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House Of Commons.

SINECUI 1 E PLACES . Mr . Nicholis moved a resolution simi ' ar to that which had passed in the reign of William and Mary , except that he intended to increase the limitation from 500 I . to 2 , oool . a year , in consequence of the advance of every thing since that period . He wished ihe contractors and capitalists round the Minister to have an interest in terminating Ihe war , and that those holding places of great emolument of the Crown , ( many of whom were otherwise men of considerable opulence ) should exemplarily contribute towards relieving ( be distresses of the nationinto which

, their support of the blind measures of the Minister had pr ncipally involved it . The resolution is as follows : ' That all' salaries , fees and emoluments of office , beyond the sum of 2 , oool . per annum , should be applied to defray theexpences of the war , excepting only the salaries of the Chancellor , the Judges , the Speaker of the House of Commons , Foreign Ministers , Officers serving in the Army and Navy , and those who had a freehold interest in their places . ' This resolution being objected to by Mr . Pitt ,, Mr . Dundas , and Mr . " Windham , on the ground that persons employed in the services of the state , as an inducement to bring great talents into office , ought to be very liberally rewarded : and thus the motion was consigned to oblivion .

TI 1 IPI . E ASSESSMENT BILL . The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the second reading of this bill ; and , upon the question being put , Mr . Sheridan observed that the people were called upon to make every sacrifice ; but what , said he , is the example of the higher classes ? Has not every man who has supported Ministry shewn that he had some personal job in view ? V . hat is the last list of peerages , but so many gaudy jobs ? How can Ministers dare to call upon the people for sacrifices to make up their prodigal waste ? Has not of them insulted the

one country by talking of the cheeseparings of office when one of his own clerks has iS . oool . per annum ? This will serve to shew what is the magnitude of the consecrated cheese . He called the present Bill a libel on the rich , a penalty on economy , a bounty upon perjury , and a commission of bankruptcy taken out against trade . It went to establish a fiscal inquisition throughout the country ; an inquisition founded on a new and dangerous principle , which would fall as heavy on the man who possessed 2 , 000 ! . as on him who has a capital of 20 , 000 ] .

Mr . Dundas asserted that the seven millions would not be taken out of our expenditure to the injury of our commerce ; that our commerce flourished more in war than in peace , because there was an Army to be clothed , and a Navfoto be fed .

Mr . Fox said that Ministers , after destroying the liberty of the subject , were now , with a lavish and libertine hand , about to waste his property . Admitting even the necessity of such a supply , he had the strongest objections to the principle . The resolutions spoke of nothing but assessed taxes , and yet the assessed taxes were the very worst criterion that could be chosen . There was no doubt a growing discontent in this country , when men were alarmed bv the confiscation ot their property , the destruction of their trade , and the insecurity of their persons . It was said that they cried out because the measure would be effectual ; but it not natural to

was more suppose that it was because they were unable to Pay ? If the measure were good , why was it not adopted at the beginning of jne war , as in the Spanish armament ? But , no , the people were to be deluded uke children , treated with tenderness in the first instance , so as to have no foretaste ofthe bitterness that was to follow . For this purpose even his Majesty's speech had been perverted ; and he was made to congratulate his subjects on ire possibility of carrying on the war without adding to their burdens . He then considered the various kinds of incomes liable to taxationand contended that the

, present measure would be a tax upon industry , since the capitalist who lived upon his interest . would in . few cases pay half as much as a person of the same fortune engaged in trade . On his own constituents the tax would bear with extraordinary severity . Houses were , i very bad criterion ; and horses no better , since to many in that house they are entirely luxuries , though necessaries to a VOL , is . 31

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Untitled Article 1
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LONDON. Article 2
TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
MEMOIR OF THE REV. WILLIAM ROMAINE, A. M. Article 4
A REVIEW OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE. Article 7
LIFE OF MR. GARRICK. Article 10
ON THE INFELICITIES OF THE LEARNED. Article 13
THE COLLECTOR. Article 15
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ANTIENTS AND MODERNS IN SCIENCE AND LITERATURE. Article 18
ON THE INFLUENCE OF GOVERNMENT ON THE MENTAL FACULTIES. Article 20
OBSERVATIONS ON THE ENGLISH STYLE OF WRITING Article 25
ON FAMILY GOVERNMENT. Article 26
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 27
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 30
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 34
POETRY. Article 40
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 44
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 48
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 49
SECOND SESSION OF THE EIGHTEENTH PARLIAMENT. Article 54
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 58
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 70
OBITUARY. Article 79
LIST OF BANKRUPTS. Article 81
INDEX TO THE NINTH VOLUME. Article 83
Untitled Article 86
LONDON: Article 86
A REVIEW OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE. Article 87
ACCOUNT OF THE BIRTH-PLACE AND MONUMENT OF BUCHANAN. Article 90
VOLTAIRE. Article 92
SINGULAR WILL. Article 92
ON THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC. Article 94
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF PETER PORCUPINE; Article 101
THE SAD EFFECTS OF A FAUX PAS. Article 108
THE CHANGE OF CLIMATE IN THE MIDDLE COLONIES OF NORTH-AMERICA. Article 110
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 114
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 116
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 117
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE MOST REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES IN THE YEAR 1797. Article 137
Untitled Article 157
LIST OF BANKRUPTS . Article 159
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House Of Commons.

SINECUI 1 E PLACES . Mr . Nicholis moved a resolution simi ' ar to that which had passed in the reign of William and Mary , except that he intended to increase the limitation from 500 I . to 2 , oool . a year , in consequence of the advance of every thing since that period . He wished ihe contractors and capitalists round the Minister to have an interest in terminating Ihe war , and that those holding places of great emolument of the Crown , ( many of whom were otherwise men of considerable opulence ) should exemplarily contribute towards relieving ( be distresses of the nationinto which

, their support of the blind measures of the Minister had pr ncipally involved it . The resolution is as follows : ' That all' salaries , fees and emoluments of office , beyond the sum of 2 , oool . per annum , should be applied to defray theexpences of the war , excepting only the salaries of the Chancellor , the Judges , the Speaker of the House of Commons , Foreign Ministers , Officers serving in the Army and Navy , and those who had a freehold interest in their places . ' This resolution being objected to by Mr . Pitt ,, Mr . Dundas , and Mr . " Windham , on the ground that persons employed in the services of the state , as an inducement to bring great talents into office , ought to be very liberally rewarded : and thus the motion was consigned to oblivion .

TI 1 IPI . E ASSESSMENT BILL . The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the second reading of this bill ; and , upon the question being put , Mr . Sheridan observed that the people were called upon to make every sacrifice ; but what , said he , is the example of the higher classes ? Has not every man who has supported Ministry shewn that he had some personal job in view ? V . hat is the last list of peerages , but so many gaudy jobs ? How can Ministers dare to call upon the people for sacrifices to make up their prodigal waste ? Has not of them insulted the

one country by talking of the cheeseparings of office when one of his own clerks has iS . oool . per annum ? This will serve to shew what is the magnitude of the consecrated cheese . He called the present Bill a libel on the rich , a penalty on economy , a bounty upon perjury , and a commission of bankruptcy taken out against trade . It went to establish a fiscal inquisition throughout the country ; an inquisition founded on a new and dangerous principle , which would fall as heavy on the man who possessed 2 , 000 ! . as on him who has a capital of 20 , 000 ] .

Mr . Dundas asserted that the seven millions would not be taken out of our expenditure to the injury of our commerce ; that our commerce flourished more in war than in peace , because there was an Army to be clothed , and a Navfoto be fed .

Mr . Fox said that Ministers , after destroying the liberty of the subject , were now , with a lavish and libertine hand , about to waste his property . Admitting even the necessity of such a supply , he had the strongest objections to the principle . The resolutions spoke of nothing but assessed taxes , and yet the assessed taxes were the very worst criterion that could be chosen . There was no doubt a growing discontent in this country , when men were alarmed bv the confiscation ot their property , the destruction of their trade , and the insecurity of their persons . It was said that they cried out because the measure would be effectual ; but it not natural to

was more suppose that it was because they were unable to Pay ? If the measure were good , why was it not adopted at the beginning of jne war , as in the Spanish armament ? But , no , the people were to be deluded uke children , treated with tenderness in the first instance , so as to have no foretaste ofthe bitterness that was to follow . For this purpose even his Majesty's speech had been perverted ; and he was made to congratulate his subjects on ire possibility of carrying on the war without adding to their burdens . He then considered the various kinds of incomes liable to taxationand contended that the

, present measure would be a tax upon industry , since the capitalist who lived upon his interest . would in . few cases pay half as much as a person of the same fortune engaged in trade . On his own constituents the tax would bear with extraordinary severity . Houses were , i very bad criterion ; and horses no better , since to many in that house they are entirely luxuries , though necessaries to a VOL , is . 31

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