The Express.
London, England, 1860-06-21 00:00:00

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lAnt night • numerous meeting of the inhabitants
~f westauster we. held at the Whittington Club, for the
lurpme of pretertieg against the aggression of the House of
..,ols on the constitutional rights of the people ; Mr. H.
STBIELZT, IL P., in the chair.
Letters of apology were read from General Evans and Sir
r , she llev. excusing themselves for nonattendance on ac-
room .1 the pressure of parliamentary business, but en.
presiing their determination to uphold the privileges of the
House of COMMOSDI.
The Cii tient% sail that this country was blamed with a
41orsius constitution, under which they had arrived at a high
voilit of prosperity ; but the constitution, like a steam-en.
ce, riquired to Is' perfect in all its parte ; se, otherwise,
.I ri....1.1 not work harmoniously. It was the right of the
i ran to give or to refuse aliment to bills parsed by both
h......- of parliament, hut God forbid that the Crown should
isir r silos° it. assent to memuree which had passed both 1
11,11 M, .4 parliament, for if it did, then they were on the
hook 14 revolution (Hear, hear.) The Home of Lords
bid also ita privileges end rigida. It was the
isculiar privilege of the House of Commons, as
the representative* of the people, to pass money bills
and U. impose taxation, and up to the present time the
House of Lords never interfered with that peculiar privilege
of the House of Commons. (Hear.) It was this Hoodoo,
core of the House of Lords which brought them together
on that ncomion. He should keep oat of view altogether
the question whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer was
right or smog with regard to the paper &Mir (Hear,
heard That did not affect the question they MIN there to
diseuva. (" Hear, hear," and cries of " yea") H. should
admit for the sake of argument that the Chimedler of the
Exchequer was wrong, but even if he wens, *s iiiisslioa
was, bad the House of Lords a right to interfere with a
money bill which had beeo passed by the Howe of Osm-
iatiz
mons .. He confessed that there was more en this
questiou a the Home of Commas' than be the
case, hut he attributed that to the mode in She Home
of Commode was formed. (Hear.) Why faVy a OW ef the
repreeestatives of the House of Osmaine nese setersied by
the influence of the peers. (Hear.) new vim bet as
way of setting the House of Comae= Mght. ad that wee
Lt. people. e 'peakingwo:d totheLdt:Ssititsrie d
w temlwetromif
feeling in the coaatry itself on this subject. (Hear, hear.)
Having bneffy laid before them the question they came to
consider. be bawd Mean= Mr. Beale to address the meeting.
Mr. Beats, le moving the following resolution :-" That
the continuance of any tax by a vote of the House of
Lords, after its repeal by the House of Commons, with the
sanction of the Crows, is a breach of the ancient and well-
established maxim of the English constitution, that the
people shall be taxed only with their own colas*
given by their representatives in parliament, sad he
an abase of the functions of the Have of Lords. Aid thi
meeting calls upon the House of Commas to vialleste the
en.-rent privilege of exercising the supreme control over all
matters of taxation, and to maintain the rights of the people
unimpaired from the infringements of the House of Lords"-
mid that the hon. member who had just spoken hail not
given them much to hope for from the present House of
commons. It therefore became the duty of the
out of doors to express their sentiments, to an
influence upon their members, toil, through their mbetalbwion
the cabinet. (Hear, hear.) Let them strengthen the bends
of those members of the cabinet who were on the side at
the people in this matter- Mr. Gladstone' Mr. Gibson, red
Lord .1. Russell. (Cheers.) Lord Palmerston had already
declared that he did not wish for any collision with the
House of Earth. (Hear, hear.) It therefor* behoved them
to strengthen the hands of the liberal party In the galosh
If when the Homes of Common,. and the Crown deatied that
this paper tax was not necessary, the House of Leeds, its
their insolent ignorance, decidol that it was was
it not in point of fact an assumption on their part 'their
right to tax the people'. (Hear.) If the government were
wrong on the paper duty question, it was the duty of Hr.
Disraeli, or somebody else, to move a vote of want of as..
fideoce in the ministry. (Hear, heard But the Hews
of Lords, in all the insolence of prerogative,
and in a reactionary and revolutionary spirit,
relieved the leader of the opposition of that duty, aoil fixed
this tax on the people. (Hear, hear.) But he had to tell
them that the insolence of the Lon!, was not likely to be
*Oa-lotted to by the country, and he had the satisfaction to
tell them that fifty of the wealthy manufacturers of Man-
che.frr hail met and declared themselves ready to sub-
smile L. 1410/. each. He hoped that this spirit would make
itself felt on Friday nest, when the policy of the govern,
meat was to he announced. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. WHITEKI.RMT seconded the resolution. He reminded
the meeting that the North American ociraia hod beim
10.4 t to this isomtry on this paced, that the rumenatiktiese
...f England had no right to tax the people of Amadei.
Well, the House .if Lords did net the people of
England, and vet it was the Hones Lade that decided
that the people of England should be taxed to the amount
of 1,500,000 t., after the repreirentatives of the -- - -

• • • .4 people and
the emwn seal that' this tax was not wanted.
He had no doubt the House of Lords were
very competent to deal with certain questions. They were
very competent to deal with the light.weights question,
and other important matters of that kind, but that the
House of Lords—and three peers constituted a House of
Lords ,should have the right to tax the people of this
country was one of those attempts to stretch prerogative
which ended in the discomfiture of those who made the
attempt. This was a very import...at question. (Hear,
beAr.) They had to deal with a body of men who were
to" topethetie with the people of the country. (('heers.)
Tbete was actually at that moment • committee of the
Lords inquiring into the habit; and feelings of the people.
(Laughter.) He would only my lithe people did not resist
ibis aggression of the Lords they might bid adieu to their
greatnem and leafy. (theen.)
Mr. 4..MINGNAM. M.P., rose to en=o4ls resolution.
He appeared there not only as a resident of
Westminster, but as • member of the Seen Commons—
& house where they weld not sap gentlemen by
their names, or allude to the Moue of Lords except
as soother place. It was we weeder hat inch • house
should act upon precedent, tam* he believed there was
no precedent for the c endoet of the Eisen of Lords on this
10..1041. (Hear, beer) This wee a rneetion on which the
people must speak out. It was • whin whether they
would allow their rights to be wresebeil hew then by a
((hvileged, an irresponsible, mil menewelems body.
ewn.) You know that same at why have bee.
taken out of your pockets, end whet here yen get in re-
turn ! You got no equivalent return for all these witheey
which were so much easimMed hrby the court end the
aristocracy. (Hear, her.) Ms nosed hut a mall they
now, hut if you did set rein the wader:nee attesept there
was not one of your Me* which held eel be Oohed
from you. It was asessory Mr Me people te awe leeward
on this cousins.tentedhe sweenhhe were not
always to be trusted whoever* yrleripiee were at stake.
(ien, hear.) It we. deehlth se Each menthes that the
nyeeentletine of the yeeple *saki be not bah he the
le ewer le Men *OA be nhelhedi by the
el the yobbo voiee. (lose.) Me esehend he wee
an envy id the anion cd the Mew if Leis lesneees
who he knew the entinients wheat panshal the
sod webs donee in Yds sossery, he Sit het enarstllialasl
hie Ideal we to stir ay Me pee* le a new et
hair Atha ) Me biped they weal set fa 1810
apse their yrivilease be be 'evaded by se Inespeedbh
hay, who mold Met they wee away. the 'Limon of year
Ilhertlea but eh Won la malty the heeneet be vela
nen when sod awry mons haw I. puede ihe
yea ge the re*. Pam him)
A Mr. Them henna:a he thane to Waren the
bet atter • aloft he week apparently ie
th he we eenepellsd to retire
the him sod Ernes of Mie
The nellethe wee then ph, nil=
Mr. taantion EDwAus awed, awl Mr. Matueos
ereenihd a resolution I. favor eta petition to the Hone
▪ (ere nansa ;hymn then he wiwileede the sing pain
hies of the commons if eosin the sepente sontrol
weer a =men of Swam

The nft,lutton. fuming bees supported 11 ntber speakers,
erw ad. pted, after ...hick the onettsig sepanntal.

Meryl:so AT LI% MUM POL. —A numerous meeting
of h.. 111..nal eletlon of Liverpool was held in the Concert.
hall, Lord Nelsonntreet, on Tuesday evening, for the pur-
pose of petitioniog the House of Commons on the subject
the recent steps taken by the House of Lords with
regard to the repeal of the paper duty. The petition
expressed a hope that the Home a Commons would take
sash =swum with regard to its own privilegee and the
rights of ita eondituents that the House of Lords would
never intim interfere with nay amasurs affecting the taxa-
tion at the people.

LONDON, 31101 ON, AND SOUTH COAST
JtAILWA r-trirm DAT.)

An extraordinary general meeting of thin eon-
Foxy was held this marinas at tie case, Laidorkfelea,
t, take into conaideration a bill . now poodles

in parlianwat for the Wender at th• -Iron
sail bvetberhead Railway to the Union and Mena Wolin
Railway Company, most the Lambs, !MOM" end am*
(•.+.t Railway COMpany. Ni, J mai &row be the els&
A revolution approving the bill was proposed Old adapted,
arid the meeting adjourned to the 2Ath inst. tor the wpm
of LVlSSideriste ether bills Row berme parliament.

.% batter from Father Clery, of Brighton, appears
in tho Teases. He thus describes the visit of Mr. "Vaa-
l. :Art "rhea io search of his son :—" Is the coarse of the
▪ .lay I was waited upon by the schoolmaster, but for
I have already stated, I declined to inform him
h. the boy was more particularly so am the salsa
f toe that he had seat a telegram to Mr. Vs/miners.
hours after, the latter, accompanied by Mr. finch
(a n.,,,ourete), came to me at my lodgings, but eertsialy
seith• r them accosted me sharply. CM the coetrary,
Mr. Vaesittart said that if be were a woman be weld shod
tears, sad having requested me to use my Maumee to fn.
due., his sou to mews, I, la compliance with hie risque*
eoreseeted to do all be say power for that purpose, end I did
so becurdibily ; and, although Mr. Scott Uses stated that
rm,wt would have bees bad to a writ of Asko.. teepee, V
semeee,l7, he did sot address a la aay tense or mann
tshoeorritog • gentleman."