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House Of Commons.
medical gentleman in the neighbourhood of a town . By its retrospective operation , the measure became a device exceeding all that the most inordinate financier had ever conceived . By making a man pay for what he did not enjoy , it reminded him of a story of Sterne , who was forced to pay six livres six sous for post horses , although he travelled by water , a story which was meant by the author to pourtrav the tyranny of the French Government . Adverting next to the clause which afforded ' relief ' to those who should disclose their indigence , he said that itwas adding mockery and insult to injury . How could any man state could be
his income , in such times of pressure and distress , when no income relied upon ; and when the very operation of the tax would in the end ruin the trade of thousands ? After a ' mullitude of other comments and remarks , through which want of space will not permit us to follow him , Mr . Fox expressed his opinion , that in this universal call for sacrifices it became ( he great to set Ihe example . He remembered an excellent story of the late Mr . Burke , who said that Ihe soldiers of a French regiment testified a much greater respect for their old than their new Colonel , because the former , in the beginning of a battle , aUvay said , alous , mes en fans , and the new Colonel , allez , mes enfant .
Mr . Mainwaring assured the House , that every parish from which he had received letters , and they were numerous , objected strongly to the principle of the Bill . The present Assessed Taxes could scarcely be paid . One of his letters contained the following expression : ' The Bill , if it passes , will call upon the people , either to resist or sink under it . ' » ¦ Messrs H . Thornton , Nicholis , Wigley , Tierney , and Alderman Combe , spoke at considerable length against the principle of the Bill ; Lord Hawkesbury , Mr . PittMrYorkeand MrBurdonin defence of itThey contendedthat when
, . , . , . , it was modified in the Committee , it would be the most just that , in the existing circumstances , his Majesty ' s Ministers could devise . The House , at one o ' clock in the morning , divided on the second reading . For it 175 , against it 56 . Majority 125 . CLOCK AND WATCH MAKERS . . Monday , 18 . Mr . Mainwaring presented a petition from the parish of Clerkenwall ing the repeal ofthe act imposing a duty on clocks and watches . The
, pray petition stated the number of inhabitants at 21 , 000 , of whom 7000 were engaged in these trades . Since the late act , many have been compelled to emigrate , and more had sought parochial , relief . Their Poor Bale amounted to 54 , 780 ! . all their other taxes ionly to 2 S , oool . This petition was brought up , as were two others to the same effect ; one from the parish of St . Luke , Middlesex , and another from the Watch makers in the City of London . They were ordered \ cp lie on the table .
TIUPLE ASSESSMENT BILL . Mr . Pitt declared ill the face of his country , that nothing hut the ova-ruling voice of Parliament should make him abandon the measure . Whatever evil might result from it , no Englishman would compare it with the mischiefs of a delusive . peace , or the invasion of an elated enemy . In answer toa question put by a Member , Mr . Pitt said , that any retrenchments which had been made from the 191 I 1 of April to the month of October last , were not intended to come under ihe meaning of the act . On the clause being read that the Bill remain in- force for a time to
he limited , Mr . Pitt moved to fill up the blank with the words ' two years and a quarter . ' Friday , 22 . A clause was inserted intended to alleviate the burthen on the clock and " waffch makers , by exempting from the new tax all watches purchased after the 5 th of January 179 S . Also requiring the Oath . The clause was read and agreed to . Likewise a clause to provide an abatement in favour of per-ons having a certain number of childrenin the following proportions : To all persons
, having from 4 to S , ten per cent ; from S to 10 , 15 per cent ; aiove 10 to 20 , 20 per cent . Thursday 27 . Having extended our Parliamentary Repirt' bev < nd its usual quantity , we are under the necessity of passing over the subsequen . discussion of this Bill , Which the Committee reduced to the following scale .
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House Of Commons.
medical gentleman in the neighbourhood of a town . By its retrospective operation , the measure became a device exceeding all that the most inordinate financier had ever conceived . By making a man pay for what he did not enjoy , it reminded him of a story of Sterne , who was forced to pay six livres six sous for post horses , although he travelled by water , a story which was meant by the author to pourtrav the tyranny of the French Government . Adverting next to the clause which afforded ' relief ' to those who should disclose their indigence , he said that itwas adding mockery and insult to injury . How could any man state could be
his income , in such times of pressure and distress , when no income relied upon ; and when the very operation of the tax would in the end ruin the trade of thousands ? After a ' mullitude of other comments and remarks , through which want of space will not permit us to follow him , Mr . Fox expressed his opinion , that in this universal call for sacrifices it became ( he great to set Ihe example . He remembered an excellent story of the late Mr . Burke , who said that Ihe soldiers of a French regiment testified a much greater respect for their old than their new Colonel , because the former , in the beginning of a battle , aUvay said , alous , mes en fans , and the new Colonel , allez , mes enfant .
Mr . Mainwaring assured the House , that every parish from which he had received letters , and they were numerous , objected strongly to the principle of the Bill . The present Assessed Taxes could scarcely be paid . One of his letters contained the following expression : ' The Bill , if it passes , will call upon the people , either to resist or sink under it . ' » ¦ Messrs H . Thornton , Nicholis , Wigley , Tierney , and Alderman Combe , spoke at considerable length against the principle of the Bill ; Lord Hawkesbury , Mr . PittMrYorkeand MrBurdonin defence of itThey contendedthat when
, . , . , . , it was modified in the Committee , it would be the most just that , in the existing circumstances , his Majesty ' s Ministers could devise . The House , at one o ' clock in the morning , divided on the second reading . For it 175 , against it 56 . Majority 125 . CLOCK AND WATCH MAKERS . . Monday , 18 . Mr . Mainwaring presented a petition from the parish of Clerkenwall ing the repeal ofthe act imposing a duty on clocks and watches . The
, pray petition stated the number of inhabitants at 21 , 000 , of whom 7000 were engaged in these trades . Since the late act , many have been compelled to emigrate , and more had sought parochial , relief . Their Poor Bale amounted to 54 , 780 ! . all their other taxes ionly to 2 S , oool . This petition was brought up , as were two others to the same effect ; one from the parish of St . Luke , Middlesex , and another from the Watch makers in the City of London . They were ordered \ cp lie on the table .
TIUPLE ASSESSMENT BILL . Mr . Pitt declared ill the face of his country , that nothing hut the ova-ruling voice of Parliament should make him abandon the measure . Whatever evil might result from it , no Englishman would compare it with the mischiefs of a delusive . peace , or the invasion of an elated enemy . In answer toa question put by a Member , Mr . Pitt said , that any retrenchments which had been made from the 191 I 1 of April to the month of October last , were not intended to come under ihe meaning of the act . On the clause being read that the Bill remain in- force for a time to
he limited , Mr . Pitt moved to fill up the blank with the words ' two years and a quarter . ' Friday , 22 . A clause was inserted intended to alleviate the burthen on the clock and " waffch makers , by exempting from the new tax all watches purchased after the 5 th of January 179 S . Also requiring the Oath . The clause was read and agreed to . Likewise a clause to provide an abatement in favour of per-ons having a certain number of childrenin the following proportions : To all persons
, having from 4 to S , ten per cent ; from S to 10 , 15 per cent ; aiove 10 to 20 , 20 per cent . Thursday 27 . Having extended our Parliamentary Repirt' bev < nd its usual quantity , we are under the necessity of passing over the subsequen . discussion of this Bill , Which the Committee reduced to the following scale .