Star.
London, England, 1830-02-20 00:00:00

what was' the state of the country? In many places they
were unable to collect the poor-rates; and, in seier.ti
Instances, plots of men, with cudgels in their hands,
had • gone to collect the rates ,for themselves. There
was the dauger. He had often mid that when such
event occurred, there would be the danger. Yet with-
out a return to small paper, and a reduction of taxation,
what was to be done ? What had they to expect from the .
" Noblest Assembly of freemen ?" Sir James Graham
bad proposed a reduction of the salaries. The whole \t
a very timid affair: bat it was right enough to say than
those who received 2/. where they ought only to re-
' ceive I/. should have only the IL That, however, i!
was declared in the Noblest Assembly of Freemen, was
not to be extended to the Army. That was vet.)
strange ! Cut down the pay of the civil servants but not
that of the Army. No; that was a thing that was " done,
and could not be undone." Did the agriculturists say
that to -their labourers ? Na, not they, hut reduced
their pay, the value of money hating been enhanced,
and prices having fallen. But the pay of the labourers
in red teats was not to be reduced. Oh no ! Ito expected
no'reduction of taxation. Tho Noblest Assembly would
not touch any tax; they no more durst do that than
they had the courage to reduce all, or nearly all, the
interest of the debt. As to reduction of expense, it was
nothing ; the country wanted reduction of taxation. The
people wanted relief—that alone would benefit the
try. The taxes affected every thing ; and it was
astonishing that the farmers Made so much noise about
the poor-rates, while they said so little about the sixty
millions of taxes, the cost alone of collecting which was
greater than that of all the poor-rates put together.
The malt and beer tax consumed five-sixths of what thus
expended in beer—two thirds of the cost of tea, and more
than two-thirds of what be received for his Register.—
For that publication, after all expense, he received about,
lid.. The Government had its 4d. tax, and duty on
paper. But induction of tax there would be none; for
the moment it was proposed in the " Noblest Assembly,"
almost all shrunk from it, because they knew how much
of the taxes the several branches of the higher classes
received. As to the poor they knew how to take
care of themselves, as their mode of collecting poor-
rates lately at the town of Maidstone, and else-
where, with cudgels in their hands, proved. He
had repeatedly said that the poor would not lie down and
starve, and that fact was now proved. The struggle
would be with the aristocracy to get a reduction of taxa-
tion; the poor know their rights, and would enforce
them. The fate of Mr. Hume's motion, there being
three to one against him, as to any reduction of taxation.
No, they might depend upon it, they would hear of no
reduction of taxes ; there would be plenty of talk about
reducing the expenses ; but what the people wanted was to
hive has to pay. (Loud cheers.) Let them take
off Only the malt tax—only three and a half oat
of sixty millions, and he would unite with Sir J.
Gtahatti in calling them " the Noblest Assembly
of freemen in the world ;" and, however hoarse he might
be (Mr. C. continues vo7 hoarse), he would sing their
praises throughout the land. Bat they would not touch it,
nor any tax of any consequence. Having detailed with
great force how the taxes affected the people—the malt
and beer ditties alone making the poor man pay fid. for
that beer which, without those duties, would coat only Id
as he was prepared to prove. He repeated, that reduction
of that taxation was the only thing that afforded the coun-
try any chance of relief. If there were not that reduction,
relief there would be none; and difficulties would con-
tinue to surround the state, let the " noblest assembly
of Freemen" do what it liked. That noblest assembly
was more puzzled than ever—it wanted the rents, and it
wanted the taxes too'; but both the noblest Freemen
could not have. There were terrible hankerings about
reducing the interest of the Debt ; but that could'
not be done—the nation could not be looked in the face
with the continuation of the present taxation. He
had often petitioned the House, and Mr. De-
uison presented another petition front him on Wed-
nesday, stating the warning he had given, and
setting forth his apprehension as to the present crisis.
What he stated there he really felt ; expressed his severe
apprehension; and, according to the fulfilment of the
predictions therein contained, he was ready to be judged.
[Mr. C. then read the petition, which was of great
length, remarking on the several passages as be pro-
ceeded. We have not space to give even a sketch of the
petition or Mr. C.'e illustrative comments.] Id his peti-
tion, he said, he called on the House, with all possibb,
speed, to pass a Bill, or Bills, having the effect folloWing :
1. To reduce the amount of taxes to the amount at which they
stood in 1791.
2. To take from the revenue of the Church, from the Crown
lands, and from mismanaged Cmwations and public cbarititw—
(hear, hear)—whatever sum may Is wanted annually beyond Ihi.
amount oT taxes of 1791. (Loud cries of bear.)
3. To make a just redectioa of the Interest of the Debt, corn-
mealy culled National.-(Hear)
4. To make a Radical Reform In the Honourable House, so that '
rite Members of that Hods* may be freely chosen by the peopk at
large.—( Rear.)
Mr. CossETT having argued at length the rights of
the poor to relief from the land, asked whether they
thought the 2s. 9d. tithe in the City of London could
have been intended for the parson's pocket ? and whe-
tther they thought Reform would not compel that pro-
perty, which before contributed to the support of die
,poor, the Church,' and the Clergy, again to contribute
to that Maintenance ? He concluded with saying,
that there would not be reform, there could not be
h small-paper money, and that their fears would not allow
them to reduce the taxes. If they would only repeal
.the Malt Tax, be should consider it equal to a blow-
; ing up of the system. But no reduction would there be.
The army they must have ; the army was necessary to
the debt, and the debt was necessary to the tinily. The
question wet, would' it tie allowed to take the system to
'pieces, or would it be suffered to .remain till it was
Mocked to pieces ? It might be taken to pieces without
giving alarm to any one. But do what they would, till
there was a large reduction of taxation there tie.tir would
he peace and tratiquillity.—(Heas, bear.)
Mr. C. mentintiett that some time would digit* before
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