The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-15 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION

SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK,

MALT FOR ANIMALS BILL.
Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY moved the second
reading of this bill.
Lord BERNERS gave notice that he should move cer-
tain amendments to various clauses in committee.
Earl GREY regrettel the introduction of the bill, be-
cause it appeared to him to endanger a revenue of extreme
importance. He considered that nothing more injurious
to the landed interest of the country could occur than the
repeal of the malt tax. It was a tax paid by the con-
sumer, and in the event of such a source of revenue, amount-
ing to £6,000,000, being swept away, an increase of taxa-
tion must be sought in another direction. That increase
could only be attained by an increase in the income tax,
than which nothing more was to be deprecated by the
landed interest. Re thought the malt tax was one that
ought to be retained, and those who were agitating for a re-
peal of it were agitating in favour of an increase in the in-
come tax.

The Duko of ARGYLL said that the Chancellor of the
Exchequer had introduced the measure, being fully assured
the revenue would not suffer.

The Earl of lIARDWICKE objected to the bill.
Lord REDESDALE was of opinion that the malt tax
was altogether indefensible.
Lord WODEHOUSE thought it ought to be clearly un-
derstood that a repeal of the malt tax would more than
likely lead to an increase of the income tax. This was a
most unadvisable course in time of peace, as it took away
the most fruitful source of raising large sums of money in
timn of war_

The bill was then read a second time.
VESTRY CESS (IRELAND) ABOLITION BILL.
The house then went into committee on this bill.
Clauses 1,2, and 3 were agreed to.
The
clause 4Earl of DOWNSIIIRE moved the omission of
Upon which their lordships divided, when there ap-
peared—

For the clause
Against it . 27
34

Majority against -7
The clause was then struck out.
The bill was then reported with amendments.
INCLOSURE BILL.
This bill passed through committee.
MARINE MUTINY BILL.
This bill was read a second time.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OP COMMONS—This Eveniug.
The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Additional
Powers) ; Swansea Vale Railway; and the Wrexham
Water.

The following bills were considered and ordered for third
reading :—The Aberbrothwick Harbour, Chichester and
Midhurst Railway (No 3), and the Dublin and Belfast
Junction Railway.

THE DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCE, &c.
A very large number of petitions from different parts of
he country was presented in favour of the abolition of the
luty on fire insurances, ad the Sale of Liquors Permissive
Rill_

HAINAULT FOREST ALLOTMENT.
Oa the motion of Mr. COX, the following return was
ordered :—Return from the inclosure commissioners set-
ting forth the several allotments of the 52S acres of the
King's woods in the late forest of Hainault to
the parish of Barking, and of the forty-two acres to the
parish of llagonhaut ; showing the names of the proprietors
claiming allotments; the nature of the claim, whether for
a house only or for house and land; the amount of rating
to the poor of such house or house and land; and the
quantity of ground allotted to each claim.
TIIE INCOME TAX.

Mr. llUBBAlCliiav;noticetiat,atterEaster, he would
draw the attention of the house to the imposition of the
income tax, and move that such imposition should be
founded on some recognised basis.

PAPERS FRESI;TpIu'EeDAIBiYoNT.IIE BOARD OF
Lord B. CECIL gave notice of a motion in reference to
the mutilation of documents laid on the table by the council
of the Board of Education.
ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
Mr. E WART gave notice that ho would move for leave
to bring in a bill for the abolition of the punishment of
death.
THE DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCE.
Mr. HUBBARD asked the hon. member for Dudley
whether he would postpone his motion for a bill to reduce
the duty on fire insurances until alter the Budget ?
Mr. SHERIDAN said that the notice which he had on
the paper for this evening to bring in a bill to reduce the
duty on fire insurance, to which the Chancellor of the
Exchequer had given uutico of an amendment, he would
postpone until the Chancellor of the Exchequer had.zuada
his financial statement. (Hear.)
THE BRADFIL'LD RESERVOIR, &c.
Mr. FERRAND asked the Home Secretary if he would
direct the engineer appointed to examine the Bradfield
reservoir to visit and report upon the Doe Park reservoir. Sir
G. ORLY iMid that he had comuatuaicated with the

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS---This Evening.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at the usual hour.

DEN NIARK.
Th 3 Earl of ELLENBOROUGII gave notice that on
the motion for the adjournment of the house for the Easter
recess ho should call the attention of their lordships to the
exact state of affairs between Germany and Denmark. In
the absence of the noble earl the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, he begged to ask the noble duke opposite
whether the terms of the identical note, which appeared in
the newspapers this morning, containing new proposals
from Austria and Prussia to Denmark for an armistice and
congress were authentic?
The Duke of SOMERSET said, in the absence of the
noble earl the Secretary for ForeignAff tirs, it would not be
expedient for him to say more than that the terms in the
note appearing in the Morning .Post on the subject of an
armistice were substantially correct.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were read a third time and passed
Belfast and Northern Counties Railway; Belfast and
Ballymena and Ballycastle Junction Railway ; and Trent
and Ancholmo and Grimsby Railway.
INSANE PRISONERS' ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, tke bill was
referred to a select committee.