The Express.
London, England, 1858-06-17 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONB.--WzoxraDAT,ZErirs 16.

EDINBURGH Be., ANNUITY TAX BILL.
(Creased hem yeaerday's Zritrus )
Mr. BUCHANAN elesemM the memdmest. He entirely
gymitaUdeed with de boa. Mad the member for Edin-
sad with his mesilluents, bet it sneered to him
that the mMe!Adn Imbed er bare
of the
thane of Seer (Rem. hear.)
Mr. J. B. SMITH sell de Muse be the set ender which
Idi an wee am levied hal balm senaggled late it. The
smooths le the tea metre yoZrdid maim brit.
reetived Met • yarn* hat tompty bemire.
. COWAN sepperid the He hared do her
was setswen that the tea to. bs dose away velar
• *WY vale. It wee net the mate
ems t, beilleareit sad ram, that reed/red it no
ehmodens. It wee p roma' as, exigible oraly
from these who woe see menters of the Col-
lege et Jade. (Her, raj A house occupied
by way adreste, arra le the tiros*, or solicitor,
wee emir Re woe eseprieed at the opposition of the hon.
meether tor Oleagew. Re bs it warn not based on my
evenrclazies
la of salmid=habstraiditt
rtetlywoe=
mincenlmts
the dismidea ef the church of Scotland ; before that event
tie sineemt eellected for various objects connected with the
chow* ad ma nosed 10,0001. • per ; but the first year
Aar the ruggers the tree church subscribed 300.0001. to
preemies the various objects connected with it. Last year
they had telleoled 331,3001. Such mulls showed that the
voismisey prised* might safely be relied on to make good the
amuse inked bY this tax.
Mr. F. SCOTT' opposed the bill.
Mr. GILPIN ea ported the bill.
Mr. C. BRUCE thst the of the bill
awe met merely the Ail but all those who
were ewer to the et esedeendes sad injustice.
MR I. CC/ÜBE K disused las fez In its peeper
side a nest ehnozions end wok bet meld not vote
ir • MI Meat mad plea be • Milbrelet port
dm every edge aty in SWIM- More b•••. -/ tit°
someltre which had ed ea de eneled dallawel that
do milagre mid to reeds, eadanee In Mee hr. or
oder. The Waal etdielifeld de sobbed erste chiefly
tem de ressesergs et bed perdu comerned. He
iss re why de prepaid el lard Jeffrey should set he
veselesi, meady ore the la dwell be meds • eb
the commayeeliedy et the etty. The groposkim
tbe hems wee we tiMs et sempsair
.Nor these
bd
awl Ire arallas, be Merl parse te dew the Nee.
the emegemle• Use mYi ammo wee peeper by the
greeresed be wavpmeeed to sift the NI a It eased.
The LORD ADVOCATE mil be wee no may
to the lead* ii abeilles. He wished to en the
tax &bar Myna& or sandal ea am /her source et
premse. Was be wee Is des% thmegli met to wiriest
in 116 A he was ormarlesed by the govermsa of Lad
to • ion en the enlelem reed bed Lord Derby
ba power err Ire law he aimed
hare yarned • lathered et die epodes. (711:81r7b.lbeer.
He wheal be add see the varier veers beread
I the maw aggaseh earlde elf the
is • esagesehli mirk ; sables wend trivt
MOM eisewere ilea be be beetrimagel by aeon
ei • *Were memee a artery this learasel
madam (Haw, best.) Mr be would sem masa te
math this queers en the hem preyred in this bill ; he
would use. mains to dessale abolition without any equi-
valent ; he would tam room ed le the ar raiment of a tax
which yielded 131,0001. • year he saili a mere sham and r-
adon as was proposed by dashes. seamber. (Cheers.)
Lord DUNCAN said that having lady seeleted_ by his
vote In doing away with minister,' maim la Inked and
church rates in England, be felt bound le veer far dr mord
reading of a bill the object of which wee to get id of en
objectionable church impost In Scotland.
Mr. HORSY A 7.tt thought that, after the Marrow of the
Lord Advocate as to the obnoxious chandler of the tax, be
could hardly rotase his aseset to the sesend reading of the
bill. He had, in fact. expressed his approval
of the principle on which the bill was founded.
The Lord Advocate had described truly the efforts which
led been made to obtain an abolition of this tax, sad he said
that many years ago people were willing b accept • more
moderate reseaure then this. 14,deratemsmes would bare
bas ward then in respect to other qualms a well as
this; ministers money in Ireland, for Insteme—which as
the moderate measure was not granted, the moult was en
abolitioe of maleteme money altogether. flat was the usual
result whore there wee en ecknovrledged eon long noe-
-1 dressed. There was • good dad of between rotate.
NW mere, and the =salty tax in b. A great
pries el Ihot tax bad been laid es the city et Edinburgh
r ire r ile{ ; and no one could neat& that it wee • tax
es
hail, he than was a clause which sod that It was to Ail
ready at dr °octal:4er. o MOONS& Chace rates and ministers'
a only fell on inhabited hoaxes, whilst the annuity
wrLn es shops, and the higher climes were virtually
exempt. This had been a municipal tax alone, and the sur-
plus was put into the general town fund ; but in 11110 the
clergy took the levying of the tax most unfortunately upon
themselves. He did not mesa to reflect spas the clergy in
the slightest degree for what they bad dons, but he still
thought It meet unfortunate. What could be more unfortu-
nate thanthat a clergyman should have to dive-sin the goods
if • dissenting minister for payment of this tax? What was
none likely to make the church unpopular P He was pro.
rad to vote for the second reading, amid be thought
that there were objections to the details. He would vote foe
the bill upoe this principle. that there wee en admitted griev-
ers, sad that if seat rents were to costar it wse mud
better that they should be devoted to church perpo.eu and
the payment of the clergy thee that they should remain In
the hands et the town corr.
The hoses the divided, and the numbers wen
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COUNTY M ANAGIMEN'T DILL.

This billVae ni;da sewed time.
HEIRS (SCOTLAND) BILL.
TM eider far the wood reading al this ICI was Me-
Amami, ead do bill waa wltbdra.m.
REGISTRATION OF COUNTY VOTERS (SCOT-
LAND) DILL.
Ups the motion that the house should ro•olve itself tato
emulous es this WS
W. 0. DIINDAS moved that the house should resolve
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