The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-08 00:00:00

11, DECEMBER g, 185 A.

Xr..IIOICSON said the act of parliamest Wilt to tie
Trade whether a charterse be gousteiret
tilt, tad his essoltionts were quite with the sound
lodgment of the Pre .iciest of the of Trade. In !
many Of the principle. Lid down he pee coseurreiL
bat there were eases where it was saint ble that limited
ty should be given, bat the and of Trade
projects which did not come within the scope
et rivets enterprise. He thought that private enterprise
wee mob more likely to be secoessful than euterpriaee un-
dertaken by companies managed by boards of directors.
begss the hoc. iteutlessas would not persevere la the
mike is bait made.
Mr. A. iIASTIE thought if It were left to private enter-
?OW emigrants would be quite as well seonunodated en
they would be if a charter were granted. His ionstitsents
were against the grantiag of the charter. At the mine
time, he thought it better that the hen. gentleman should
withdraw the motion.
Mr. W.BROWN said what they wanted was, " • clear date
and no favour" for any company whatever. He should be
extremely sorry to ask for papos the production of which
would embarrass the right hon. gentleman. If there was
say negotiation going on with any foreign state, there
might be a difficulty, bat there was no difficulty in the
present case ; but as the right hon. gentleman was of a
different opinion he would withdrew the motion, and he
Ironed and wee confident that he would do justice to all
parties.
ACG REGOR wss confident that the navigation pro-
posed would be as effectually carried out from Glasgow and
Liverpool as if a charter were granted.
The motion was then 's leave withdrawn.
COUNTY FINANCIAL BOARDS.
Mr. M. 01BSON moved for leave to bring in a biU to
establish county financial boards for the masons of county
Yates, and for the administration of county expeaditure in
England and Wales. It was not necessary for him to go
into the details of this bill, when he informed the house
that the principle of the bill was sanctioned twice during
the last session, the second reading having been passe
without a division ; and, there having born two commit
tees of that house who had paid groat attention and given
much time and cook:oration to this measure, be thought
the house would conceive that the more asking for leave to
bring in the bill would probably not be opposed. It bed
been remarked to him by • gentleman that he was sur-
prised that one who had sat in abet house so long as he nad
should undertake to briag in a bill, especially one of
so great importance and containing so many clauses. And
certainly his experience of the difficulty of carrying a bill
in that house somewhat justified this remark; but he was
encouraged by the observations of the Chaucellor of the
Exchequer. who said ho was favourable (as be understood)
to the introduction of the representative principle into local
administration. That was the principle of this bill. He
proposed to give the ratepayers a control over count) expen-
diture. He did not propose to constitute financial boards
from which the moistratts should be excluded. Quite the
reverse. lie took the security in this bill that one half of the
board should consist of magistrates; he took care that the
judicial power of the magistrates, and their powers as to the
regulation of gaols, should not be interfered with by these
financial boards, and so fir as possible to assimilate three
county financial boards to town councils, and to give them
no more power than was necessary for the control of expen-
diture and financial matters. He would, therefore, now
not trespass on the attention of the house, but would simply
move for leave to bring in the bill.
The question having been put,
Mr. WALI'OLE said the right bon. gentleman had cer-
tainly twice, if not three times, brought in bills on this sub-
ject, but these bills were not the same. One of those bills
was referred to • select committee, which made great alte-
rations in it, and then, if he recollected aright, the right
hon. gentleman brought in another hill last year, which did
not contain all the recommendations of the committee. He

should not oppose the introduction of the bill, but as rise
clauses were not explained, he reserved to Weasel( the full-
est power of expressly disapproving of the second reading if
it did not contain, as it ought, a prevision that the magistrates
should have the fullest power over, and management of,
gaols, lunatic asylums, and bridges.
Leave was then el,. n to bring in the bill.
RETURNS ORDERED.
On the motion of Mr. KINNAIILD —Copies of any papas
or correspondence respecting the expulsion of Messrs. Wirt-
gate and Smith from the Austrian dominions, in contiana-
lion of papers presented in the last session of the last par-
liament.
On the motion of Mr. CAULPIILD—Copy of the report to
the Admiralty, in the removal of the bar in Carlingford
Bay, with a view to its being available as a harbour of
Map.