The Express.
London, England, 1860-06-07 00:00:00

TO *l. ALOUNAg MALL" mummy or mu CGINITIOII.

TIOSAL MI MS ASSOCIATION, SOCSDAJ.E.

Paris, June 4, IMO.
regret to be suable to accept the invitation to the
public meeting of the inhabilaata of Rochdale ; but feeling
that ley coaatituenta have a right to know my sentiments
Rpm the recent proceedings of the House of Lords, which
ere, I uederetand, to be brought under their eoulderation,
I beg leave to trouble you with this commasicatioa.
Stripped of all mystifkation, the question on which the
meeting will be called to pass a judgment appears to are to
be this : —Shall we submit to be taxed by an irreepossible
body, or shall we hold fag to the cosetitutional maxim of
our fathers, which declared that taxation and representation
should be inseparable? We need not stop to inquire for
technical precedents ; the breed end simple maxim that to
the Commons aloes Wimp the power of imposing or re-
taining taxes is an allealieleat guide for us on the present
OCCSIIiOII. I. it to be supposed that oar forefathers, two
centuries ago, tree in defence of their fortunes against the
exactions of an arbitrary monarch, merely to place the
national puree string" in the hands of upwards of 400 ine-
speasible rulers t On the imetairy, I do not believe they
would have sanctioned aa bisreditary breath of the
tore,erlthout that orestitutioaal reservation which
to it the hinetlems of taxation.

The eeenetreed yarbri iiLiiisisrtlaindineilie et secosioa
is rap**
es a esedesi. miff le neith fame badge* Let
es sew eh* *sir mem Ms*
II Is peer awe *es Me pees sire as messiah*
hoond ler saiverelig the Imp* SS
_thane tame vide noslea.
pled the Maim al leeNdedge—hoomi eamog *doh
wee theme, gig, line awl ash* el wombed* gable
=la- &glad eauseted te-4M Wale vbisin
min punt id.m puma* Alla* • tees to
*shwa illestings vow alb& Me grew
the 4ns ef the gold* pen wee =Pate
tine at elude* the goodias Weft* it
the •el esedideles ter IremoL ig
gosithas. so gells pidgin minks
mass
selleeledef is the Irma el mime meth= for the
ml.el she. lax= were sob* Its. Nike
Isiah led an ineparlool domenison._ iaveZna-
lien beim essmittess ; sad at hog* the toner
baying the per previous undergone tie proem Ora yew 11
sondeogolisk wee is the pass* maim alogivited by the
gime d CoMmons.
Weir In seed that during all this time name syllable ce
*meg* or bestowed on the House of Lords ; not a pelt.
Ilea reached it. No committee sat to inquire into the
not a breath of dissuasion was raised within its
And why was this'. Bemuse no rational being
mile imagined that it the House of Commons, with the
amend of the crown, decreed the abolition of the tax, the
Lords would &seed as sight to perpetuate it. Ilther
lap.
dey, and after one evening's debate only, their
have reversed a decision founded on ten years' discoed= and
investigation, and they have defended their rashs
with arguments which I aniaorry to beobliged JO
Si at nova arrogant and Moulting to the HerroITEZ:
moo, Taoy who never hear the voiced a Chancellor of
the Exchequer, they with whom Os SIONSIka holds no
communication upon the subject of fonaliso—for she
mete her easaterees frogs the peers, and isooper teems
evade ores to neopies thin as • porttou of Lir at=
whir Ilditimis Ile gems of linnessa es
postione—Nn, law mode She vs fee the
i liessm sed be* sh* Besse
Ociessos is her getnat to dal the esoimpseg el
a Jai& is the for s, **la it eif.t thnogb tbe Pewit
pouresd ythen**, fer such • wpm an Is • oeflistal
sews anneiseleid
It is tilikult to Wises that ass imbibed seerslosr of
the Sem Oammas ine fed to enrpowt this in-
vest= of he sit leizerdaihrgoo. sod dear. Surely the
did se ZISCIt to put
cs== =tsve badly *own so little
sips ofvitt will naiad gneir repooestatires
*at she,!~. well se insoweehs. have ea interest in pre-
@wig mestitutional homiims bequeathed to them by
their easesters._

Time le at least or ger party, comprisies a majority
st biss" with the numbers of the goverment at its
brad, to wadi the eountry will sot look m vain on the
=lsicession. To that party and its chiefs belongs, by
astessients, peculiarly the honour of vindicating the
*re and Mertes of the people. 11 thee* high motives
men wanting, other might be found in the
lei Wet of saLf•preservatioa, for it is evident that
She arelled _ popular party in the House of
Clemirms could nut rust of the power to control
lie Sersial measures ware conceded to the pers. It is
erelerhoss that that vatic is always in a minority in
She Bare of Lori We 'feel it in the wearisome of our
teen whilst pram year utter year through Me lower hors
✓ah meeseer as ibe Chereh -Wes Bill, with the conscious-
nee OM se log es the liberal party is in power those
seems will be igatimaimally rejected by the Peers. It is
for a pilled party to hold together, and to know
that malt elliswirmasamy Igoe' rs am to vats. But we have
at lamb had the immeleiha •I bakorinctlist se the vital quer
ties et lasidies sad eipsaillare, iaclWiag seta* thepower
of
eaSigAut reommig end adjastlegeerdesal bandemt,
• of As Mere ef Comm.= peered ea easea•
aadmittly Let that principle se ear romehlisa
be Invaded, open the doer to the Home of Peen be noble
sad reject ear budgets. sad whet me permesslag say self-
engem would reemle is the realm el a pity will& was
hapeteet berry Its mewl= la eir 111111 r isprimet of
orranimeat ? If sorb • slate of thin, rem ki air, it
weeld only monde tor the people oat of deers la lad •
vemedy for Um evil.
Taesan brescily sad billy my views on the gaieties
it frees. Viewing the miter calmly frees a &Mace, it
=to me that there is a ewe Orapeghisd principle at
than he arises daring the pedilima mateehe of our
time. lam messed that the= edam is • biwighty•
rash, and nekton guides" have edested the pm•
seat moment for as admit ea the lead abselebed rights at
the Commove—a memeat wheel era anointe rulers am
estsetatiosaly professing allsglease to the principle of pnpn•
in, sorrerat . Mast we raper it as one more proof Met
however gnat sad geed, sae sever pro.
Clai body of re from the deterianWmg Three of
arreepoesibie power
Let sr, in conclusion, assure you how gladly I would
have prented myself at your meeting. Nothing could
liar prorated me from obeying your summons but the
Important work iu which I am engaged here, and which, it
le my =abated cone iction, involves the highest tutelars of
the two countries. —I remain, sir, your obedient servant,
B. COMM,.

stscrlOA COILVITTIES.-(THIS DAT.)

CLARE COUNTY.

The select committee appointedto try the merits
of the petition sgainst the return of Mr. Calcutt for the
county of Clare met this morn* ; Mr. Mellor in the chair.
Sir P. Slade appeared for the petitioners, and Mr. Clarke
for the sitting lambert
Sir F. Slade mid the use against Mr. Calcutt was that he
was dioqualified to be a candidate at the late election, in
consequence of having been proved to have been guilty of
illegal practices at a priwr election in 113130. Colonel
Luke White was elected in May in that year, but was
unmated on the pentium of Yr. Caleutt ; but in the cosine
al the inquiry it transpired that 11r. Galante had *el •
sem of rite. to the subieeriff, which was • mu mealy In
excess of his proper fee.
Mr. W. Green, sub.sheriff of the county in Mk wee ex.
sod admitted that he had received the Gam of 1201.,
and that the sum returned to the election &editor was
only SW.