Star.
London, England, 1815-02-21 00:00:00

.li4hl tirrs;ble ; but at moot he !Met aisume'
Nit Amount as the sum demanded, which, subduct-
i, two millions for Ireland, would leave ieveoteen
41,0ni for Great Britain. To meet. this demand
we were in the first place about ei millions of per.
nuncrit amid taxes : he should propose a coati-
• uance of the war taxes, the customs, and excise, for •
limited time, which would produce a further sum
f millions, and he should lay before the House
pl.rn for new taxes to the amount of five millions,
siting in the whole seventeen millions and a half.-
1.,t the House would recollect, that the charges of
loan must be defrayed out of these taxes t and,
„feed, even if the expenditure could be reduced to
lirteen millions, still there must be a necessity for
:qv taxes, unless the sinking fund were to be resorted
.in expedient particularly to be avoided. It
oa!J be found on examination, that after every war
•,•,c was a winding up of great amount, and of con-
-24.1b1e duration. The expenses of the American
.r were not cleared even in 1786, and atter the
race of 1763, arrears of the war were still unpaid in
7'75. Ile would therefore readily confess, that the
rresent war expenses could not be wound up within
. shorter period than four years, that is, ull 1819,
--ad till that time he supposed some loan might be
vecessary each year. He had the authority of Mr.
l'iu for the kind of anticipation which his plan might
:an to involre. The first resource then, would be
continuance of the war taxes. Part of these had
wady expired at Christmas, namely, the tax on
T.:lige of goods carried coastwise--no renewal of
jest was intended—nor was it the intention of Go-
anment to continue the duty on cotton wool, if
:Iced in British ships, especially as this indulgence
sight operate as an encouragement to the improve-
:ent of our plantations. Without any detail, he
:mild merely state, that the total amount of the war
ixes was £9,567,000, from which, deducting the
mount of the expired taxes, and the £2,682,000
ledged for the loan, the amount to -be continued
ould be £6,516,000. He now came to the new
.ixes. To meet the curiosity of the House on this
• abject, he should begin by chewing what it •was not
is intention to do. The assessed taxes would be na-

.urally looked to—and to this subject he would take
be liberty of first addressing himself. He did not
.mend to move any addition to the window duty in
nhabited houses, as this would fall hard on many
'lasses who could least affoid it : but he should pro.
,use a tax of a similar nature on green houses. hot-
louses, and conservatories. The estimate would be
nade on their superficial extent, and 48 square feet
4f surface would be considered as equal to a window,
mud rated at 3s. 6d. Thus, suppose a green house to
60 feet in length, and 12 feet in height, its surface
would be equal to fifteen windows, which, at the rate
f the window tax, would be M. 7s. 6d. He sup-
•csed that few gentlemen would be inclined to object
to this tax. Considering on the other hand how much
:Le trading branches would be relieved by the remo•
sal of the property tax, he conceived that tradesmen
sold not object to such a substitute...she should now
propose, which was a tax on the windows of shops,
and warehouses, in the same proportion of Ss. 6d. a '
window. It was difficult to procure an accurate calcu-
lation of the amount of a new tat, but it was estimated
the produce would be about £50,000 a-year.—
rhe next tax related to inhabited houses : he should,
pr. pose an augmentation of 30 per cent. on the pre-
salt tax on the rents of inhabited houses, and the
rent of warehouses would be charged in the tame
manlier. It was reckoned that the first measure
would produce £396400, and that the warehouse
woidd produce £150,000. The next class of
t isAtion would embrace set vants, c arriages, and horses
for pleasure and luxury ; a considerable midi-
Con would be imposed on them, namely, about 80
per cent. Gentlemen, perhaps, would not be very
vager,to object to this proposition, when they consi-
dered the difference of amount between this tax and
the property tar. The increase on servants was esti-
mated at A:110,000 ; on carriages at 5363,000; on
horses, at 64500 ; men and horses employed in
husbandry were Lot included, but an addition of 430
or alt) per cent. on horses used in trade would
amount to about 485,500, and on men to about
4148,000. An increase on the tax on dogs would
amount to 4105,500. An increase also on the
duty on g ime certificates was reckoned at 542,000.
lie should propose that all unmarried Men who al-
ready pay an additional rate on servants and hone,
shunli pay a still farther rate of £5O per cent. on
thur servants' horses and carriages, which would
.produce 41.20,000 (a loud laugh). The aggregate
amount of these several sums was two millions and a
'half. He came now to the customs; and here he
intended an additional duty on tobacco, and this the
L.ther because there was reason'to believe that peace
with Auktica would make tobacco cheaper. The
duty would be at the rate of 6d. in the pound, and
would produce 4300,000. Aa additional duty of
£2O a [WI would be imposed on foreign wine, and en
increase would be laid on the licenses to dealers in
excisah!e 'Articles. He was aware that this last irn•
post was not free from oljection, as it might be said
to affect small trades; but when its moderate nature
vas considered, and also thin it referred to persons
who had hillier to been liable to the property tax, be
&light it was a computation not much to be cow-
plained of, and that it would be more agreeable than
the tax from which they were relieved. It was esti-
mated at £500,000, and yet it would be seen on Ind
v_estigation that the persons paying it would not, in
fact, pay in so large a proportion as at the beginning
el the war. The aggregate amount of these several
items was 1950,000. It was also intended to impose
a small duty connected with the Post. Office. A tax
01 Id. would be laid on every newspaper sent by the'
t.nilal post. As long ago as in 1788, a similar'
s:hi:ne of taxation had been recommended. It might
pc.illaps be thought that the stamp•duty would be
a..ected by this arrangement ; but those Gentlemena
when in the country, indulge themselves with
a London paper, would hardly forego a luxury with
ull;ch every body who heard him was so well ac
i .:rated for the mere sake of the additional penoY-
Irrnbtrs of the House were exempt to the amour
°' An ounce weight. and if it were thought neeessary
night be still f urther exempted. This duty woul
Produce 450,000. Other measures which would be;
hci,..iitter detailed were in contemplation with respect
to the Post• Office as to the foreign postage, and espe-
cially regarding the carriage of letters to the East
Indies. The amount of all the taxes now eibded
wcal4 be
.43,7g8,,000, bin Ave trope waged%