The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-07-03 00:00:00

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course to the expedient of stopping up the window,
rather then pay the tax. le England the case situ
quite different. There were no instances of practical
evil of tide nature resulting from the continuance od
the tax. The ability of the public to par this tax, as
well as every ether duty, was proved by the fast. that
there was an increase in the Excise hrosseydiettioe,
with the exception of three distrietsolehent the Wets
was confined to the duty on hops.
.ikooottetied that
no considerable reduction of inseams was to be look-
ed for in ,he preset t' e sloe of Parßeims. Whom
it was conai.lered that so much three Maltose and
$ half load been remitted is this Session% the
was not that more blooonid mot be reolacet4 but that so
muck should have been remitted..." Ro-dnee year
maidisionsents," was rerta'nly in the months of the
iientlemen nopos'te lie would salt them to point eat
what estaltlislimews there were in which a redoetlem
eortld safely be made. To the statement of the Wahl-
thy of the Coin ry to continue the psyment of the
taxes. be Would oppose the feet of the increase in the
receour, and ti e vast dissipation of all compulsory
processes for enforcing the paysiont of the Enclose. Ho
Admitted that 'be Window Tax pressed most asyseely
in the country parts oof the empire. But then the
House Tax anti the Window Tax balanced each other.
The Window Tax was high ; but for many memo
the House Tax was rated at sa low amount. Timis/
then the whole of the ease sabositted by tte Hos.
Member, he could not agree either to his aresmooto
or conclusions.
Mr. MA lIERLEY repelled the insisnatiort shot the
(I..ttlenten os that side of the honer were in the habit
of attacking the politic creditor. They, isto the COM
tram. gate Om preference to the public crolitoe.--
They would maintain public faith at any ere ; burr
as for the expenses of carrying oa the Movement,
they were preptred to show that too much was at-
. madded from the people. The Right Honesrable
Heideman observed that the e were so complaints of
this tax en the part of the people. The people could
not complain. The tax-gatherer would sot liars to
their complaint% The people psi,: the taxes only be-
cause they could not help it. Considering then, se be
did, that too math was exacted from the peeled* of
the public. be would vote for every reduction. instil
the expenditure was reduced to what he considered
to be the fair amount. Ile would attempt to Mei
down the expenses of the tiocernmest to what they
were in 1;92. ellowieg for the " dead weight" es
the country. •
Mr. WYNN said he could not help feeling a Metre-
si.ios to smile when he heard the lies.Oentlessas who
moved the Resolutions state, that threugheut the
country rest was paid exclusively frost, capital. It
might be the- case is that particular district when
the Hon. Headmen' might have made his inquiry. bet
it was certaisly not tree if stated of the country its
rural. Thom was scarcely any person connected
with the country that was not acquainted with facto
incossistent with this atatemen*. It was well known
that in certain parts of the country when farms, let
at almost a rack rest, became t. the eostepedtioa
of tenants was very great. With respect to what was
stated by the Hop. Member for Abingdon. he -wool&
say, that be (Mc. W.) wee always anxious that the
military eatabliiinneest of the cottony aheuld be sve.
doted, as far as that arse consistent with the chug*
of eircumetasees, to the standard of 17,11. Vas the
lionosnisle Modems prepared to propose tl4 lower-
ing of the pay of the military? He (Mr. W.) wasof
°piston that the pay of the @military sla•eki have ben
raised sootier than it was—and he sow cossidtred t at
it could at be lowered with safety.
Mr. MABERLEY explained.
Air. ROBERTSON opposed the repeal of the ter.
The Hon. Member thought that oar ancestors carried
too far the principle of relieving themselves at the ex-
pense of Miele posterity. It was to this mohair as-
rangewtept Mot the esersiosts amount of dor debt
was owing. the effect of as hich was sew felt through
every department of trade. agriculture, aid mesas-

faetoires. -
HUMR did not take the gloomy view of oar
situation which had been taken of it by the Hosea:-
able Headsman who bad just sat down. He believed
the resources of tire coaatry were 'Wiriest to make it
are superior to all its dillealties. Let those retinues
be properly managed, sod this might become the hap-
pleat canary is the civilised world. But with this
statement be most ample the declaration, that oar
affairs were sot se administered as to promise to coo-
dect us to each a result. The system acted op*s for
the last twenty-five or thirty years bad brought the
country to its pretest situation. Ile complained of
the meow in which its Gammas were managed. The
confusion which prevailed with respect to them, was
*takingly exemplified is the preceding night, sates
three or four Hentientea, who spoke on the Budget,
had all taken different views of that which ought to
have been so plain that so men who had leaned the
common roles of arithmetic should be able to differ
shoat it. He however coagratalated the Hesse that
next year the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed
to pat an end to the sham Sinking Faud, as he called
it.—(llear, hear.)—Hitherto a sham Sinking Fend
bad been kept op. and it was °sly in the present year'
that it was admitted, a real Sielcieg Feed was only
that sum by which the income of the cocotry exceeded
its expenditure. The system acted upon through the
last thirty years was a complete humbug open the
country. As the President of the Board of Coatroni
had contradicted the assertion of his Honourable
Friend, that looking at the country genre ally no
actual seat was paid, bat that which was gives as
rent was in truth • deduction fro capital, be (1•lr.
Home) wondered he had set combated the state*
meet made by the Agrirultaral Committee oa this sub-
ject. Either his Ham. Friend was right in what he hail
advanced, or the Committee was wrong. Ile contended
that the Right lion. lleutleman had made an unfair
statement when he said that four millions of taxes had
been reduced. The fact wa., that two millions of them
would mot be repealed until January neat. The r
which were laid oa in 1819 were not taken off. The
Hon. Member for Abingdon bad justly sail that
Miais-
,ers were always takieg of upholding public credit.
whereas they, were the first to pull it down. It was
true, as the Hon. Member for Penryn had said, that sot
one of their acts bad done any thing bet help to destroy
piblic credit. It often appeared that the greatest Os-
ser wished to appear the greatest saint. This was the
case with the Right lion. the Chanoellor of the Exche-
iner epos this subject. lie was always cryiag out
against injuring public credit, while be had been the
zreatest sinner against it that ever sat span the Tres-
mry Uench. The lion. Member then proceeded tootle-