The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-10 00:00:00

HE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVEN CMI, FEBRUARY 10, 1853.

property, labour and skill being the property of large canes
of the community. 2. That the existing &assessment of the
income tax (under the Act 5 and 6 Vic., c. 35) should be so I
modified as to make it a tax on property, including, und%A.
that term, the espitalised value of all industrial inceme.
3. That all the property, real, personal, and industrial, in
the United Kingdom, should be taxed at one uniform tate
on its vahte. 4. That all realised property, under schedules
A and C, be assessed an I taxed in proportion to its value,
and that all industrial incomes under schedule: B, D, and E
I be assessed and taxed nly on the capitalised value of that
portion of each person's income exceediug 501. in the year. 1
, 5. That, in levying the tax for the financial year, April
1853.4, the schedules and the returns of income, under the I
' Act 5 and 6 Vie., c. 33, be taken as the basic one hich the •
property is valueu and assessed for that year, subject to the
following medificseions :—(a.) The profits or income of the
clergy, now under schedule A, who have only life interests
in their incomes, to be transferred to schedule E. (Ii) The
profits accruing from the occupation of farms, nos under
the schedule B, to be returned and assessed in the same
minter 114 the profits of trades and professions under
schedule D. 6. That, for the financial year, April 1833-4,
the assessment on the value of the respective properties be
taken as under :—Sche lule A. (Exclusive of life incomes',
payable to the clergy.) (a) Land in Ureat Britain to be'
v.lued at 30 year,.* purchase on the rents, subject to a de- I
duetion not exceeding 10 eer cent. for necessary buildings
and repairs. Land in Ireland to be valued at 20 yea,'
purchase on the rents, sub;ect to a deduction not exceeding
10 per cent. for necessary buildings and repairs; or valued
at the number of year.' purchase for which the land of Ire-
land has sold under the Ineumbered Estates Act. (A) Reuses
to be valued on the rents at 20 years' purchase, subject to a
deduction of 10 per cent. where the repairs are made by the
landlords. (c) Itailways, canals, gasworks, mines, frau-
works, quarries, fisheries, and all other property now under
schedule A, to be assessed on the value as determined by the
price of shares on Ow 31st day of March in each year, or as
may be found most convenient and equitable. Schedule C
That the value of all the property in annuities and dividends
under this schedule, and of securities of every kiud, be as-
seined on the values or the current prices, on the 31st day of
March, 1853. Schedule E That for the year, April.
1833-4, all the salaries, pensions, and payments, under this
schedule, including the life incomes of the clergy, be taken
at 15 years' purchase; and in subsequent years be valued
as the government life annuities under schedule C. Sche-
du'es 13 and I) (farm., trades, and professions)—Tkat for
the year 11153-4, the incomes from the profit, of farms,
trades, and professions, be taken at 15 years' purchase ;
that, in subsequent years, the value of the capital and
stock be taken a. in an ordinary balance sheet, and assessed
at the same rate as other property; and that, after deduct-
ing r. per cent. for interest on this capital, the rest of the
income he valued as a life annuity imperfectly secured, and
assessed acco-dingly. 7. That, to serve as data for the
assessments of the year 1854 5, tables, chewing the prices on
sales or valuations of the various kinds of property in the
United Kingdom, should be prepared and presented to par-
liament in March, 1854, and in each succeeding year. 8.
That any revenue which parliament may deem it right to
raise in the year 1853.4, by continuing the act 5 and 6 Vic.,
c. 35, as modified above, be assessed under the schedules,
at such a rate per centum as shall be adequate to provide
the required amount on the value of property. 9. That the
basis of the valuation of property and the rate of taxation
be subject to revision in 1854, and in every subsequent
year, with a view to correcting inequalities.
Mr. 3l'Mattox—Bill to amend the laws relating to the
Irish fisheries.

Mr. MossELL—Committee to inquire whether any regu-
lations or practices exist by which Roman Catholics in the
public service or in workhouses, prisons, or other institu-
tions supported by public or local taxation, are impeded in
the due exercise of their religion.
Mr. Moune—Motion on toe subject of the consolidated
annuities, and tho recommendation of the committee of the
Lards thereupon.
Mr. M'Cawrxxv—Select committee to inquire into the
proceedings and working of the Incumbered Estates Court,
since its establishment in October, 1849.
Mr. litlingoott—ltcsolution to the effect that the restric-
tions on the manning of British ships should be repealed,
and that dues fur salvage, pilotage, tolls, lights, ballast,
stamps on charter parties, bills of lading and marine
assurances, should be adjusted, and, as far as can be, abo-
lished.

Mr. 11. iiIRDERT—Select committee to examine and re-
port upon the present state of communication between
England and Ireland, in regard to the expeditious convey-
ance of the mails, as well as the speed, safety, and conve-
nience afforded to the public, and to the Irish representa-
tives in particular, in their attendance on this house; and
to report what improvements modern science can suggest to
establish a more efficient, speedy, and commodious commu•
ideation between the two countries.
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Lord D. STUAKT—Address for copies of any correspond-
ence between the government of this country and the go-
vernment of France, and between the Foreign-office and
the representatives of her Majesty at foreign courts, respect
lug the recognition of the Emperor of the French.
Mr. Iltimn—To ask the Secretary of State for the Colo-
nies if Sir James Brooke is still Governor of Labuan ; and
whether it is the intention of her Majesty's government to
permit Sir James Brooke to hold any other appointment
until his proceedings at Borneo have been subjected to par-
liamentary inquiry.
Mr. ADDERLISY—To cell the attention of the house to
the state of uffairs at the Cape of Good Hope.
Mr. T. DeNCOSlßE—Address to her Majesty, that she
will be graciously pleased to use her good oflices for the
purpose of putting an end to the continued occupation of
the Roman States by the troops of Austria and of France.
Sir Ds L. EVANS—Address for copies of correspondence
between her Britannic Majesty's government and those of
the American United States, Spain, and France, concern-
ing the repeated piratical invasions lately undertaken
against the Island of Cuba, and the projects alleged to be
still entertained of the conquest or annexation of that ter-
ritory by associations of citizens of the United States.
Sir Di L. Evaxe—Address for copy of correspondence
between the Governor-General of India and the Governor
of Madras, relative to the despstch of troops from that pre-
sidency to Rangoon, and of such public notice (if any)
which may have been transmitted to India in respect to the
same by the Board of Control or Court of East India Direc-
tors.

Viscount JOCELYN—To call the attention of the house to
the general question of railway communication in India.
Mr. Rice—Select committee to consider the expediency
of adopting an uniform system of police in England and
Wales.

Mr. CH/Antall—Select committee to inquire into the
management of the National Gallery.
Mr. L. Elmo—Bill to amend the law of sttcceuion to real
estate in cases of intestacy.
Mr. EwAßT—Total abolition of the punishment of death.
Capt►in Sconnu,--To call the attention of the house to
the difficulties and delays in manning her Majesty's ships
and vessels of war when first commissioned, and to the
periods for which such ships and vessels of war, when
manned, are usually kept in commission.
Mr. PRILLIMORE—Address, that her Majesty will be
pleased to appoint commissioners to digest the law of Eng-
land into a code.

Mr. Csuurran—Select oommittee to inquire into the
conTtitation, practice, and process of sheriff courts in Scot-
land, and the office of sheriff, with a view to the introduc-
tion of such reforms and alterations as may be required fur
the purpose of securing cheap and speedy Justice to suitors
in the coo,. courts.

Mr. 11. Baowx—To call the attention of the house to the
I lamentable loss of life incidental to railway travelling, re-
sulting front the absence of better regulations ; and to the
necessity of a direct interference on the part of her Males.
ty's government, for the purpose of correcting the irregu-
larities and disregard evinced by railway companies to the
public safety.
Mr. Wn.u.Lar —Returns of the legal end parliamentary
expenses of each private or local, or public act, promoted
by private individuals, taxed by the taxing officer of the
house, setting forth the average expenses of each class of
acts pissed, whether railway acts, railway amendment acts,
private improvement acts, or others forming a class. Of
the expenses of the concession of privileges to private un-
dertakers or companies, as far as they can be ascertained,
for the formation of any and each railway in India, or of
any undertaking for which, if it had been in England, the
anthorisation of a private or local act would be required.
Of the total number of commons or waste. inclosed, and the
average expenses of such inelogares by the method of pro-
visional order of the Inclosure Commissioner, confirmed
by act of parliament. Of the total number of cities and
owns to which the Public Health Act has been applied by
provisional order of the General Board of Health, sad of
the average expense of each case. Of the total number of
towns to which the Public Health Act has been applied by
order in council, and the average expenses of such applica-
tions ; and of the number and of the average expenses of
preliminary inquiries in relation to private or local acts,
directed by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests.
Sir BIRDER:I* MADDOCK—Return of the principal iron
mines in India, showing where each is situated, and the
capabilities of such as are situated on or near projected lines
of railroad to furnish the whole ore portioh of the iron re-
quired for those undertakings; and papers relating to the
erection, in 1824, of an iron suspension bridge of 200 feet
span, over the river Bios, in the Sanger district, constructed
entirely of iron from the mines of that district.
Sir lantana:l* MADDOCK—iteturn of the population of
the British territories in India, showing the name of each
district, its area in square miles, number of its inhabitants,
population per square mile, and classifying the population
under the following heads :—British, European, or Ameri-
cus, natives, including Catholics, Protestants,Mahomedans,
Hindoos, and other classes, and stating the principal towns
of each district, and their population.
Sir HSKBEKT MADDOCK—Lisa of natives of India liable
to be summoned to serve on grand juries is the Supreme
Courts of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay ; and lists of the
names of all other native gentlemen who may be selected
by the governments of Bengal, Madras, sad Bombay, and
by the Lieutenant Governor of Agra, as qualified to afford
valuable information to the select committee on the affairs
of India. _ _

Sir HIRDERT NADDOCI—Report of all school In the
different Presidencies of India, in which the natives of the
country can obtain European instruction in painting, sculp-
ture, andengraving, in surveying, mining, and mechanics,
with the result of such instruction, u proving the capa-
bilities of the natives of India to excel in the useful and
ornamental arts.

Mr. OTWAY—Cornes of all despatches, minutes, or other
documents (not already laid before parliament) relating to
the attempts of Dbackjec Dadojee to bribe the Bombay
government and its servants. Di all reports or replies (not
rare tdy laid Wire parliament) returned by political, reve-
nue, or judicial officers of tho Bombay government. to the
circular letters on tho subject of Khutput (illicit influence)
addressed to them by the said government in May, IsdO,
with the dates on which they wero received by the Bom-
bay pvernmeut, the Indian government, the Court of