The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-20 00:00:00

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The of LLANDAFF,having replied, withdrew his
motion ; and their lordships then adjourned at a quarter to 8

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FHIDAT, MAY 19.
The Sigmas& took the chair et 4 o'clock.
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PR f N s.—lq Mr. SRO I'IIEIOIIN, from 911 font ; Mr. RWART,
from Wigan, tavour ',Menial edertation.—Mr. CALLAGHAN,
roes Cork, Lir repeal of the 1113400.—Mr. 0. CRAW (9), from Edin-
burgh, in (occur .4 sits. for churches (Mmtland) Mr S. CRAW-
FOKM, from itochilale, fur the inseettea el certain Mauer* in the
public alth hilt —Mr. f, from a slate in Ayrshire,
mattet
diplo ft•LNANN with court of Rome MIL—LA d ASHLEY, from
several slams in our of sanitary Worm
NATIONAL LAND COMPANY BILL.
Sir B. HALL b lifted to ask the hon. member for Not-
tingham (Mr. F. 0 CJnnot) whether he wood,' have any
objection to more fur a select committee to inquire into the
nature and objects of the above bill.
Mr. O'CONNOR would prefer that the hon. baronet
should noose for the committee. If he (Mr. O'Connor)
made the motion he would lose a whole month in the pro-
ves of the
MYbill.
AR ESTIMATES—TIIE MEDALS.
In answer to a question from Sir D. L. EVANS,
Mr. F. MAULS stated that he could nut fix a time for
the production of the report of the committee on the
with army
and nosy emimates. The committee hal begun the
navy, and hail not &I yet tinishea that brauch of the inquiry
With reference to the m*dols, he regretted very much that
any delay &hoof,' hove °altered in earryiug her Majesty's
gracious intention into effect. Ile had, however, seen the
Muter of the Mint, who had promised him that the die
would he ri ad y in a very short time.
Lord 110TH AM asked whether it would not be expe-
dient that the committee ou the army and navy estimates
should publish their evidence horn time to time. If it came
all toget.:er at the end of the ii.quiryin the shape of an enor-
mous bloc-book, the half et it would ni err be perused.
Mr. F. Id AU LE said that the publication of the evidence
was a matter sunray b.r the consideration of the committee.
The noble lord nowt be aw He that estilitnce was sometimes
given before committees welch was published at all.
NATIONAL LAND COMPANY BILL.
Mr. F. O'CONNOR stated that, in eousequence of an in-
terview he had had with inc right bon. baronet theti non
tary fur the Home Dipartment. it was his ieten
Tuesday next to move for a sett et committee to inquire into
the character and sbj. eta of the bill.
BO ROC II GAOLS.

In answer to blr7Furwev,
Sir G GREY stated that it was not tho intention of go-
vernment to orient in any bill for the better regulation of
borough gaols. The prasent law was sufficiently stringent

for the purpose.
HEALTII OF WF.STNIINSTER.
Sir R. INGLIS said that great alarm existed in the neigh-
bourhood of Westminster Abbey in consequence of a state-
ment which had been made by the hon. member for Sussex,
to the t fleet, that, in consequence of certain ecodorising ex-
periments practised on the sewers of that locality, the pat lie
health hid been eudanger,d, sod fever had broken out. Now
he (Sir R Inglis) had b..n informed that the h,slth of the
parish of S.. John w is int ver better than at present; and
that so far from there b.int a great mortality within the pre-
cincts of the abbey, there had been but one death in the
school and one within the precincts. Al to College street,
be had he • n in.ormed by a chrgyman that the only ease ul
illness in that locality was one of toothache. (A laugh.)
Mr. FREW EN regretted if he hail misled the house in
the statem. nt ailudtd to. Ile had spoken on the authority
of a me.;ity .1 gentleman of the neighbourhood.
Mr. HENLEY was glad to h ce the satisfactory state of
the health of Wietmiuster, the more especially as he was an
inhabitant of the distri t himself. Ile should be glad to
know, however, whether any process with regard to the
sewerage was at pre•eut going on, as he had been informed
be a member of h s family that last night, in consequence of
the opening of a sewer in the rear of hit house, the fcctid
odour MO so strong u to rouse all the inmates from their
sleep. (A laugh.)
PUBLIC HEALTH BILL.
The house having re-Weed itself into committee, clause 3,
which es'ablishes the general board of health, was put by
the chairman.
Lord MORPETH m,ved to add a proviso at the end of
this clause, to the following effect : " Provided always that
the said g. octal board of health shall continue only for a
period ot nee years from the date of the passing of this
statute, or Vi the end of the then next ensuing session of
parliament."
The proviso was adopted, and the clause, as intended,
passed,—as did clauses 4 and
Oa clause 6. " S ilsries," bring proposed.
Lord MORPETH proposed an amendment, assigning a
salary to one member of the board, not being the president.
Mr. HENLEY inquired wnat amount of salary would
attach to the offices of paid commissioner and secretary, re-
spectively ?
Lord MORPETII replied that, under the Cohmoss En-
closure Act, the salary of the commissioner was 1,500 f., and
it was not proposed to assign n larger salary to the commis
Boner under this biil. Theueretary's salary also would note&
teed that of the secretary to the health of towns commission ;
but the se/rules, whatever they might be, would be annually
brought before parliament, as they would have to be voted
in the estimates.
The amenument was inserted, and the clause as amended

agreed to.
Clause 7—" Local inquiries to be made on petition of a
certain nuinber of the householders"—was agreed to after a
convenatioa av to the proportion of the whole number of
housekee,,ers from wh -Ku application should be required
previous to instituting inquiry, the clause stipulating for one-
tenth, and after the insertion of an amendment giving power
to examine witnesses.
Clause B.—" Notice of inquiry and report to be given and
published."
Lord LINCOLN moved an addi•kn, requiring that notice
should be pine nto the clerk to the board of guardian, of
any uni..n etf.cted by the ,e•., which wad agreed to, and the
clause as amended ordered to stand part of tee bill, as were
clauses to 14 incluidre. ,uale verbal amendments having
been made.
Clause I:i.—" Qualification of elected membere of local

boards."
Sir W. JONES moved an amendment, making a three-
years' residence an element in the qualification,
Lord MORI'ETti had some doubts whether they had not
already narrowed too much the held of selection. There
were p. rsons, as pby.ici.ins, whom it might be desirable
to here on the horirJ, and who yet might not have resid,
three years in the place.
Sir W. JONES was only missions that the board should
not be composed of mere temp .rary residents. lie would
not press his amendment.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD suggested that the property quali-
fying a person to be a member of tho lace' board should be
within th^ district for which he was elected.
Lord MORPETH obj ctid to this on the came ground on
which be had opposed the last am' ndmrnt—viz., that it would
narrow the field of selection, and might exclude persons in
all other respects peculiarly qualified.
Clauses PI, 17, and 18 were agreed to; and on clause 19,
Captain PECIIELL, obji.ctiog to the inequality of voting
provided by 1,,. proposed lie omission or postponement.
Lord MURPL 10 said that the clause was framed on the
same prin. iple as that which prescribed a similar mode of
voting under the poor law—namely, that as property would
be locally taxcd it should have a proportionate influence by

voting.
After a conversation, in which Mr. S. CRAWFOND, Alder
man SIDNEY, Dr. Bowman, and Mr. 11 ellE opposed, and
SLANEY and Mr. HENLEY, supported the clause,
Col. SIBTliORI" declared his intention of not taking
any further part in the committal of the bill, but would
oppose it on tee ri port and third reading.
Mr. GRANCiEIt proposed to limit the number of votes,
in any instance, to four ; and therefore he should move to
substitute for the scale now in the clause the fullowine : For
every holding of 1101., one vote; for 1001., two votes; and
for 2001 and upwards, four votes ;—thus makiag four votes
the maximum.
Alter a few words from Mr. 11. DUEMMOND, which did
not reach us,
Mr. 1K EWDEGATE contended, as the bill interfered so
much with property, that property ought to be properly re-
preeenta d •, and ou that ground he thought the distinction
made in the clausw, as framed, was necessary.
Sir 0. STRICKLAND opposed the clause, on the ground
that the system of plurality of votes was a most objectionable
principle, and was unsatielactery to the country.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL observed that the system
of voting adopted in the new pour-law act had worked satie-
factorily, and that wits the system introduced by the present
clause iato this bill. Much of the duty of the local boards
so t Le elected would cunelst in making secure and perma-
nent improvements; and i: a preponderating voice was given
to the Dover classes, it was to be feared that with a view to
lessen their own rates, they would only execute the works in
such a way as just to satisfy the provisions of the act, but
without any regard to their permanent durability.
Mr. BUCK concurred, and trusted the government would
not give way to any of the suggestions made, but would re-
tain the clause in its present form.
Mr. RU ME was decidedly opposed to the system of cumu-
lative voting. lie wished the principle adopted by the bill
introduced by the right hon. baronet, the member for Ripon
(Sir J. Graham) with reference to the Scotch Poor-law Act
to be followed in the bill, namely, that every rate-payer
should have one vote and ao more. The principle of that
bill had given great satisfaction in Scotl.,nu, and as it was
the last legislation un such a motinn, it ought to be Johowed
in the hill now under consideration.
Sir J. GRAHAM said, that, speaking only from an im-
perfect recollection of the prosiaions of the Scotch Poor-
law Act, he thought there was a distinction between that
measure and the clause now before the committee. This
clause gave the elected body large powers of taxation,
whereas, in the Scotch Bill no taxing powers whatever were
conferred upon the elected board. Under such circumstances
he was disposed to support the thiuse as it stood at present.
Mr. M UNTZ opposed the clause, and said that, although
he was the largest rate-payer in the borough ho represented,
he should be quite satisfied with one vote under this bill.
Lord MORPETII said the object ht the government was
so to constitute the local boards as to avoid, es much as pile-
dole, any interference with them by the central authority.
lie had had many interviews and much correspondence with
parties front all districts of the country in the subject of this
TAU, and yet he had tiM received a single remonstrance with
rererr nee to the clause se now prt.pricd. near, hear.)
After a few words from M. Rice., which were wholly
inaudible in the gallery.
kr. Aid. dilnlia etateada4 that ea mil principle of