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snaje allow.ince for vie state of irri-
e ,v w„, in. and.oardoned the incoherence of
Nod, r,!._( :fear, hear, and a laugh.)
coATICELIOIt of the EXCHEQUER '
toi the time of the House was unneces:
.r conversations, that could. lead to no
10;,,ro If, however, he were-to give credit to
that hid been made, that our other
forceo,,f tia nice were in a state of decay, he thought
sa much the more reason for pressing the
IhtJ'• v Tow. He objected to the mode in which
,
eisters had been conducted, both
a Ai* upon
respect to the WA): and Means and the Supply,
$3041.1 uot understand how those, at whose sus.
Am the Proert l'ax had been augented from
In per cep ynt. could now consistentl my
argue in
e;ae to it% continuance, more especially on the
t,
of trot the pledged faith of Parliament would
reby t‘e broken. 'The House Would recollect, that
loth(' first introduction of the measure by Mr. Pitt,
0%1: so far unlimited in its daratem to the continu-
v, of the war, that it was ac:tedly mortgaged by
se Minister fur the paym nt of no less than 56 mil.'
ea, which would unavoidably have prolonged it
stee,l the perind of the signature of Peace. After
.I,eiced Amiens, when that debt, by the vigorous
cures of the Administration of Lord Sidinotith
At been redeemed, the tar was-continued during
ill war, and o•e words "and no longer" were cer.
tably added.--(thar, hear).—This expression, how-
err, could nocbc understood, nor did Lord Sidmouth
pin end it, as fettering the future discretion of Par.
relent: it only amounted to the exeression of an
epnitotnt,which cirlumstances might alter, that it then
47 area expedient that the Property Tax should ter-
:mate at the eoncltoion of the war. In 1896, the
own was Jaabaol by :he Administration of Lord
(eroville; and ;he act ior that purpose also cootained
oe proviso, that the Tax shouid continue during the
sea u and no longer." This resolution, as in the
forgoer instance, could not preclude Pell-meat from
the exercise of its discretion ; and, indeed, a plan of
)rote was at that time submitted to Parliament by
the Marquis of Lansdowne, in which the prolonga.
tiled the Property Tile seemed to b.: conteme!etud
_( fkar, tear): it was then proposed, that a large
so\ thouid be pi iced to the credit of the war taxes,
asd the probability certainly was, that the war
tad mkt SC adequate to meet the demand with.
eat the aid of the Property Tax ; but, if necessary,
it was to be resorted to, and tor that euroose
hoc been continued for some years.—(llear, kear).
The charges winch took place in the of the
passing of the Dili, and tilt pteserted the
ch3tge was met by the successors of the Noble Mar.
qua, by a specific approorriti isfa portion of the war
taxes. Doabtieu it had been the opinion of Mr.
Pat, and of those who afterwards composed the Go.
vertun.rt, that tne Property tax should not be refl. •
dared ierinanent. This opinion was expressed in th.
Actitsrlf ; but the House was aware that in the Bill
which he (the Ciraocellor of the Exchequa) had in-
ondoce4 last year, it was said chat
the property tax I
shouid be continued during the war ; but the words
Mend no longer" were omitted. (Hear.) Even
had they been inserted as usual, he vino-oiled that it
veld not be fairly urged that Parliament was con-
desirely bound by them ; but, not being these, even
tint seeposed ground failed the opponents of the (
ensure. He was willing to admit that the tax %%is!
&finally intended as a war tax, and as a war tax its
nitnuance was now proposed. It was to defray a
pation of the expenditure cf the W.ift and if Perlia-
rant in its wisdom should think fit to pledge it for a
:eau' purpose, such as the payment of 12 millions
el the unfunded debt. during the two years which it
cis to last, his Majesty's Ministers would have no
objection to take it upon those terms. It appeared,
der during the present ytar, at leat nine Or
ten
mil-
tan of extraordinary expense were to be provided
al in the next year, though the burden was less, it
vas still considerahle. The truth was, that the
rges of the veer :tad been wound up ill a very sa. I
lattory manner by the financial measures of the
I g
year ; but mtich yet remained to he ese • te, against
shish no provision had -been, or could be made.—
The House must he aware that in die
r4i'b hatted for 25 years, teen had course
of
"at I
Iticati7yisitleamtine ; in that pod no revision 'je
on Velianaall
had been undertaken-; that such 2 rev:.
.1 was necessary, no man woulO deny. and it the
Menlo: were prolonged for two yea•s w,!hin
that Pwiad, it might be accomplished. If ^ m...
"re were nevtived, the irregular "iiid e i
latileretiittind would
inu..t. continued, and's
be itripo,..tble. Triis was an addi.
Land and a strong reason for continuing the property
Lt; with it, rnn.iii might be done • without it, no-
In the early part of the evening a petition had
plaid on the table, praying sums modification of
Property tat ; and that the House ArA rbe
ac.
':nted wi:ii die alterations proposed by Govern-
' -nt, in case the tax should be renewed, he would
It state them.--(Hear. hear,hear.) Early in the
•
-ten he had stated, that for the relief of the coon-
,!saly half the sum raised since 1807 would bat re-,

id, and that it might be possible the furthtr re-
:tim of one million for the peculiar adv.;n: age .4f
agricultural interest. He had since received many I
elannicationsond the result was, that .fe thought
'grNter part should be given to th•e ten -..i
—those persons who were included in Scile.ia,le
To carry this object into effect, it was ie.:ended,
jog the present and the ensuing year, ir,stead of
acing the putts of the tenant at three-fourths of
rent he paid, it should he calculated at coly one.
101 the annual value of the land.—(Hear, hear,
•)—This modification was made in consequence
We rapid decrease in the value of agricultural pro-
; and the effect of it would be that .1 e tenAL:
4 be entitled to all the exceptions that resultee
therelluction in the calculation of his profits.--
t 41st:ince, a, person who occupied ii farm fif the an-
_ valwtof X6OO wculd be supposed to derive only
riElo profit, and consequently at the rate of 6 per cent.
(/‘4l only be called upon to contribute £lO. A
slrlat tenting a tatm of £4.50 per annum, would be
~.'ne.
d to derive from it a profit amounting to'
:4, and as £l5O per annum was the point at
t'li'd the highest rate commenced, all those who k
!_ed Prufiis to. a less amount would have a claim
tei4 4.tement in proportion to the diminution of
hnins- A farmer who paid a rent of £l5O for
'► would be supposed only to make rights to 1

the amount of 450 a year, and would consequently
be exempted altogether from any payment. When
Gentlemen reflected in.vr many farms in Wales, and
in s qr.; parts of England, were let at a rent below
ABISO, they would see what an important relief this
•arrangemenr would afford to the tenants of land.—
(Hear, hear.)—The diminution in the amount to be
raised by the Tax, he apprehended, would be greater
than the sum be had mentioned' on a farmer day ;
or, if it were, the trifling difference could be made
up by a small increase of the other imposts.—
Another important point with respect to the relief
to be afForded, was, whether it could not be given
by extending the period of payment ?—( Hear„hear.)
From all the information procured front different
parts of the country of the distresses existing, he was
inclined to think that an immediate payment would
be felt as a severe pressure : what delay should he
allowed was a matter to, be considered in the Com-
mittee, should the bill reach that stage, where it
would be fit to consider on the one hand the conse-
quence of the subject, and on the other the danger
of ultimately losing the amount req'iired hum him.
Ocher points connead with the agricultural interest
would they also come under discussion. In the peti-
tions that had been presented, much complaint had
been made against that part of the tax which re-
garded the returns delivered in by persons in traJe f
but upon that part of the subject he could 014 SAY,
that after the most anxious and patient invest;gation,
he had not been able to discover any mode of
evoidieg these returns by the parties. In that par-
ticular, therefore, he apprehended that, even were
the Bill new-modelled, no relief could he afforded,—
Upon this part of the question, however, much mis-
representation and misapprehension had gone forth :
people in general were much deceived as to the pro-
portion of the burden that tell upon individuals in
trade. It was asserted by many, that the great weight
was sustained by the poor, and not by the rich; that
great numbers wet:. compelled to pay an unfair pro.
potion ; and that one-fourth of the persoas charged
were of a very low description. To remove these erro-
neous notionsk,it was only necessary to ref2r to docu-
ments upon the table: by the abstract or the popula-
tion returns, it appeareel that 1,131,W0 I imili,,s wire
employed in trade end in le,nditraft occupations. Of
these only 266,ude had made returns under tire Pro-
perty 'I x A(!; a7id consequently, dime out of four
of the Limil:--;, en eeepleyed had tea only never pai 1,
but bad :.evei ..een called upon to pa y—( neer, hesr.)
01 these 166,000, no less than 1e9,000 t trnilies were
exec otesf, Anv.ug ieturind that their incomes were
less , e,.: £5O per annum ; and the number weich
realie c. ntesuted to the Lc was, therefore,. reitieed
, ..a leeeeet ; or, for the sake of round numbers, to
! 160,000. Of these families, I 21,0i)0 had made re-
turns of incomes to a less amount than 4150, and
were consequently entitled to an abateinent ; and'
only 41,0f4 had paid tin: incomes above 2E150;
32,000 returned a less SIMI than ,e:1,090 :.er il:,norn,
1 and :5.G92 above that amount. The,e f,cts, derived i
from dlr. latest returns, proved, wilt 'ver ietquality
mi,ot exist as to die proportions of it-Ay:duets, that
it tras no: true that persons in trade had b;:en to"
hd aily charged ; but ail these subjects could be itane
saysfactorily lovesiigattd oa a future oreasvm ; and
if any plan could be suggested by si-hich the assess-
ment eeeld be rendered less onero.is or mere equal,,
he (the Chancellor of the ExA:equerj would he,
among she first to hail with joy :etch an amend-
meat. Jill he d:sned was, that All ipplllarlity
for inquiry should be afforded, and that the que
lion should not be prt:;iidged.—(L'ao., hear, hear.)
—li the measure we: e ti eilly rejecte.l, lie hoped it
would he after delibteetion and argument, by obese
acquainted with the details of the 81l and the fines-
shies of the country, and not by those elm refused to
examine the.one, and were ignorant of the outer.—
(II:3r, Lar.)--The petitioners woo entitled to 4teasl
consideration, he WAS as willing as any a...l to x:lov.• ;.,
and be had listened t' their cenylaints with gicat at-
tention, though In two days he had been absent:
one of those days he had devoted to .r...:cssary reerea•
tii3n, after the fatigues of seyerli letig discussinna, and
on the other he had come (lowa to posrvne some
pthhe business, in conscq-a:nce ci the inuispoSition
'hisqt
Net& Ftiseel, and, alter waiting half au hOltry had
rf!:o2llej ,u-slie t 4 enjoy the serene of his family. lie
:•ttste., .iseretore, that the House would not think that
be had been negligent in his puelk duty. . .
Mr. DARING thought -he :Night. be allowed to say
a few words wnen Ministers cause d .4111 with papers
in their hands to support their cause. He was gle 3
to find, fool the itataeneet of the Noble Loid, woo
'w:.s cf course the 'Ugliest authority, that the Tax
was intended :01 Ast for two years only. The !tight
Honnureble Gentleman who had hitherto withholden
ti:?; inehenetion, bad also declared to-night that he
merely a.ls'ied to plezlge that Tax for the reduction
of twelve mullions of debt. Till' then, he had main-
Wiled that tht country had no right to expect to be
telleved,• since he had contrived to leave out slily the
words. ~ no longer." He considered the two years
selected by that Right Hanourable.Gunlemen, foe'
die coatine ince of the Tax, with its insidious moli.
fieetiens—(l/ear)—as precisely those what it would.-
.erove rooq inconvenient and oppressive—( thee).—
efe therefore concluded that either the Chancellor of
the E. xcbequer was not sincere ma what he etle out, 1
or if he were, that
.ies plan was most un wise, from
the particular period of its execution. The Chancel.
lot of the Exchequer had expressed his intention to I
relieve persons under Schedule B. He understood
the waning of this, but he hoped no countly Gen-
tleman under Schedule B would conseet to impose
such au oppressive tax upon his fellow-subjects. To
leave out a particular class, when all were suffering
equally, was the most dishonest transaction ever pro.
posed by a Minister ill this country, sitting in that
House, as-they did, to deal justice and impartiality
to all. He did aot see that the reduction of twelve
millions out 46f a debt of SW millions or more, could
are considered an object of sufficient importance to
justify the revival of the Property Tax. '
Mr. ,KOSE thought. that the measure proposed by
his Right Honourable Friend, would be most effi•
cient. It was intended for the relict of those who
had been represented as most in need of it, and yet it
was now stigmatised as a most dishonest meesure.— '
He hoped the House 'would be of a different opinion.
The Honourable Gentleman opposite had taken no
notice of what had been said respecting the smaller
shopkeepers; but, as to himself, he had been So s ais-
fied with that statement, that he hoped the document
would be presented. and the fact be ascertaieed,

Mr. WELLESLEY POLE defendeL! %Ts Noble
Friend (Lord Castlereagh) for having eefered into
the subject of the Property Tax laSt nigh:. He had
been obliged to do kr, in order to follow and answer
the speech of an Honourable Member (Mr. Banks)
who had preceded him. He contended that the
Measure was justified on a war principle, as it was
always the case that the country was in a situation
of war during the year that followed the chase ef a
contest. It,was maid, that even if the Tax were ne-
cessary, this was the very worst time for reviving it.
• l'hat might be, but the arrangement proposed by his
Right Hon. Friend, to postpone payments, would
yield very considerable relief. They did not intend
to keep the Tax beyond two years; they only pledg•
ed it for 12 millions, and should not press•for pay-
ment. He was astonishes' to hear it said it was
dishonest to assist the agricultural interest, the por-
tion of the commueity who were suffering' most.—
He thought he could perceive a considerable
difference in the tone of the Gentlemen opposite.
Thu, now considered this Tax as very proper for
War,' though 'lt ought not to be borne in time
of peace.—(Hear, Hear, Hear, from Me timimition.)---
We:e those the Gentlemen who described that mea-
sure as unjust in its principle, odious, oppressive, ins-
morel, what no free country ought to submit- te,. a
tax that charges the one and lets the other escape ?
(licar. hear.) Did war so alter the "feelings of men
and coestitaitioas of things, as to make the: just and
proper which had been unprincipled and oppressive
in time of peace ? And who were those who come
plained so harshly of the measure ? the very men who
had been the authors of its most obnoxious regula-
tions ! He had always heard, that the ingentoty of
a Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Tierney)
had been employed to suggest mist 01 those regula-
tions. That Gentleman bad first oblected to it, but.
that was when he sat on the side of the House which
he now occupied : but he found afterseirds that it
was very prop e, and not inquifitorial at all in
time of seer. lie d:prec.;ted those discussiees on
petitions to which nn objection was made, ;:s against
the usual practice of Perliament, and iiiinecessery.—
Ministers hid certainly receive.' a great dee] et 1
,
ad-
vice ; they had been exhorted day ity day, and hour'
by hoer, for the sole if :heir character and their
' credit, to abaedee tors measure; but he was not dis-
posed to take advice f. m an open enefay: The
Gentlemen oppose e were their declared poliucal ene-
mies': they wished for their politics' destruction--
(Hear, hear, am i laughter)—and should their advice
be followed? He suspected a setae 'in the grass,
and weal object to takesuch advice. The Govern-
giant had a peirsliti. task to perform. It would be
I their interest to lighten the burthens of the people as
far as it was possi'ule. But their i:ersonal fe lings
mast not prevent the performance of their duty, and
stoptbeir n: of such measures as they considered
necessary for the safety of the country. Even the Gen-
tlemen opieuite welds' think them guilty of a base
end cm.veidly condast, if they were to,abeadon the
n_tastires which (!wy bed proposed, and which they
tbotig best calculated to support the credit and
Fieerve the prosperity of the nation. But they wonld
not al) etdon them, and by them they wet:: determined
to stand or.fall.

Mr. TIERNEY had been charged with suggest-
ing vim,: of the most oeioas regulations of the l'ro.
patty rm. hod sever suggested any but on*,
and that was iii favour ut the bubject—that commer-
ci.il men viould pay into the Bank, without the sum
lie,ng known. Everrtbis was not his own idea: he
be.:a merely its channel. The Right Honourable
C:r.tleman was the:aline completely tnishifot me.' on
th.: occasion.

Mr. W. Poi.e and Mr. BARING severally explained.
Mr. W. WYNNE contended, that a measure could
ect be more properly discussed than wh.nt Petitions
wt re received praytag its abolition. He maintained,
. tinit far from comp.lling the Noble Lord to enter
upon thc Property Tax last night, the speech of his
Honourable Fricud (Mr. Banks) did not contain a
syllable on the subject. le was asked how they could
(inject to the principle of a tax for which they had
voted ? They had voted for it, because the nature of
the contest in which the nation was then engaged re-
quited extraordinary exertions and measures to render
th.)se exertions effective, which no other circum-
srat.ces could ju.ufy. He did not believe that the
tax would be only wanted for two years; because he
had heard similar promises made last year, and he
now saw a desperate attempt made to break them.
When it had proposed to make some modifica-
tions in the Tu►, on its renewal, he recollected well
the Cbancellos of the Exchequer objecting that it was
to last only for a yea:, and therefore that it was not
worth while to make any alterations for so short a
period. With respect to those modifications them-
selves, he did not approve of partial relief when all
were suffering. But even should they be adopted,
why should tenants have to p:sy taxes on rents which
they could not pay ? The Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, in alluding t• Lord Lansdowne's plan of
`finance, Had asserted that the continuation of the
Property Tax beyond the war entered within the
sphere of its execution. If he knew that to be the
fact, of which be (Mr. Wynne) was totally ignorant,
it would have been more Manly to have stated it
openly, than to have arAted upon its possibility.
Mr. HOME SUMNER objected to those prelimi-
nary discussions, which he considered unfair, as well
as the motives for which they vverecreated.—(Order.)
Mr. W. WYNNE put it to the Chair, whether
sucl; an imputation of unfair motives was not con-
trary to order ?

e KER stated, that he understood an im-
putation of nadir motives to be contrary to order.
• Mr. HOME SUMNER explained, that he only
meant to say, that it. WAS unfair to press discussions
of this importance when tiierc was no question before
the House. it would be proper for I‘.linisters to pro-
duce documents to expkiii. He then made a few
observations on the propriety of relieving Agricul-
ture, the eistresi of which was the source of all other
distress. He regretted that the measure of last year
had not been adopted earlier, and concluded by in.
qn,ring of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether
he intended to lay the Paper which he had produced
befoie the House ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
believed that tae N yea in question was already be-
fore the House, but in so cci :pendinus a state, that
it would be nearly useless, the substance should
be extracted. As soon as that could is done, it
would be laid qu the Talk.
. .

Mr. BROUGHAM wenn fain remind those Gen-
Itlemen who said that it was uniair to enter oito die.
cuasi sns of ti:;; n mire, of the use. 4 pr .ctice •ot 'hie
House in such cases. When, in I Sl2. so many Ceti.
tions had been laid before Part invent res :yet ez
commercial diercss, inet:-.sd of lasting ten d r) s„.l. in
the present instance, the discussions occasioned by
these petitions had eccupied nearly a mouth. Tee
effect of this con.iuct, by 11111 Wing t:i ' petitioners that
they were not neglected by their r..preseseati yes, WI
only allayed the ferment, anti restored the tranqaillity
of the public, but tended, as it did stow, and holes
was it termed unfair, to render successful the opp si.
tion to the odious measure then in qnestion, and to
'compel Ministers to -abandon the improper line of
policy in whine they were at the time estgreed. The
House were now told ef nindificatons in the Tex to
rise revived ; but he warned the House a.id the coup.
try not to be deceived by these mieko.atiens. The
Right Honourable Gentleman opposite had observed
significantly, that he would take the Tax oa those
terms, and would p1..d,,e it ally for two rdrs.
He believed that he w .old now be glad to rake it on
any terms. To such a state were the ii .worable
Gentlemen reduced, that they would go on tram mo-
dification to mod:fir:Alan, from the relief -ot one class
to that of another. till nothing but the shadow of
their measure watild remain. Bat he would be so
unreasonable that :•.e would object to the very shado*
as conrreeneatating a palpable breech of faith, con-
sidering tics t in that view one per cent. would be
equally as unio.inc;plol as ten. Atli because as long
as the ruaei.inery of the T was kept sip, and might
be woond tat) apin, the .:‘) •:.r ws bald always be ex-
posed to its comp:ete restoretim the proinseness of
expenditure would never be renuccd, aril ari hopes of
economy would varseh. Let not those H motirable
Gentlemen imagine that the rnoditicat, n proposed
was considered as unfair to tenants. It was not tote.
nails, but to the other an:re:in classes, that it was
unfair. The osject was to sent the moults of the
'farmers. It was sAid that the town suffered because
the country suffered, and that the relief of the latter
I would sou extend its influence to the former. Bet
could it be believed that the reduction in the tenant's
law would produce such an effect? That relief itself
would not evea extend suffidently far; for a man
who should retein a firm} of sBl3O * year in his
own hand, would lose the be.rndit of the ex Inp.
lion, because the property would be his—(ftear).—
But the Right Honourable Gentleman said he woull
remove the charge on the yeomanry.: That would
i
improve the Tax a little more. Let him then g,, on
to landlords; their mouths once stopped, be, (Mr.
Brougham) should feel eacouraged and should pro:
ceed to claim relief for tradesmen. The Chancelior
of the Exchequer would grant them relief, and she
mouths of these being also stopped, he should begin
to talk o professional men. whose incomes cease
with their lite. He should urge the hards!iips of their
case, the Chancellor of the Exchequer would also re.
lieve•thern, and there would only remain the holders
of funded property. He would obtain relief 'or them
too, add the Tar would be gone. Such, he anticips.
red, would 134 the course and tate of the measure pro-
posed. It was said, that it was to last only two years
more ; but he implored those Gentlemen who never
ranged themselves tinder the banners ut any vote
—who had come forward in so manly and snirited
a manner in behalf cf tire country, and in behalf of
the Character of Parliamett itself, not to suffer them-
selves to be deceived by such pi oreises, because they
had heard such pmmi.ses made before, and 11... w save
an attempt to break them. Why should he believe
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who in • ISIS Insd
said, the Tax was only for one year. and in ISI.I
wanted it fur two more, without consent hig to add
the words "no longer," lest, as that Right Ho-
nourable Gentleman said himself, they should lead to
farther misrepresentations ? Hoof could that be it he
meant what he said ? Ile once more warned the
t House, that if the Tax was suffered to continue one
minute longer than its time, it,would never be given
up. It was too tempting a bait. It afforded the
means of levying to. large a sum. By the decimal
tura of the screw, it might be prised from £lOO to
14 millions. It poured forth a fund that should never
be placed at thu disposal of extravagant Ministers and
extravagant Princes. If its machinery were not at pre-
sent destroyed, the opportunity would be lost to the
country for ever.
Mr. BATHURST defended the measure :—Go-
vernment would certainly apply a remedy towards
the farmers which cannot be applied to any other
class • because there is no other class which deserves
it. His Honourable Friend had laid down a great
line of distinction for the relief of the yeoman as well
'as the farmer. The number of persons in trade, to
whom the. hardship complained. of applied, bore, he
Was happy to say, agvery small proportion to the
number of persons who live b. trade in general.—
He reprehended the reflections made by the Honour.
able Gentleman (Mr. Ilmugham) upon the conduct
and intentions of Ministets respecting this Tax, which
were totally fallacious. He (Mr. Brougham) had
only at last put it on its true footing, when he stated
ft as Wtax ot necessity. It there was a necessity for
it in time of war, it remained for Ministers to jus!'! y
its necessity in time of peace. The Bill of the War
might be said to be in a great measure unpaid, and
the Tax was therefore necessary to provide for its
discharge. It was the only mode that could be
adopted to wind up the expenses of the war, without
impairing the resources ot the country.
Sir E. KNATCHBULL wished to know whether
be understood the Chancellor right as to one-thiid in-
stead of three-fourths being inteaded to be imposed
on the farmer ? He hoped these few words would close.
the protracted dissuasion-.—(Laughter,)
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIHEQUER
! wished to answer the Honourable Baronet as concisely
and clearly as possible. He bad very distinctly un-
derstood him. - The tenant's portion, instead of being
valued at three-fourths of the rent, would be valued
at only one-third of it, and would be further reduced
under any circumstances where an abatement could
fairly be made. In cases where farms were held at a
less rent than 4450 a year, the scale of abatement
would be diMinishea ; and landlords letting lands to
others, would be entitled, as tenants, to the same
relief as the tenants received. He had never held out
that the whole Tax on farm -horse!' would be taken
off ; but bad only stated treat the tax on horses ens.
pioyed in agriculture would be in some degree re•
lievcd. The proposition would be discussed at a
iproper time; meanwhile he Weald state, that his

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