jfffer  Ikil  tpeech  a  hag  coidttt  euued  on  tht  point,  ahethtr  anji  «neM  wat
taoiiTtd  or'nol  «  the  adminiMtraiioit  iff  the  Diikt  iff  Pttrlland.  At  length  Ht
(US  (tf  /60,000,  mootd  for  Ihe  ditehargt  qf  arrtcr*.  ww  grtuited  unihtml  a
divition.
.  WAYS  AND  HEA»E, — TAX  ON  anALIFICATIONS,  KERISTEES,  AMD
•  LICENSES.
Mr.  Sheridan  said,  the  taxes  the  right  honourable  gentle-
man had  that  day  proposed,  appeared  to  him  to  be,  in  general,
unexceptionable ;  but  if  he  were  to  object  to  any,  it  would  be

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to  those  relative  to  game,  because  he  could  only  consider  them
as  proposed  with  a  view  to  ^ve  vigour  to  the  game  laws,  which
were  a  system  of  oppres^on  and  tyranny !  if  they  were  not
proposed  with  that  view  they  would  not  produce  a  shilling.
Mr^Ul  mid,  he  teat  at  UtiU  a  friend  io  Hit  wrUtrvrf  tpkit  qf  tht  game
Itnet  a*  Mr.  Sheridan.
Mr.  Sheridan  said,  then  let  the  right  honourable  gentleman
move  for  a  repeal  of  those  laws ;  that  done,  his  taxes  on  quali-
fications will  be  wise,  salutary,  and  efficient.  What,  Mr.
Sheridan  asked,  did  the  committee  imagine  was  the  reason  of
gentlemen  being  so  desirous  of  this  tax,  and  so  wilting  to  pay
five  pounds  instead  of  two  towards  it,  but  with  a  view  to
strengthen  and  secure  themselves  in  the  possession  of  that
monopoly,  which  the  abominable  and  despotic  system  of  the
game  laws  was  calculated  to  create?  As  soon  as  the  business
was  over,  he  stud,  he  would  move  for  leave  to  bring  in  a  bill
to  repeal  the  game  laws ;  and,  he  trusted,  he  should  have  the
support  of  the  right  honourable  gentleman  in  carrying  it
through  the  house.
