The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-20 00:00:00

motion without attach* a provisional suction to the plan. '
This wan a very grave dewed. and the goverinneet would not
be justified in moseding to the motion aged they were pre-
pared to say. at lead, that they saw no objection to the
plan. Mr. Gladstone then proceeded to discuss its merit.
and detail., remanding the house that the abatement of the
tan to one nun was virtually the taxation of asiother
that the relief of schedule 11) would throw an additional
burden upon schedule A. Mr. Hubbard, he observed,
professed to ailse in his plan at curing iejadice and
getting rid of snomaly, and he proposed to
do this by ',akin.: a uniform deduction of XI per cent. from
industrial lueotom, no deduction to be made to the fund.
Welders, the gnat MASS of whom were small annuitants.
The object which Mr. Hubbard had in view had been re-
peatedly abandoned as impracticable, and the principle,
vetting class against clad, was fraught with social danger.
lie recommended the house to put a negative upon the mo-
tion.
Mr. WHALLEY was of opinion that his own plan. to
raise the tax in the same mode and on the same principle
as the poor-rate, would obviate the objections of the Chan-
cellar of the Exchequer.
Mr. HUBBARD said the Chancellor of the Exchequer
alleged Idea with want of originality in the scheme that he
Lr=Neither was the right hon. gentleman ori4inal.
eard him deliver that speech before, and it had
never been absent from his thoughts. (Laughter.) He
said it with sorrow, it was not a speech of a man who met a
question en the merits of the question itself. The right
bow. genideman admitted that the bootee on those who were
assessed leader schedule A was 21. in the pound too much.
In premeds( this measure to the house, he had so 'Arty in-
terest to aerve. Ile hal std.' what be thought was the
iree ilea Pak!, and whether it was carried now or not, he
Mt stiffed the country would sootier or later make its
voice heard, and that there should not be an income tax
touched aa the present income tax was. He especially
lf against the auppearition that ho wished to
Crod:dueled committee appointed to meet his own views.
Hear.) He had hroucht forward a scheme he considered
eras staple sal plain, and he now left the question to the
desinied of the house.

.
Div & NORTIR'nTE thought, after what they had seen
of tie feeling of the bonne on this subject, it would he better
W hie how. friend 131 r. II idilvinl) did not press his motion
to a divieloo Ile believed that the inequalities of the plan
proposed by hi. hon, friend were so very obvious that tf a
wowtmittew were nprininted it would waste it. Jinni on a
vnea.ure that w.is impracticable, or it would break down as
taped.

The bier divided. The atwaberi wen—
NOSS VSI
127- 4
The aocesteemest of the sualteve woe Received with
cheers from easeabers below the pogwey.

sr PERANNI'ATION OF OFFICERS OF yR !SONS.

Mr. M. MI LS I% eileined leave— to inteedsoe a bill to
wake better provision fur grsetiag superanneaties and other
allowances to officers of prisons in England and Wales.

BURIAL. OF Insseinat*
Sir M. PE') moral for kire to brief is a bill to make
farther provision with nopeet to the hurled of peaces Dot
beiaeeramberoftbrrharcbof England a• by kw established.
The boa. smeiniv•r aid this hill costaked so provision in
oppoition to the views of clenumes of the church of
Leaked. By the law as passed in 1661 three ckesea of
persons were excluded from Christian burial, via. suicides,
eiroesseusicated, and baptist. There were, ea it must be
well homes, large sections of the people who did not
believe in the necomity of infant haptiam, and them
=mgfelt it was as intolerable burden that in sue of the
bof their children they could not receive Cbrietian
Lard. Smonlat the persons to whom be had referred
were the Society of Friends, and by the law they ware
hound to ssy that Mrs. Fry, who was a vomit of as emd•
sently Clinetiaa character, was sot retitled to the ram of
Chanties burial. (ilea.) Rut such wee the stated the law.
Ile proposed to alter the kw so that they he have the
basalt of Chastise beriel ! mad be therefore repel to Nit
leave to isbednee this bill.

seconded the roods&
On the emotion being put.
!tins ft. ?Mt, in answer to Mr. M. ilatrotnt?, isapkined
that the kill provided that have should be asked ed the
rhumb of Eel;land for each funeral.
Leave 10•011.

PUBLIC CIIARITIM BILL.
Mr. HAMIK:AKTut obtained leave to tonng in bill to
faribisto the appoislanest of new trustees in Wilk
charities.

THE BOROUGH FRANCHISE.
Mr. BAINES role to more for Issue to bring in a hill to
Weed the franchise M hums& in 4lisid and Wales
N. mid that tho objecthie bill was asd simple ; it
was to extend the franchise et 1832 to ea ProPtoetl by
her Maysety's government is tie bet casino of parliament.
His belief was that thui eateries et the suffrage might be
&mewed with advsntage is the teem he which be presented
It —to pester advantage is feet thee could hare hems a
great sad eemprelienmve se. He had sot intended to
make say elnervations oe the betreieetiee at the bill, bat
altar the dimpaeragiNg reemiss et the sable lard at the bred
of the govenremet and et seam aeotleesee on the ether Ode,
be felt beeed to my a few words. He deeply regretted the
toe' adopted by the made lord.
Mr. HARK T rose to order. The boa member bed so
right to allude to otmereetions which W bees made Is •
former debate.

The SPEA KER ruled that es Lord Pahnemeen had al-
luded to both hills the how member was be seder. (lma.)
Mr. HAIN Ei renamed-The acids lord did °bladed,
lint, that this measure would interfere widths ether Wei-
ner of parliament. Now the solids lord bed ban I. the
bond for half a century, and he (Mr. Beier) shaded the
noble lord to show during that period a more suitable tied
for the discunion of such a quanta thee the pretest.
lie believed that a great amount of didniefaction had been
produced in the country by the desieratica of the noble
Lord (ltaseell) at the commencement ef the adios, and be
believed it would be still more grieved at the tone adopted
by the head of the government that night (Hear, hear.) He
believed that en extension of the borough franehhe was a
eninstire of Justice, of safety, and of stetesmaielike
and it was his intention to press it. MOW, bear.) He
=at he Dodd show such an advance OD the pelt of the
in education, intelligence, in religions, We
le
and every other thing, this it woe eno
=lince.wise-be did not know that be might
we my that it would be no longer safe-to deny to
the great balk of the people the full privilege of admissicie
to the bowfin of the constitution. (Hear, bear.) He warn
silverly convinced that thine people amoupt whom he lived
and laboured, and who formed the pith sad =now of the
nation, were entitled to that franchise which he now asked
the house to bestow upon them. He asked for the calm
sad deliberate opinion of the Wass on the question, and if
parliamentamhe appealed to it te decide between the noble
lord and so humble an isdivideal es Wessell which of them
was right on this queened (Chan.)
Mr. HADFIELD seconded the when. The people pia
a large amount of the taxes of the country, wdot3 wets
entitled to be reminded in that hods. He hus
would remember the jocularity sad levity of dead& lad
en die o.llaoll. endright, was certain that they would pusweee
ia
iheseading their till they wen deeded. Meer.)
Lord PALMERSTON rid that V soy MAMA the
bons whilst his boa. bind bed beta ad
s.ldeg weld
Imagine that he had opposed the relies el theirs. ran
her for East Surrey, awl had easesesed ids Mew
(ion of opposing LW radios adore all ImmiNl. Itat
s“ far from that he had dinar* Aral that be woe
not going to oppose either the on it the other. As to the
remarks which his boa. hind had reds es the tone
of his observation, he really thought that that 'Akira MS
wholly miwomlied. (Hen, War.) He was ad twelves
of ant thing m his toes which ones ens to the objerieso
which had leen made. (Hear, bear.) Nor was he eddied
of earthing of jocularity or of levity la the manner i•
which he hail dealt with this question. Meer _brad, Hs
bad stated gravely that the home lad Male Isdleard is
the most coucluaive manner its idireeitlea he pre the
measure which we proposed, whinnies. reran a
both the propositions of his bee. hides bill, a::l7ti=
which be thought some other hon. antrum wield repro.
(A Wyk) And he stated that the denies of the
house-be might call it a decision-4 all roan the ia-
dispreitioe of the bowie, which lel to its withdrawal, del
which was not followed by any prat indiestiou ea the
part of the nation, showed that It did not disapprove d
the coons pursued. He stated that in point of time,
sufficient tini• had elapsed to led say man to think that
the opaline of the house was not altered-that in point of
substaoce, the two bill. proposed by his hoe. hinds ap-
proached so nearly to the measure which the boon did
not approve last year, that it was not at all likely their mea-
sure would be more successful than thatof the government.
He stated that the government had not thought it to be
their duty to bring in the bill which they brought in last
medal, but his hoe. friend comlemned the government far
not haying brought in a comprehensive measure, and the
government Dot havrog done so, he told the howl that it
was the peculiar function of private member. to do so. (A
laugh.) His hon. friend held out no brilliant prospect of
success, sooording to his own view. honor the example
which he pro as encouraging to Weird. friend and blond,
were examples in which private reerbsee had bees labour-
ing for a greet length of years before they could accomplish
their objects. (Laughter.) He °said tidy remind his boo.
friend that he offered oo objection le the -bringing in of his
bill - that he mile said be Wald amt who way for the I
bills of his hon. friends by withdrawieg public mendres
which the government thought it weeriary to pus. (Hear.
Lillie was then given to bring is the bEI.
POET-OFFICE SAVINGS BANK BILL.

Friday.
BAIMIUPTCY AND INSOLVIIICT (SALA-RIM Lc)
The repot oe Baakraptcy and leeolvescy (Sabories. ha)
toes am. 401 The MtY which hoe. members had obtained keys to
Lein; in more read a first time.
The hoer adjoured at tea minutes to 12 o'clock.

It le dated by the Pork Conatibetime of Monday
t►at Ix. Lyosa, one o the aroma representatives of the
city. will nudge hie seat before Feeder.
0111.d.00ical. Societe Id! LONDON. —The next
ordinary sewers' areetio% of the society will be hob! at Bar•
lieleenAnena Ibiedel o'i-edam/day I. The fellowioe parry will
be read : 1. "Oa the coieeidescw between the strata lcatioa
aed toasters of the altered reeler el the fleottiah High-
light*" h 7 Sir R. I. Morchip, r.Re, liV.P.r;./t., sad A.
°ea* Euq.. y. 0.8 ; 2. "0. the reiatiose of the strata 01
Dome portion's of the Scotch HOLD& (smith of the We-
slosiaa Cam') 'Ad of the sort► at Iceland," by Praill.ol
Harkaus, FAS.,