§ Mr. LAMBERTasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to the great extravagance now prevailing; and whether he could devise means to tax persons who can afford to pay £54,600 for a single picture?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINYes, Sir; but the payment of a high price for a fine picture 515W is not the only form of extravagance, nor, I would venture to add, is it the one which I should select before all others for animadversion.