The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-13 00:00:00

EXCHEQUER BILLS BILL.

This hill was read a seeoad time; mid the standing
orders having bees disguised with, it passed through its
relosioiag
COUNTY ELECTION POLLS (SCOTLAND) BILL.
This b• 11 was read a wood time.
CIIIMNEY-SWEEPERS' REGULATION ACT
AMENDMENT BILL.

fld the motion that this bill b. read a second time,
Ike Eul of CLANCARTY said that many chimneys is
Ireland could not be swept by machines, and it was neces-
sary to make an asesp ins with reference to that country.
After a f w words Mm the Eon 9! WICKLOW,
The E At! of 6iLLTIRSBURY usil that theobject of the
act was to pretest mew of the @vaunts of the act which
had bees passed ea the subject some time ago. If he had
bees .wine that opteition was to have been offered to
so sisals • p would have some down prepond
with papers em the oalsject. Bat he could say that no
✓ecords could apprimeh these which might be produced in
suppers of the 11111 is pent of suffering, vice, sad
cruelty inlicked apes the helpless sad miserable race
wham the MR to relieve and protect.
Then MI bus a that so apprentices should be
takes swim IS t was evaded by employing young
ellairmildionshe this as apprentices. Mere infants were
takes Mllll tbe unter-tweep to carry his brushes and tools;
bib* win SWUM' into houses on this pretense; and the
Spa s& they wen in, the doors were locked, and they were
*MAW the chimneys. (hear, hear.) It was proposed
le gams tkie, by amidst the law the name whether the
ail= were employed as apprestioes or not. What was
seeded was • measure to put the whole country on the
is.. ilesting as the metropolis, where the system of elintb-
leg boys was entirely abolished. This was the object of the
prenstbill, and there was no dosbt say necessary al :erotism
of hum aad chimneys, to admit of the use of machines,
'mid soon be adopted. It was most essential that some-
thing should be done to relieve the oppression of this most
wretched class, who were deprived of their rights physical
sad spiritual under the present .
Lord ST. LEONARDS said sttrispl• object of the bill
was to perm% children under 16 from being employed at
all is the bagasse of sweeping chimneys—a very proper
oiliest, sod mbiek was sot at all touched by the objection
dike sake eltrent. He took as great an interest is
say sokie lord in the welfare of the young, and cordially
&spooned the bill.
The bill was then read • second time.

CATHEDRAL APPOINTMENTS BILL.
Oa the motion for the third stadium of this bill,
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY made some obser-
vatioas in a convereatioual tone. Ile was understood to
object to one of the clauses.
After a few words from Viscount CANNING, the subject
was adjourned until this day.
COPIES OF SPECIFICATIONS REPEAL BILL.
The report on this bill was received.

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• BURDENS ON REAL PROPERTY.
The Earl of MALMRBBURY presented a petition from
Christchurch, for the revision of the poor laws, complaieiag
of undue burdens on real property, and praying for an
alteration M the law of settlement. Ile did not think that
say subject discussed of late years surpassed this in im-
portance,espeeially at a period when all statesmen seemed
occupied with the laudable endeavour to adjust our tans.
tioe and make the pressure as equable se possible on all
claaies. The perish from which this petition proceeded was
a large one, sad the petitioners had in reality to pay ano•
ther income tax en their real property, because they had to
pay a isusslage ea the vestal they derived from their pro-
perty That imam tax varied hem 10 to 15 per cent. on
the neeval value of the property- is some parishes it bad
bees as mush as 80 per cent. t should be remembered
that real property paid flee realises a year for the mainta-
ins's of the poor, and paid ft in a meet anomalous manner,
some perishes bete' taxed 80 per cent, and others may one
per mat. While a millionaire paid nothing on his fended
=, a man with a small cabbie garden was min-
pay from 10 to 80 per sist os his patch of laid.
The subject had been disenued is both houses with great
ability, sad is 1850 a committee of their lordships' hoses
had bees appointed. He took as satire part in that com-
mittee es behalf of real property ; another noble lord bad
defended as ably what be considered the right.
of personal property ; the noble baron opposite
(Lord Gerstein) might be considered to have bees
the representative of the auriferous interest. (A laugh.)
He had proposed in that cimmittee a rate in the nature of
an income tax on all property ; but it did not find favour
with the committee. At present real property paid two
looms Wee fa reality, and he saw no reason why there
should be as exemption in favour of other property. Since
1850 the subject had been allowed to rest in their lordships'
hoes, until Lord Deniers had brought forward his bill
abut a month ago. It had then been stated that it was
inilsoMe M palms, the measure, as the principal member
lbe gemensmat is the other house was about to ranks a
statement on the subject. Hearin. this, he
=•ll=t 01e postmessemt of the bill. believing that the
prasept goveresmet,possessing ao gutsy elements of strength,
wadi have untied, and net have cut, this knot. Hitherto
the meinised statement bad not been made, although the
'NNW bad bees explained and lea be'ore the house. It
waeVien stated by a noble lord opposite, that in cone-
at the faapertaat subjects now before the other
ems peeseised statement would not he made. He
Mtflg ealy fader heat this that the government shrank
Ike. what they had undertaken. But, from the
pereals in the budget, it was clear the government meant
M intend the legacy duty to real property, whereby two
minion, of revenue was expected to be paired, eif which per.
anal property was to have the benefit. By the proposed
ribose,. real property would have the worst of it by
5.700,000,. He thought that something like a trick had
been played on the noble lord (Berrien) to inducing him to
suspeed his bill. (Hear, hear.) Ministers must have lost
all power of judging fairly if they seriously proposed to
burden real property to the extent of other two millions.
He wished to ask the noble lord at the head of the govern-
ment whether it was his intention to bring forwrd sny
• this session to reform the present poor-
law affecting the removal of paupers; and further, if the
Propos. el tweceuion duties on real property should become
the lee of the laid, he intended to relieve real property
from any parties' of the burden of about five millions,
which it nos exelasivelv paid for the support of the poor ?
The Esel of ABERDEEN was understood to say that
it was nut intended to transfer any burdens from per- ,
meal 1., real property. la answer to the question of the
noble lord, he had to state that the business before the other
house if parliament was such that it would not be possible
to briny forward a measure of this extensive and important
description with any reasonable hope of earrt log it this ses-
sion. And if such a m, enure were introduced and laid on
the table, without a reasonable hope of its beans: carried, it
would be ettendeil with very mischievous effects on the
cosatr I. With respect to the duties to b. imposed en suc-
cessions, he won's' recommend the noble earl drat te under-
stand the subject a little better, soil in order to do ro, to
wait till he saw the resoMtions. To my that poor-mate to