The bill, improved by these changes, was sent down by two judges to the Lower House.
The Lower House was all in a flame.

There was now no difference of opinion there.

Even those members who thought that the Resumption Bill and the Land Tax Bill ought not to have been tacked together, yet felt that, since those bills had been tacked together, it was impossible to agree to the amendments made by the Lords without surrendering one of the most precious privileges of the Commons.

The amendments were rejected without one dissentient voice.

It was resolved that a conference should be demanded; and the gentlemen who were to manage the conference were instructed to say merely that the Upper House had no right to alter a money bill; that the point had long been settled and was too clear for argument; that they should leave the bill with the Lords, and that they should leave with the Lords also the responsibility of stopping the supplies which were necessary for the public service.
Several votes of menacing sound were passed at the same sitting.