Star.
London, England, 1819-05-21 00:00:00

RI/dloarlder.) lf,however, Cientwom,t,
were to propose the repeal. of :taxes that 10.
'welt objectionable, there w. 044 be no era orf
projects. He (CnLionel Wood) said, that he
.„„tj mention another duty.....“. rouncia
- L., ,cveral parts —" Aldine it, twee it I", qiukcfaajja,
.;,•f lip,„: others.) The Excise duty on
.C4pale*.
oppressively, especially iik thaki4nwhilt
1•::!unged; but the. Gentleman of his district,
whom he was of thia,namber, made their own
:.,.,,jics!--(Hear, hear, hear!) He knew ii was an
1,.; practice, but it had been done in deliaace, of
threats of the Exeiseman-l/ear. hear, hear.)-...
some instances, the Excise Officers, for a violation
the Law, had taken possession of all' the mountain
...ca, and carried it for sale down tb the valley, but
hard inflictions of the Excise had not terrified
inhabitants. The duty on Candles amounted to
and the collecting of it cost A:50,000.
rla was a brief history of the tax on Candies—
; Near, hear, hear! and land laughter.). ,In our repeal
f Jitties, we have assuredly begun at the wrong
cad; Ave have taken the borthesioif our own shout-
jrs, and placed it on the shoulders of the poor !—.
vicar. Imr, hear!) This has beeu the case in the
ropeal of almost all the War Taxes. He earnestly
iconvended to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to
Terry the Property Tax. It would be placing the
rightly. it would, comparatively speaking,
bar :i7hrly on the rich, and might in its operations
serve to relieve the poor. Repeal those taxes that
the poor, and you will do a grateful and ac-
cep bee act to the whole country !—(Hear, hear.)—.
If we 3lotton now proposed were carried, Mr. Craw-
a:er's iron-works must cease, and the lower orders
r.nv fully employed there, would be thrown upon the
'Ash. The Lord Mayor, in his Petition for the re-
,e.sl of the Coal Duties, had made a very extr.tordi-
c. try and a very new.discovery—that Coals were one
(t the eii,entials of life !—(Hear, and kughter.) But
the Lord Ma)or, who was a mighty Potentate in his
wn Municipal Empire, besides the wonderful dis-
covery now mentioned, had very curiously described
:ie line of demarcation or boUndary of the Port of
Lindon. Mark well!—Whether you come down or
Fo lip to the celebrated Port, the duties to tho Lord
Navor or to the City of London were the same. You
r.a-..; attempt to reach it by Branford, by the Grand
Junction Canal, by Grosvenor.square, -or by any
other circuitous route, but you could not avoid the
Port Duties of London! Maud laughter and cheering.)
But this was not all. The boundary on the West
was described by a great stone, near Staines, where
the Port of London Duties commenced on the article
ct Coals!--(Loud laughter.) Gentlemen might laugh,
but it was described by a great stone !--(Continued
lou;ker.) What had been the consequence of this
strict adherence to the wonderful policy of the Port
of London? A cargo of coals were lately expected
at Westminster from the West Country. The Lord
Mayor had notice of it. In the plenitude of his wis-
dom, and to take care that the Port of London should
not be cheated out of its dues by any sly manoeuvres
of the Coal Captain or his Supercargo, he dispatched
an Officer—a man of great authority—to the great
done, to watch the arrival of this Margo of Coals,
and where that very Officer remains to this clayl—
(More laughter and cheering.) No such cargo was
ever in contemplation, and no. vessel has amved, or
is likely to arrive. Instead cf leaving the great stone
s-here it now WAS a laughing-stock, he would advise
the Lord Mayor to oraler it to be placed on London
Bridge, as a mark of his sapience in aquatic geogra-
phy!—(Hear, hear.) But he was fearful that the
Lcrd Mayor and the Member for Surrey had formed*
a coalition, which would render the situation of the
Inland Counties more desperate!—(Hear, hear.)--
Ile condemned the mode adopted by the Lord Mayor
in raising or borrowing money upon what is termed
the Orphans Fund. He by. no means spoke with
disapprobation of .the Charity. He had for some
time thought that the intended measure was asleep,
but *tread tb find it revived- by the Honourable
Moyer; and he hoped that by a complete negative
this evening it would be put to rest for ever!.
(Loud cheers.) •
Mr. Aldermais•WOOD egplained, that the Lord
Mlyor had nothing to do MAlff what was ridiculously'
c.,lled the Great Stone Bossssderryt for it had bees
prescribed by Parliament.
Lori MILTON opposed the repeal of the Tax, as
it now stood ; and contended, that nothing could be-
more unjust and impolitic than its equalization : the
Icy of London proposed to take off the Parliamen-
tary duty, but intended to keep that which went to
their own funds—(Hear, hear.) Such was the pa-
trintism'of the City of London !
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had

ready expressed his opinion, when Petitions for the
repeal of the Tax had been presented. He should
have felt inclined to recommend to the House and to
the Honourable Gentleman who had brought the
Motion forward, to suffer the subject to sleep, as it
vas likely to create much local irritation to no pur-
pose, for it was evident that circumstances would, not
a;low of its being admitted. The finances of the
(paltry required to be watched with peculiar care,
that no diminution might take place in our resources.
This was now no time when taxes could be taken off.
It bettame necessary, on the contrary, to see how we
could add to the revenue of the country. He then
cx:tended, that the Metropolis had been already re;
lived to the full amount of the existing duty by the
fall which had taken place in the price of Coals. In
1814, they were 625. a chaldron, and in 1818, only
'tk which afforded relief to the amount of 14s. per
thaldron. He objected to the Motion, and thought
tae interests of the country would be best promoted
by offering the subject to rest.
LAMItTON expressed his intention to resist,
to ti:e utmost of hisspower, any accession to the taxes.
'4ith regard to auy thing like an Inccme Tax, he
should never cease to express his abhorrence of such
a measure, and he he the Parliament would never
irapoc4: so obnoxious a measure on the people. He
concluded by saying, that he should give his vote In
favour of the Repeal of the Coal Tate.
Mr. DICKINSON observed, that London and va-
rious other placet had their Incalities ; which ought
''!xempt them from burr:newt It *Ouldi be st
'Lliwt to lay the tax on the pit's 'mouth, and there-
!are if the tax was to be removed, for Sepal ought
to be general.
Wl4. SMITH considered the Coal tax as
rn injurious to great numbers of people, and that
ought to be repealed.