CollectionVictorian Papers, Main Series
ReferenceVIC/MAIN/A/19/170
Record TypeCorrespondence
TitleLetter from Lord John Russell to Queen Victoria
Date25 February 1848
WriterRussell, John, Lord
AddresseeVictoria, Queen
DescriptionProtectionists are talking loudly of their intention to oppose the Government on Income Tax, and should they succeed in getting into office, going to immediate Dissolution. Russell's comments on 'blind passions and party animosities'. The storm against Income Tax is rising in the City and great towns. Lord Duncan's motion for the repeal of Window Tax rejected after long debate (160 to 68).
LanguageEnglish
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