Star.
London, England, 1801-02-19 00:00:00

PEPPER

Is one on which an increafed tax can only be felt
by Foreigners, becaufe they have no other chan-
nel through.which they can receive it except this
country; and while we continue to be taxed for
the ufe of this commodity, it is but reafonable that
the people of other countries ihould be taxed alto.
On Pepper, therefore, ufed for home confumption,
I Thal' propofe a tax of 3d. per pound ; and on
that for exportation 6d. per pound. The whole
will proddce a fum of too,oool.

LIM) TRAIN OIL, AND RAISINS,
Will produce ;he fum of 36,0001. Thefc arc the
whole which come under the general head of Cuf-
toms. The next fuhjea which I (hall bring before .
the confederation of the Houfe is, to make come
addition to the tax upon

HORSES
Of all defcriptions, even upon thofe employed in
agriculture. With refpea to Horfes that are kept
for pleafure, I truft an additional duty upon them
will meet the approbation of all defcriptions of
people; and a diftinaion flail be made between
thofe who keep but one pleafure horfe, and thofe
who keep more than one. If the fituation of per
tons at the prefent time is loch as to enable them
to keep a pleafure horfe, a moderate contribution
cannot, I am fore, be complained of as a hard-
(hip ; for the very circumftance of keeping a horfe
is at once a proof of ability to pay the duty. The
very nature of the cafe furnilhes an argument
again(' the pollibil4 of objeaing.to it. In the
firll place, I (hall propofe an additional duty on
every horfe employed in agriculture, which will
produce a fum of 170,0001. For every pleafure-
horfe, where no more than one is kept, I intend
there (hould be an additional duty of to& and that
thofe who keep more horfes than one (hall pay an
addition of sos. for each horfe. The whole pro-
duce of this tax on pleafure holies may be eilimar-
ed at 136,0001. The next article I (hall name is
that branch of the Revenue which comes under
the head of

11/All4/41.
And firft, I will propofe to inereafe, by one-h:Jf
the duties already payable on Bills and Notes of
all defcriptions, which will produce the fum of
i 2,0001. The next fpecies of (lamps which 1
pole to tax is one which I fubmitted to the P
fome years ago, and the duties on which by
fitificiently produaive : it is to lay an addi
tax on all Policies of Infnrance, to doubl
amount they now pay. This will produce a'
145,0001. And thirdly, I mean to propofe
deeds relating to the conveyance of property,
now pay a duty of l os. for every (kin ofparci
(hall pay 35. more for every fuch /kin. The
arifing from this may be ellimated at 93,'

POSTAOII OT 'ATTU*.
The laf general head of taxation whic.
to fubmit to the Houfe is one from which
nue has always been raifed in a manner tl
fatisfaEtory, and the moll confiftent with
acral convenience of the public of any oth

hich 1 pro-
the Houfc
hive bee.
additional
ioublc the
.e alum of
ofe that all
.rty, which
►archraent,
he product
ich I mean
ch a neve-
r the moll
ith the ge-
other •1. ••

ever estined. This revenue is even continent with
the nature of the inilitution itfelf ; becaufe the pub-
lic find much more convenience in paying the duty
and expence attending all letters fent by poll, than
if Inch modes of conveyance were to be adopted
by the parties thcmfelves. It is not my intention
to propofe an increafe of•ponage upon letters that
&all be fent within the diltance of one hundred
miles ; but for dillances beyond' that, there (hall
be an incrcafed rate of•poliage, and that the rates
ball be in proportion to the dillances, and be more
numerous than they now are. This will produce
the fum of 80,0001. I shall alfo fubmit to the
Houle the laying a duty on the packets which con-
vey letters to and from Ireland : this is a tax that
cannot he objeded to, when it is confidered that
the packets from Great Uritain toiler Colonies arc
rubjed to tatation. I alfo mean to propofe a tax
on all inclofure in Foreign Letters, which, toge-
ther with the laft duty, will yield z,oool. It is
alfo my intention to fubmit to the Honfe the adop-
tion of a new inftittition, which will not only add
to the revenue, but which will be produdivc of the
greateft convenience to people relidiug in different
parts of the country. This is the cftablithment of
crofs pofts, by which letters can be conveyed from
one town to another without being fent in the cir-
cuitous manner they are at prcfent. There is an-
other branch of the Poft-Officc Eitablithment, from
which I propofe an addition of re-civic —I mean
thole letters fent by merchant thips., which, accord-
ing in a regulation lately adopted, are fubjed to a
certain rate of pottage, which 1 with fhould be in-!
creafed. There is but one other branch of pollage
which I have to fubmit to the Honfe, and my only
difficulty is to know how I am to (late it cotredly.
I mean the Peusy pill, for all letters fent by which,
a rate of one penny is now paid ; and this) rate I
propofe to rade to two-pence, which will caufe
an encreafe of 17,0001. in that department. The
whole fum therefore which I exped to be deriv-
ed from the increafe of pottage, will amount to
rso,oool.