The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-23 00:00:00

water, of the Thames Bat a question which da
madded the immediate attention of the holm,
and which was premed upon it by the Board of Trade, was
this- that it had been invited to take eteps to prevent a
rush of railway corapsaies. who proposed to make it the
medium of their intenommuntadisni. Another difficulty
pressing upon the inhabitants was that the state of COM'
inuoicatio over the Thames was in a most unsatisfactory
state. (Hear, hear.) There were tolls at me place, and
bodge, berating down at Radiuer. The bridge at curing.
eons had been ~.-iall upon by one Willey company. The
lletrts.liun ii••trd of Works, when nelosillsysenie members
of the house what they meaot to de, presented the house
with a w•berne ins °lying the outlay of .oma HI millions ger-
Lug. lie confesveal he thought that rather ao alarming
amount. Mere w A. Another mattered deep local itterest to the
inhabitaiit• namely, the local administration of justice.
Oue administration pftvailed .43 ooe aide of Temple-bar,
soother on the other. lie desired tc see,whether all the..
system. could not be brought into harmony, sod whether
jintsee could not be more economically administered. Then
there was the practice with regard to serving not juries.
Wit
flu the other side of Westminster- ' a men wee taken
to Guildford. and just beyond Lem don. 'as be was takes
into the middle of Kent, $o place, where e had oo local
interest. Another point was that of kcal taxation. The
inhabitants eomplanied that year by year direct taxation
iorreseed by one penny or mons in the pound.
They felt a sting desire to chick this, awl
to regulate the expenditure. Then there was the
indirect taxation of the. metropolis. The City of London
levied tie,ol.lo(. or MOM.. and said it wee as much its
rivets property as nestled clay individual member of so-
shiny. These were the main pasts of inquiry. upon which
it was uaseemaary foe him to dilate. The ultimate object.
Imo had in view was, that them should he a competent local
adminietratioa, all
• body nt adstrator. who should
barb orprereat all clears of the inhabitante. (Heur, hear.)
Viseenst ENFIELD seconded the motion. If through
the instrumentality of this roniniittee the house could be
sawed the sternal repetition of metropolitan questios, be
thought that hoot geuticmen on both odes would not regret
itaztistment. Timm were many mitten that required
ire. to ievestimiti.o. Much a subject was the daily
lineman( taxation of the metropolis. (Hear. hear.) It
was tree that that tautest' was imposed by a representative
Daly ; but from its very constitution he defied the Wool of
Works ever to ran" on the business entrusted to it is a
esludatory wooer. Then there was the subject of gee, to
which she right hoe. gentleman (Mr. it Esteourt) had last
year bestowal a gnat deal of time sad attention ; but the
result. thoeurli no f..ult of the right hes. reatleausi. had
at been quite:so witisfactory as could have been wishol,
tether to the gas cerupsniiv or to the gas imosumers.
There was oleo the questas of toll e, and many others which
he aced Da name, but which might prottatily employ the
kbonre of the committee. (Hear, hear.)

Kr W. Jr )1.1.11TE expreawsl a hope that the appointment
of the n•oswittre wand not prevent the onosideration by
the hawse of several useful measures respecting the metro-
polis, of which they had prank... The coal tax, for •x-
-ample, with the authonty under which it was levied, and
the ollects to which it wins applied, mud shortly come tin.
dee the Douce ,4 the Mouse. (Ham, hear.) That was an
Indirect tax kvieil upon the inhabitants of the met:quills,
Eat those who pail it had not the smallest MINIM of imes.
boning its appropriation- (Hear, hear.) He trusted that
the committee would ant prevent useful legislation on that
or any other subject. (Cheers.)

Sir G. LEW 114 mid the Metropolitan Board of Works
seamed to him to be a question by itself, for our ordinary
instituting for local government, namely, the orpoisatiuo
of • county and that of a borough appeared equally
torisited to the case of hoodoo. It was hardly
necessary to remark that the ordinary constitution of
• county, with its Ined.lientenant, its quarter erosions,
its annual visitatiou IT the judges of sari de, its militia
regiment, and its magistrates administering juitiee in
petty session*, were totally unfitted for the wants of the
metropolis. It appeared equally impeasible, likewise, to
govern it by a single town cowed, or to place it simply an-
tler the portiere' of the Municipal Act, with
borough magistrates, a recorder, and the ordinary
machinery of a town. With its populatioa ap-
proaching three millions, with its ebormoas extent,
the diversity of its interests, anal the distance at which the
north wee from the south and the east from the week it
seemed to him quit* vain to attempt to govern it by a eiegle
representative body exercising the ordinary fu of •
town council. I 'oder them circumstances it became meow
eery to devise some peculiar machinery, and he conibeled
that the problem appeared to him to bo ono of very peat
difficulty. They started with this anomaly. They had an
ancient corporation, which formerly embraced, or nearly
embraced. the entire city of Lawton, hut which now co-
vered only a small portion of it, the nucleus round
which was aggregated the principal part of London.
Borne years ago lewd Llanover introduced into that house •
bill establishite4 a central board of works, which he (Sir (1.
Lewis) could not but think was a considerable advance and
improyemeot upon the institutions which the metropolis at
that time posecied. It Ira., however, breaking completely
now ground, and it was therefore a fair proposition that the
operation of the moron* should undergo the scrutiny of •
committee of that house. He was therefore prepared to
approve of the motion to that extent. There were several
other questions, such as the administration of justice, which
might also come within the rope of the committee's in.
guinea ; and it was possible it might have 'something
also tom] upon the l'issration of the City of London.
But that last 'subject halresdy been very fully investigated
by • commission, and he did not see how the house could be
put more fully in precision of information than it was at
the present roomed. While therefore be assented, to this
extent, to the notion of the hon. gentleman, and while he
thought that the laloure of the proposed committee would
be attended with useful mule., he did opt understand that
its appointment would hang up any reforms that might be
introduced in the course of the present sessioo, especially
am regarded the coal duty, with respect to which he believed
that immediate legislation would be absolutely necerody.
Mr. LIDDELL cumplaitied of the coal duty as an unjust
tax.

Mr. UK.% F. thought if the corporation of London were
prerly commuted the functionaof the Metropolitan Huard
°Mork; which del not power the confidence the corpora-
tion would enjoy, might be entrusted to it.
Mr. PULLER condemned the coal tax, which, in hie
("Woo, ought to be abolished, and a rate substituted for it.
Nit N. rAllajt OAR spoke in condemnation of the tax, and
Ns J. bium.t.tr in defence of the Metropolitan Based of
Worts.

The modes was then agreed to.
POOR RELIEF (IRELAND.)
Yr. CA RDW ELL obtained leave for • select committee to
lequire into the administration of the relief of the poor in
helm!, under the orders, rules, and regulations issued by the
Poor-law Commiseoriere, pursuant to the provisions of the
Poor-law Aets, and into the laws relating to the relief of the
poor in Ireland. He believes! the poorlaw erten% originally
established in Ireland was founded upon pasties, sad had
hew ►bly administered by the gentlemen to whom its ad.
ministration hrl been entrusted, and had etertributed to
the relief and well being of the people ; but after !mein
Moe in epigrams for lid years, binng which there had been
loamy renerreneim of smoma of severe distress, he thought
the time had arrived for re•aouideriag the op.:otiose of the
kw.

METROPOLIS corm. MANAGEMENT ACT.
Mr. TITE mowed for leave to bring in • bill to anima
the Neersgolis Local Mansgement Acta. Tits bill was • re.
weeml af a measure which he bad brought in eta latisperiod
hot mesicia sod which baring passed through • Wes* eon-
asittee was suteequently nearly pared through the bow,
The.cely obstacle to its complete 11110011•11 wee a dams res.
• & la
lit. but this year he ssat to make that the
i0.c42 of a separate bin.
assist W 14.14 Kt4IIZLO sad Mr. Cara,
M. TIM ad he dal est ragas to refer this titl to •
Wee! earamittee. The committee of lost year cost 12,001 W..
of which the board paid four or eve. Ile hed no desire to
Puget that 'spew.
rldr LOCKE said that the has. norsobres recoad bill eon-
Mahal of the chases which the aided committee rejected
ha year. He thought that these bills should be watched
wz...amerimly the loam

DRAM, AND MARRIAGES (IRELAND).
Levi NA B sped fm leave to Introduce • bill to provide
for the wane reorietration of births. death., sad marriages
la leant No Isoprd that this see.ion would aot elapse
without .peeler system .4 registration bring provided for
Inland. It was • iterate that it should be ,er with.
out it.

lAe• wee give' br befog is the bot
mews', it r_
Mr. CLIVE °Maimed Ism to knot f.. Yili M.Nlwirs
Ow lockout. d =Asia balk so persumb d report
fro= th• lack...eve Oeurdwiseers.

MARA! AGFA VALIDITY.
Yr. CLIVE ales *Maimed Mime Whine in a bin to rimier
valid marriage. heretofore echierieed in Trialty Church,
11111110 W, and in other churches end chapel..
MILTROPOLIS UAL MANAGEMENT ACT AIIIMND-
MEET (Nek 2) DILL
TITE leave to heroic in a hill to mend time
art of IM,& and to mettle the parialtee, dietrich, ad parte
LasersokisA eirrhat &Me of the Metropubtas lihmembr
al Amen ADM charged.