The Express.
London, England, 1850-02-14 00:00:00

PERIAL PARLIAMENT.

MOUSE OF COMMONL—WEDNIIIDAT, FIB. 13.
The fleiozza leek thy 'hair BUSINESS.
two o'clock.
PUBLIC B
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
TOOT Ornci.-13. Mr.l. MATHESON, Mr. A. STAY.
row), SW D. DUNDAS, him pie ia Bagland sad
Scothad ; Mr. HUME, from Brews. Kr. W. MILES, hum
Sommetaire, wheat Sunday labour is the Post-olline.
AONICCIIOII2.—By MATHISON, from Pennon'
society of WNW. Row, is favour of protentiOn to eitterel
tore.
ErrasifeAlio CIVICS or lIIILAND.—)3I Mr. HAMIL-
TON, from • plum maw KM beard, is favour of Marsh sa-
nt:a is that sonntry.
Taxies ox Zuowisnou.—By Mr. C. LUSHINGTON,
fros the sewhera of the Whittlegton Club, for the aboli-
Um of the tams oa
COMITY Corime —By Mr. V. SMITH, frost Northamp-
ton. to the 'messiah of the jurisdiction of thew course.
COCNTY FINANCIAL BOARDIL—B/ Mr. PLUMFTAE,
60111 the board of rearttiotte et the Faversham sake ; Mr.
BEIGE r, hone Rochdale; Kr. HENRY, from Esramea.
bask ; Kr. COBDEN, from several plasm in Yorkshire
i: Mr. HUME, frees plum la Lanonshine,
foveae of the adoption of show beanie.

TURNPIKE TRUSTS.
Mr.C.LBWIS stated that a committee ot instamnissamtli•
✓alued Mturopikm cams to • resolution that leessedienbi
taken to diminish them. A letter bad been sant t•
connected wits turnpike trusts, who were befwe t
for renewal, and they had bean tuft that inquiries meal be
instituted. He, therefore, mond that so bill for oesdariti
or amend*, say tavola* act boned a asoosi dim bears
Buster.—Are od to.
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.

On the motion for the woad reading of this bill,
Col. THOMPSON called the attention of the house to the
Lamination of a clause giving the directors the power of
opening parcels tome if this puma had inclosed two pergola
instead of one. He moved that 01 bill bet re. •
rime elle de. •• • • -4 See.ii
Mr. H. BERKELEY said that haying moved thio"„as, sa
the absence of an hon. friend, in his absence he shoal
withdraw it.
Mr. OOULBIJEN did not Wok it right to Mew ma tho
whole bill on account of one clause, and thine* it bed
better be read a orcotid time.
Col. THOMPSON withdrew his amendment, and tam b
was read a mosed doe.
LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND.
Mr. HUME gave IVACO of a notice foe the house., pro.
mat an address to her Majesty to consider whether the pro-
mpt government of Irelaad toy the Lord Lieutenant ought
sot be dispeased with.
DRAWBACE ON BRICKS.
Mr. HUME also p.a. notke that he should propose a
drawback on bricks used in all cottages under the value

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COMPLAINT OF MISREPRESENTATION.
Mr. ROEBUCK solicited the indulgence of the Mae be
• few sanuta. Hs thought it his duty to refer Nautili
observation is the Morning Chronicle, which be led as
other seam of answering 'tempt this. The ampere tidbit
said "Let us test Mr. Roebuck himself by the setheas
which he wishes to mete out to our oolooies—we leg Ide
pardon—to our conqattred dependeities. We believe be
lost a ramie, amongst the ranks of the Canadian spew
thisere. during the ante. pothltimete troubles in Canada. And
we believe, and to hie credit we say it, that he left no steno
attuned to avenge his death, which he considered to have
been en unjust act." Aid then it put a suspicion
that he had been hanged, sad led the wall to suppose, by
his direct assertion, that he bad bees hanged. All he could
say was this—that all kis relatives is Canada were of dig-
brat opinion from kis own with respect to the Candies
matter—that none of them sympathised with the French
Canadians—that they seta very strenuously against them—
that he bet no relative during any portion of these periods,
sad that sonseqsently he could sot bs affected with • desire
to avenge hie death for the mode he which that took place,
co he had meth* to avenge.
HIGHWAY
_(DISTRICT SURVEYORS) BILL.
Mr. FREWEN moved the second roadies of this bill,
sad said that Mat year he had submitted • bill to the con.
sideratios a the house, on the subject ot g
rainedtetics sierveyon of highway. Certain objections were
to the sessare, va, please too much power in the hands
K the magistrates. No one was mote averse than he wee to
race power is the heads of an irresponsible body. He
wished, 0 possible, to establish • system cf sessions, much
resembling those lad sessions which existed in !shad,
which assisted, pertly of magistracy and partly of rate.
parts. He wished to empower the esamisesesers to allow
them to be associated with magistrates is the masermast of
the highways. These men were appointedby.ect a parlianaent,
they took the same oaths as county magistrates, sod they
'acridly consisted of opulent yeomen; and be contended
that if Wes resent were es.ociated with the magistrates to
fury est the system of massing the highways, and to have
control of the surveyors, that you would, in each district,
have a eat of tribunal armistice of most influential country
gentlemen, and the more opulent estop', era in each district.
Sir W. JOLLIFFE said that, as government had gives
notice to lay on the table a general bill as to birdies" he
hoped hie hon. friend would not press, at this time, the
most reading of this bill.
After • few wade from Mr. C. Lewis,
Sir. 0. STRICKLAND said it was moet unreasonable
that this bill should be read • sewed time without discussion.
It was a bill the principle of which he had opposed, and he
was prepared to oppose it again. He moved that this bat be
read • second time this day six months.
After a brief COISVOMitioo,
lir. FREWEN said that to save the time of the home, he
was wiling to postpone the second reading of this bill till the
6th of March.
The amendment wee withdrawn, and the second reading
flasd for 6th March next.
IRISH FISHERIES BILL.
Oa the order of the day for the second readies of the above
bill,
Sir W. SOMERVILLE, without expressing any hostility
to the principle of the bill, begged of the hon. and learned
member to postpone it, seeing that it had only been printed
on the prevents day.
Mr. ANSTEY consented, on the understanding that an
early day should be fixed for the committee.
Second reading postponed to 6th Mach.
COUNTY RATE BILL.
Mr. M. GIBSON, in moving the stcond readies of the
above bill, said that it would be unnecessary for him to
trouble the house at any length in explaining its a
seeing that it was mainly a repetition of a bill whisebilla
Man introduced and explained by his hon. friend the MOW
her for Montrose, in the course of the previous seeden.
There lad been an idea, to use the words of the hon. bars the
member for Word, that the object of this bill was to su-
persede her Majesty's justices of the peace. (Hear, hear.)
It was no such thing, it was merely a bill to give
the rat reyen in counties a concurrent control with
the justices in matters of county expenditure. They
bad ample precedent for this in the working of the poor
law boards, where justices of the peace and elected guardians
worked hermoniously er in economising the funds of
the ratepeyers. A commission investigated this question in
1836, and reported that they could see no objection to •
mind antrol of justices and rate-payese over the county:rate.
The comnistioners lobo remarked that the county rate was
the larrst tax in the country which was distributed by an
irresponsible body. (Hear.) His proposal was that in each
anus, there should be a financial board, composed partly of
magistrates and partly of persons elected by the boards of
guardians, and to thee* hoards he proposed to transfer all
control is financial mattere,bat leaving the judicial functions
of thejustlcee untouched. This, he trusted, would meet the
objection that hissupersedewas to the justices in their
respective counties. Haar, hear.) Another objection was,that
in proposing this as a measure of justice to the occupyieg
tenant, he wee acting in violation of his own prin-
ciple—namely, that rates must all he looked spat
es ultimately falling upon the rent. Granted, but thus
arrangements for rent were made at Intervals, while the
county rates were constantly inaeming, and in the lateral
every abuse or sudden extravagance is their expenditure
fell as • heavy grievance on the occupier. He wee sot
therefore falsifying hie own principle, in proposing • more
equitable arrangement. The county rate was a constantly
and enormously increasing burthen, Red in no plan had
it thaewed more rapidly than in Lacs/hire where it
frees up in one year from 120,0004. to 176,0001. (Hear,
lama) At present the penes' who paid this heavy um .e
had an control over its expenditure, and this was • et.-
*as wlslen was heavily felt la the rural district'. His
(Mr. 011sos's) belief was that all expenses might be
materially checked if the ratepayer were permitted
• vioilast MOW* (Hear, hear.) Besides these
lambi bleeds would be bodies who would watch
the progress if emery bill through parliament which
was uoay to Woo their lad interests, or to impw
fresh burdens an the lead. You would then have beards of
Du .inees men reedy to watch the regress of such • MU, dad
to prevent its hell without a fall cossidentles dell
Its teatimes est beatings. Bat, besides, this county rate wee
no small sua—indeed, its rapid increase had latterly been •
serious cause of apprehension. In HA OS, it was 690,001. a
year, while now tlta risen to I,loo,oooL—fhear, Iteer)—
a tall of iNITHEII 'Mkt then that of crime or pop
_a
lay ion. These were powerfel rimer Myst/ells system Amid
be adopted, giving • woe refectories' eleostrultothereth
payers. He ad set ask them to pledge tlenneslese to any
ditch, but wordy Is deem the principle that taxaties and
representation eugat top ftetker. (Hear, hear.) If the
second readies were eeneedsC he would send the bill to a
select chastise*, and it on amiss through that cabal it
should not moot with the memeatrenee of the boast, it might
be reject den the third resin'. Me trusted that, *seise
the ember Si reitlems that lied been presented In Its
favour, the beers would net threw it out la Its presses stage.
Mr. SPOONER wen test riga mar ate the matte of
the bill. He ma* psi It to the right hen. member who
Met, locking at the hie base et waist the bill had beat
placed in the hash of meallas, it would not be better to
postpone it. He to sea as en anteidment that the
debate ht. adje
Mr. STANFORD would have supperad the billows he
approved of the priseire, bed he mat lard WO tbe dimes
sempletelp belied that Wad*. go esuM WNW cement
this the ma* mselii deould have develved apes
them the diapered& dabs a whoa& jniilestre, while
the wade of the lainefal arrangements were left is other
hoses.
Sir U. GREY, wished giving any opinion an the general
seer oft details a the MB, Would advise kis right hes. bleed
to opoo tothopeoreinint.