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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17.
The house met. at five o'clock, and on the motion of
the Earl of MALMESBURY, adjourned till Monday, on ac-
count of the decision which had been come to that morn-
ing in the other house.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY, DEC. 14.
Several petitions against the House-Tax were presented

WAR.
In reply to a question, Sir J. PAKINGTON said, that
though the Caffre war could not yet be described as at an
end, he was assured by General Cathcart that the im-
portant district of the \Vaterkloof had been altogether and
permanently cleared of Caffres, and in the Amatola dis-
trict the chiefs Macomo and San dilli had with them but
very few followers, so that the General expected no ex-
tensive or protracted resistance in that quarter. TLere
was no intimation that the war was extending towards the

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north-east. HOP DUTY.
In answer to a question, the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER said, that no cicawbacic could be allowed on
hops chargeable up to the lOth of October next.

THE HOUSE-TAX

The adjourned debate was resumed by Lord JOCELYN,
who regretted that he was bound to consider the proposi-
tions of the Government in a different view from that in
which they were regarded by friends around him. He
looked upon those propositions with satisfaction, because
he found in them no attempt to subvert the policy which
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Parliament had affirmed, but, on the contrary, a fair ac- '
ceptance of that policy. Believing that the community at '
large would derive great advantage from the Budget as a
whole, he would not curtail them by voting against this :
resolution, which merely affirmed one of the principles.—
Mr. OSBORNE gave the Chancellor of the Exchequer
credit for two main features of his Budget, the relief to
the shipping interest and the sagacious and statesmanlike
view he had taken of the tea duty. As a whole, however,
the measure was so far from tending to reconcile conflict-
ing interests, that it seemed to be conceived in a hostile,
if not a revengeful, spirit against those who were " revel-
ling in relief from the Corn-laws.;' He condemned the
House-Tax as a contrivance to compensate the agricultural
interest by throwing an additional burden upon the mid-
dle classes. The reduction of the malt-tax he denied to
be a consumers' question. It was a tax which was col-
lected at the least possible expense, which was onerous to
no one, and the reduction of which would benefit only the
brewer and the publican. He concluded with a general
denunciation of the whole financial scheme.—Mr. Alder-
man THomPsoN characterised the Budget as a bold, wise,
and statesmanlike measure, which deserved the confidence
of the country ; and he appealed to the buoyancy of the
public funds, as a triumphant proof of the favourable re-
ception of the Budget out of doors.—Sir B. HALL said he
was an advocate of direct taxation ; but an unjust direct
tax would render that mode of taxation odious and im-
practicable.—Sir J. DucKwoRTH said that, as a whole,
he gave his cordial assent to the principles involved in the
Budget.—After some further discussion, Sir J. GRAHAM
observed that the issue before the committee had been,
" Shall we or not, for the purpose of the Budget, consent
to a change in the House-Tax, by doubling its amount
and reducing the exemptions ?" He asked whether this
issue had been changed. and whether the question was
merely as to the area of the direct tax ?—The CHANCEL-
LOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that he had said, in
answer to a question, that he had no objection to narrow
the issue, and he found nothing in the resolution before
the committee as to the amount of the rate on houses ;
it contained merely the principle—namely, that the area
of the tax should be extended.—Sir J. GRAHAM observed
that up to that moment the whole Budget had been de-
bated, and the Government had staked their existence
upon the resolution ; nor was it possible to narrow the
issue, the decision of which might create a deficit of re-
He proceeded, therefore, to discuss the whole
financial scheme, reviewing the principles upon which it
was constructed, and the manner in which the three in-
terests alleged to have been injured by recent legislation
were dealt with. In conclusion, he urged the Govern-
ment not to press direct taxation far in a time of peace,
but to have their machinery ready for such a system in
case of emergency.—Sir J. PaKINGTo:st denied that there
had been any change of purpose on the part of the Go-
vernment with reference to the resolution, which merely
involved the principle of dealing with the House-Tax con-
formably to the first principle of the Budget, that direct
taxation should be carried, not to a dangerous extent, but
so far as to lighten the burdens of the consuming classes.
This object was aimed at in the repeal of half the Malt
Tax. He expressed his confident belief that the sense of
the majority of the house would sanction the principles of
the measure proposed by the Government, opposed as
they were by a combination held together by a rope of
sand, and who had failed to excite public sympathy.—
Before the adjournment of the debate, Lord J. RUSSELL
said he wished to know what in reality was the proposi-
tion upon which the committee was to divide.—The
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he should be con-
tent to take a division upon the first resolution, and the
Government would consider the decision of the committee
upon that question conclusive as to their general scheme.
The debate was adjourned until Thursday.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15.
POOR-LAW ORDER.

In answer to a question. Sir J. TROLLOPE replied, that
the order of the sth of August had been rescinded, and
an amended and modified order had been substituted.
He hoped that it would be this day in possession of the
printers, and that it would be transmitted to the respec-
tive boards of guardians to which it related in the course
of the present week.