Earl Templerose, in consequence of what he had mentioned on a former night, respecting the assessment of income tax upon the others of certain regiments in the district where he resided, in a mode, which, it seemed, had the sanction of his Majesty's Attorney-General; and he meant now to give notice of his intention to bring forward, at a future day, a motion, in some shape, from the discussion of which he should hope to induce the House to exempt subaltern officers from that tax altogether; but which motion he should precede by another, for an Account of the amount of the sums levied under the income tax bill, upon officers of the army and militia, up to the 5th of Nov., so far as the same could be made up. He did not mean to be particular in specifying each regiment, but the gross amount.
The Chancellor of the Exchequersaid, if the noble lord had only thought fit to ask the question across the House, or in private of him, there could be no objection to satisfy his curiosity; but since he had avowed his object, and the purpose to which he intended to apply the information, he thought the motion of too much importance to be granted as a motion of course, without previous notice.
Earl Templesaid, he did not intrude the motion now; he only meant to give notice or' bringing it forward on Wednesday next.