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House Of Commons.
Mr . M . ROBINSON opposed the Bill on the same grounds . Mr . PITT felt the importance of the Bill , and wished some plan could be devised for trying causes of this description , and at the same time retaining Juries , and diminishing the delay and expence of the proceedings : he therefore recommended to delay the Bill till another Session . Alderman LUSHINGTON acquiesced , and the Bill was postpones * for three months . DOG TAX . Mr . DENT moved the Commitment of the Dog Tax Bill
. Mr . SHERIDAN went through the Bill , and reprobated the several clauses with his usual irony and wit , and . with no small severity . The encouragement the Bill gave to the massacre of dogs , Mr . Sheridan considered as very ill-timed . It was a very unhandsome compliment to the military part , of the species , which the Hon . Gentleman had defended with great earnestness on a former occasion . These animals had distinguished themselves in the present glorious war , in the maintenance of religious order , and civilized society , in our West-India Islands ! To tax them would be shocking ingratitude to such worthy allies ! He believed the
Hon . Gentleman did not mean to tax Puppies . Nothing was to be paid till the animal was of the age of- IblankJ How was this blank to be filled up ? Were the Parish-Officers to attend all the bitches when they puppied , and keep a register of the births ? Mr . Sheridan argued more seriously on the tendency of the Bill to distress the poor Cottager , and harden the feelings of the lower classes ; and concluded , that if any tax of this nature were to take place , he could wish it to be confined to a particular description of persons . Mr . WYNDHAM was against the Bill , though he disapproved the manner in
which the last Gentleman had treated the subject . He thought if Action himself were revived , he could not shew a greater dislike to dogs than the Mover of this Bill . _ He disliked the idea of taxing the poor Cottager for the harmless luxury of Keeping a dog ; nor could he approve of the hint that had been suggested , that a poor man should receive no relief from his parish till he had hanged his dog . Mr . PENTON agreed with Mr . Wyndham , and thought the Bill inhuman . Mr . BUXTON supported the Bill , and objected to the exemption of Cottagers from the Tax , as he thought scarce any truly industrious poor man would keep a dog vindicated the
. He humanity of the Bill , as tending to the preservation of mankind . Mr . DENT insisted much on the alarming increase of the Hydrophobia , of late years . He also complained of Mr . Sheridan ' s wit , and endeavoured to answer him in his own way . Mr . COURTENAY opposed the Bill in a manner similar to Mr . Sheridan , and endeavoured to ridicule Mr . Dent as an enemy both to Dogs and Wit . He told a ludicrous story of the Turn-spit-Dogs of Bath , which some years since roasted ail the dinners of the inhabitants ; and concluded with moving an adjournment of the Bill for three months .
Mr . PITT never was for an indiscriminate tax , and now thought it would be better to exempt the poor altogether , except in two cases : —where a Cottager kept more than one dog , or a dog of a particular kind , as a Pointer , Greyhound , ice . As to taxing the Proprietors of dogs having assessed houses , he was an earnest friend fo the measure , and meant to move in the Committee of Ways and Means , a tax of 3 s . for one dog , and 5 s . for more . Sir R . SALUSBUIIY spoke for the Bill , and Mr . LECHMERE against it . Mr DENT explained , and on Mr . Sheridan ' s Motion the Bill was postponed for three months
ARMY EXTRAORDINARY — -Mr . GREY moved for an account of all Sums issued trom October 29 , 1795 , to April 5 , 1796 . Ordered . WESTMINSTER POLICE BILL . — -The House in a Committee went through this ¦ Bill , and the Blank for limiting the time of the Magistrates . SUPPLY . The House in a Committee vcted 885 , 673 ! . 19 s . lod . for the Extraordinaries of the Army , unprovided for by Parliament , from November 15 to December 24 1795 . Also 210 , 194 ! . 15 s . d . for the Extraordinariaries of ' the Ordnance in the same Interval . INDIA BUDGET . Mr . DUNDAS moved that the several Accounts submitted relative to the East India affairs be referred to a Committee of the whole House on . Thursday se ' nmght . —Ordered .
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House Of Commons.
Mr . M . ROBINSON opposed the Bill on the same grounds . Mr . PITT felt the importance of the Bill , and wished some plan could be devised for trying causes of this description , and at the same time retaining Juries , and diminishing the delay and expence of the proceedings : he therefore recommended to delay the Bill till another Session . Alderman LUSHINGTON acquiesced , and the Bill was postpones * for three months . DOG TAX . Mr . DENT moved the Commitment of the Dog Tax Bill
. Mr . SHERIDAN went through the Bill , and reprobated the several clauses with his usual irony and wit , and . with no small severity . The encouragement the Bill gave to the massacre of dogs , Mr . Sheridan considered as very ill-timed . It was a very unhandsome compliment to the military part , of the species , which the Hon . Gentleman had defended with great earnestness on a former occasion . These animals had distinguished themselves in the present glorious war , in the maintenance of religious order , and civilized society , in our West-India Islands ! To tax them would be shocking ingratitude to such worthy allies ! He believed the
Hon . Gentleman did not mean to tax Puppies . Nothing was to be paid till the animal was of the age of- IblankJ How was this blank to be filled up ? Were the Parish-Officers to attend all the bitches when they puppied , and keep a register of the births ? Mr . Sheridan argued more seriously on the tendency of the Bill to distress the poor Cottager , and harden the feelings of the lower classes ; and concluded , that if any tax of this nature were to take place , he could wish it to be confined to a particular description of persons . Mr . WYNDHAM was against the Bill , though he disapproved the manner in
which the last Gentleman had treated the subject . He thought if Action himself were revived , he could not shew a greater dislike to dogs than the Mover of this Bill . _ He disliked the idea of taxing the poor Cottager for the harmless luxury of Keeping a dog ; nor could he approve of the hint that had been suggested , that a poor man should receive no relief from his parish till he had hanged his dog . Mr . PENTON agreed with Mr . Wyndham , and thought the Bill inhuman . Mr . BUXTON supported the Bill , and objected to the exemption of Cottagers from the Tax , as he thought scarce any truly industrious poor man would keep a dog vindicated the
. He humanity of the Bill , as tending to the preservation of mankind . Mr . DENT insisted much on the alarming increase of the Hydrophobia , of late years . He also complained of Mr . Sheridan ' s wit , and endeavoured to answer him in his own way . Mr . COURTENAY opposed the Bill in a manner similar to Mr . Sheridan , and endeavoured to ridicule Mr . Dent as an enemy both to Dogs and Wit . He told a ludicrous story of the Turn-spit-Dogs of Bath , which some years since roasted ail the dinners of the inhabitants ; and concluded with moving an adjournment of the Bill for three months .
Mr . PITT never was for an indiscriminate tax , and now thought it would be better to exempt the poor altogether , except in two cases : —where a Cottager kept more than one dog , or a dog of a particular kind , as a Pointer , Greyhound , ice . As to taxing the Proprietors of dogs having assessed houses , he was an earnest friend fo the measure , and meant to move in the Committee of Ways and Means , a tax of 3 s . for one dog , and 5 s . for more . Sir R . SALUSBUIIY spoke for the Bill , and Mr . LECHMERE against it . Mr DENT explained , and on Mr . Sheridan ' s Motion the Bill was postponed for three months
ARMY EXTRAORDINARY — -Mr . GREY moved for an account of all Sums issued trom October 29 , 1795 , to April 5 , 1796 . Ordered . WESTMINSTER POLICE BILL . — -The House in a Committee went through this ¦ Bill , and the Blank for limiting the time of the Magistrates . SUPPLY . The House in a Committee vcted 885 , 673 ! . 19 s . lod . for the Extraordinaries of the Army , unprovided for by Parliament , from November 15 to December 24 1795 . Also 210 , 194 ! . 15 s . d . for the Extraordinariaries of ' the Ordnance in the same Interval . INDIA BUDGET . Mr . DUNDAS moved that the several Accounts submitted relative to the East India affairs be referred to a Committee of the whole House on . Thursday se ' nmght . —Ordered .