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

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

11017/11 or COMMONS.--(THIS DAY.)
The ansdrA 'Mend the house at mare irienely, but
▪ difficulty was experienced in rm a house, sad •
qu.irter of an Meer elapsed before 40 ms were amens-
-1.4,1, sod the business commenced.
PRIVATE BURNES&
The enemies. Bettm, and Tregyses Road Bill, and
the Hoy River Navigation Bill, were oridend, sad ordered
for the third reeding
The Montrose sat *Berrie Railway Bill was reed • seated
tine and ”tiered to be committed.
tNNI'ITV TAX ABOLITION (EDINBURGH) BILL.
The LORD AblididAffiß having moved the second reed-
ing of the. bill,
Mr. HADFIELD mid he repnled the bill as very
mmtisfactory soistice of a pomace which had' long
~,otited the city of Ildishon;h. He did not believe that
th.. ine.mos 14 the clergy elected by the bill would nlti•
nutelt le reduced if the tax were abolished. The expert-
. use .4 scutlandorith mad to the free church,thowed that
that ems not likely to be themes. Be that sit might, how-
• he objected to the perpetuation of • tax for the pay-
merit .4 maiden la the pecert of religious indructioe,
,p 1 Ins opiates was *wed by one el die people of this
.ountry. He should take the asses al the house against the
h. 11. herasse it remlablished the principle of *dation for reb-
ziou. purposes. The tire wee Irina everything of
tho turd would be swept away from @Wide book, and
when the voluntary pneeiple would have full play.
The boo. meshes by mow* that the bill he
Tool a mond time that day sic mania&
Hr. CAIED laid he should have preed the same coarse
.1 the Led Admen** had sot intimated that the most objec-
t...nable pert of the o..mely, that which provided •
lit for the perpetuation .4 the charms—would be with-
drum. The bill .till required some minor emend-
meet., hot he trusted that the ht hos. sad
kilned gentlemen would sot hesitate to pt them. He
doubted whether eves with such alterations this bill would
give sewed sidistseties er iron per to the city of Min.
burgh. It or. be thought, wadi to be regretted that
the clerey ewe sot disposed to moire on the good.
will awl libemlity of the people, which he me sure would
prorate ample mom for their meremeace,
Mu K FERO POOH said the arguments of the how.
member for Sheffield (Mr. Hadfield) applied ea forcible to
the eimehlisbed church of Engised aa to the clergy of Edin-
burgh. and he called ape the members of the church of
Einglawl in that bear to set the leaned lord's bill, the
..beet of which me be
aunt limiletedlof sup.
F keg psalm diputeThe .
Ariors:
he low to sem this spasetios marl. henna lie moldered that
datable far the religious interests rallestirad, be to
the eveloctiesi to the 'weber era whist mrfM pet of
the wren al this bill, end he bopeahet ti
would
be Wandered a summits., which 11101111 d tend to preset
• s eras It wee • saran be =ppm that the
ill
ihreeleve eassatea la tans nannies -e/ tbsie swashima=
it wee ealy by • nalerity af tM prosbytes7
that they boa deeded net to appose the bill. H.
thle cropronalse raid be reiplad. sad the .enemabe carried aussaimealy.
Mr. MACKIg had warred the severity with which
this tax premed iet perms who eamehatioemly objected to
R. He had ma the goods of mak prow eased for nia•
myeloid. Lad veer so lewd than 112 smaineems wore
rued in that posed. It was follormd by metal 11/7111114
sad iseprearia. He hoped the harmed lord raid have
the artarra chola/ this dispute is sack • manor
that it amid era be revived.
Mr. BLACK supported the bill, sad referred to past an.
eactradal attempts at legislative' the *abject am affording
• grimed for its saloptioa. He was and there to appal say
dosorastiosal views H. led feed in the bill the Mee
of • satiefactory settle:neat, sad ea that grimed he felt
booted to give it his support. It offered an equitable ad-
justment both to the 64,000 perscee within and the 100,000
perade without the royalty and to the clergy,
Major HAMILTON objected that the hill involved
• priest* which might govern (dare legislation.
sad as welt have • far wider Ma than
the city of Ediebergh. He su the seemed
reedietz.erisanbag the bill as a compromise, bat Wed
denote wife secured by asidelmente taconitailitee
...Oil owe. the third raiding.
Wes V.. Is or rimportol the bill.
'K BURN nee • ipuilibed west to the bilL
Mr MURK hoped the second reeding would be allowed
I. pm. UtlabillKKl4V.
The LORD AllrbeATE replied, sod urged the with-
drawal of the ameednieet.
(left sitting.)