§ Colonel Sibthorppresented a Petition from Lincoln, praying for the Repeal of the Assessed Taxes, complaining of them as unconstitutional and oppressive, and declaring that they ought not to be continued in the eighteenth year of peace. The hon. Member stated, that the petition was signed by 1,272 persons, including most of the principal inhabitants and tradesmen of the town. He concurred in the prayer of the petition, and would like very much to know what the Chancellor of the Exchequer meant to do. He objected in particular to the tax on houses, and wished to see the collectors of these taxes diminished. If the hon. Alderman, who had given notice for a motion on the subject of these taxes, did not bring the subject under the con- 972 sideration of Parliament he would very soon after the recess.
§ Mr. Ellisthought it premature to support a petition by such observations as had fallen from the hon. Member, as it was well known that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was not then in the House, had the subject under his consideration.
§ Petition to be printed.