Resoltift(►", " "
went to recommend expednjOil to the (;`),
sinners in their enquiry, as grounded on
port of the Ftnance Committee, and )leVi!7.ool'
House to agree to that Report, and toe :egotte
(Herniation contained therein ; slating the .1
patibility of persons having other dillies (—„l4 tb"
form,• such as iNtisters in Chancery) hukllll-
office of Uominissioners of Enquiry'. ' tbe4e:i
Mr. BATHURST could not see that Officers of t sit r
scription of Masters in Chancery were incompeWt
Commissioners. On the contrary, they were, tEo3',her
yin-meats, as competent, if not more so, than c`"ii-t cti"ae
dearer!. At all events, lie thought the Hoose vt."l-ct.
upon to interfere in giving any-opinion on the Our
JO
generally defended the cuuduct of the Commissio% gel
stated that they had been engaged in enquiry W
than other of the Commissioners either in I relall",;,•) 1
land. lie adverted to the days which each Coroil,l;e 70
taken, which, in point of number, was exceeded illaeriu
lish Commission; and concluded with moving the
question. -
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Mr. COURTENAY denied that any of the fee'afire-
• t
by the Right Hon. Baronet were unjustly exacted' orbt;
Mr. WEBBER defended the Irish Commission fr°°ol
the
he termed an unjust comparison, made by the 1110e1.
, &Ole§
previous question ; and stated, that they had not ou-')ic
days, but even nights, to a strict investigation al
• in the Courts of Law. ct
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL panegyrized the
the English Commissioners; and the ATTORNkA
RAL followed on the same side. No
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After some further observations from Sir C.
Sir John Newport replied. The previous question • -
carr;ed.—Adjourned at Ten o'clock.

• 0000,
Old PIIMBE Hassnr.„ well knowtrat o is
who served many years in the Armv, and
now in the 103 d year of her age, is dilg,-:5116
ill, but refuses tuedical aid, declaring, "iivsiet
never but once in her life took a dose of Pi'ld
and that bad like to have killed her. This :ill
veteran is a pen,ioner of the PRINCE REG-la.
of the
On Sunday morning last, whilst Pat-d: son'
12th Regiment of Foot, quartered in AlO°ll`,e dal
non, county of Galway, were out on reVellt—to
tt
in the county of Clare, a soldier belongiijr,„ the
shot himself, by attaching a handkerchief `t-,clig
trigger, and tying it to his leg. An InVesSsV
held on the body by THOMAS SAMPSOI4'
d.
Coroner—a verdict of Insanity was refilre

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On Wednesday, the 20th at Ramsgate, e
ghe el cre
Charles, the third son of Rowland Alston, L'scl•
m hsontAt G. %V"'
ortnagally, near Dungannon, Ireland, j•
industrious farmer, at the :•dvanced age of 123 3•
lived a regular and sober life.

DIE!).

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