The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-08 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONB.--(THIS DAY.)
Tht Amain took the chair &I 12 o'clock
CHURCH RATE&

41.3113.ki1D pee notice that next lincion he
shoohl aak leave to introduce a bill to naiad the law with.,
regard to church rates
UNION OF =MK= BILL.
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l'pon the order et the day for gebtsiate committee

GRIFFITH said be coseihred it was no more
than • mare form of Ironslaic% to adssiske the considera-
tion of a bill of this iMpodetsini at ea late a period of the
seadon, The bill came down NM the other house in
nrslymade state, and the gowsmetat no doubt et•
}o tool by Aida! dexterity iind in the aheence of
ficicoymlest members, to plum it Omagh parlißTll,llt. He
ct.titchriel it was guile a seoekery of legielletion.
%ftee • sew words from Mr. thaw,
Tin' hones weed into conuniteee on cisme I.
Mr. I). GRIFFITH wi•hed to know who wail iespourible
t!..1 bill, as be did ant see anybody on the treasury
bench. (A 'sigh.) No official perms memed to be able to
present himself, and therefore he should move that the
chairman report progroxy and :iandiesseete sit again.
Mr 1101-"VERIE opiy..eil the motion. If anybody
was reinamailile for the bill hr might say that he had got
chen of it. It way (.u..,.1 through the Home of Lord,
after considerable di.cwrwn, but he was prepared to alarm,
any objection which the hon.
_.,•ent.leman or any other hon.
member might advance to tHrlVlaitln. The principle of
the bill had on former iawattiony hero fully agreed to.
Mr. JOHN LOCKE thought it eitraordinary that a bill
should he proposed which would get rid of 20 or )0 churches
in the city of Landon without either of the members for
that city taking a prominent part in the discussion, or egs
patriot; to know anything about it. t similar WI
wer opposed some years ago by the late Ild=
of IPadom. Two or three churches, which
rather in the way, were then removed, and thins
ties natter stopped. He had always considered shat
the cry of more Churches for the metropolis was to be tam-
r•oo !Faso. There were 1(E churches to the city to which
the people might resort, and all of them might he reviewed
under this 1011. (No, en.) At all events there was no 1141.
runty that Mt. Stephen*. Walhrook would be preserved.
Mr. K. W. CRAWYOKlivaral it would be very ungrwansw
..tt h.i part to take the hill nut of the hands of the right
rrietober for Kilmarnolt (Mr. flouverie), bowman he
li..pperoyl to represent one of the tee cities or borough. can.

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Mr AYRTON still it was to be regretted that
thi. hill had been introduced without any capillarities'.
vi
It waa introdure.l into the }loose of LORIS by the BrZ • al
London. and it might then-fore he aasurnol that ita
Mee to ptemote the ihtereets of religion. It was ileai to
make a better appropnation of the erclosnatioal
reveasee of distracts, the ..heracter of which had triads
the hat century uoileruoue a oornplete change. The eahleet
had been well considensl by the city clergy, and be believed
then were unammounly ~f ”plui..ti that t.ip protect staled
thing. was 1,7 un.atisfaetory, and ought to be imam.
&Moly remedied Th.r.• could he no mediaeval els
jv-ten to the 1011. as the churches to he drag
with were t.unili .1 ura.n an act of parliament
INWPAI after the :Teat fire of London. These
lietiefiees ought not to he left in the hands of gentlemen
who enjoyed good income. without performing any impairs-
lent duties.

sw el:BITT observed that within half a square mile
in the city there were so lees than 5+4 churches. It wee
not to be supposed that with the altered habits of society
those churches could be much frequented.
Mr. HUBBARD said the lull having been read a second
time at about use o'clock at night without any exp/anatices,
it orwskl net he said that its principle had been derimael.
No dealt there was some Deed of improvement with re-
'pees to the parishes referred to by the hoe. wasiboir
for 4todover ; but this bill affected every church in the ally
Mi. Paul's. The object should be limited sad de.
ease
Sir. DOI seal the ands object .4 the hill
sm. to take the metro. of o.ligimis instruction from
plasm where they were not wanted to place* whore
they were wasted. Many of the erly parishes hail no pupa.
Mine whatever, the buildings mosaic,* entirely of ware.
house It was stated in evidence Wine the commis.
'lasers that the semis attendance at many churches did
sot snored 25 or V.

frir W. JOLLIFFE compLua' bed that the terms of the
chaise were o, extensive that they minld include the
chanties of the wbut• country.
Mr. DOUV ERIE uadertool to amend the disuse su se to
haat it. operatem to the metropolis.
11181 was then agreed to. On claque',
11.,,
_ALB% thought the whole bill required to be re.
tessidured. It wadi founded, he believed, on a private
doatamsea—the report of the cumruissionen which bad nut
berlsid comated to the house. He was in favour el
a tempety for the evil in question ; bat
if diarrhea were to be palled akin they meat take care that
the selecting era::Fr tea He had been told that this
IA leas almost through the House of Lords.
I** No, Du," from r. Bouverte) Huw much time was
beetowal upon
I, 1401 VERIE— A whole evening.
Mr MAUNA concluded by moving that the Chairman
ri.isict prover.
Mr A liltTON oteerval that DO alteration could he made
under the till without .11 the parties interested Laviag had
an opportueity bring heard before the Queen in Couas
Mr H. W. CRAWFORD remarked that • veto was gins
to the inhaLitanta id every_ pad& Ii vestry amenablaL
Malt eittiag,)