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London, England, 1823-03-19 00:00:00

s!ioiticl ntrf moti Or. fpl4l44l4,prctipsfifons.." :040 he,
preant to suliint; .0 Ati;c4,944er4tioa oirtile,licittri
a t. 1:110 all.;dutiriont.Whidows imposed by, the,Vllll:tikap.
111. and subseq,ent,4.cte,..shoU cape itutd detertuitie.' ~ , ,
This would in (be groii inakc a reduction* of 41,264100 ..
. 4, e. That all iftitkilbri:liihiblted nouvbs, lei- • - '• r '
•yosed by 43 Geo. 111. and sbbaequeset'Artfi 411411 .
. .. .
emend determine." •,,.-: • • - • 1,• . . . . -
This would inake.a 41014 04 on less thin : ic1;2443,900
~ 3. That all duties oe Majc‘ Servants, Clerk's,
Stiopmen, and Tratrellersi &C. leipeeed' by 48. ..' • •' •
Geo. I 11. and •subseleibit. Attii shitiredail iust • - ! . ' • • ,
determine." , •:.• .1 ^ .:i . t"... ;,.: • • • • "....ni•
The charges upon such V4IIBIISKIFFSPIOrigSA., .i
It Servants -
Clerks, Shopmen, Travellers, ate." i'. Rrioiiii • •
Making a total, of . . iSiers3o:%
" 4. That all duties on Licenses to Coach-
t nakers, and on Fotir and Two-wheeled Car-
Basesexcept on Taxed Cam), 'imposed by 48
-'Geo. 111. and subsequent Actst shall cease and
iletginine." . . .
'nese duties and licenses were as Mow ;
'FOift-relteel Ottillges - : £145,000
• Two ditto - - - 08,000-
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C.rachmakers' Licensts -

3,000 •

Making a total of 4.146.660
Be had omitted to include the duty on Taxed Carts
in this Resolution, because as it was' a Tax which
pressed with peculiar hardship on a very poor and
industrious class of society, he was auxious to give
the Chancellor of the Exchequer an opportunity of
removing that pressure without involving any other
item of reduction. Therefore it was that he proposed
the following Resolution liy.itself:
" 5. That all duties on taxed carts, imposed by 48 Geo. 111.
and subsequent Acts, shall cease sad determine."
Those duties alone would make a saving of .017,650
" 6. That all duties on horses, ponies, and mules, imposed by
48 Geo. I l I. and subsequent Acts, shall cease and determine."
Those duties were at present imposed as follow:
Horses, riding and drawing - - £324,000
Ponies - 8,100

Ilailiffs' horses - - - 1,050
Butchers' ditto - - - 4,400
liorses and mules at a lower rate of duty - 72,500

Making a total of - - ,C 411,050
"7. That all agreements to compound for duties with the Com-
rissioners of Assessed Taxes, under the,s9th Geo. 111. and sub-
sacrent Acts, slut' cease and determine."
fhesum thus reduced would make a reduction of £35,000

Now the first of these propositions he meant to offer
in the first instance, and he trusted that it would
not be said that he came too late with his sugges-
tions. This was no objection whatever to any mea-
sure. In the course of his observations he had care-
fully abstained from any allusions to the vexatious
manner in which these taxes were collected. He knew
it was a difficult duty to perform, and one which led
to groat vexations. He should therefore conclude by
proposing the first of the Resolutions which he had
the honour to submit to the House—(Cheers).

Sir W. DE CRESPIGNY, in rising to second the
Motion, stated that the opening of the present year
was all gloom, until the speech of the Right Hon.
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which he confessed
had opened to his mind a new era of hope and -satis-
faction. He trusted that the principles of that speech
would be carried into further operation. He had-a
particular objection to the Window Tax, as one which
deprived the poor of the light of Heaven, and of the
air which was necessary to life, The collection Of,
this tax was odious and insupportable. owing to the
visitation of assessors and surveyors. He Ifad before
mentioned a case to the Hotise, in which ...h. lady was.
frightened into fits by the intrusion of one of there
persons into her most private apartment—(A laugh).
Mt. HIiItRIES stated that this subject had been
already so often discussed, and -so fully and clearly
explained by his Right Hon. Friend Ithe Chancellor
ache Exchequer), that it was unnecessary to trouble
the House at length in reply to the observations of his
Hon. Friend who had just sat down.' He should avoid
entering into details, and confine himself to the gene-
ral principle upon which the question should be con-
sidered, namely, whether aftet what had occurred
the House could entertain a proposition which went
entirely to alter that which they had already ap-
proved? After the various speeches which had been
made, it would be utterly hopeless for him to think
of explaining more clearly than had been already er-,
plained the strong conviction which was. impressed
upon his mind, in common with the great majority
of the House, of the necessity of maintaining a. Sink-
ing Fund—(Neer, hear). And he thought he might'
also assume, from the speech of his Hon. Friend, that
he agreed as to the existence of a real surplus of
4;5,000,000, applicable to the public service. He had
also a right to argue that he considered the mainte-
nance of -a
Sinking Fund essential; for the only mode
in which he could- avoid this conclusion was, by stat-
ing that instead of what is called a Sinking Fund, there
should be some fund maintained, composed of real sur-
plbs,applicable to the reduction of the debt, although
"crating in a different manner ; and that the mea-
rare would be more beneficial than that proposed by
the Chancellor of the Exchequer. That he took to be,
the substance of his argument. If the consequence of
the, ditect taxes had been a diminution, in the coo-
Igitption of such articles as were taxed, then indeed
it,tnight be proper to inquire into the propriety of,
continuing such taxes, even for the sake of diminish.'
ag the public debt. But the country had not yet
come to that state ; the pressure of taxes, generally
considered, was not such as to justify the remission.
As to the pressure of the assessed taxes, of which the
Ron. Gentleman complained, how was that proved ?
On referring to the returns, it would appear that there
ins an increase of many of the articles which came
under the assessed taxes. The fair way to consider
the question vas to take the average of the last year
at compared with the three preceding years. It
would be found, generally speaking, that the assessed_
rues were not the cause of distress. The present
Hot the time for abandoning all hope of dimmlsbingl
the public debt. He thought that the. Sinking. EtinL
blu the best bulwark of our financial system, and
etrabled us to maintain the public credit at home indl
the national dignity abroad—wear,
sir F. BLAKE said, that notwithstanding the arv.i
guinesus of the Secretary of the Treasury, he was still
s,°i',Y the Eloose had rassed the National Debt Re-
naction Bill. It appeared to him to be very incon-
sistent, after saying that the Sinking rund ought to,
cmhist of the surplus Reyenue, and that awe were
h
lit 4:30j0,000 surplus Revenue, then to vote that
ire Sinking Fund animated' to 1.3,009,000.
the Hon. Baronet.pieied for two or three minuir4
le.tra% oar of thosi who would rather suspend 'the
Ma
don of the- Sinking !'find during_ these times of
P9Pc lle :might be :asked what he would