The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-10 00:00:00

BANKRUPTCY LAW.

In reply to Br. CHAMBZIIB,
The ATTORNIT-GENERAL said dint a bill for the
ooneolidation of the Bankruptcy Law would be introduced
immediately after Easter,
Lard °SANBORN& inquired whether the government
would bring in a bill to meet the we of unions which con-
sidered themselves ow► of the jurisdiction of the Poor-law
Board'

iTILLIIIRB said that he would net take the 'mould.
bility of introducing a bill to extend the jurisdiction of the
Poor4sw Board without farther inquiry.

THE MUTINY BILL.
Is reply to Mr. D. Onteetrar,
The Marquis of kIARTINGFON maid that the McVey
Bill bad hese printed that day. sad Gould be obtained Ey'
members, therefore he oonsidered it was quite sufficieet
notice to enable the house to proceed with it in committee.,
TUB SMOKE NUISANCE.
Sir B. PEEL *ailed attention to the nuisance arising
from the amok& of, foresee, in towns and country distriota,
retorting to the question of the consumption of pool, sod
urging legislsten with a view to organise a system of
smote eowenmptina.__

Mr. asspiasox stated that a good deal bad been
done, partieularly in the metropolis, to check the smoke
nuisance ; but it was in the maeufseuring districts, where
coal was cheap, that it stall prevailed almost without
check, mid be thought there was a fair odes ter legislative
interference, especsatly es there were mom by wheal' the
evil scald be easily abated.
Yr. U. BANBURY stated that, in the edablishmeat
with which he was connected the adoption of a amok.-
ooesuming system bad caused • a•.tng in the cast of fuel
of 2,000 f,, a year.
Mr. A. Suancron stated that the smoke =Lames had been
checked on the Mersey ; and Sir M. Pero stated t►at it
bad bees supptemed by the manufacturers of Leicester
themselves.

Sir G. GREY stated that the introduction of this subject
was a politic 'service. He, however, wished it to he under-
steed that mach had been done in the matter, sad what
should be observed was that no legislation should talus place
which could not be strictly carried out. It was generally
admitted that by a sight pecuniary outlay the smoke of
furnaces could be columned, and economy in the consump-
tion of coal promoted. He would be glad to initiate •
measure which would compel the osmium oat of the
eziatieg law, which bad been only worked in the metro-
polis.
REPELTING RIFLES.

Yr. WATKIN inquired if any ezperiments had beau
made by order of her Majesty's goveroment with repeating
rinse, each es those is see in the array of the Baited
btates ; end if any istention existed of adopting similar
weapons for any portion of the British army, and brought
forward several is/tam:es of the eißoatiy of the weapon en
the late war is Americo.

Major WALIERit pointed out that, by the sloptios at
hreeeb-loadiog arms, the period for which recruits required
to be trained might he amok climineduel„

THE DOG TAX.

Mr. KLLICE, in calling attention to circumstances am.
nested with the collectiou of the tax upon dov, obserred
that the precautions taken &safest the esti.% plague in
Soothed were likely to be rendered nugatory by the roam-
ing about of ownerlees dop on which no tax mks paid. It
appeared that the tax was practically a null ty except in
the ease of shire who chose to pay. He urged a smaller
tax thee that now imposed, accompanied by ita strict sa-
feecemeot.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the
question was a mixed one of revenue and police, and the
tr,asury had no means of deilieg with a matter of police.
He would be glad to &nits the feeling and opinion of the
°musky before he attempted to deal with a matter which
had always been one of difficulty to him ea financial
minister. He thought that the duty might be owseiderably
reduced, without injury to revenue, if it ceased to be an
mend tax, and pecans a liceused duty. Repletog to
Mr.Warkin on repeating rides, he said that the War Depart-
ment would give dna &Caution to his observations.
THE REA FLIHERIIia
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Mr. BLAKE ioqaTod whether, in the present seseloo,
effect would be given to the recommendations of the royal
oommissionere of inquiry oo sea fisheries, with regard to the
removal of realrictioae in fishing, sad encouraging the cul-
ture of oysters to Ireland.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND said that
the report referred to the whole kiegdom, and requiredl
consideration, and the Irish government amid sot take the
initiative in measures on the subject.
The position of the engineers of the royal navy was
discamed at the instance of Sir &MAID Daman.
THE NAVY ESTIMATES.

The house then west into committee of supply on the
naval estimate, and having agreed to the vote for the
Admirelty-offics, ;Roweled to miesider the vote of
1,368,9711 for dookyaria, which presented an incases. of
,64,7761. upon the paid year. Tai■ gave hoe. members
rep; eseating naval constituencies the opportunity of re-
viving the annual grievance raised by the workmen
in toe government yards of iosufficieoey of pay, as
compared with the wages in private ship-building
yards. The claims of the artificers were earnestly sup-
ported by Mr. Fernand, Mr. Serjeautliieglake, Mr. Otway,
Mr. Elerjeant Gaselee, and other members, and titillated
with much pertinacity by Lord 0. Paget, Mr. Childers, the
Chanosilor of the Exchequer, and Mr. &mud'.
Mr. CHILDERS argued that the continuous employ-
ment and ultimate superannuation were an ample art of
against the plea of higher vases paid by private dims, and
added that upwards of 300 men were now in receipt of
pensions.
Captain VIVIAN thought the satiety displayed by men
to eater the 'melee of the government in the naval stash-
liahments was a sufficient proof that they were amply re-
munerated for their eervices. . _

BlilUDit said that the men la risotto yards went
gemersUy esgaeed ou piecework ; bat their wages, though
apparently higher, did not giro them a larger income at
the god of the year, owing to contiagencies which had the
affact of suspending tneir employment, whilst the work-
men in the public yards were subjected to no deductions
cm that amount. -

iieOlietikELLOß of the EXOEUIQUER wanted the
home not to give way to the Restore *ought to he pot
nom it by Leal interests, ind, snitches to as appeal':
which had ben mode on behalf of the dockyard artificers'
to the "generosity" of she house, observed that the boos.
bad no Waitress to be ironstone with other people's utecaey.
It wag the dot', of the govocomeet to rAy decisively that j
they would Doi salmi to committees of the house, or to
any ether tribunal, the oilier of determining what should
be the wagesepaid in the dockyards.
Ultimately the vltit was agreed to, and the house re-
sumed, but immediately went again into eammithee oa the
Mutiny Ball.