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tuents, tell his Majesty's ministers
Government could not be carried
heretofore, but that they must cut of
amount of the two votes, which cou:
come or property tax, but by ram
nomy. It was with this view that h
motion, and if, unfortunately, it sh,
duty, when the noble lord's moti
amendment, "that thb deficiency i
be occasioned by the reduction of
peal of the house and window taxes,
a reduction of the expenditure of the
sufficient, by new taxes, which wow
the. property and capital of the coun
Mr. HEATHCOTR said he wished
importance, the suggestion of his '
Essex) had been adopted, and time
house to consult the wishes of their
before the house was to be decided
by continuing the malt tax, or impo,
property. He wished to take off th
present circumstances, rather subin
Sir JOHN WROTTESLEY said, he
tion to the speech of the hon. me
could not at all gather from his ai
was to be made up in any other
Believing that a tax on property wt
and that the evils arising from the
rior, he should support the resoluti
might also add that, when the pro,
might be called rather a beneyole,
luntary grants were made to our Ki
of Bonaparte was then, on the op.
invasion, and the people paid will;
country. Such would not be the fe,
1-le would conclude by saying, not
circumstances, should regret a pr(
tion now would be inexpedient.
Mr. ROBINSON said that with rep
noble lord, he must say that he had
it involved what might be called '
was, whether it would be proper to
house—(no, no), a house containi
cond, the propriety of doing away
tax. The third, a property tax in
the threat of the noble ford to resig.
ported. The noble lord, in makirq
that it must influence the judgment
blame for making it. In his °pink
they were bound to relieve the coun
of taxation. lie believed that mini
they could—it was for the house to
afford relief. As to those who votes
tax on Friday night, he did not s'
them now to support the proposif
Chancellor of the Exchequer—(het
tion, however, he should leave to th,
He did hope, however, that gentle,
their minds an idea which seemed
namely, that they were to represei
not the house evade the question.
situation they would be placed if th
was affirmed, and that of the honor
of London rejected. The house, he
in a very different situation from ti
the vote of Friday night. He did
motion put the question fairly be,
opinion the Government would hay,
had acquiesced in the vote of Fridi
your to get rid of it by any subtt
hon. member declared that he shou
to the motion of the hon. baronet
the amendment of the Chancellor o

Mr. BENETT thought the house al
debt of gratitude to the present adi
more than any former administrati(
;that house in the estimation of the
felt great reluctance and regret in a,
which tended to embarrass that Go'
be his feelings towards ministers, h,
to perform, and was bound, above
he was not accused by his constitu,
for the vote he should give. (Hear,
vote of Friday night not as a defeat
triumph to the reformed House of C
ment itself. (Laughter.) He cent(
bers of a reformed Parliament voted
a minister so popular, and deserved']
to the House of Commons, but sti!
ministry by whose exertions that hol
ing as he did towards the Govern,
he could not vote with ministers
sorry that he could not now support
Chancellor of the Exchequer. fhth
to its vote of Friday night, he did rit
must. necessarily produce a proper
much might be dime for the relief
great reduction of expenditure, for
ble reduction had' been made. Ht
motion on the state of the 'cOunti
measure might have been brought
question, which would relieve-the et
standard of value. He ath;o6ated
been proposed by Mr. Ricardo, w
questions of that nature ; but if th(
that a property tax was not desi;
therefore, necessary to rescind the
Mr. COBBETT must be allowed t,
every hon. member who had hithe'
peared to him to keep out of sight
peared to be the most important
character of that house. His opin
rescinded its resolution of Friday n!
be most fatal to the character of
(the Chancellor of the Exchequer) c;
a course which would effectually d.
country. There were some parts of
the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
derable pleasure to hear ; but the
the house was taken by' surprise by
the question was prematurely and t
Taken by surprise, Eh ? Pretty su.
a notice of a motion by-the hon. 1111
all the malt duty, ever since the firs;
notice of the hon. member for Line,
one-half, which had stood for the 15t
had been altered, had been sufficien
on, and could scarcely therefore be
prise. And what, too, could be m
cession which preceded the resolt
dared that many gentlemen had ad
ferent grounds. The only different
whilst some cried out to take off o)
the whole duty off malt; he himself
he knew of no other distinction in
noble lord said, in one part of his
which formerly was imposed, was un,
the member for the city of London
was a tax put on income or propel
was. Did he not care ? Then he
was to be an income tax, levies
was, the collection of it would r
property tax was a feasible scheme.
a property tax a good one, nor e'
consent to such a property tax as
considered it was of all sorts of tar
cept one, to which he would advert
come tax a surgeon—to take him ai
whose income continued only durin
was dependent on his health, or hi
other contingencies, which did nol
four years' purchase, this man, of
60 years, was liable to the same pa,
manent income from a real estate,
Whigs of 1806, who, when out of of
highwayman's tax, and when they I
61 to 10 per cent—(cheers). Aye,
highwayman's tax. " Every man;
he entirely agreed with him in op:
proportion to the extent of the pm
the protection of the state." The
so noble, that like Swift, he might
" Fine words truly. I wondem
He knew that on last Saturday thm
shire and Surrey, rejoicing for the
the house 'adge by that whether th
judge of the feelings of the country
should occur so shortly after their p
Why the reformed House of Com,
months without affording a single
wa anxiously expected; but it,
hoese, as if ashamed of its inertn;
take off the malt tax. Well, the
bells are set a ringing, and to-more
I To-morrow comes the news that ti
Mons, who only on Friday had dec.
Ihad on Tuesday, at the commar
command—consented to rescind th
fore, was the talk of a nominee pa,
nee parliament could not be more
nor do More than refuse to reliev,