The Express. — London, England, 1850-02-14 00:00:00

PERIAL PARLIAMENT. MOUSE OF COMMONL—WEDNIIIDAT, FIB. 13. The fleiozza leek thy 'hair BUSINESS. two o'clock. PUBLIC B PETITIONS PRESENTED. TOOT Ornci.-13. Mr.l. MATHESON, Mr. A. STAY. row), SW D. DUNDAS, him pie ia Bagland sad Scothad ; Mr. HUME, from Brews. Kr. W. MILES, hum Sommetaire, wheat Sunday labour is the Post-olline. AONICCIIOII2.—By MATHISON, from Pennon' s oc i et y o f W N W. Row, is favour of protentiOn to eitterel tore. ErrasifeAlio CIVICS or lIIILAND.—)3I Mr. HAMIL TON, from • plum maw KM beard, is favour of Marsh sa nt:a is that sonntry. Taxies ox Zuowisnou. — By Mr. C. LUSHINGTON, fros the sewhera of the Whittlegton Club, for the aboli- Um of the tams oa COMITY Corime —By Mr. V. SMITH, frost Northamp ton. to the 'messiah of the jurisdiction of thew course. COCNTY FINANCIAL BOARDIL—B/ Mr. PLUMFTAE, 60111 the board of rearttiotte et the Faversham sake ; Mr. BEIGE r, hone Rochdale; Kr. HENRY, from Esramea. bask ; Kr. COBDEN, from several plasm in Yorkshire i: Mr. HUME, frees plum la Lanonshine, foveae of the a doption of show beanie. TURNPIKE TRUSTS. Mr.C.LBWIS stated that a committee ot instamnissamtli• ✓alued Mturopikm cams to • resolution that leessedienbi taken to diminish them. A letter bad been sant t• connected wits turnpike trusts, who were befwe t for renewal, and they had bean tuft that inquiries meal be instituted. He, therefore, mond that so bill for oesdariti or amend*, say tavola* act boned a asoosi dim bears Buster.—Are od to. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. On the motion for the woad reading of this bill, Col. THOMPSON called the attention of the house to the Lamination of a clause giving the directors the power of opening parcels tome if this puma had inclosed two pergola instead of one. He moved that 01 bill bet re. • rime elle de. •• • • -4 See.ii Mr. H. BERKELEY said that haying moved thio"„as, sa the absence of an hon. friend, in his absence he shoal withdraw it. Mr. OOULBIJEN did not Wok it right to Mew ma tho whole bill on account of one clause, and thine* it bed better be read a orcotid time. Col. THOMPSON withdrew his amendment, and tam b was read a mosed doe. LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND. Mr. HUME gave IVACO of a notice foe the house., pro. mat an address to her Majesty to consider whether the pro mpt government of Irelaad toy the Lord Lieutenant ought sot be dispeased with. DRAWBACE ON BRICKS. Mr. HUME also p.a. notke that he should propose a drawback on bricks used in all cottages under the value Wf - 61 - . --- COMPLAINT OF MISREPRESENTATION. Mr. ROEBUCK solicited the indulgence of the Mae be • few sanuta. Hs thought it his duty to refer Nautili observation is the Morning Chronicle, which be led as other seam of answering 'tempt this. The ampere tidbit said "Let us test Mr. Roebuck himself by the setheas which he wishes to mete out to our oolooies—we leg Ide pardon—to our conqattred dependeities. We believe be lost a ramie, amongst the ranks of the Canadian spew thisere. during the ante. pothltimete troubles in Canada. And we believe, and to hie credit we say it, that he left no steno attuned to avenge his death, which he considered to have been en unjust act." Aid then it put a suspicion that he had been hanged, sad led the wall to suppose, by his direct assertion, that he bad bees hanged. All he could say was this—that all kis relatives is Canada were of dig brat opinion from kis own with respect to the Candies matter—that none of them sympathised with the French Canadians—that they seta very strenuously against them— that he bet no relative during any portion of these periods, sad that sonseqsently he could sot bs affected with • desire to avenge hie death for the mode he which that took place, co he had meth* to avenge. HIGHWAY _(DISTRICT SURVEYORS) BILL. Mr. FREWEN moved the second roadies of this bill, sad said that Mat year he had submitted • bill to the con. sideratios a the house, on the subject ot g raine d tetics sierveyon of highway. Certain objections were to the sessare, va, please too much power in the hands K the magistrates. No one was mote averse than he wee to race power is the heads of an irresponsible body. He wished, 0 possible , to establish • system cf sessions, much resembling those lad sessions which existed in !shad, which assisted, pertly of magistracy and partly of rate. parts. He wished to empower the esamisesesers to allow them to be associated with magistrates is the masermast of the highways. These men were appointedby . ect a parlianaent, they took the same oaths as county magistrates, sod they 'acridly consisted of opulent yeomen; and be contended that if Wes resent were es.ociated with the magistrates to fury est the system of massing the highways, and to have control of the surveyors, that you would, in each district, have a eat of tribunal armistice of most influential country gentlemen, and the more opulent estop', era in each district. Sir W. JOLLIFFE said that, as government had gives notice to lay on the table a general bill as to birdies" he hoped hie hon. friend would not press, at this time, the most reading of this bill. After • few wade from Mr. C. Lewis, Sir. 0. STRICKLAND said it was moet unreasonable that this bill should be read • sewed time without discussion. It was a bill the principle of which he had opposed, and he was prepared to oppose it again. He moved that this bat be read • second time this day six months. After a brief COISVOMitioo, lir. FREWEN said that to save the time of the home, he was wiling to postpone the second reading of this bill till the 6th of March. The amendment wee withdrawn, and the second reading flasd for 6th March next. IRISH FISHERIES BILL. Oa the order of the day for the second readies of the above bill, Sir W. SOMERVILLE, without expressing any hostility to the principle of the bill, begged of the hon. and learned member to postpone it, seeing that it had only been printed on the prevents day. Mr. ANSTEY consented, on the understanding that an early day should be fixed for the committee. Second reading postponed to 6th Mach. COUNTY RATE BILL. Mr. M. GIBSON, in moving the stcond readies of the above bill, said that it would be unnecessary for him to trouble the house at any length in explaining its a seeing that it was mainly a repetition of a bill whisebilla Man introduced and explained by his hon. friend the MOW her for Montrose, in the course of the previous seeden. There lad been an idea, to use the words of the hon. bars the member for Word, that the object of this bill was to su persede her Majesty's justices of the peace. (Hear, hear.) It was no such thing, it was merely a bill to give the rat reyen in counties a concurrent control with the justices in matters of county expenditure. They bad ample precedent for this in the working of the poor law boards, where justices of the peace and elected guar dian s worked hermoniously er in economising the funds of the ratepeyers. A commission investigated this question in 1836, and reported that they could see no objection to • mind antrol of justices and rate-payese over the county:rate. The comnistioners lobo remarked that the county rate was the larrst tax in the country which was distributed by an irresponsible body. (Hear.) His proposal was that in each anus, there should be a financial board, composed partly of magistrates and partly of persons elected by the boards of guardians, and to thee* hoards he proposed to transfer all control is financial mattere,bat leaving the judicial functions of thejustlcee untouched. This, he trusted, would meet the objection that his supersede was to the justices in their respective counties. Haar, hear.) Another objection was,that in proposing this as a measure of justice to the occupyieg tenant, he wee acting in violation of his own prin ciple—namely, that rates must all he looked spat es ultimately falling upon the rent. Granted, but thus arrangements for rent were made at Intervals, while the county rates were constantly inaeming, and in the lateral every abuse or sudden extravagance is their expenditure fell as • heavy grievance on the occupier. He wee sot therefore falsifying hie own principle, in proposing • more equitable arrangement. The county rate was a constantly and enormously increasing burthen, Red in no plan had it thaewed more rapidly than in Lacs/hire where it frees up in one year from 120,0004. to 176,0001. (Hear, lama) At present the penes' who paid this heavy um .e had an control over its expenditure, and this was • et.- *as wlslen was heavily felt la the rural district'. His (Mr. 011sos's) belief was that all expenses might be materially checked if the ratepayer were permitted • vioilast MOW* (Hear, hear.) Besides these lambi bleeds would be bodies who would watch the progress if emery bill through parliament which was uoay to Woo their lad interests, or to im pw fresh burdens an the lead. You would then have beards of Du .inees men reedy to watch the regress of such • MU, dad to prevent its hell without a fall cossidentles dell Its teatimes est beatings. Bat, besides, this county rate wee no small sua—indeed, its rapid increase had latterly been • serious cause of apprehe nsion . In HA OS, it was 690,001. a year, while now tlta risen to I,loo,oooL—fhear, Iteer)— a tall of iNITHEII 'Mkt then that of crime or pop _a lay ion. These were powerfel rimer Myst/ells system Amid be adopted, giving • woe refectories' eleostrultothereth payers. He ad set ask them to pledge tlenneslese to any ditch, but wordy Is deem the principle that taxaties and representation eugat top ftetker. (Hear, hear.) If the second readies were eeneedsC he would send the bill to a select chastise*, and it on amiss through that cabal it should not moot with the memeatrenee of the boast, it might be reject den the third resin'. Me trusted that, *seise the ember Si reitlems that lied been presented In Its favour, the beers would net threw it out la Its presses stage. Mr. SPOONER wen test riga mar ate the matte of the bill. He ma* psi It to the right hen. member who Met, locking at the hie base et waist the bill had beat placed in the hash of meallas, it would not be better to postpone it. He to sea as en anteidment that the debate ht. adje Mr. STANFORD would have supperad the billows he approved of the priseire, bed he mat lard WO tbe dimes sempletelp belied that Wad*. go esuM WNW cement this the ma* mselii deould have develved apes them the diapered& dabs a whoa& jniilestre, while the wade of the lainefal arrangements were left is other hoses. Sir U. GREY, wished giving any opinion an the general seer oft details a the MB, Would advise kis right hes. bleed to opoo tothopeoreinint. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1650. that dlsisist sanoyeer hew win the eireele In a ease to be set I He threw out ahem olosalleas is the Vise they seald herafteriessive sae eaadrleratlai. He M stria= beet risible 'Fehr fee the - the grim le bed always thought, sad he that the of perigees were mot the sem per parable lethal/Oho highways. Mr.ILICII sets ad ha Tay mush loth'!" dill= ewer= te the bilk ea the same outdo= latrine& =en, Eel kr WO assess. Ices, because It INS la Inn kW Pets° , MO§ whit 1 11 4 414 7 I sat 119 7 4 lonia II era sway with wareyer. Sir W. TOLLIVER was sissy day sere sad more sea. lewd la the 'aisles he has hag estertalaed and e that the hes more raid mitt Is upon a wane bleat the Ward Of pedlar kr the geesegenter of the ligleiep. Mr. HARM aid that this was a very es sile a hip gess siespendirre thrintg= t e l l end rik et the leri. Thee. he eras set by arms metals, thee by fleeing the magi ia the hem& eb WO el , rem the impala we $ deer le kr Mended wadi be Teethed yet. as ldß armed pavement its priastple was desseskig d thessragertht. Mr. SLANBY salt that he else drill Mine his 480- ruIIIIMO he the Mel's. He ambled Om ma Alm yam be st it the mossy °Wised he the wok et the gra eggs le be upended in the mayleysmst of tbe err hes, shim Sege was to be ea audit, he *might that that evil mil rise. Sir IL WILLOUGHBY observed that the highway este now fell ups an area rather as.. sztessive this that upon whisk the peer rats was adleeted, sad that if the Mil posed any addittheal burden ea lead sash a weird be resisted le the start. Buries in =lad the tr. senders easpetisies to whisk *grimiest= redoes was squeal, it was quite slew that it was the =made, duty of tae legislate= to deersest, sad not to laseese, the heal berthas ma the land. Mr. B. DENISON presumed the oldest et the bill was to redo the exraditure the roads. He allsired the raw pithily pert of the plan best of all, bemuse espaliers had shown tku the permissive system was worse than melees. Sir R. PEEL said that lest semi= he had had the sinful ditty a( epode , th^ **** • ' 4 " "anti hi lit bk lean. Idea (Ili • - us had this gives kir real kg bolsi ea scaled by t he =leads= It was alit arembis lug (Sir It. Peel) sew le glee the hem.histiseien kis =reel upper% se he se the Lit el the seems w a s us resed, =ma le GM hie *yid= to that already ew weed on bathe d t o ie the Muss that he theught his hoe. 'Mead wee 'adde great gnarls ler itch in brought forward • waded whisk was eat ofer.isvitieg In itself, and in respect of weigh there embed • seed deal of dithoulty. He behaved kb his Mead had dose wisely In esparatiag the turnpike trusts area the highway roads, and in makisg the tom births at parishes mairalarary. The permissive system mould not be hued is newer. There would be an aswillingres M three the Weeny plan in wine parishes, aid is ethos than mold be en unwillingness to =with the ralie p possessed. Therefore. kis hon. had jadpd ww y in making the combleation of perishes soespalsery. Is what mode that was to be dace was as esseldradaa. His hoe. Mead had taken the Markle whirl to the existing . poor-law. H. (Sir E. Peel) wield a= give any precise opinion upon that point now, but the question was well worthy of con ' adoration whet her or no, fn the management of highway reads, districts might not be very considerably better suited them those were under the present poor-law. Poor•law sailing had been established without reference to any con siderations arising out of the great change in the lines of eoeunanication made by railways. He thought there might be a circumscription of parishes bettor suited to those great changes than the present poor-law proposed. He was sure the true principle on which the management of the highways should be conducted was, to do the business in the best manner and at the lowest poesible express. To hue any concern with the employment of labour—with ap plying the labour of the unemployed poor in the unions to the highways—would be most objectionable • and the clues non was whether there might not be a tende ncy on the part of the boards of guardians to employ such labour. He con fessed that he would have more confidence in a body elated by the ratepayen, whose duty should be to manage the high ways in the most satisfactory manner and at the least ex pense, than he would have in the boards of gaudier. Whether at act it was politic to transfer business of this Wad to the boards of gurdians was an important constderatiith. approving of the bell so far u it separated the turnpikes from the highways, and compelled the combiaa ties of parishes, and reserving himself for the consideratica of the cthstitntion of the authorities to manage the high ways, he gave his support to the measure. He did net think the audit would be say sufficient cheek ups the gets of the boards of guardi a ns, because, ' although the auditor would the that a certain number of men had been employed, he would be unable to disower as to whether those who employed them had or bad not, by employing them, diminished the poor Mu Mr. V. SMITH concurred in the mites given his his. Mend (Mr. Lewis) for his perseverance on thie subjtet, be- WM* ha had had extreme difficulties to encounter. One of his difficulties had arisen out of the very paint now broached by the right hon. baronet the member for Tamworth. In ono of his bills it had been proposed to have the way wardens separate from the boards of guardians; but hon. sambas of the committee declared that there was difficulty enough to get the guardians to attend, and that if tenant farmers were called upon to meet on highway boards no attendance whatever could be procured It was to be feared, therefore, that the theory, 'however exisel. lest it might appear, would be found null and void in practice. Hu hon. friend, under those circumstances had now proposed the boards of guardians. (Hear.) He thought that paid surveyon, open to all the penalties to which surveyors were sibjectad, would despise and reject an the offers that sight be made to substitute useless for useful labour, and that a paid surveyor would in reality be , less expensive than an unpaid one, because the "unpaid" ' at present obtained money from the vestry, and bad, more ever, all the jobbing of the roads in his hands. (Hear.) Mr. BUCK expressed a hope that the proposed bill would be !wilted and circulated through the country. Kr. LEWIS said, in reply to some questions that had been put in the course of the discussion, that the guardians would have the power of electing the paid surveyor', and also of removing them. But if it were thought advisable to strengthen that power by additional words, h• would have no objection to such an addition. With regard to the rata, be thought he had already explained that it was peopled entirely to abolish the highway rate by that name, and to ail upon the overseen of the poor to make a rate, and pay it to the boards of guardians. But it was not proposed to change the incidence of the rate, to which the same property would be still liable. The general question no doubt in volved points of much difficulty, but upon the whole he thought the plan he asked the house to adopt was open to the least amount of objection. However, the house would at a future day have the opportunity of fully considering whether preany other local control than that he proposed would be referab le. Loire Wins given, the bill was brought in, and read a first time, and the second; reading fixed for that day fort night, on the understanding that ample time should be afforded for the due consideration of it. Lemmata asp Tannier.—lir. PUSSY, bill fee the t the Palatka betweea Ladled sad tuna{ is i leirr isil and Wales. Maaserr's LATI VISIT TO lastrirs.—llejer BLACSALL, to ape for returns se the assess of .11 oilers. serving la Ireland daring the Isle /telt ef bar MIN jetty to that neater, who were eveghlrell dam la *kw salutes at ape guards of hemp sad eseerle aillsdasse apes her Yeiesty, their rink, pried of sent., is .sit Walt rely ; distlsgaishiag the subs: of pan employed 3 :ll a ttle or foreign merrier l sad the Bomber of pen ape fall or haltpay. had of the names of all edam who rir aired pentodes by brevet ea tke ateasioa of h.' , Majesty's late risit to Ireland, their raak, period of as rite la each rank reepeetivelyollatiaselthlag the aanber of years employed ea b sad eam or harelip wink“, sad the somber of pus upon fall hell pay EDUCATION (Isairmi).-31r. SCULLY, ho more he various retinas is to the operadoe he., of her lislesty's eanntiodoaers of education la Ireland! Lou , lastrrost astcror — loshaox. Mr. HUMS, to move that as bumble address be promoted to her Majesty, ' malls' that she will be grodearly pleased to iequke who the goveramost of Irolaad, older its pressat MA, Sight to be osetsousl, or whether the Mothesteasat and other Maws may not, with advash4o, be _dispensed with. ACCIDINTS IN MINSII.—Kr. HUMS, swaps to the Lords, toe espy elate report of a massif les ow saddest, to mess. - iiiiIOPOLITAN Birwans.—Mr. HUME. to more for ro tates relative to the debts ea/ liabilities (if any) in eseh district wider*. old toomaissien, and of the rem levied and mousy expended nader the new coatrabeleas op to 3lst December last. _ - -- -- DUCXIIIII 01 , COIthWAIS AND lailreallinlt —Mr. TRR LAWNY, to move for a oominitte• to inquire to what en tent the public ore entitled to 'List an interact, present or =lrv, in the monogamist of the duchies of Cornwall easter. • attnno.lll2. SCUOLEFIELD, account of all guano Imported Into the United Kingdom In each of the Fun 1888 to 1849 inclusive, diatioguiahlog the quantities I. ported hos *soh woody respectively. . .—tmmositte, !grates (Head Mosey), gite iftprefsl4. ela J. PAJLINGTON was alma( *miss that it was nee flea that a weapon of We magnitude dada be thus WWI thieutirmchease only three des arm She plated ow had Mo Oe . lII= was any *via W en met Thi s had e amlidy pake AIL 18. leaf.) la net ile a caw wasetion pea . It bad Wei feW anus. by the louse la ham weisliewi. Ho saw me nand foe raga' te darn the pried* of We bill ; sad to peetpow, sada the promnice that a eoweedima teringehlw iete the county expeaditure swerelly ear aromeary. wee Onion*, seggaited with view to throw the Newman ever aliegetha. Sir S. P ESL them& the violin he 164010 W 61 wr raise was, whet seam wall be ma esnansiye to • salietsebny, end Issipseale ealiilW4Ca 'le sea -1 sere Wire then. la b view the emus sueeesesi by tke lea. baronet Mir J. Pahlegtaa) wadi tend mete Is that resat thsa to ism ea the sassed reedier new. (Hess, keen) The hon. gestlanian, ia minas • soneeties fee &by, bed ibeinstly derisand that lie was set aims. to the prinelyie e 1 the SWIM% Ot determined bo AIN to the =s on whisk esaaty rates we; g e si •;=ne lev setied. Bo ea S ee he was ereseraed, the INS made with a view to &h at the seems. bK bad sap bees phase is the heads el seembers ea iftenbly keg., ad. theagli • singer =same had bees altamsoi laM aiaia,,ll wee stia way reeeeesble that ea eppetewl, &NM beaten is the assay to _olatilso it before abs pia wee Bross& Me Weed. r..-Me, with abs has. harems below his is Ise a susenehis allay, net with the view et K impeding the swan, bat Wow tr= abs a zeeenelie ears. Kr. K. ()MOM blast has. italisatea wadi ofeelier W ereeneenese d enoeisi is the Pellgaillies ha 2a: r a W are re • bill ms s. in et en Iniegesient Is thie ow, to se in the saspilien weald be le *eke W mem» for • walk sat M.M. MI MINS with his whether he wsejeaKei is ale Win solvestese et the entotraiir he Dew had of mobs the memo te •a dela skis when be Mai the hone sesealhisi he the wpm. - - • - -- - Mr. ROEBUCK admitted the Wisdom efegel o tte d 111181161111 a carotid combieratien, but litswgl6 t haven., knowledge M the mares the geworment tended ...aid to ite psincipis whether they intended le take W all reg ard to ecktheledge --- .: 4 1 1 1e Willy OP"' • v ture. If they knew that, the en s naid;fttioll tht u . Zeit be well poseposed. Mr. HENLEY did not see hew they could Cams the ra pie without gob* into the details, wades the swoon w e l i iich the bill was framed, and so far from losing he be lined they would save time by the posgeseeneest suggested. Mr. NEWDRGATE thought that If the emend reading IMO pressed now it would teed to the impression that the =etthe eight has. gentleman was not to benefit the so mach as to enable him to appear In the thane tee et the fermis' friend, which it wee well known the fit did sot regard him. (" Oh, Os," " Qu estion.") We H. RAIFORD suggested that it might be as well to enhidtute for this mums a hill to exempt eosionsm tem& from the county rates. As the Warm new AM wen the landlord, that would, in fact, make no drags is the present system. Lord J. RUSSELL would impress co his right hon. friend that if he did not agree to the proposition for adjourn ment the hoses would be at 6 o'clock in the same politica ' in which it new was. He had bees asked to eve up • goverment day for the discussion et Mda subject. lie could not accede to that suggestion, inmansit as there Weill hardly sufficient days for the transaction of government business. He did not think that some reason able delay to suable the country to understand the nature of the measure cad the conesquencess which would follow from It would be prejudicial to its access. The hon. and learned member for Sheffield had asked what was the dispo sition of the government with regard to the principle of re presentation as contained in the bill. To that question he was prepared to answer that he was so entirely in favour of the introduction of that principle, that when it came to the ques tion, be should support the second reeding of the bill. (lewd cheers.) But he should do so without at all undertaking the defence of any of the details, believing it was absolutely we that • select committee should examine them, and ProraLy take evidence on the subject , before the hosiwirould oome to any decision upon them. Mr. M. GIBSON cemented to postpme the measure until the 6th Korth, sad the debate was accordingly adjourned until that day. HIGHWAYS BILL. Mr. C. LEWIS rose to move for leave to bring in • bill for the better management of highway.. The house would remember that towards the close of the last aeries the hoe. member for Hut Sussex brought under emeudderation a similar bill to that which had been diamond that day, and that the government were then asked whether they proposed to bring in any measure on the subject of highways and parish roads. His right hon. friend (Sir G. Grey) then re plied that the subject was under consideration; but that the session was then too far advanced to propose a measure with reference to it. During the recess a bill had been prepared which he was now about to submit foe considention. The house was aware that in the bill which was penally con eidered he the last session, an attempt was undo to combine turnpike trusts end highways in one measure; but the diffisulty of such • combination wee found so great that in the halted time the house had at its disposal it could scarcely be imputed that they could agrees to so large • mesause. The present bill was limited the/e -1 Buss to highways and parish roads, and did not extend to mesh roads as wen included in any turnpike trusts. He wad tremble them with but few details on the subject. la 1837 the total expense of maintaining the highways in England and Wales was 1,113,00 W. In 1845 the last of which they had any account, it had risen to 7t17,0001., befog an increase in 8 years of 604,0001. during the same time there bad been a consider. able diminution in the expenditure oa account of turnpike trusts. In 1837 the cat of these trusts was 1,780,0001., sad in 1845, 1,872,0001., so that while the expenditure for the one clue of roads had increased more than 600,0001., fee the other there had been a decrease of 40.3,0001. a-yeer. This showed the importance of increased vigilance tied economy in the management of the highways and parish roads. No doe* the mean cause of this change was the introduction of railways, which had converted many turn pike roads into lines of mileposts* communication, while it bad raised many perish highways into liars of primary femeettace. He would read an extract from the last rennin, 1111/111/ how heavily the highway expenditure premed on all esenties, whether manufacturing or agricultural. He Wahl take the ten counties when the expenditure was the lowest for the year 1821 :—Middlesex.2B6,oool. ; Yorkshire, ' 187,0001. • Lancashire, 162,0001. • Lincolnshire, 07,0001. ; Heat, 71 ,0001 ; Surrey 65,0001.; Devon, 42,000 i. ; Gloate r ' tee, 41,0001. ; Warwick, 39,000 L ; and Snmersetahlee, 76,0001. The hones would see from this that all clues' of the community—populations of every diversity of chaneleg— beed • common interest in the economical management of these roads. Amongst the defects of the present system the most imp)rtant was probably the small rise of the district* of management. The highways were now main tained by the several parishes, and not only by parishes, but in the notth end west of Hoicked, and to some extent also in Lincolnshire, by townships, and in some instances even these again were subdived. The result was that there were in England no less then 15,841 Maine places maintaining their own highways, and in each of these small districts there was a surveyor annually ap pointed by the vestry, frequently changed, generally with oat say professional knowledge, and receiving no remunera tion for his services, and whose accounts of expenditure were most imperfectly audited. (Hear, hear.) The conse quences of such • system were, want of economy, want of acill, and want of du discrimination in the outlay. He would quote from an edition of the Highway Act which had been published by a barrister of some eminence, a pas sage which he believed expressed the general opinion on the subject. It was in the shape of a motet* me of the secre taries, and stated that the parish reads were in • most im perfect audition, owing to their management being placed under the vestries. The principle of leasing the common roads, not the turnpike roads under wenn) , separate authorities was repugnant to everything like sound principle of nitheireeteat, and until it was abandoned no legislation could effect any improvement. Now, it wee proposed in this bill simply to take toe existing divisions of the law unions, unions, and the existing boards of guardians, and to give them the power of managing the highways within their respective districts. This would ru der it unnecessary so make any trash territorial divisions or to create any new boards of management. The expense of maintaining the road, it was proposed to leave as a charge on each parish or township, as at present. The boards of guardians would, of course, elect • paid surveyor, and each pariah would continue to maintain its own highways, sad to bear the entire expense which now be logged to it. The only charge which would he in common would he the salary of the surveyor and any small contribu tions which eugh t ttrid to the poorlaw o ffi cers for their Il trouble. e pro to abolish the pariah surveyors alto gether, sad aloe e r highway rate, and that the cost of main- Isiah* these roads should be collected and paid by the over seers in the same meaner as the poor rate. At present there was • maximum fixed by law fa the highway rate, which would be continued , an all the existing securities with *- gird to it would be preserved, though the name of highway rate" would be abolished. The amounts meld be audited by the vac law auditors, is the same maw and at the ease time as the pow law emennts. He might state, la Maths, that the bill proposed to repeal an eat, which was well knows to many hen. members as Sir Glories Eurrell's Act, and which provided for the payment Menetributions for iniolvent masts; and by the bill now 1::=4all moniescontributed from the highway fond for trusts should be expended. not by the OffiOnfil, but by du surveyor of the highways. (Hear.) It was worthy of observation that the management of highways *as not a subject which required, like the relief of the poor, the con slaat attendance from week to week of the poor-law par dons—that it weld be delegated to an officer, and that it NOW °sly require the occasional attendance of the local haled. The guanUasa, in fact, would be empowered to ap point a Mambas committee from themselves for the manage ment of the highways • end as be had now gone through all the material provision; of the proposed measure, he bed to thank the house for the patient attention with which they had listened to him. Mr. FEE WEN said the boa. mover had given the how to understand that the bill now about to be introduced was very nearly of the same nature ea the one submitted in the years 1848, 1847, and 1848. It appeared to him that then were emend difficulties *the way of the sucesatul operation of each • sameare. la dream place, there were many districts oldie country where the roads were in good repair, and then the moths of • paid surveyor would eel of permit at ati Heats, be required. Then were also outlaw unless* Ise Led Ia which many tattle pariah's beloagiag to those recluse wore out oe the moony ; sad bow was that difficulty* be encountered ? A majority of a board of guardians might appoint a district surveyor in a certain tulles, and if use er two perishes should hoopla to kick against the authority of ARMY AND ORDNANCE EXPENDITURE. On the motion of Mr. F. Mauve, the following 'sleet committee on ermy and *Manna expenditure was ap pointed :—Lord 8( ymonr,'llf. Secretary at War. Mr. HUM., Colonel Anson. Mr. Walter. Sir W. Molesworth, Lord C. Wellesley, Sir J. Graham, Mr. W. Miles, Mr. Cobden, Mr. S. Herbert, Mr. J. Greene, Mr. B. Ellice, Mr. V. Smith, and Mr. Backs. The house adjourned at 26 minutes past flee. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS FOR THIS EVENING. HOUSE OF LORDS. ORDER OF THE DAY.—THIRD READING. COMFIT CEN (iaILAND) BILL. NOTICE OF NOTION. Poon Law Unions limano.—The Earl of LUCAN to move for a nominal return of the Poor Law Unions in Ireland, where the affairs have been administered by paid guardians, and stating the periods of such administration, and also return of the amount of the debts, claims, and lia bilities against each of those onions when the administration by paid guardians command and terminated. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICES OF QUESTIONS. ORDER OP THE BATE.—NEDICAL OFFICIRE.—Sir DE LACY EVANS to ask the first lord of the treasury the re, salt of the consideration of government. promised during last session, respecting the confining of the military claw of the Order of the Bath on medical officers, who may have been present and proved deserving is important naval and military actions. CRIMINAL LAW, JEZEZT.—Mr. HUME, to ask Sir George Grey whether the government have decided upon carrying oat the recommendatioas of the commissioners for altera tion of the criminal law and the mode of its administration in ls ne — y i Li - ;1 if so, whether by bill In paliacoost or so odor in Nana NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Poetic Lina•ktes. l -Ili. EViAlif,tontOile for Wive to being in a bill for enabling town councils to establish public libraries ; also, to move for the rsappointment of committee en public libraries. 311XIBTEBe Mossy (Inataten).—Mr. W. FAGAN, to move for a eosamittee of the whole house, to take into con sideration the law relatieg to the rate or tax called Minis ters' Ilioney," in I reland,Trltk the view to the repeal of so mach thereof as relates to the maid rate or tax; and further to take late ansideratioa the eat 3 sad 4 Will. IV., e. 114, called the Chunk Temporalities Act, fur the parpose of amending the semi oci as to provide thereby a substitute, out of the remount of the ecclesiastical eseambeioners, aa a provision far the protestant ministers in certain emporiae towns in Deland, in Use of the annual Sums now received by them under and by virtue of the set 17 sad 18 Charles 11., a. 7. rAkil AAAAA LILT QUALITICATION.—Sir D. L. EVANS, that payment of a direst tax, government or parochial, shall qualify to vote for lambent of parliament. TZAWBFORTATION —Mr. ADDERLEY, bill repealing part of the set of 6 Goo. IV., which empowers her Majesty, with the advies of her Privy Council, to appaint any places is her Majesty's dominions for the transportation of felons and others senior ionised of punishment. TOBACCO. —Col. DUNNE, committee of the whole house, to take into consideration the laws which prohibi. the culti vation of tobacco in tke United Kingdom, with a view to their novel. ADTBITIABIIINT MITT.— Mr. ENVAET to submit a moues tor the repeal of this duty. FAZZYNX.—CITY 01 LONDON.— Mr. Alderman SID NET, to move for lave to bring in a bill for abolishing the monist of Tess and stamp duties oa the admission of free man of Ow oorpoestios of Loudon. OUTGOING MAILS. The West India Jul.. ezelndleg Bermuda, Havannah, Name, Honduras, New Orlesns, and Meek*, end inanding Mute for Madeira. Bt. Juan-deNiesrattua, New Granada, Chill, sad Pern,will be insole up on Feb. 17. The mails for Lisbon, Spain, and Gibraltar will be made up on Feb. 17. The sails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Wands, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China, via Southampton, be made up es the morning of Feb. 20. The mails for British North Amities and the United States will be made up en the evening_ of Feb. 22. The =Us via blanwilles, to the Mediterranean, Ceylon, India, Hoeg-Kong, dm., will be made up on th e evening of Feb. 25. The mails for Maderia, the Brazils, and Dunes Ayres, will be made up on the evening of March 4. HIGH WAY= AT LONDON PRIMO& Tins DAT—ldessing. SA Um Altancea. $l. MR. T..-smaaow—MoasLsg, AA. 4ok. Aflame% $. We. LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14. THAT the persons who direct the expenditure of local taxation should represent those who pay the rates does seem so much a thing of com ' ae that how it should be otherwise is to be wondered at. Yet so it is—our county revenue is not levied or administerrd by the county ratepayers or by any body responsible to them. Gaols, lunatic asylums, bridges, and the like, may be built in any county, with or without ne cessity, or in the best or the worst manner, for which the rated inhabitant; are called upon to pay ; but who controls the outlay ? Who is answerable for its pro priety? Who vouches that it is not jobbed? Why, the most irresponsible body in the county—the justices of the peace—levy and expend, without check, inter ference, or control, the whole of the county rates. It is nothing to say that the justices are probably land owners in the county ;that possibly they pay consider able rates, and so have an interest in keeping down the county rate, and in expending it judiciously. Possi bly as landowners and ratepayers, they may feel the effect of too lavish an expenditure of county funds , eventually, but their estates are let to tenants who, though they may have estimated the actually existing I rates at the periods of their entry, are subject to all increased rates. Besides, the class spirit of the county justices is certain to misdirect the application of county rates. Would the " poachers' wing" of Buck ingham Gaol have been built, had the county expenditure been subject to the control of the rate payers of the county at large? On the other hand, lit is both just and reasonable that the landowners of l the county on wham property the county rates ulti mately, to a considerable extent, fall, should have an influential and concurrent voice in the management of the county revenue and expenditure. While, therefore, the present system can scarcely find a defender who is not in the commission of the peace for some county, no practical politician would desire to exclude the magistrates from a share in ma naging the financial affairs of their counties. If the best men amongst the county magistrates could be selected to act with representatives of the ratepayers, a very efficient board for managing the finance of counties could be obtained. Amongst the magistrates there are always men of business talent, and such are sure to be chosen when any selection from the body of the magistracy takes place. Now the bill brought into the House of Commons —which formed the subject of yesterday's debate—to establish " coun t y financial boards," by Mr. MILNER GIBSON, Mr. HUME, Colonel LINDSAY, and Mr. Sturro ADAIR, conforms very much to such require ments. It proposes that a financial board shall be established in every county throughout England and Wales, to consist of one person (not being a justice of the peace for the county) to be elected by the guardians of the poor of each anion and incorpo ration of parishes under GILBERT'S Act, and of so many justices of the peace for the county, to be elected by the ex-officio guardians of each union and inoorpo ration of parishes, as are equal in number to the whole number of persons elected members of the county financial board by the boards of guardians. Here we have a finance board, representing, as to one-half of its members, the rate-payers, chosen, it is true, by a secondary election ; the rest of the members being the magistrates elected by their own body resident in each anion. That such a finance board would prove a vigilant land effective guardian of the county funds we have no doubt ; while, by the very process of election to be adopted, the members would certainly be some of the ablest men of their respective dis tricts. The county financial board thus consti tuted, would be a corporate body, all the county property vested in it, and what is of most im portance, all powers, acts, matters, and things hereto fore wally exercised, transacted, and done by justi ces for counties at sessions, or by visiting justices, or committees of justices, under any act of parliament, or otherwise, relating to the making, assessing, and levying county rates, and the expenditure thereof, and the erecting, directing, and controlling all build ings, works, and establishments wherewith county rates are in any way chargeable; and also the borrow ieg money, nominating county officers, and all the other matters hitherto done by county justices are proposed to be transferred to the county boards. All Judicial powers are expressly reserved to the magis trates. Such are the principles on which the pro posed measure is based, and its details appear to be carefully provided for in the draft bill. How, then,in this useful measure likely to be received by the House of Commons? The debate of yesterday in a great "Iranswers that question. GIRSON, in moving the Record reading, stated that it was not intended to supersede the justices of the pace, but simply to &ye the ratepayers of coun ties a concurrent control with the justices over the empty expenditure. What he wanted was, that re peenestative control by the ratepayers should be added to that of the justices. This principle had been adopted in poor-law boards, and had there worked harmoniously : why then should it not be applied to the analogous case of county finance? likinetancod, as evidences of defective control over county rates, that la Lancashire the county rate had in one year ▪ Yorkshire from 126,0004 to 176,0001., and that in Yorkshire no leas than 200,0001. had been expended in providing a gaol to accommodate 160 prisoners. Wu anything more needed to enforce the principle that in county financial matters representa tion and taxation should go band in hand ? That was all members who voted for the second reading would pledge themselves to. And to such a reason able pledge few even of the squirearchy could directly object; consequently they pleaded for delay. Mr. firoorcza thought the bill had been pressed too hastily on the house, and mooed to adjourn the de bate; Sir GEORGE Gasv, too, thought inquiry would be necessary, and that the delay asked was not un- I reasonable. When did the name Secretary ever see anng uareesenable in a proposition et dot bey land ythi less* if it did not affect the political es party interests of the ministry Of wares Sir JOHN 'AI:INCHON wee he postpone ment also. He wen adorns to the prinsiplo a f the bill, and wanted time to mature an aosendmati although Mr. Homo reminded the home that the peones& was net sew, that its principle had been recommended lisig since by a commlttes of the hew, and that the kenos of county rates was a growing and geirreue evil. Sir Row= Pm, too, recom mended delay and inquiry, as did also Mr. Roz- Ma! Mr. NEWDIOATZ disclosed the pinch hit in the matter by the landed gentry, when he mooed Mr. GIBSON of being swim for the measure as seeking the repatation of a lbenson's friend." such a suggestion spathe volumes to the motives of the landlord members mantling tide wet masenable measure. With this ill-disguised dislike cad dlsingenuots oppaitioc, Lad lons Roseau's emphatic statement that he was strongly in favour of the introduction of the principle of the bill, and would give his cordial support to the second reading, contrasts advantageoudy, and in the end the second reading was postponed to the 6th of March. It would be well if the county constituencies should gives hint to their menthen on the necessity for some such measure as this. It belongs to that clam of moderate and practically useful measures which the lauded interest members try to shelve, and get rid of by indirect means rather than open opposition. It goes to their weakest point, the diversity of interest and object which exists between them and the tenant farmers, and it will need all the power and all the tact of the liberal member., the representatives ismiestroencies, to We this mossars, so salm iNio to farmers and other county rate payers, from the tender mercies of the "farmers' friends." Tus Tomes we' exceedingly indignant some time back when it wu mud of being hostile to a repeal of the advertisement duty, or of the taxes upon knowledge. It declared itself quite above being affected either by oompetition or considerations, arising out of such trifles. Be this as it may, the Times yes terday came forth with an article strenuously opposing any reduction of any taus, either on newspapers or knowledge! After coquetting with these, and indeed with all other measures of liberal progress, as the session ap proached, the limes has already turned to pooh-pooh or anathematise them all, finding, no doubt, that there reigns a dead calm in public opinion, and that the popular feeling, strained by protectionist or anti protectionist efforts, runs not very strongly for the moment in any direction. Having 'spouted for the last two months in the ranks of s emi-libe- ral opposition, the limes already takes its place at the tail of the ministerial phalanx, and declares with Lord JOHN RUSSELL that there shall be no ex tension of the franchise, no throwing open of the press, no reform in colonial administration beyond a mere make-believe, no foreign policy permitted ex cept in the direction of a rapid return to a CASTLE REAGH policy and the Holy Alliance. Instead of our prime minibter meriting the appellation of "Finality JACK," at this rate he will soon be dubbed " Retro- grade JOHN." The Times and Lord JOHN are wise in their gene ration, however. The latter will not extend the fran chise " this year." And the Times declares the repeal even of the advertisement duty not seasonable. " The present is not the time for it." Why the present is so very unfavourable to such relief, perhaps the ministerial subs who represent the Times on the treasury bench will tell us. There is a surplus, and ministers on the strength of it are lavishing their thousands. There is the First Lord of the Admiralty, who wants 100,0004 for head money, to reward the slaughter of the Dyalts. The Times party si ill vote that 100,0001. with glee; bat they could not spare it from weighing upon books, journals, and knowledge. The Times pleads that it is better to pay off the national debt. We remember the time when there were five millions annually raised to be devoted to paying off the national debt. Of these five millions sterling, so voted and raised annually, how many were spent in the actual reduction of the debt ? Not one. Fearing that this humbug will be exposed, the Times has other arguments in store, to stave off what it dreads above all things, the di minution of the taxes on newspapers. if you must reduce taxes, it says, diminish the duty on soap and candles, malt, or tea. Right well does the Times know, when indulging in such recommendation, that the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER will not touch a tax that brings in four or five millions. Whereas the tax on advertisements, which scarcely exceeds the late QUEEN DOWAGER'S petition, would make no sensible subtraction from the credit side of the Exchequer, whilst it would be a great relief to the industrious and the strugglieg. The advertisement duty, says the Times, " cer tainly presses with some ineqaality." We should think so. " But, after all," continues our cotem porary, " few domestic servants advertise more than a dozen times in their lives." And it might have added " thousands upon thousands never advertise at all." How much oftener they would advertise if they had an untaxed opportunity, does not enter into our ootemporary'e calculation. He is too intent upon con sidering how he may make these poor servants con tribute most to the paying off that national debt which their masters have contracted. The advertisement duty stands in a quite different category from the other taxes on knowledge. For a great portion of knowledge, in the eyes of such philosophers as the Times, is a luxury that the poor can do without. An advertisement for the needy man is, on the contrary, at times, a necessity great as his loaf, being often his loaf provider ; therefore this is not to be compared with a tax on soap, or on books, or on malt. The advertisement duty is a tax on the first necessity of life, on the finding of employ. After the bread tax, we know of none that so 101-1 1 peratively calls on the legislature to rescind it as the advertisement duty. The teak, too, is easy, for the sum is insignificant. And there is really but one serious obstacle in the way of its repeal, and that is. the interest of the Times newspaper, which Lord JOHN Russets. duet not offend! We limit our remarks at present chiefly to this' , duty, because we perceive that Mr. EWART is about 'to bring it forward singly, and that it stands on the order-book for to-night. In considering the paper duties, the arguments of the deputation which yester- I day waited on the minister, afford ample materials. We allude to them for the present merely in order to give another amusing instance of Times ratiocination. " Excluding Bibles and Prayer-books, which pay no paper duty, there are few cottage libraries," it says, " which weigh 10 lbs., and that have consequently paid le. 3d. to the Exchequer." We concede the fact, and we ask the cause of it? The reply ie obvious: because books for general sale among cot tagers cannot be produced at cottagers' prices, in consequence of these very taxes upon knowledge. " Bibles and Prayer-books," the Thou admits, "are to be found in great numbers in these cottage libraries." Why ? The Tints itself tells us, because "they pay no paper duty." Bibles and Prayer-books, bsinir relieved from such duty, can be produced at amazingly low prices : it is conse quently within the means of most cottager, to pro- MO them : and the Times tells us that they do pro cure them. If they had the opportunity of precuring works of utility and information at an equally low rate, why shculd they . not procure such works also? Bat the Times is right in one line of argument, which is, that taxes on knowledge do not weigh on the pockets of the poor so mach u the tax on malt, tea. or spirits—because; in fact, the people can do withoutintellectual food, whilst they will not dis pense with the excitement that is obtained through I the stomach. Gin will be drank, whether it be dear or cheap. Whilst books will not be read if dear, and will only be attainable If cheap. But whoever looks at the question in a moral or a Christian point of view will not commit the blasphemy of likening the tax on spirits to the tax on books, and coolly telling the legislature and the public ;hat they are all one, and that they weigh equally upon the poor. So cold-blooded—indeed, so Satanic a comparison, merely betrays a total absence of moral sense. THE NEW Putt.—We ( limes) believe it ie no longer a secret that it is her Majesty's gracious intention to create Mr. Jones Loyd a peer, by the title of Baron ()verstono. TIM EXTREME OF PROTECTION.—There is a great Mims of things in Lord John Manners' standing for Col chester ; for hi. lordship is so thorough a protectionist, that no doubt he is prepared to vote for protection to native opitsn.—Pute/i. FRANCE. PARIS, WIDWISDAY, 6 30 r r. The official announcement of the facts which I communicated to you yesterday, respecting the divi sion of France into several military commands, appe ars in the Moniteur to-day, u follows: Gsesral de Castellani is appointed to the command of th e nth ..-::"t;ry 7,lsiac flisadeanti. Re will also have the superior emnsund of the 14th Mid 16th military divisions, the chief towns of which ars Nantes and Rennes. Genera de Rostolan is named to the command of the Bth military division (Montpellier). He will also have the superioveoin inend of the 9th and 10th military divisions, the chief me t' of whisk are Perpignan and Toulouse. General Geinevu sow rommandisg the 6th military division, will, beside:, Ihays the superior command of the 6th military di v i a i sa, the chid town of which is Balances. It may be remarked that General Castellano is appointed at Bordeaux, an 'Monist city, and that he oohiiiiiis a '.ties of departments is which then, far los socialists than elsewhere. The legitimists, who share in an alarm that is somewhat general a n to these appointments, see in that of General c a rd. lane especially a blow aimed at legitimacy, and are full of anxiety in ommcquence. The Union says:—" We are informed that the oommand of the zone of the north is reserved to G. , n. Changarnier, who will thus join to the army of NH. the command of the troop in garrison in the 2nd 3rd, and even the 16th divisions." , The question of education again brought M. niers to the tribune of the Legislative Assembly to-day, In his speech yesterday, M. de Montakmbtrt tied urged: characteristics hat = dor e iiren a a t igathon . 111):e7t. the l :hpresentce4l f rom aeaj b l e mirew m ix ed e"reusianngechgr ° a di l , aremen ell :1,1:•11 f b c p o o n “ "" th ne a 'l to lia b t r iae n thought of. This new org anisati on w. cted waspribenduttoerigeannhedadd tanthheaytosuff itchc hreeialth U • pointed an academy to each department. We i ? representedbe the al administration; a t h dt hainp department academies - let, ti3 d :r e - uhinandi w e e t rnh , s t h h i ni e huflef ru e Pod, ~rbe. i o j ea f urie:d . e i b c e tr es on:of tb of e e s a c co h p u pe a n al cad eils e h -g m a e ' . .. l n his own dio ce se ; next, beca h u a se d p t , le ,r p o r a e l f y ec fio t art w ch a a ;: a ni; intheheentdunp T ilatle e l co l m s pO ff si r ti age on ' ef the academy 1p against state;mi a u th o r it y n t g r e p resen te d e b d e p ar t m en t . entthtyhwe b isho ps , presenceh thus ap a fixed p e f d roeui b re y db si h ah e ao p sb the h l a i- e ht T ha h ea a e hp superior; r a f d ct . l c repr o sainting the stete, not the teaching state, but the governing one ; the rectors, representing the teaching body p a id by the private persons appointed by the members of the t ounces. g eeeee I, chosen by universal suffrage. Much had tweet said but their influence in that body would be altogether neffin in comparison with what would be produced by the prism: of all the bishops of France in the academies. In tact, tt, was only just that this body of men should sic in the oe partmental academies, since they had been the first to ,!e -mend freedom of instruction. They were to sit there, rot as the delegates of any one, not even of their own celleaeues, but as the head of the church in their diocese, to watch nor private schools and control the official on's. He might serve that if there wan any instinct in the French e. •, which was really strong-which had resisted even th, sfi. of revolutions-it was a reverence for the bishops and to.:r influence in all that appertained to matters of moiety. (Murmurs on the Left.) The instinct of France, in toe., could not comprehend that any body should exist for '.he purpose of watching ever matters connected with mend y without the high dignitaries of the church being inclu.!•,' n it. Thus, then, the departmental academics will moist •d the prefect, of the rectors of colleges, of the bishop, a% t, last of all, of fathers of families, elected by the cnuty..• general-by the votes of their fellow-citizens. This tt point was particularly worthy of attention, as Lebo a es ; - thee novel, and as being one which would of all 091 , 'T. , u • with the confidence of the mess of the people, since ft not fear to assert Rut the councils-general, which had c. r. stantly gained in importance ainoe 1830, were now, after -.1 Legislative Assembly, the most respectable and in • t respected representatives of universal suffrage. ( %r ovca , • • To make use of the council/general fee this purees.• e only proper, since the constitution had given the exsrot 1. applying to them for the jurymen of the High Court of .t , bee in like manner from them was elected by the en - bill a grand jury for the liberty of instruction. (Moo tow • The Assemb ly would perceive frem these remarks coley t. amendment of M. 'Fallon could not ho accepted-it we in fact, disarrange the whole economy of the bill in its e • : important provision. (Hear, hear) The attributions • t 'l.' academic c ,until were also most important. The su; •r. count-it could only give advice, and recommend the c.uro• be pursued; but the departmental council nomina . e. • • . offices, and judged. It was a permanent body, which stantly aided the rectors ; and, what was still more, it • amongst Ps members persons elected by universal sea- Thus, very little of the old university system renter. , . nothing, in fact, but the inspector and the rector. The t gentleman then went on to say that, as he was on the tun .• he would seize ,-n the occasion to just touch on some • • points of the bill mentioned in subsequent articles, but • • netted with the present amendment. He alluded to the - bible effect of the departmental surveillance now about established, end expressed an opinion that it would ter,. raise the character of instruction to the previnces. in elas• throwing it, as at present, almost altogether on Pars r count of the university there established. At peeve!. P .ey was everything with respect to education, whilst thi ; winces were only a desert ; the present bill, he hasped. a e' t change that state of things-would effect a commence 014 n' it intellectual decentralisation. Formerly Dijon, 1:. :tr., i•::, Toulouse were peopled with students and saver.te tlt.: had now disappeared to give way to a sort of im pump which forced out all the intellectual life or Frae. - c (Hear, hear.) No one could point out a single writs r ot no. et or man of 1• aiming who could consent at present to tie rim self in the departments, (Hear, hear.) lie was cuisine,. that public education was superior in the cuntry to that :a capitals, The experience of all enlightened countries had shown that the most famous scats • f education were no' in the great cities, but in the country ; he need ant go fureer than England fora proof of th;s assertion, as Eton. led 11 sr row, and Rugby were certainly nothing more than v,l, 2 The academic councils hitherto in operation were not abl.• :J protect the cause of public its:sue:ion ; they wanted tour st to stand up against the univerti•y when that body tt fit to act arbitrarily or unadvisydiy. What stronger fr • • could be found of this than their conduct when M. CA: • had issued his famous circular: to toe !cache . How many had then protested spite that :set of the ni ter ? Only one-one soliury council, repre•en•ed 1,, person of M. Daniel, the rector. The arrang , mint tic the present bill would render such c induct impossible trusted also that the amount of instruction would !, creased, as the Universiiy of Paris, famous as it we, is • ,he maintained, give really sound instruction; it : ' neither 11.11enists nor Latinists. M. BARTHELEMY DR ST. HILAIRE.—I beg your pa, M. MORTALEMBERT.—MORSieUT de St. Hileiee, I very well that you are a Hellenist. (Great laughter M. BeTHIBLIMY DR Sr. HlLAlRlL—CeftiliCiy. " • are very excellent Hellenists in the university. M DE DIONTALEMBERT admitted it, and that'- • gentleman in particular was one, for he had been enz • - reading Greek all the time that the committee were ,!..t • log the bill-(loud laughter)-but good Greek etholirs e. • • the exception in the university. Let the Hellenists who're:. present show themselves. (Lyughttr and interrupt , - t lie loved and venerated cle-icyl studies, and he t that they should have fallen into such discredit, that a' r the liel'enists were invited to show themselves, no one ' come forward. (Interruption on the Left.) It was no . . • 1 the English parliament, for there every one cultivated ancient languages, although there was not there &wryer , like that of Paris. In the English parliament the a. difficult authors were quoted and understood, and it the same in the old French parliaments. Rollin in his .' deplored that there were found in the parliament only few councillors who were able to write in Greek. (Laughter. He would ask where any could be now found who did sul (Renewed interruption on the Lett) 11: was ans. proveth university, at andsup e thatr tori e li ca n t t i o h n e c w l e as e i n • * h int y h a a s a d t et mat profound formerly an a i r a b l e d c e do n t n o t th i e n g em s i aim only oi. cane . :a tt t ta l r t! sy e h a w ß o la c e s In : , p a I sor t r ail recorded u r nel t a g e t u s t e e T h , l an t..: . : at the examinations for the Beccaleureat ; they cutlet's e not very satiefectory. The fun. gentleman here ' r' forward the result of the eliminations for that several colleges, and stated that a great majority of tt Witted had only obtained the mentken of bee.! . • fourth that of asses.bien ; and a very few indeed • tress- hien ; he also stated other facts to prove hit a• that the answering at the public examinstions war, to rte], very itelifferent its France. With the superi which had been voted, and the academic council o was wished to create, he hoped that this state would he remedied. If the bishops, the magistrats councils-general, however, refused the noble mis-•• .• 'dieted to them, these hopes would be, no pointed ; but who would also be disappointed with t' • slue* which entertained them' The whole et 2 But be felt assured that such would not be the case. 1. ' • the appeal now made by the bill would b e ru p ee and that Frece would imitate the example et coy , given by the Assembly on the subject of freedom ,`t tion. (Loud applause.) suiThpeensepe•con of the the hors. g o en n tl i c u m bt an i somea l :be! gentleman t P e z in : P h t lur al h d as ins, : t : i e : o n nt h e c ne e h e m ff i i v s m t t ea n dr fti t i o e fo m sawflelpepr; coinciding k e : f i l t r d iong h cm a m n s a oo tg irate n bi :: :e e tueir r uilu t i c hc o t weet e h n dnien n t : :::h l , l 3 , , , A- 2 . : 1 ' . .11 , * : unjust both to the present and the past. M. de. Mont- bort had steed that all the men of intelligence had country districts and flocked to Pads but he ( the te considered that statement to be somewhat ma t te , ••' some special establishment might hire had the ntint their pupils diminished, but the case was no t genet 1 %Is governmeet had done everything in its power to that desertion. (Hear, hear j lie also eon : Ousel El hon. gentleman had been unjust in his remarks tuella. education given by the state. He could account tor • T ri e ti n n tedu g re.wanhkeynechotnhoeel scholars doa rep isaf ze ti l g ta o t tif iv em e chodoa:didtsaybkwae:dil.d. i n ihh e ,, . 7 do e :I. when the hon. gentleman spoke of the number ot