The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-02-26 00:00:00

PRIVILEGE,

Mr. Ewea complained of a breach of privilege. He had seen, with
disgust, a statement put forth in the public prints that the 'majority.
who had voted against the motion of the lion. member for Middlesex
on a former evening were, as a matter of course, supporters and
upholders of naval and military sinecures. (Hear, hear.) Now he had
voted in that majority, but he denied that he was a supporter of any
such sinecures. Ale voted upon that occasion taking the motion of
the hon. member as an abstract question, the hon. meinher appearing
on the occasion to have directed his observations, not against sinecures
generally, but against a single appointment which had recently taken
place. When tie question upon which that hon. member laid so
much stress came fairly before the house, he (Mr. Ellice) trusted that
he should discharge his duty to himself and his constituents as, fairly
and impartially as the hon. member for Middlesex could pretend to do,
(hear, hear;) hut, in the mean time, he would say, that the statement
to which he alluded was utterly false, and altogether a misrepresenta-
tion of the feelings and motives of hon. memoers ; namely, that the
majority on the occasion in question were supporters of naval and
military sinecures. (Hear.)
Mr. Hume said his object in making the motion alluded to was to do
away with the practice of -rewarding
.naval or military service with
sinecures ; and he was justified in saying that those who opposed him
were favorable to that system. (Hear, hear.)
ASSESSED TAXES.

Mr. WALTER presented a petition from Reading, for the re-
peal or more equal apportionment of the assessed taxeS.- The
hon. member declared his hearty concurrence in the prayer of
the petitioners whose views he should support to the utmost of
his power.
Zvi r. R. PALMER also supported the prayer of the petition,
and expressed his hope that the noble lord would afford relief,
in order to prevent disappointment.
Mr. lIIJALE agreed with the hon. member for Berkshire, that
if relief were not afforded, the public would be disappointed;
the way to afford relief was to reduce the taxation.
Mr. O'CONNELL said he hoped that ministers bad received
information of the manner in which their atrocious measures
had been received in Ireland, not by persons called agitators,
but by persons disposed to place the greatest confidence in the
government of the Marquis of Angiesey. He could assure
ministers that their measures had been received with infinitely
more indignation by those persons than by the persons opposed
to the policy of government here. When it was recollected
that the government acted through the instrumentality of de-
cided Tories, it was not surprising that means should be adopted
by them to lay. the foundation of a civil war, and make it an
aostraet duty with Irishmen to consider their connection with
England as only tending to inflict mischief on their -unfortun-
ate country.

Mr. PHILLIPS called to the recollection of the hon. and
learned member for Dublin that there were quite enough of
Irish debates, without introducing them upon a petition rela-
tive to,the'assessed taxes. The repeal of the house tax Would
be a relief only to the metropolis, the cities and large 'towns,
while it would augment the burthen of taxation upon the rest
of the country. It there was an equalisation according-to the
value of the Louse, it should have his support; but if it were
intended that houses should be valued according to their size
and supposed appearance, and not their real value, he must
oppose such an alteration. It was necessary that something
should be done for the relief of the people. It would not do to
be talking,, night after night, making long speeches from which
no good resulted. 'What the people of England wanted was
cheap government, and they would receive that with more satis-
faction than all the long speeches made in the house.
Mr. F. O'CoNNoit deprecated the idea that discussions as to
Ireland were not to be mixed up with the debates. In England
the question was one of taxation, in Ireland it wa's a question
of life and death. It was not only necessary, but the bounden
duty of every member sent to represent Irish feeling, to oppose
the proposed measures.
Petition laid on the table.