The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-10 00:00:00

ILLGIN.

Oa the oorideration of the Quesa's seeirge, rearniumad.
ins the house to confer • prsion of 1,0001. • year on the
Countess of Elsie, widow of the late Earl of Elgio,
Lord PALMERSTON moved that the house do comply
with that recommeadatioa, sad stated that the Indian
department, sensible of the greet serrkee of Lard Elgin,
hod agreed to settle another parr of the same amour
os the Constar of ftta. The noble lord rainitalard
the orders mid imooseefol senior of Lord Elam in the go-
vernment of Jamaica sad of Canada, in his two diplomatic
missions in Chita, and that to Japan, end dwelt oa the air-
ounistanoes under which be undertook the admiaistratias
led* when, him life was ant shirt without his having made
se adequate prowlers few his family.
Lord STANLEY, in cordial tam; expressed Use csesear-
Naos of his side of the hoar is the motion.

to answer to Sir EL WILLOUGHBY,
Sir C. WOOD stated that the award of Judie, coseider•
Leg that some of the sorrier of Lord Bight had bees per-
formed is other parte of the world thee Indio, did Dot fed
it prover to piece tb• whole sharp of this woe so the
revenue of led* bat they oay ' to telt* their
Aare le it.

Ti•Ta.aiion was agreed 10.
COLLECTION OF TAX BILL.

On the order far coin lots emanate* ou the above bill.
84. H. WILLOUGHBY stated the objections which be
enterteinod to the messrare, *ad moved that it was sot oi-
l:wheat that the land, essessed, and Moores taxes should be
collected by °Hotta of the Inked Kerwin .
The motion was wooded by Mr. Ewan and supported
=6T, who pretested almost throwiug upon the
re of Tsar the odious task of decking +bother
the bill should be mat in operation in their series' dairies
ar not.
After some further dimencion. . _ _

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that if
the bill were net agreeable to the views of the cosemeatty
and its »presentative*, It wee right that it should sot
pass, but the system it proposed was in operatics la Sect-
ion& where it worked economically and to the gessral
eatisfactioc. Coastant complaints were sew nude of the
ezistAng stem, the incivility, ofecionesess, defaleatiess,
and tiel of collectors ; bat over them ogees tie
executive governmeat had no metrol whatever, hiesesseb
they were appointed by independent parties, to whom ales*
moons for a remedy mold be bed. The right boa
eentleman then explabied that the reason for omitting the
metropolis from the provisions of tbe bill was fist
*WO we., no .tamp distributors emidorld Uwe ; seam-
quently, mit wk. moult to combine the duties of collar/tor of
taxes with those of stamp distribotors,the appoiatmeat of a
new and signori» staff of office» for this special
would brooms necessary. With regard to the otgiersirs:
founded on ths permissive character of the bill, be ems
adored that tbe permissive rims's% wee absolusslr ems.
' sad that so eater was likely to remise the sweat of
the Imam

Mi.TIENLET felt serenaded that the niessum would sea
work my good. end wee emsemmemtly prepared to vote for
the ernendment.
Lord J. MANNERS .Le supported the armeadmatt,
which, on a division. was negatived by 137 to 103.
The house them west into committee sums the bill, mad
the several cleanse were agreed to.
WRITS REGISTRATION (SCOTLAND) BILL.
The adjourned debate on the second media( of the Writs
Registration (Scotland) Bill ins wed, mad led to con-
siderable dieoussiori, is the mums of which the great majo-
rity of Scottish 'members present expressed their direpprovel
of it. Mr. Mare and Mr. Black slope srupported the
manure, sod in view of this discouraging state of thhip
the Lord Advocate withdrew the bill.
CHURCH BUILDING AND NEW PARISHES ACTS