they are that such limitation would render reform attainable, while a more indefinite scheme might defeat it; that the fact of keeping house, though it confers no right, indicates a class of persons settled in life, of mature age and fixed abode, and that such qualification is adequate to the protection of all interests, would conciliate the timid, and preserve the suffrage itself from degradation. Lastly, let it be borne in mind that persons are not excluded from the suffrage on the ground of right, on the pretext that they have no stake, no interest in the country; but simply because the exercise of it would be unprofitable to themselves and the community, and as useless as two persons holding a pen in place of
To expect that the Aristocracy will concede further than to householders-even if they concede so far --is wholly chimerical. We might as well at once expect them to abolish the monarchy, the church, and house of peers. But we shall leave the subject.
As our object is to communicate information and promote discussion on a momentous question, rather than prematurely to tie down ourselves or readers to any definite plan of reform, we will submit another suggestion that would not only accomplish a great improvement in finance, but also the two conditions which lord Camden deemed essential, by rendering representation co-extensive with taxation.
We propose then that all the present taxes be repealed, and an equivalent income-tax in a gradually increasing ratio be substituted on all incomes amounting to a hundred pounds and upwards. Secondly, we propose, that the lowest income taxed have one vote; that a one thousand pound income have two votes; a four thousand pound income three votes; a sixteen thousand pound income four votes; and so on, the number of votes increasing in an arithmetical series as the incomes increase in a fourfold geometrical proportion. We have not had leisure to ascertain how this system would work, but as we are about to bid our readers farewell for the present, we intend by the time we again meet to be prepared with an opinion upon it.
ANALYSIS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ELECTED IN 1830.
Aberdeen, earl, professor of diplomatic
conceits, 416
Abergavenny, earl, ought to relinquish
his pension, 416
Absolution, how granted by the clergy,
Abuse under existing system cannot be
reformed, only commuted, 403
Advowsons not inviolate like private
property, 17; the right of an hono-
rary function merely, 18; owners of
ought not to be compensated for loss
of, 77
Acts of parliament, headlong facility
with which passed, 253; cause of
obscurity of, 256; examples of
hodge-podge, 257; blundering na-
ture of results from after-dinner mode
of business in house of commons, 258
Agriculture, protection afforded to, in
our fiscal regulations, 204
Albemarle, lord, not expected to make
his first appearance as a court lord,
417
Ale-drinkers, the poisoning of, not of
much consequence, 285
Alison, A., to whom indebted for his
preferments, 504
Althorp, lord, suggestions to, for bene-
fitting the country, 417; mistake on
duchy of Lancaster revenues, 453;
hint to on the pension list, 495; in
favour of the ballot, 563
Ambassadors, expense of 183; qualifi-
cations of, 184
Amherst, earl, origin of his pension,
418
Anson, lord, his office the Whigs ought
to have abolished, 408
Archdeacon, duties of, 55
Argyle, duke, why not abolish his office
of keeper of great seal, 419
Army, abuses in civil department of,
330; return of half-pay of, 549
Aristocracy, singular privileges of lords
formerly, 197; seceded from their
civil duties, 199; principal motives
for institution of, ceased, 200; sta-
tute de donis to preserve "the order,"
ib.; primogeniture and entails an
usurpation on general rights of man-
kind, 201; absurd and unjust privi-
leges of, 202; partial system of taxa-
tion by, 204; rental of, proper fund
for taxation, 206; tyrannical game-
laws of, 209; landed incomes of,
212; not their estates which excite
popular cupidity, but usurpations of
the franchises of the people, 213;
assessment of under income-tax,
214; their property does not entitle
them to monopolize political power,
ib.; source of riches of individuals
of, 215; imposed chief taxes on in-
dustrious classes, 219; increase in
number of, 219; all our institutions
aristocratic and all abuses result
from, 223; state of agricultural po-
pulation proof of viciousness of in
church and state, 489
Arrest for debt, limits under which
ought to be allowed, 271
Assaye, battle of, 359
Athlone, earl, family of and pension,
Attorneys, increased 50 per cent. in
number, 261; their absurd conduct
in choice of counsel, 280
Audit-office, abuses in, 330
Ballot, sir R. Wilson on, 496; reasons
for, 563; indispensable in every plan
of parliamentary reform, 564
Banking, evils which have resulted
from, 377; remedied by Peel's bill,
471
Bank of England projected by a Scotch-
man, 378; privileged to carry on
business of pawnbrokers, 379; gra-
dually lower denomination of notes,
380; causes of Restriction Act, 381;
amount of bullion in the Bank at the
stoppage, 382; restriction of cash-
payments, 383; evils which resulted
from Restriction act, 384; irrespon
sible power over the circulation, ib.;
sources of the profits of, ib.; expen-
ses of management of, 385; enor-
mous profits of, 387; conceal their
gains from the public, 388; hanged
and transported 800 persons, and
realized a profit of 300 per cent.,
389; exclusive privileges in bank-
ing, hurtful tendency of, 390; pre-
sent state of affairs of, 391
Bankes, H. his extreme care of inha-
bitants of Corfe Castle, 505
Baring, Mr., his statement of revenue
of see of London, 43
Barnstaple, electors of, 557
Bathurst, Bragge, introduces parson's
indemnity bill, 35
Bathurst, earl, sinecures and pensions
of family of, 420
Belsham, Mr., on application of secret
service money, 146
Benfield, Paul, members put by him in
house of commons, 366
Bentham, on lawyers, 258; utility,
principles of, 561
Bexley, lord, a sincere religionist, 69;
incapacity of as chancellor of exche-
quer, 423
Birch, Dr. a Gresham professor, an
inquiry of, 506
Bishops, claims of bench of, to promo-
tion, 21; their greediness of filthy
lucre, 24; changes on the death of,
ib.; discharge their duties by depu-
ty, 29; do not pay their secretaries
stipends, 35; estimate of incomes of,
in king's book, 43; conduct of, on
catholic question, 73; exemplify a
game at chess, 74; alphabetical list
of, 502; income of, in king's book,
Blomfield, bishop, promoted for ren-
dering Greek verses, 21; letter on
profanation of Lord's day, 38; his
ty the scheme ought to be defeated,
Boroughs, alphabetical list of, number
of electors, names of patrons, right
of election, &c. 235; close, corpo-
rate, and open, 553; ought all to be
disfranchised, 559
Boroughmongers, compensation to, 554
Boston, lord, purchases tithes of Hil-
lingdon, 40
Book of common prayer, its defects,
69; alteration in, by lord Sidmouth,
Bristol, earl of, noted absentee bishop,
101
Bristol democracy, all-powerful, 559
Brougham, lord, his description of the
Scottish church, 75; his apostrophe
on the debtor laws, 273; on costs
of law-suits, 276; his disinterested
exertions for remedy of legal abuses,
278; his emoluments as lord chan-
cellor, 424; remarks on his taking
that office, 425; infirmities of his
character, 426
Brydges, sir John, account of his elec-
tion for Coleraine, 427
Buccleugh, duke of, obtains lease of
crown-lands, 122; his income, 213;
arose from heiresses, 215
Buller, James, how he saddles the
country with a pension, 428
Burgess, G. success of family in the
church, 508
Burke, Mr. wished the pastor not to
be a tax-gatherer, 76; his merits
and pension, out of what fund paid,
Canning, Mr. general profligacy of his
principles, 176; system of govern-
ment under Perceval and Huskisson,
413; pension to his family, 430
Camden, marquess, his noble sacrifice,
Campbell, Thomas, his pension, 430
Cape of Good Hope, cost of, 337
Carr, hon. Jane, her pension and mar-
riage, 427
Carey, bishop, author of a Jubilee ser-
mon, 22
Castlereagh, lord, description of House
of Commons, 231
Calvinism, its monstrous impiety, 70
Ceylon, cost of, to England, 337
Chad, Mr. his charge for missions,
Chatham's, lord, observations on the
church, 69
Chancery court, of real cause, why not
reformed, 281
Child wit, singular privilege of Aris-
tocracy, 197
Cheap political publications, advan-
tages of, 345; would have prevented
FIRES and destruction of machinery,
345
Charter-house, masters exempt from
residence, 31
Chaplainships, source of clerical in-
come, 46
Christianity, benefits derived from, 1;
principles of, not to spare the rich
and plunder the poor, 104
Church of Englandism, expense of, and
other churches, 58
Church property, origin and tenure of,
9; proved to be public property, 15.
See Tithes.
Church catechism, its defects, 70
Church of England, who would be be-
nefited by reform of, 73; see Clergy,
Tithes, Patronage, and Pluralities;
intolerance of illustrated, 111
Cities and boroughs, alphabetical list,
number of electors, patrons, &c.
Civil List, delusion practised respec-
ting, 119; improvident settlement of
on the late king, 147; pensions pay-
able out of, 151; classes into which
divided and charge of each, 153;
comparison of civil list of George
III. & IV. 158; income of George
IV. exceeded that of his predecessor
HALF A MILLION, 159; reductions
which ought to be made in expen-
diture of, 160; personal expenditure
of king stated, 161; contingencies
of, 163; charge of during two last
reigns 100 millions, 169; general
conclusion on, 177; Mr. Goul-
bourne, his curious introduction of,
446; official returns, illustrative of,
511, 544
Clapham, rev. S. how made a pluralist,
Cleavers, J. F. owe preferments to
bishop of St. Asaph, 509
Clergy established, of England, cost
more than clergy of other countries
united, 5; their names associated
with the most disastrous measures
in the history of the country, 6;
neglect the education of the people,
ibid.; not charitable to the poor, 7;
do not explain to the people causes
of their privations, ibid.; contrast
of the wealth and pomp of the rich
clergy, with the poverty of their
humbler brethren, 8; constitution
and government of similar to that
of the army, 16; their rights not
similar to those of corporations,
ibid.; removable like tenants-at-
will, 17; influence of clergy in pub-
lic meetings, 20; number of incum-
bents, 71, 91, 27; pretexts of for
non-residence, 30; returns, in 1830,
of non-residents, 33; what services
from clergy for ten millions a year,
38; sources of the revenues of, ibid.;
income of from public charities, 44;
general statement of revenues of, 48;
average income no criterion of dis-
position of church property, 49;
real situation of the clergy stated,
51; division of church revenue
among the several orders of clergy,
51; their stipends compared with
other countries, 60; conduct of in
respect of first fruits, 61; houses of
call for, 66; conduct of in respect of
compositions, 67; the revenues of
the real El Dorad, 570; conclusions
on, 112; incomes of, in the king's
book, 535
Cobbett, Mr. exclamations by, on the
splendour of the ancient cathedrals,
Cobbold, rev. T. one of the Winchester
witnesses, 510
Cockburn, Mr. his missions to Bogota
and back, 185
Coke, Mr. describes reign of George
III., 298
Colchester, lord, a shuffling lawyer,
Colman, George, examiner of plays,
his vagaries, 432
College livings, remarks on, 523
Colonies, utility of, 335; rage for one
of great blunders of aristocratic rule,
ibid.
Collet, rev. W. his attempt to sow
dissension among his parishioners,
510
Compensutions, unjust principle of,
405; abolition of useless offices,
like introduction of new machinery,
406; curious examples of, 409
Combermere, lord, outshines the duke
in the tent scene, 494
Commissioners of bankrupt, profits of,
Consular establishments, object and
expense of, 188
Cornwall, duchy of, revenues of, 453
Coronations, expense of, 339
Court pension list, 151
Courts of justice, way to, over a bridge
of gold, 104
Courts of request, their mischievous
tendency, 263
Courts of law. See Laws.
Counties palatine, parade of useless
offices in, 150
Cowper, earl, his character and pen-
sion, 433
Cove, Dr. traces tithes to Adam, 9
Creevy, Mr. on application of 4 per
cent. duties, 142
Croker, John Wilson, an "high and
efficient public man," 404; his
pamphlet to alarm the proprietary,
435; his lease of crown land,
ibid.
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