A letter from a Member of Parliament for a borough in the West, to a noble Lord in his neighbourhood there, concerning the Excise-Bill, and the manner and causes of losing it / [M. M].

  • M. M.
Date:
1733
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A letter from a Member of Parliament for a borough in the West, to a noble Lord in his neighbourhood there, concerning the Excise-Bill, and the manner and causes of losing it / [M. M]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ *4 ] With all the Cry of Taxes, let it he faid to the Glory of his Majefties Reign, and to that of his Minifters, that there has not been one new Tax laid on in his Time. And as to the prelent intended Alteration in the Re- venue, it was evidently calculated for the Benefit of the Public in General, cal¬ culated to eafe one great part of the People, without laying any new Impo¬ sition upon the reft. The whole Saving and Advantage was to redound to the Public, and no part to his Majefty ; lince his part of the Duty was ftill to continue under the Cujtoms. . - > *nvJ u l Hi . iio / 41 . ov What therefore could the Court or the Miniftry gain by this Projed, be- fides the Reputation of curing execrable Frauds, and of relieving the Land ? What Influence or Service could accrue to the Miniftry from two or three additional Excifemen in a County, efpecially when almoft half the Number of conliderable Officers of the Crown were to have been dropped, I mean the Receivers General of the Land-Tax ? Let me obferve, that by the prefent Laws of Cuftoms and Ex- cife, the CommiJJioners of both, or the CommiJJioners oj the Treafury for the Time being.