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the Chimeßorie the Eactiquep to had recourse,
something in the sitoation
Lot sellti theimht fp ere, was
i
wl that demanded the renewal of the
HuRsT, M.P. strongly reprobated the Pro•
petty Tat, aril opposed the proposod Military Esta-
blishment. •
Sir Timone ApnWE said, that he had suggested
plan to ,fr. Pitt, by which that Minister might
bare raised 200,000 men in a short time for the de-
fence of the Country, without incurring a single far.
thine arose. Mr. Pitt had approved of this plan,
sod had said that he (Sir Thomas Apreese) deserved
vell of his country. He should divulge this plan to
mr.Dennicin, and leave him to use his own judg-
ment in its publication.—(Gies of Explain.)—The
worthy Baronet, however, declared that " the oracle
big erased to speak ; " and, jumping from the table,
visa among the crowd amidst loud laughter.
Mr. PALMER and Mr. TROTTER advocated the
woes of Government, as did Mr. I-loata Sussman.
/Otter Gentleman, however, distinctly declared,
&c if Ministers attempted to continue the Tax he-
rod two years, he would no longer support them.
Lord KING, Mr. FREMANTLE, Lord ALTIIORPR,
gr T. TUNTON, Mr. CRIPPS, Mr. WAITHMAN, and
Mr. HARE TOWNSMEN% dwelt with considerable
force on the iniquitous nature of the Tax, and-of
course supported the Petition.
The Petition was then agreed to, and, on the mo-
tion of Mr. Planar, signed by all the Freeholders and
Inhabitants of the County then present.
The HIGII SHERIFF then reAd a letter from Mr.
Samuel Thornton, one of the Memlicrs for the
Comity, apologizing for his absence, ani attributing
kto indisposition: He approved of the military ems.
blishmetn, from his conviction of its necessity ; but
with respect to the Property Tax, be consiiered it ob.
jationable in every point of view, and as demanding
amity material modifications. Until the moditica-
tines proposed by Ministers were brought under the
consideration of the House, he should refrain from
pledging himself daidedly on the one side or the
. Irotba.
Mr. DENNISON then moved a tote of thanks to the
'High Sheriff, for his itupaitial and upright conduct
ja the chair, which was carried unattimiusly.
The thou SHERIFF briefly returned thanks, and at
bait past five o'clock the Meeting was dissolved.

TH F. EV li; NI• e'l
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J.O DON.

MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1816.
)?RICE OF S fOCKC S THIS DA Y I WE63 LV E O'CLOCK
Reduced (sbut)—ons. Imo. 61 if— A for aCc. 4
4 per erst.(shue)-6-.3 ptr Cost. 90}-11ond. JS. 4s. pr.
0m0.16i yr.—Do. pay. Zs. 411 s. i s. pr.

Of the real ep:nion of the public, out If Parlia-
ment, respecting the Property Tax, there C4ll be an
doubt : nay more, however theAuestion may be tbs.
puede/ by the ultimate vote of the House of Com.
mat, judging from the votes on the Army Eairnates,
the sense of P.srliament, exclusive a those who as

Ministers (or their dependants more or less) have a
direct interest in the measure, t::e sense of the Howe
of Commons is agaii:st the measure.
Among the little mAjority of sixty-eight are to be,
found the name: of only twelve Cninty Members.
One of these, (Mr. Asnottsr. of Oxf. rtlsl►ire,) had.
in the Committee, voted with the minority ; and there_
fore it is possible, being a new Member, that his vot-
ing with the majority in the House was occasioned by
some misconception of the forms. But, however this
may be, among these who voted with Ministers were
evenipturo, who hold offices, awl I,urtren or fifteen
of their sons or brothers : and as the question w ss
military one, it deserves to be noted, that twenty-five
&Farah ad Colonels of the Army voted with the Mi.
outer'. We say, this deserves t.o-sce ; for, !merrier
they may be satisfied that a large Amy EsLablisis-
rsent is necessary, an opinion in winch many c• *.cur,
k does not follow. that therefore they er•: ft:endly to

the Tax on Income.
• Mr. VANSITTART has denied that be st..ncl pledged
Ito continue this Tax in a time of Peace. Let Ile
foaming extract from a speech of his own in June.
1809, printed by bis own authority, and thertiore
cortect, serve as an answer—" The Prouty Tax,"
said he, 6, no one ha: pro/tared-to continue in time of Peace,

esxs as an annual grant."
It has also been alleged by the friends of the Tax,
as a setoff, that by the Finance plan proposed by

Lord Hunt( PETTY, the same Tax was to be mort-
fsged for fourteen years ; and that, therefore, bad a
Peace in the interim been concluded, the Property

Tax would have become a Peace Tax. That our

Leaden may judge correctly whether .this was in
contemplation, we give the Resolution moved by
Lord CASTLEREAGH on the 26th of Febroary,.lBo7,
von that plan of Finance, viz.
"That the proposed System of finance, proceeds gradually
%mortgage, for 14 years, the whole of the War Teem, for the

laternt of Loan.; in war.
".:That that Taxes are not generally of a nature that an with

Prorlett be L.) pledged, as several of them, such as the Tar on
Exports, the Duties on Tea and on Spirits, must probably either
be modified or reduced on a Peace, whilst It is proposed by the
ilf.W Plan, that the Property Tax, asserviting 0 XI 1 ,tOO,OOO,
4:st:d, in that curt, bt entirely remittal. In which case (exc►usive
of any mortgage at the time, affecting the residue of the War
Taxes), the portion of them which might be continued without
material prejudice to the Public Revenue, beyond the War,
must be wholly insufficient to equalize the Revenue with the

Peace Expenditure'
Lard CASTLEREAGH not only forgot the foregoing
Resolution, when ne asserted that the Finance Plan
tf 1807 concern pl.ited the continuance of the Property
Tax in time of peace, but to support that charge he
had the rashness to produce a quotation from the table
marked R.

Now, a reference to that Table will chew that it
WAS not till tke year 1826, and after twenty years of