The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-16 00:00:00

THE PAPER DUTIES.

twat nights public meeting, convened by Vogul-
• " b pretest spinet the to pMpeeed by Lord
by to the Hoses of Lords isulabmreteatsia of the to
et the House of Camino= sod the
=nrairrr4suldast. Rt. Martin's Hall, every available
✓elies of which was densely crowded, chilly by the wore.
• elormen StriegUlt PAM took the chair. On the
glallerin we noticed Mr. Bright,_ll.P. ; Mr. hese, M.P.;
Mr tipant, M.P. • Mr. Hadfield, M.P. ; Mr.
Lose., M.P. ; Mr. Padato4, M.P. ; Mr. Coniegiani,
; Yr. god ; Mr. R. R. C. Rawlins, of the He
legs, Wrexham l ; 111 r. Anse/zoom Neweartle ; Mr.
innsinsme, of &weans ab. he.
no is epodes the preeeedinp, aid they
hed met that sight to vindienie one el the most cherished
mid important rriblors of the pee*, which ol been
aimiled by • mob and ineciend moose. (Hear, bear) The
sepal thesmitime lied long been settled bv .11 rib
bind sod ia ; it had bola settled by the ex-
=flpinien, by relations of the House at
by the snail assaselar of the prams seisisley,
awl by the *mew asimowlidebest elan theleadies sesa
all the arab iparties if the plate. Bet the reel ques-
tion who b the sasetimg woe ailed open to decide
vas. whitlow, whim the repnesulativer of the people had
=area • bowie' obese, ladthat a particaLr tax
anew, the Hexes ef Lords had • right to interfere
mid Mom loireMbsats I. the way of Farina such • mea-
t (Bar, hew) It 1,•• is lie opium mom unwise in
Ile Haar at Lisle b cirrus tlobseives to the representa-
Mem elf the people Its se the Howie of Leith per-
fferwied Make* with diemerum sad abbey, .o lose—
sithengh that home be eiserly es swibely is the comb
tubes of • two posrle--es they boated thsmaelres to the
referbanse of ili bedlam lamina apon them, they
mead imps Gribben ; tat ff row the Home Of Loco
wanedb arior the ribUsw of the
d. ( Commas House of
slawbse
Priissasek the days of ea bindkaryiceriLwzald
esaise awl lam)
defied by arows a pima sabatioe for all who merrab.t.
eilibas the teestig.
Hr. Ilaat. Mm and Mr. &mimics, of Wres-
seessided
Nett isselatioe :--" That the b-
an las ea
it b eabbsore sad brbery, sod • mass
al rather thee increasing the memo, ben hese
sepediened by the Hoene of Commas, at the id
lie ism That fur the House et Dade to re the bill
fhr it meal would be equiraleat to the imposition by its
auk authority of • tax neither donsailed by the mews ase
=by
a:
he wto he lazed tbe orsuasio whose misubted
_right it hhe
only by thibishes. That web a
his ail ef asuraties, would be ihregetary
it th 31.111 Iwity as
of the ovum, salweralos of the privileges el
the Meer ef theninems and of the rights of the -people,
Ina VOW lOW le impair the anthonty at the Noir if
lop&

1100814 H. P., On muse forward to sempset the It
amidst is ned tinnesslimeed appleam, whin It
bong enthralled, the bad relleins penman to review
lbo moose of minim is awlasset d parlinest es the ash-
jest of the parr duty. He this entteessil
weir any be .ow OD hureelter the sans of your
serpererathekea, the wenhelles—esi wan lake it
as yes lad it—lays you all ass he lased except
by yen reresentativea Al tile rehab/ to tazatiom,
bemmerr imall, whether they refer I. lei or lazes, meet
begin he the Home of Clawness. Whether a bill relates
to or owner tax, it seest lest make its spree-
nee is Hone of Ownwsms, whim the crows,
UNINDOI 1111 mirk...., mks for supplies k. the
Ter, the Hero of Commas onside= the whets subjecit,
sad to *nes awl give melt • sew es is wow
rmry fee tL swim of the ..w
ee to
swig be wind boss the is-
downy cif the people. At the et the sinks woe
read the Queen's Nos* and slay afro kale Is. thaa
they elapse' from ita perusal. (Laughter.) But re win
all bon Iwo this, that the gown sari " The intimates
whit* wW be laid before than hare been proffered "
alleregh I fear Ihet is not always true—" with the greatest
wiped to wasassy." (Latighter.) All this in odd to the
Hone of newness, whose right and whose soh right it in
es vote your mosey for the service of the mown. Yon
never yet herd of a Chanallor of the Exchequer
Siting is the Howe of Lords ; if he did sit there the
lonia would sot always nee in time for dinner. The House of
Leith know inching officiallywhat the crown wante,or what
estimates bare been voted until the bills go up to them that
the green to the crown m take the form of law. They
know am what twee are off or what on, bet I mud ray ths
net during my experience, which extends over some few
years, I never knew them to reface to put on a tax which
the Ominous had put on, or, as in this case,
the repeal of a tat which the Commons had cle-
aned abwld be taken off. (Great laughter.) Well
two bilk, as I haw said, were seat op to the House of
Lord. -the efts for repealing *slow du11.., sad the other
SS the Meow tax, which wee the eubstitute. The House
ef Lords had no objection to the income tax—sad every
ass rd you who has • hundred a year will and some of those
days that it km some reference to your particular use—bat
thee with regard to the bill for repealing the paper dos,
the Lori mid, " We will agree to pet co lb. 10d. instead
el the Moons* tax, but we will not agree to take off the
paper tax, although the substitute habeen specially pro.
waled for. Thislooks very like what some people call "a take-
r' -a fraud upon the people, and very much like sharp
racing co the House of Commons. (Laughter and cheers.)
I seen..it a most unjust and insolent proposition, that
when the Home of Lords had peened • substitute for the
tax it should refuge to repeal the tax itself. (Cheers.) Hut
wappose this thing should be dome, and that the House of
Leeds should assume new functions. If this is to be so,
sod we vote 100 or 210 distinct votes, how do we know that
the Houma Lords will not reject every one of them! The
Home of thannions provided 10,000,000 C, and the cabinet
mid that more was not neceseary, but the House of
Lords, who never saw the estimates, maid " this is act
enfecient by 1,200,0001."—the exact amount of the paper
duties "we will save the crown, and add to Us sapper
of the Home of Commons for lie genies id the state."
((,lwn sad laughter.) Having alluded to the speech wade
by Lord Derby when Mr. Gladstone introduced the
lbsocession Duties Act, in which the noble earl said that
as Home of Commons was right is windiest* its techaisal
privileges as well as guarding its bona an °patrol over the
swine of the country, the hoe. member snarl what
would become of that hone Us control if the taxation
of the country were to he headed over to the Hoene of
Peen, which had never shows any deice for enemy.
The too. member proceeded—You boast of yaw love of
freedom -your sewspapers 11l their columns with what is
doing in other ports of the wash—bow some is we over-
throwing and eines bonding up noble fabrics of Munn
liberty. Bet let we beseech of yo.—whatever you may ob-
serve of whet is dein abroad and however eaters may be
your intswen—ess to forget whet is bins dome and what it
is yen defy to do at 12,40.14 (Loud Ann) If liberty
were eningoished I. England, how would liberty haw I.
sours throughout the world. What would liberty to in
!limbed, if an irreeporiaibla amt hereditary Homo at Lords
ewe remitted to riffs the pockets of • great sad free
wanes. (Prolate.' cheering.) I scree with what hes been
mid, that the werititetios of this country—
eon breath has a dos roped to the
its owa of feacti
we bed a pormanset freedom, sad Hat we to
mayi
et en weenies the kern free tees terrine and etuleut
sweletion. What is it the Hone el Cowmen sake the
Hamm of Leeds to de! Tit meet the bill ter the repeal of
nerd eeke—te reject the bin for the espial of the paper
letim— le rend the bill for giving e very isedembs mine.
nee of the ibeachies (nnen laVner.) I ham said
gene thew wren about the arieloweey, bet I never bid
=Mrs meshinews es they are asked to perform at the
an tailed aniserity is the House ef Ossemoos.
Mond chsera) The hea. gentleman haa his
epthion that the throatiest opposition to the atf in the
Bon, of Lens erase from an enreaseeing sad *KIM*
Warm of a °Warren which thanteeed to yonnoste the
lower chess., sad hawing paid a high Whale to Mr. Glad-
den's, mid thee this min be • earn" and if the
/worsens' marliesol ate or the rights d the Hone
el Ononewee Is Lord Dsr6, iha. it wield be
end the malted office which the Cbeasellor ofdeireldri.
...and he would be
me tenor than • mere clerk to both houses
• partleasent, while the government itself would
forfeit its rallies, and if not regarded with
feelings of odium and execration would be the objects of
such pity sod orstemp4 that they would never be able to
raters to °Moe " What," be &eked, " would he the result
el their overthrow ! Derby in ow home—Disraeli in n-
ether own without principle. (Loud bine sad chews.)
if you emairie their political freedinne you will lad that
every him waverges to ow point, and that is Dowang-
Wesel." (Larenter, cheers, sad hangs.) Hann adverted
to the rural torror for the peas ef lorope which
would seemed lent ierhy'• Wean to eillsa Hr. Bright
waseladed ley immune, a hqe that wker soreel• would
=rad In seem the wide lords rusher., while at the mate
he wand the people Eagnad to wake this • great
neestkia. which their forefathers wouH have mein.
hied, while they en be resents end unworthy
elindree if they (oi-tented it in their gemeratisa
The hoe gentleman resumed hie seat antidet rounds of
appleise. and immediate!, left the roost accompanied by
several of the lending rothemin present.
hasiletioso in ammo, of the object id the meeting were
anerwards adopted

• usetiag of the council of the Lencsehlas Re-
Ihmene Oates wee held yesterday afternoon. at Newell're
bstlireiratester, le pretest elenset the threatened se-
re the Hefts 4 Lois el the Paper Duties
INS • very stasereat 'duodena, mitt.
?IT:Wpm priehial. Oa the mass of Mr. Ryland;
m..6m i< y weesieed "The* this meeting eaten fib mime "Meet epleet the
.couree proposed by Lovas
ffe Deaf awl itretteftle. se retain.' • bal for the repeal deashe &Yee es . Mar be. reserved the saes
flea af the Ham as •of the
W Ham el Ossureese awl el the freedom dthe peepl'iv
Itasiber rawiletioe *es pined la herov of sake aiaeti.p
big bell throughout the reastry, end pe to
mink hi dlespinverad of the ishasaut aye
Bean 4 Lee es ilatiley seat ; sod wee es-
rioted Is set is emeert with •seers' deulalies. which
he efaelveled es Walt el the Clay.
newaleer adjourned till Tuesday start, the Air-
arc it teas deebehle they eheedd not die-
salit.nee their sittings until the natter a., rlispesed d, It
might be that .uuh a saosatines would be rreated as would
deter Lord Derby froth persisting, but 00 the other bead it

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