In a subsequent notice of Mr. lif`Culloch'e work on Taxation,
we have • assumed that Sir Robert Peel would continue the' Income-tax for two years more; for according to the original plan it was to be enacted for three years, and to be extended, if necessary, to five. It would in that case have expired just about the probable time for a dissolution of. Parliament, and would have been a hustings question of instant and living interest. With the clamour so easily got-up by election-mongers, the Minister might have found it difficult, perhaps impossible, to induce honourable. Members, how- ever ardent supporters, to renew the tax with the prospect of an election before their eyes; or, should the election come first, to stand the brunt of opposition at the hustings without giving up the tax : it-must therefore have fallen to the ground. By taking three years instead of two, our astute Pre- mier throws the measure over that dangerous period. It may indeed still be among matters to talk about on the hustings, as the Poor-law has been— the taking subject whereon to pour out ambiguas .vocas; but it will be a remote affair, allowing plenty of time for easy Members SO turn round in.
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