The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-23 00:00:00

THE BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE,

Mr. DIRIABLI said the noble lord stated the other
night that he would take an early opportunity of informing
the house what course he proposed to pursue with regard
to the conduct of public tamer. It would, perhaps, be
convenient if the noble lord would make his statement that
evening.

Lord. RUSSELL said he should take the opportunity
of doing so on moving, as he now did, that the house, on its
rising, should adjourn till Monday. He had, in the first
I place, to remind the house that it would not be his duty to
propose on that occasion that a number of bills which had
gone through several stages should be given up. There
were two or three bills which, as had already been intimated,
would not be proceeded with; but the government had not
brought forward any bills except such as seemed to require
the consideration of the house with a view to their being
passed during the present maks. There was one bill with
respect to which he had been asked a question more than
once—he referred to the Education Bill. He had now to
state that, being exceedingly anxious that the house should
proceed with the Charitable Trusts Bill, which
was read a second time on the previous night,
foreseeing that great benefit would arise from the passing of
that measure, he was afraid that the occupying a night in
the dhesedes of the Education Bill on the sewed reading
might interfere with the progress of the Charitable Trusts
Bill, and of soma other public buainess before the house.
He should, therefore, though with great regret, move the
postponement of the Education Bill. With regard to the
coarse of other business, the house would recollect that
there were three very important measures which had been
for a considerable time under discussion. One was
the Income Tax Bill in its present shape as ex-
tended to Ireland ; and there was the Succession
Duty Bill, both of which had passed through that house ;
the third was a bill which stood for committal that evening
—he referred to the Government of India Bill. As those
bills had taken up a considerable portion of time, he had
not thought it right to allow any other business to interfere
with their progress. He was happy to be enabled to say
that the time was not distant when the third of these bills
would leave that house to be considered by the other house.
lie hoped to fix Monday week, the Ist of August, for the
committee of supply, with the view of taking the remain-
ing votes. There was sufficient business already fixed to
occupy next week. They had yet before them
many bills of considerable importance ; and he trusted that
the house, having regard to the lateness of the session,
would consent to allow orders of the day to take precedence
on Tuesday as well as on other days. (Cheers.) He was
sure that at that late period of the session there would be
more public business done, and the public welfare would be
better consulted under that arrangement than in the exist-
ing one. There must be—although he had not looked at
them with the view of considering which of the bills could
go on—there must be several bills fixed for Wednesday
which had hardly a chance of being carried to a successful
issue in the present session, and he honed that hon. gentle-
men who had charge of them would allow public business,
such, for example, as the committee of supply, to proceed
on Wednesday, instead of persisting in urging forward bills
which could not be carried at present. On Monday
next, he should move that orders of the day have
precedence on Tuesday. He now moved the adjournment
till Monday.