The Express.
London, England, 1856-04-09 00:00:00

(Stamped ld. Additional.) [TWOPENCE.

bents. Oa the 6th of April, 1166, it would, accrrillng tol
the existing law, be Mooed to Ad. is the pound, and se-
gentles to the SAMS law it would seam altogether in April,
1160. It was under these °lnanities's thet the boo.
member Invited the house le take • °Ares which would
aseessitate sa entire ate:slims of the principles and detailed
provieloos of the sziatiag law ; and is c.lling on the boas
to eater epos tbst mory arduous undler:aking the bon. mem-
ber had caran,ly abstained from isdioitieg anything more
than asses general principle epee which that rec toe strecitket
wadl have to be carried eat. It reatieded oss of Dr.
Johasen, in one et his lives at the poets, Minim takes wee-
slim to speak of a criticism upon Dryden's translatioe of
V rgil, eseptlaidsg that the critic bad Irma careful to place
at the tad of his critique a trepidation by himself; epos
which Dr. Johnsen remarked that, at all emote, he who did
se was entitled to the poise of:sala a fair mite Now, be
(tbe Chaseella. of the Exchequer wished he mold bestow
the same praise es Die NSW in the mean cam.
Hs wished that, is critic/isles the gilding income tie, and
is mediates/ its prieciple sad details, tbe boo. geatleman
had told the house with sonsieblei like distiectseen, what
wee the soiree of the to which he would sabstl-
•lare f r it. He meosived that the res 7 fell and able con-
ebteraties which his right bee. frised the member for the
Usiverelty of °skied me le this subject is bringing for.
ward Ids 'satinet. whstiqpiesig etmintmtaissied by.

theme tax es additional reason why the hon.
geatleman should set Wive brought (erased so extensive a
motion. He tlsoeght this was not a favourable moment for
the entertainment of this discussion. Under these circum-
stances, he trusted that the house would, attar the purpose
which be presumed the hon. gentleman bad fa view bed
been enswered—unuly, liter it had been suojecud to dis-
eassies—he trusted that the hoes. would not be diip wed to
pledge themselves to a proposition the conuquesees of
which were too important to be arented to in the form in
which they were proposed. He begged leave to move the
ruins question.
Mr. LAING said he should certainly Tote against the
motion. To *Stu a simple end general principle, sad
leave the government to work out the details, was a roues
that ought not to be applied to quietism) off He
believed It was perfectly true that there wee ao tax in the
budget against which strong and valid ablutions mold sot
be brought, end therefore be could conceive nothing more
dangerous than that the Roam of Commune should get into
the kebit of passing resolutions untabiteg abstract pries
eiples Wen they saw some per mode of repealing the
tax. Oa that ground he should Tote against the motion.
At the some time he by no mesas assented to the
crosehmice that the present lissome tax was by any
mesas perfect is its insidesee. Oa the clattery,
he was strongly Impressed with the 03STietiO• of the
lacono tax Dela; found to be a nest eary and perm.
neat pert of our taxation, and la the next place to render it
a permanent pert of our taxation some revision of the mode
of levying the tax was necessary. He did not think it re-
quisite to modify the whole taxation of the country, as the
Chancellor of the Exchequer pat it la muchness with
some &aims laid down by Ada. Smith. He beiieved also
that the Ida of substituting a prop rty tax for an income
tax was equally visionary. He quite agreed that they most
take the them* as they found it, they mast Ivey a certain
rate upon that income, and they mut not attempt to carry
oat thst which was impossible, that 'toy mode of leeybut
the tan woe a perfect one. great pert of the difficulty
bad arisen Don the Jerome tax not being looked
epee as aperestent pert of our system. It was
ern brought leeward as • short tar, and bad bun continued
es
a temporary measure ever sires ; but he thought we had
now arrived at a time ohm we should look upon the income
mad property tax as permanent. He should say that the
tax rhosld be something like 6 per cent in Causer puce,
gad that they should regulate their Ausees in that view;
and, therefore it was important that in schedule D the
should escape the inquisitorial character of it oa toe one
head and fraud and evasion ea the other.
Hr. WILLIAMS called at to the hardship on
attiasue who bad been amend to the income the, their
regular wages not emineatag to 1001. agear, bat being
made up to that easmint by a few days' overwork. It was
not the intention when they passed the eat that it should
apply to such cave, sad ke treated the Chancellor of the
Exstrapier would give dirndls. te the assessed not to
press such cues.

Mr. SPOONER could sot acme to the whole of the
motion. He tool& sot apes that the hwdthip was wholly
ups perinea having ladestrial sad yrofreetosal 'wane.
Lendowat n hod as sash to ociesplain of, for every ono who
knew &whin of land, knew ih.t they must deduct 20 per
out. 11.,. the rest to arrive at the set income and yet the
isadowans were snowed spin the rent. Theo Income,
they pre.-
Wally paid the tali levied upon the truest. If .he motion
west to a divides is its preeeat shape, he should vote
against It.

Sir H. WILLOUGHBY emplaaed of the operation of
the low on the Lest Armadal. In point of feet Long An-
nuities at their polecat pries were eased to the attest of 23
per allat.

Mr. MUNTZJe reply, aid be bad unsalted the slightest
fatalities to wake say special rseervatisse fa favour et say
particular Glue. An that be wished anodise .he house shoal
Miro is the words of his rwelatica, " That sa eqsitable
@Abatises, of the tax was essential to the intonate of the
ThepThe house thus Molded ea the previous quake, that the
argue he new pat—
Ayes 63
Nees

The question was therefore sot pet.
THE CHINESE EXPEDITION.
Sir J. W. HOGG bad gives sot es that be weabli eon
ettestioa to the elan. of the Zest laths Compaey a bar
Illej.sty's meat for SWUM, Whirr the balsam. of
the ea itere by the goverment of India on account of
the expeditios to Chia., mg to the rummy mdse.. ea the
subject laid before the beam is May. 185 i. He would,
however, sealant himself, is the first iestsues, with 'skimp
the Secretary of the Treasury whether he bad gee* through
the account., sad U so, with what result ? Probably that
would leader it sasseessary for him to proceed with the

NM
Mr. WILSON said thanked Ma a diffemes of opinion
between the government and the Ha' India Compaq with
forst to the prithiple apes welch the mouse should be
lathe eat ; but there would set be a difference of more than
200.0001. between them.
Sir J. W. HOOD remarked, that as the hen. gentlemen
had admitted a d*bt 01600,0001. to the Rut India Company,
he rhombi not think it necessary' to trouble the hthsit.
TRANSPORTATION.
On the mattes of Sit G. GRIT, the following were
appointed members of the Select Committee on Transporta-
tion : Mr. Blares Sir J. Pakiegtoa, Mr. Stott, Mr.
Wortley, Bir W. litathe 49, Mr. Adderley, the Lord Adro-
cm , Sap ant O'Brien, Mr. Henley, Mr. -Wickham, Mr. J.
Wynne, Mr. Mum, Mr. R. Denison, Mr. Dethes, and Mr.
S. Petagenli.

Irish member at it. He weld be glad to Inn what nests
' Me right how. gentleman would give Lr the ossimeon of the
Irish sambas. Mo t probably be would say he had quits
forgotten them, sad so add Inuit to Laney. It would have
besa easy to And amongst the Irish reprusatatives nor
emiasat comma nisi an. There were the two members foe
the city of Cork, on of the members for Limerick, the
member for Newry, and, ea the other side of the house, the
members for Watelord sad Drogheda and the means
for the city of Dahl':. He would be glad to hear what
excuse could be given for this proceeding ; he wee quite '
ready Sonnet say mass. (Laughter.) He world sot sums
word of oomplaiat of the Irish members wen mated like .
the English. Be was quite sure he could supply a mock
better committee out of the Irish members exclosinly ; hat
what an eatery would too r deed if it should've, happen that
as Ingham filled the Aloe of Von Pre ardent of the Board at
Trade, and came down to the bone sad rotund to anal.
ewe a committee cutsistmeg entirely of mere biennia.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHAQUER toted
snare the hon. and learned gentleman that her Majesty's
immuring folly neognised the insular position of Inns&
—(laughter)--med admitted the existent" et her pone sad
\ ayboan, whose tatenste deserved the onasideration of par.
Bement He sand snore the hos. and leaned gentleman
end the house this aeUstag tend be farther hem Me Mims
Jima&

rAbrilfbad but :wry men ettreet-panalary *tweet is Mb'
matter; nevertheless, two Irish representative*, the boo. and
busted member for Belfast, and the member for Kerry, had
been asked to serve on the torn trainee, but declined. (Hear,
hear.) With regard to the treneportation committee IL COl-
tailed two Irish members, Mr. Serjeent O'Brien and Mr.
Greene. (Hear, hear.) It was always very unp:easent for
the house to eater into a duo:orlon of the comparative
merits of individual members. (Hear, bear.) He would
seggeet that the somber cf the oommiitee be ineressed
from fifteen to seventeee, and that the boa. member for the
city of Dublin and the hoe. member for Newry be added
to the names proposed. He begged to give notice that he
would move the addition of these two gentlemen. (Hear.)
Mr. DISRAELI was very sorry that the hon. end learned
member for Cork should have sought to revive any bitter
feeling as to the petition of Irish memben in the house. lie
was quite certain both sides of the house were most anxious
Ireland should be adequately represented on all owe**
when the public interean wen concerned. He had tome
kaewledge of the original scheme of this committee,
sad he was aware that the honourable and
kanseli member f,r Belfast had been ignited to
beams a member of is. (Hear, bear.) He much regretted
ON the ton. end learned gentleman did not find it
inindellest with his other engagements to *wept
the levitation. He would oppose the proposition of
She Chancellor of the Exchequer to increase the cam-
Midge, as it was mace is a conciliatory spirit
tee obviate soy objection, but he thought a committee of IT
was too minteroos. (Hem, hear.) it would to better to
diminish, than to increase the number. H. would not have
felt it hie daty to take any pat in the dithavien, but for
the spew* of the bon. and learned member for Cork, who
had most snamessarily sought to relive a feeling which b
hoped bad long *lee died away it the hones. Even d tiers wed ,
any foundation in fact fir his ratements, the hon. sad
learned gentleman ought to have refreined, but they
not founded es fact. He (Mr. Disraeli) copied that Irish- •
moo, or members for Irish constituencies, were habi-
tually yid systematioally prevented from obtaining
the high places is the admiaistretioa of the ate*
of those countries. They were not the class of men least
fortunate is that respect. Oa the contrary, he believed be
could show that Irishmen had occupied the lotitiaa of
prime Weider for a long series of years; Englishmen had
not so often occupied that eminent position. Nod iag could
be mere sat **Ye than the attack made by the bin. end
learned gentleman, mere especially with **room to the
particular ogee held by the right boa. gentleman whose
name stood Ant on the list of the committee. The bon.
sad keened gentleman bad sneered at the idea of an Irish-
man holding that office. When he (Mr. Disraeli) entered
parliament, that ogee was bald by en Irishmen. The than
Via-President of the Board cf Trade sou Mr. Sbiel, es
Irishmen, a brilliant orator, aid au crescent professor of
those extreme opinions which the toe. and learned gentle-
man had not yet entirely repudiated. It was much to be
regretted that, alter such a long interval, any member re-
preesatiag en Web constithency should take such an op, er-
malty of embilltriag the feelings of the house and country
ea the plea dat the volition of jest*. was not properly
• rimegened, and that they bad wit oppottonities of gain*,
the posideamisighwas the ambition of all her Majesty's
• nth** Thebes. and learned gentleman had fixed mthe
*See lithe Viee-Presidency of the Beard of Trade, but
many Yell recollect when it was filled by ea Irishman,
• wide* was • sufficient answer to the allegation of the hos.
and learned gentleman. All meat regret that the hoe. and
lunged gentleman should have unnentsearey revived a
worm of bitten feeling, but it was el, ar that nothing could
be more notorious* 'or him than the inseam* he had
brought forward taillentrate his position. (Rear.)
The dinned* was pushed at stub length, sad with ana-
iddereble wreath, by Tubas hoe. members.
The house at lath dielded upon the motion for 'dooming
the debate, *ea there appeared—
Foe the adjournment
ALA's' it
The same of Mr. Lowe wee then agreed to as one of the
Yeasaidee. Oa the mooed same, that of Mr. Hardy, being
reed,
Mr. V. SCULLY objected to that get Comm as having
beta elected withla the test month, and suggested that some
member of greater experience should be substituted. He
feared it wee of no we to press the government to add m-
other Irishman to the committee; but the smallest propor-
tion of Irish members it ought to contain was three, and
some representative of a @anthers constituency, a (*mun-
e* man, should be appointed.
Mr. R. PHILLIMOSE hoped the name of Mr. Hardy
would not be withdrawn, as although he was a new meme
bee, he had already distineubbed himself by a speech on
this questiou, end his reputation was of great prom*.
The name of Mr. Hardy was then agreed to, and the
names of Mr. Milner Girton, Mr. Horabli, Mr. Clenwick,
Sir Stafford North**, Mr. Coimbra, Mr. Watson, Mr. 800.
eerie, Mr. Cardwell, Lord Demme' Mr. Headley', Si, J.
Duckworth, Lord Hotbeds, and Mr. Moffatt, the ..than ment-
he= proposed were also agreed to, with the understanding
that two Irish members should be added, after nouns given,
at • *Owe day.
AUDIT OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
Mr. BOWYER called ',Unities to the constitution of the
Board of Audit and to the defects of the law regarding the
audit of blie acesunts.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave de-
tailed explanations nepenthe the functions jot the Audit
Board end the portions of the public accounts that were
isudimd at the 1 reentry aid other deperresews.
Sir F. BAI/110 and Mr. Disamu made a few remarks,
and
Lord PALMERSTON said it was a mistake to sot pose
that the audit of the army martinis was not c 'mph to and
effectual ; and be explained the meaner in which the army
expenditure was audited.
Some observations were made by Mr. Unruly and Mr.
W. WinLtads, and the sal ject dripped.
The report on supply was then brought up and legend to.
TRIAL OF OFHINCES BILL.
This bill, as amended, was considered, and several amend-
ments proposed by the ATTONNIIII.GINS/LL were agreed to.
The house adjourned at 12 o'c,ock.

RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS IN PAR-
LIAMENT.

BAST SONVILIINT RAILWAT.—The committee on stand.
iag orders have dee,dsd U at this emptily rosy introduce
the additional provisions forieht for in their bill if the com-
mittee spit it shall so think fit.
ELF: KIINT RAILWAT.—The standiou omitr in favour
of this peal set arrest this bill is to to dispensed with.
KINRO6II.IINIMI RAILWAT.—In the case of this aces.
psur's petition for leave t' deprsit a ri titian for a b•II, the
standieg orders are not to be dispensed with.
LONDON, TILNUNT, AND SOOTNAND RAILWAT. —Yes.
tardily the comsat.' on this bill (Mr. Fitsior, chairman)
d.chnd its preamble (roved, the objt ct if it being as in.
mass of copies&
I.OIIDONDIAZT AND ENNLIMILLIN RAILWAT.—Tb•
preamble of this bill in the same committee. was heisted

proud.
IMPRISONS, DIBTOIRS DISCRAIIOIII FOCIITT.—Tb•
preamble of Ode ooetoty's bill, for eztoodiog the OW ratios,
eased for for the &rebore, sod relief of weave impel-
re for malt deb threugboat Eoglend sod Waist, was
sin pond.

FORTUNATE ESCAPE.—WhiIst the ealatieg in
honour of the birth of toe Imperial Pritct of Femme oat
taking place at Malts, an artilleryman having placed him-
self ton near the mouth of ono of the guns which wit
being bred from the battery on Fort St. Amato. woe blows
oat of the embraearee by totes of the entloaten into the
ditob, a very odmidembie depth. Everybody believed
that be mast hew been killed hy the fell, bur *imp,e to
mists, he was gisomeratd to hors suffered nob jury bey &ad
a (SW braises.
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