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Pete ,VerPtew of half a million, and it werWproposed to re- 1 fort of the great mass of the prople.-(Loud cheering.)
tej to e malt-tax, and the house-tax, and the window-tax, IHe would not then go further into the discussion of the sub-
Bo Ittlnitute a property wax for those taxes, he should have t jsct. He knew not if the Noble Lord would feel it. to be his
vai :otatlon in refusing to accede to such a proposition, and ' duty to take the' sense of the (loose again before
lertn,..°,a% he lied before voted, against the imposition of a pro- ; the Bill went into Committee-he meant on the
Ptelil• The Noble Lord had alluded to what he ( Sir 11. second . reading, but he would
.fix. as early a day
Igen, ad said on the subject in 1833. Now what course had het as possible for the second readieg, and it it should be the opi••
ton 183 1,8:33? Lord Althorp had lost the malt-tax, and Lord Al- ti nion of the House, that, on account of the peculiar einem-
lse4 had then asked him (Sir IL Peel) what course tic ought to . stances of the case, considering the season of the year, and the
tile ite-' eltd he ( Sir R. Peel) bad assured Lord Althorp, that i immense importance to the trade and manufactures of the country
11,, Wilt Hon. Gentleman might rely upon his (Sr R. I that the opinion of Parliament should be asked as speedily as
hots) support, if, to maintain public credit, he should deem it i possilOe respecting our future commercial regulations-if on
Ilie I,4t•Y to come down to the House, and propose to rescind that aciioant it should be the opinion of the Ilouse
ity olio abolishing one half of the malt-tax ; and he might j that it would be advisable to make some temporary
,at W ' . •
(54 e, ' was mainly in consequence of the assurance he ; relaxation of those rules of the /louse-( Hear )-
loth%Peel) had given, that Lord Althorp had come down I which confined their discussions on these subjects to two
the e 'louse and proposed the wrong measure of rescinding ; days in the week-he would not propose it, unless he felt that
lits:e,,,te . of the former evening, and on that occa- . such was the general sense of the House of Commons; but if
ret,„'aYing aside all party considerations, he (Sir 1, he should feel assured that such eve; the general desire
k '` Peel) had given his support to a Ministry of the House he would propose a temporary relaxatim of those
s,llqich he was politically opposed, and against rues so as to enable them to devote more than two days in the
tet 2' °I those friends with whom he had been in the habit. of week to the consideration of the Income-tax and. Tariff.-( Hear.)
la -,re'' bemuse he was determined to maintain the credit of Mr. VILLIERS said he attached more importance to the
tpe,'',"l,Y---(Cheers. ) The Noble Lord had mainly relied 1 speech which the Right /lon. Baronet. had just made, than to
~,,4qtat he ( Ste R. Peel) had said with regard to the pro- , almost any one which he had yet (layered, because he had
tlWltta't on that occasion. Now What was the resolution ' given them a greater insight into his furore views, and
es. • Lord Althorp himself had proposed on that ;in entions than they had been able yet t.,) gather. The
4,4'4°,4. and proposed, too, in a time of peace ? ' Right Honourable Baronet's speech hail' been so in-
Ws ( Lord Alrhorp's) resolution stated that the defy- geniously worded that people had been at a loss
the
taY which would be occasioned by the reduction of to discuser what might really be his ultimate intention:;
lw aon malt, on hops, and on windows could only be supplied 1 and many persons, objecting to the details of his scheme, had
p:oeral tax on property and income, which it was then in- i yet been inclined to oppose him, because they considered
weett to propose. He had said if you will create 1 the present as the commencement of a new system of
Wieetency in the revenue, there is no alternative but the im- I taxation which would relieve the masses of the country
ow, .
It t of a property-tax, and he had pledged himself, I from the pressure of the unjust system of indirect taxatio
ith:te Minister of the day hail been defeated on the which at present prevailed. The Right Hon. Baronet's
It% az, the. house-tax, and the window-tax, to assist speech of that evening had dissipated all such delusions ;
Sate imposition of an Income-tax. 'I he Noble Lord had lur the Right Hon. Baronet had said that, if it
tf red to his opinion respecting the propriety of the imposition should be again proposed to substitute a property-tax, for the
'apes' Property-tax in Ireland. It had been proposed to him to indirect taxes which pressed upon the masses of the
It e, a property-tax, as a commutation for other taxes. people, no man would be more firm, in resisting
isi ''', on that occasion, been proposed to relieve Eng- such a change of system than himself (Sir Robert Peel).
le uf the house-tax and window-tax, which would The Right Hon. Baronet distintly admitted that all he proe
l'aring England some compensating advantage. Butt posed to do by this oppressive koonse-tax was to maintain
t 1 compensation, he had asked, did they propose public credit. They got into a financial dif-
re, °l,ve Ireland in compensation for an Income-tax ? ficuity, and they ought to consider the causes
Ist',°' the great objections to the property-tax was that it did of it. This tax was merely a means of evading one of those
ati4D'Y to Ireland, and that in proposing a tax of a temporary courses. The House had been told frequently that the time was
itsten, he proposed to exempt Ireland. He proposed to raise approaching when they would have to consider the effect pro-
wl,. Ireland, by a tax on spirits, an estimate amount, as dueed by levying taxes on the people, not only for the
t ,ts as he could calculate, equal to the amount from support of the StateWbut for the benefit of particular classes, and '
s
tie .Perty-tax. Ile then estimated the duty raised by that they would have to do one of two things, either to tax pro-
sel e
thosoaWits the stamp duty in England, which he. perty to maintain public credit, and to diminish those monopolies
Witt't amounted to a tax on property . He retained his which impoverished the people, and prevented them from con-
etse.'ai elthough he thought that, under ordinary circum- tributing to the taxes. It was owing to these monopolies that
6pini:3, Ireland ought not to be exempt, notwithstanding the the price of living was enhancsd, and trade was restricted, and
la% tl he expressed in 1833. He retained his opinion, that, they were about to commence that struggle which had long been
kW ne whole, be had taken a just and politic course in pro• predicted between the maintenance of monopoly, and the
„„r to raise contributions for the burdens of the maintenance of public credit - (Loud cheering) -
-40' by an Income. tax.-( Hear, hear.) He had not whether they should maintain public credit by
ay.Pted Ireland, but had taised a contribution in another imposing fresh taxes, or by abolishing monopoly ;
11 As it had been stated that he had differed in opinion, and those who last year held that opinion had been sneer ed at
lis,"3hut fair to read that opinion which he held on the occa- and taunted by Hon. Gentlemen opposite, who this year, how-
lit, referred to, and every time he had spoken of an Income- ever, admitted its correctness by their frequent allusions to the
ate ;lite Right Hon.• Gentleman then read an extract from connexion between the cost of living anti the value of income.
kit9l his speeches in 1833, when he stated that a repeal of Such were the principles which were then put fordo Had
„ Ale the malt-tax carried ' with it a repeal they been sericusly entertained, he believed they would not
toe whole tax, and that the only thing have seen such a Corn Bill as had been introduced by the
ela
li,h t(t to make up the deficiency was that Right Hon. Baronet opposite ; ,they would not have had an
4s, he was opposed to-a property-tax ; and that to Income-tax, nor so small an instalment of what was due
It(est that would be a great calamity. He considered that an to the country as the tariff of the Right lionourable Baronet.
sekle-tex was inseparable from a property-tax. This was ( Hear, hear,) He wanted to have some clear delluition of
'Opinion which he held in 1833 ; admitting the inquisito- the cause and character of the deficiency sunder which the
s keno, of the tax, and objecting on that ground, country was labouring. He had been told by his constituents
'it its being made a commutation for other taxes. that they hail no objection to a tax upon property when
4 they had then a clear surplus of 1,500,000/. the necessities of the country required that it
trt'''''ed whether or no the circamstances of the country should be imposed. - They objected to the reckless
toSt in the same positOm as they now are ? The manr in which the tax was to be imposed, no distinction
Irst !Lord had said that there would be a universal distaste being made between different kinds of income ; to the
lislit'islike to this tax, and therefore the Noble Lord must principle of a direct tax they did not object..-(Hear. )
, that nothing but a sense of public duty would induce lint what was the cause of the deficiency ? It
'tt'll
mister to propose it. If -he was to expect was rot sufficient to say that it had occurred under the late
barge country was dissatisfied-if he was to meet with ob- Government; the argument was that the deficiency
1:11,,s, he would ask the Noble Lewd what could induce him had occurred under. the late Government, and that
iltri'Ke such a proposition, but a conviction that he was uphold- those who had appointed that Government should be pre-
,4.o" maintaining the public credit ? The Noble Lord said pared to supply it; but that Was not the view which
toe uld see no financial necessity, and they ought not to was taken by the great body of the people.-(llear, hear. l)
'mentioned the disaster in India, in speaking of They contended that the Government had for many years past
necessity. Be (Sir R. Peel) had been referred to the been in the hands of a small class ; that toe Government had
.llt(Zt).. of gentlemen who had some knowledge of Indian affairs. resided in a minority ;• but it was class legislat ion w hich had
I'silr'r IL Peel) thought he could produce to the Noble Lord caused the deficiency, and that the Income-tax was proposed to
errs the House authorities to show that the existing dis- evade one of the exigencies of that legislation. They deceived
ste o state of the country had been materially affected by the themselves very much if they supposed that the worklng
Itst'f India. But lie did not refer to them in support of the classes, who were intended to be conciliated by the exemption
ta,st"-tax • but he was told that he could name no public in their favour, were not alive to the real operation of a tax
li„eters and that he could find no political necessity, or public upon income.- ( Hear, hear.) -The working cl.isses were not
Ilqeocy, and he therefore had referred to Caubul and so ignorant as not to know that whatever injured those who
14; anistan, and he had mentioned them in consequence of employed them, must operate injuriously to their own interests;
tit had been said, that no
.public disaster had occurred. and it was now the general opinion of those classes that this
(lio with respect to their own position and the eon- tax, which was not imposed in substitution for any of which
ti' hn ,of our finances, apart from the Indian con. they complained, but in aggravation' of all others, would add to
ets4Kios altogether, let them consider what was the the burdens tinder which they were already suffering.-( Hear,
t-tWqr the deficiency of the last six years. Let them hear.) It had been proved that within the last few years, the
Ike sttt that it would amount to at least ten millions, arid in a landed interest had been exempted from taxes to the
~,14)titio„Ptace. Alter 25 years of general peace this was the amount of one million, and from the improvemeot which
wewe'l of this country, that striking the balance of the ex- hail taken place in I:.nded property, there could be
I'at t (O'er income, for the last six years alone, the deficit little doubt that if time taxes were revived a still greater
4,,t11,,!n millions. This, too, was not a thing of common amount would accrue to the revenue. No attempt, however,
legt 'Nee, where the notice of it could be postponed tilt had been made to revive those taxes.- ( Hear, hear.) There
i Nt3'eir, but it was a growing and increasing deficiency. had been an attempt to prove that freehold property was in
let,l Was the amount of the present year only ?it would cer- various ways taxed to an equal amount with personal property ;
Its,l; not be less than 2,700,000/. But he had the strongest but it was an indisputable fact that the descent of scenttwetion that when they came to strike the balance of expen- perty was taxed to a much less extent than the desc of per
over income on the .sth April, 1843, putting the Indian
tre '?'l out of the question altogether, there would be a deficit . valet property. The flight Hon. Baronet said he was not
aware of any ocher means than an Income-tax, of supplying
vslretllions - a net deficit of 3 millions, independent of India. the vast deficiency which existed. But the Right Hon. Baronet
:kilo Iben, he thought, under those considerations, that noone bad made the admission the other night, that by reducing the
Itket ,4Ject to the preposition he had made ; and that with re- differential duties, you might improve the revenue.-( Hear,
''is, e',° the tariff, the reduction he had made would be for hear:) What was a differential duty ? It was a duty inlet-Wed
Iti*
ultiMate benefit of all classes of the community. to exclude the cheaper article in favour of the dearer. -( Hear,
hitj'e he believed that throughout the manufacturing and hear.) That was the simple definition of a differential duty;
ie,,"g,Warts of the community there would be an universa and the Right Hon. Baronet had admitted that by redncing
Ssisalon that the measure he proposed would benefit the the duty on sugar they wculd immediately increase the revenue.
`titi,t3' at large. The Noble Lord might say there ought to The question, then, was, should they reduce the, duty, upon
klikett reductions made in the duty on corn, and the duty sugar and other articles, or impose a tax upon income : The
ktiwrigar, and other articles; but the Noble Lord should argument derived from the existere eof slavery in the Brawls
hew, that the reductions which he (Sir Robert Peel) -had been used very tenderly its that, debate, and lie believed there
kw, itied in the tariff would be a positive gain to the tom- were now but few who thought the admission of Brazilian sugar
Y0t,3% The Noble Lord would recollect, that in making; would give encouragement to slavery in that country. If they
ts tLrestrictions, he calculated upon a loss of ' 1,200,0001. succeeded with regard to Brazil, could they act on it without
lithe present, and that he had a deficit of 3,000,b00/. to the consent of Cuba ? It was only iii the case of Brazil where
with for:the currsnt year, independently altogether of India.
.4°olld find some means Of nseeting that deficit ; and he be-
, after all he had heard in that House, that e could not there was any question about the continuance of slavery. 'I here
were some who doubted both the security and the economy of that
institution; but in Cuba there was no idea of abandoning it, as they
Cliscovered any measure so well calculated to meet the profited too much by its continuance. Would not the admission
4.olties of the country as the one he had proposed.-( Hear.) of sugar grown by free labour from the East Indies, the Phil-
Iti'lliad insisted on a leather-tax, or a malt-tax, and 'a salt- lipine Islands, and other places, where it would be grown as
11111,4 e knew •they would have been productive, for, it had been cheaply as by slave labour, be a stronger inducement to aban-
-14:4(1, that, if they wanted to raise millions, they must tax don the system of slavery ? The same principle would apply to
„t'ris:;'. Entertaining, however, a confident hope that the coffee, and from. these sources a large revenue might be oh-
;,?ssw‘' of trade, and the additional consumption would enable ' tanned ; but it will be said then that there were no other means
NI to relieve the country from this tax, he must again say of escaping the tax. He did not wish to underrate the ins-
111ti he thought there was a much less disturbance o portance of the changes proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet ;
1:4:',,,,1!-Itry of the country, and of the application of capital, by but with regard to the change in the duty on timber, he did
e,tllit this tax upon the property of the country, than ther e not think that reduction would be followed by so large a redue-
k?leli"" by reviving ' the malt, salt, leather, and other taxes. tion of the revenue as had been anticipated. There was a
i4`),l ;ottriter all, must be paid by those whose condition the great objection to borrowing money for the purpose of supply-
,,,ltg?ed to improve. Whatever opinions he had expressed ing a deficiency, but it was precisely he case, when they ex-
je ''ts,t' be had a firm conviction that he was consulting the petted to repair their revenue, he thought they were justified
teas %tea 'and security-of pi operty more by imposing this two ax upon in borrowing. When making a great commercial experiment,
s, ' than by it'
the great mass of the rking by which they might fairly expect to raise their revenue, they
elltis tl (lie country to indirect taxation.-( Hear. ) Ad- might resort to a loan to supply a deficiency. He could not see
that g the evii of it, yet he had the most confident opinion anything in the pre,ent state of thing that justified Ihim in impos-
i.tsk ell'e tax . was not only just in itself, considering the ing an Income-trx. The Right Hon. Baroect had expressly
ItILIn which property had. accumulated, but that, by call- stated that he hail revised many duties that had . hitherto
those who made profits in trade-by calling upon the
, eee
I, ,
_woses, who , had set, he must say, an example of their
yielded no revenue, but which would never be productive. He
complained of the whole scheme of the Goves nment, because
7sileress, to come forward and bear their share of the it was not calculated to meet the exigencies of the country.
jkilk`ree:_ he was doing that Which was most consistent with the The. people had asked for more food, more trade, and fewer
liiiik,`,., of . trade, by whom the bulk of property was possessed, taxes ; and they proposed a Corn Bill, which the Government
•SE. confident that, if Parliament would set that example, itself could not believe would give them more food. They
ilieZould arise a feeling of satisfaction among the great asked for more trade, and no part of the Government scheme
N,,,,1ng classes of the country which would amply compen- could contribute to extend trade with the two best markets of
!,It,,,•flern for the sacrifice they would make.-(Hear, hear.)
wil,thsta• oding the expressions the Noble Lord had quoted-- this country, namely, the United States and the Brazils. 'there
had, of hate years, been a deficiency in the revenue, because
t:l,tanding the decided opinion which he stilleetamed- the consuming powers. of the people had been diminished ; but
,111.,,' they had a surplus of 1,500,0001., to attempt to impose the proposed Income-tax would further curtail those consuming
ttetit7ttle-tax, in lieu of a window-tax or a house-tax, would powers. He could not,,therefore, expect that the measures
‘llttet:t unjust and most unwise, on account of the inquisitorial of the Government would confer upon the country any
48 t't the tax. Concealing none of these objections, yet real relief.-( Hear, hear.) It should be remembered
Isktiult of the inquiries he had made, and of the eommu- that there was an immediate connexion between
‘ tuns he had received from various parts of the country the price of food and the state of the revenue. %l henever the
4,, ,eonfirm him in the impression which he entertained price of food es-as low the revenue had flourished. Could
Otel",e proposed the tax, that in a chain of difficulties the there be anything then more inconsistent, than that the (Jo-
WO' which he had made was the best which he could have vernment, when bringing forward remedial measures, should not
I%'le--( Hear, hear.) They were now discussing the clues-
tit strike at the root of the revenue, by improving the means of
ei,ewort unusual stage; and he would confine himself the people, and diminishing their wants? The revenue had
Ilitee, "lrig . the Noble Lord upon the subject im- flourished in the years 1833, 1834, 1835, and 1836, when the
e j,,,itY , before the Hou(Hear, hear.)
..it would price of food was low ; and the deficiency in the revenue had
ilese',
Isisentent that he should then enter Into any increased since the price of focd had become higher-(hear.)
)
,?1,,,,1° upon the tariff ; but he thought he should, when 'the Right Hon. Gentleman, after entering into various details,
Nd Pet' time arrived, be able to show that the contem- showing the increase in the revenue, and in the various articles
,4,,,toductions in the tariff might be made consistently with of consumption, upon which a duty was paid during the years
Nett rests of the producers as well as the consumers.. He of abundance, and the proportionate decrease in the duty upon
,Na.iake. that opportunity of mentioning tvvo modifications he similar articles during years of scarcity, proceeded to say that
Oa ,t 7 in the measure, for the purpose of removing i.he objet- it was manifest that the revenue suffered from the high prices,
`41,,‘,',1ch had been made in the course, of the discussion. and the distressed condition of the people. Why, then, had
Nee reference to the . tenants in zs.cotland. It had been not the Government, when they saw the real cause of the
k arid stated very truly, that the position of the tenant
' k ollend
1, 14,1 was diflerent from the position of the tenant deficiency, applied to it its proper remedy? Why had they not
introduced measures which would diminish the price of the
t 4 pt the tenant in Scotland was subject to no staple articles of consumption ? The Government was now
‘',3t,t'" fin account of tithes-that the tenant in Scotland was e
auout to introduce an Income-tax ; but the country had no pros-
il,N, tilt° none of those payments which usually fell in England pect that they would not constantly be subject, dto the burden,
lske,eecupying tenant, but which
hinttand were borne by in order to enable the Government to meet a constant defi-
OW *to op„ of fact, by the Act of 606, a difference was made
It e4tl' cisricy in the revenue. They did not deal fully or fairly with
W wt, 3. but nut really in favour of the Scotch tenant. He the evils of the country. They had virtually admitted that
I,Nly 'eavoured to place the occupying tenant in Scotland monopolies had caused tine deficiency in the revenue by ex••
Ole tithe same footing as the occupying tenant in England. haustmg the means of the people, but they had not boldly
vestltlase of the English tenant, who occupied.land tithe-free, abolished those monopolies. He believed that if they had coon.
'''t et t 1 lie entitled to a deduction of one-eighth from ihe forward and proposed a truly liberal system of commercial
1,7 4, (4 his asseesinent, and it was clear that to that deduction policy, and imposed at the same time a per tentage upon pro-
%_ts,l'tell tenant was also entitled. In the case of the Eng- perty, if it should have been found neccessary, there was not an
iZta,9tlt, who had that charge paid by the landlord, he was intelligent man in the country who would not have given them
wiltot,tled to the deduction ; substantial justice required that his support. He slid not think, on the other hand,
11e,t`t'll tenant should have a reduction of one-third on this that the country would support an Income-tax for the
lk.tretJWl of one-half. The great objection made to this tax was support of monopoly , and he was of opinion that the
llettibi 414)60 nature. It had been said with eat force, that measures of the Government woul l not be beneficial to
Iweet.any of the classes under Schedule Dto that inquisi- the country, unless they were carried rnuch further.
tilkit which their were subjected by the Bill of 1806, would he Mr 11A RDY %visited to say a very few words on this sub-
ef Ile did not allude to the difference of tenure : in the ject. •He would have done so on another occasion, but that he
kie , funded property there was no difficulty, as never could catch the Speaker's eye.-(Laughter.) lie hoped
\tie'? with any curiosity in the affairs of others they
were coming to a decision on this question, after the
tillYt fu",ily ascertain the amount of another speeches of the Noble Lord and the Right Hon. Baronet.
%Rot 'oleo property. The same was the case with regard Ahoy Hon. Gentlemen opposite had at first received with ap-
t', bp The arranoement he proposed to make with regard probation the proposition of the Right Hon. Baronet, more
1,, 14Perty in 'Schedule le oas this :-He proposed especially the Hon. Member for Ipswich, and the Hon. Mem-
-1+5,441y,'° the Act of 1806 as he found it- ber who was smiling opposite (Mr. Wskley). He (Mr.
10',,l (s„, to permit those who preferred going before Ilardy) thought that if this tax n-as so unjust, so partial, so
114,41 es
tle,Woissioners, appointed in their own neighbourhood by dishonest, and so oppressive, those Hon. Members would have
tt,,;t ~,11 lellendent of the Government, to retain the power of discovered it-( Hear, hear)-and have resisted the measure
I,tet- • But if any person objected to go before these local with indignation. But when the secret meeting took place at
IV4t 04, if any one said that the Commissioner appointed the Refoim Club, then it was that Gentlemen opposite rose
Vlus t a competitor in trade, before whom a disclosure of his one after another for the purpose of condemning this tax as
kkliti, might be accompanied with prejudice to his unjust and inquisitorial. It had been said that this tax was
Nh'2'f! thtmw with vexation to his feelings, he proposed unesual, but was not a property tax unequal ? Was it not un-
'l4 7te 4se parties the option of sending in their return of in- equal for a rich landed proprietor to pay the same as a man with
Vey ` 'worn officer of the Government, an Inspector of the a large family and a small estate? In nineteen cases cut of
AN.l)4tt''. t .ii tli,v wished to appeal from the local authorities, he twenty, by making a fair return, a man would escape all the
f o , • '
4, nun I,lte parties the power of making it to that officer. inquisnorial objections to the tax. In the case of the 11,000
Nipl,,e the surcharges had been rarely made. He had surcharges, made in the city of London under the old tax, only
,\lt4,„, to prevent fraud and evasion, because to permit the 4,000 of them appealed. The objection of being inquisitorial
NI svo; of fraud would be unjust to the honest man. He had applied to other things.-( Hear, hear. ) At Doctors' Com-
sleethe t.l to reconcile the execution of justice to all parties mons and the Registry-office, the properly of almost
,Itillawtoertes of preventing evasion and fraud, with a remedy every family in_ the kingdom might be ascertained ; as
kt ,citron,
Pecial evils which were likely to arise from immorality in- to its imotality and to its encouragement to fraud and per-
,ll4ettlital nature of the impost.-( Hear.) On looking jury, it belonged to the Income-tax no more than to other Acts
ils4pf Bill, he trusted that some portion at of Parliament ;or to any proceedings between man and man,
1N,4,1), f lite objections that had been urged against. it in which it was their interest to misrepresent facts to suit their
Nit'legtel'iand to have been aleviated. He believed, notwith- own case. As to the inequality and injustice, it was iinpossible
kst.tss ee predictions of that Noble Lord as to the disgust which to avoid it. In the war the country paid ten per cent. to the
~141;14s blettltlet create, and as to the unpopularity which must ulti- Income-tax, and it was now proposed only to impose a tax of•
4., -1, tiu the lot of those who propoted it, he believed that he saw three per cent., so that there was a great difference mule be--
'7lk,tl.ttrs-1. throughout ,he country generally, of the existence tween war and peace. Besides, if war was required to justify
41,:t, gut feeling of the necessity of maintaining public the imposition of the tax, they had the wars in China and
~,kt te A,n, 4of adopting vigorous measures in order to get rid Afighanistan which were wars of cerwiderable magnitude,
';' ti,' tbancial difficulties. lie spoke of what he had observed however the lion. Member for Liskeard might sneer at them.
:lg., 14tt e feeling of the property of the country, and 'the Bight Hon. Baronet had been taunted with imposing this
, tAd DOrtion of the property which was embarked tax to please the landed interest. It was a pretty way to
1 tod
, k .w_ manufactures ; and Ile felt. assured that please the landed interest, to impose a., heavy tax upon them,
fit --). --, a strong prevailing opinion on the from which they could not escape. Ihe tax was a popular
ktti!rl' t.l4t. if it was necessary to raise 4,200,0001. to one. He• himself had presented an address from Rochdale,
"strop` 'public credit-it was more consistent with justice
itekly to impsse the burden on the property of the urging the Right Hon. Baronet to persevere, and he trusted
that he would persevere in maintaining the honour and credit
/ than b ' d' t taxation, to restrict the corn-_ , y 11l iretof the country,