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London, England, 1865-03-08 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION,

HOUSE OF COMMONS-MARCH 7.

MALT.

Motion made and question proposed, " That in any future
remission of indirect taxation this house should take into
consideration the duty on malt, with a view to its early
reduction and ultimate repeal." Amendment proposed, to
leave out from the word " That" to the end of the question,
in order to add the words " considering the immunities
from taxation now enjoyed by the owners and occupiers of
land, they are net entitled to any special consideration on
account of the pecuniary pressure of the malt tax ; and
that if, on other grounds, that tax should be reduced or
abolished, compensation to the revenue should be sought,
in the first instance, by withdrawing from landed property
the advantage it now has over other property in the shape
of total exemption from probate duty and partial exemption
from succession duty and income tax," instead thereof.
Question proposed, " That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the question." Amendment, by leave,
withdrawn. Original question again proposed. Where-
upon previous question put, " That the question be now
put." The house divided—Ayes, 171; Noes, 251.

AYES —l7l.
Adderley, C. B. Foster, W. 0. Morgan, Major
Adeane, 11. J. Gard, It. S. Murray, W.
Anson, Major Gaskell, J. M. Newdegate, C.
Bailey, C. George, J. Newport, Visot.
Baring, A. H. Gilpin, Colonel Noel, G. J.
Barrow, W. H. Goddard, A. L. North, Col.
Barttelot, Col. Gore, J. It. 0. Packe, C. W.
Bass, M. T. Graham, Lord W. ramie, Col.
Bateson, Sir T. Greene, J. Pakington; Sir J.
Bathurst, A. A. Grey deWilton,Lord Papillon, I'. 0.
Beach, Sir M. Griffith, C. D. Parker, Major W.
Beach, W. W. Gurdon, B. Patten, Col. W.
Bective, Earl of Hamilton, Lord C. Peacocke, G. M. W.
Beutinck, G. W. P. Hamilton, Viscount Peel, Gen.
Bentinck, G. C. Hamilton, I. T. Peel, J.
Benyon, It. Hartopp, E. B.' Pevensey, Viscount
Beresford, W. Harvey, R. B. Phillips, G. L.
tierestdrd, 1). Hervey, Lord A H. Pollard Urquhart W
Bovill, W. Henley, J. Portman, W. H. B.
Bowyer, Sir G. Ilennessy, J. P. Powys-Lybbe, P. L.
1 Bramley-Moore, J. Henniker, Lord Price, R. U.
Bramston, T. W. lieskeili, Si: T. Pugh, D.
Bremridge, R. Hill, tt. C. Ridley, Sir M. W.
Bridges, Sir B. W. Holtord, It. S. Bolt, J.
Brooks, R. Holmesdale, Lord Rose, W. A.
Bromley, W. D. Hornby, W. R. Russell, H.
Bruce, Major C. Hotham, Lord Sclater-Booth, O.
Bruen, H. Howes. E. Selwyn, C. J.
Burghley, Lord Humpliery, W. Shirley, E. P.
Burrell, Sir P. Hunt, G. W. Sidney, T.
Cartwright, COl. Ingestre, Viscount Smith, Abel
Cave, S. Jervis, Captain Smith, S. G.
Cecil, Lord R. Jolliife, Sir W. Smyth, Col.
Cholmeley, Sir M. Jolliffe, 11. Somerset, Col. E.
Clive, Capt. G. W. Kendall, N. Stanhope, J. B.
Cobbold, J. C. King, J. K. Stanhope, Lo:d
Cochrane, A. D. B. Knatchbull, W. Stracey, Sir H.
Courtney, Lord Knight, F. Stuart, Lt.-Col. W.
Cubitt, U. Kuightley, Sir R. Sturt, H. G.
Curzon, Viscount Langton, W. G. Surtees, H. E.
Dering, Sir E. Lennox, Lord G. G. Taylor, Col.
Disraeli, B. Lennox, C. Thynne, Lord H.
Dodson, J. G. Liddell, H. G. Tomline, G.
Douglas, Sir C. Long, R. P. Treiusis, L. a B.
Du Cane, C. Lowther,- Col, Treherne, M.
Duncombe, A. Lyall, G. Trollope, Sir J.
Duncombe, W. E. Lygon, F. Vansittart, W.
Du Pre, C. G.. Lytton, Sir E. B. Vyse, Cot.
Dutton, R. H. AtacEvoy, E. Walcott, Admiral
Elphinstone, Sir J. Malcolm, J. W. Watlington, J.
Fane, Col. MalMs, U. Welby, W. E.
Farquhar, Sir M. Manners, Lord J. Whiteside, J.
Fellowes, E. Manners, Lord G. Whitmore, H.
Filmer, Sir E. Miles, Sir W. Willoughby, Sir H.
Fitzroy, Lord F. Miller, T. J. Wyndham, ii.
Fleming, T. W. Mittord, W. T. TELLERS.
I, loyer J. Montagu, Lord R. Kelly, Sir F.
Forester, Gen. Mordaunt, Sir C. Morritt, W.

NOES —251. _
Adair, H. E. Foljambe, F. J. S. Owen, Sir H.
Adam,W. P. Forster, C. Padmore, it.
Agnew, Sir A. Forster, W. E. Paget, C.
Andover, Lord Fortescue, F. D. Paget, Lord A.
Angeratein, W. Fortescue, C. S. Paget, Lord C.
Anstruther, Sir R. Gallwey, Sir W. P. Palmer, Sir R.
Antrobus, E. Gavin, Major Palmerston, Visot.
Astell, J. H. Gibson, T. M. Pease, 11.
Ayrton, A. S. Gilpin, C. Peel, Sir R.
Aytoun, R. S. Gladstone, W. E. Peel, F.
Baines, E. Glyn, G. G. Peto, Sir M.
Baring, Sir F. Goldsmid, Sir F. Pilkington, J.
Baring, T. U. Gosohen, G. J. Pinney, Col.
Barnes, T. Gower, F. L. Potter, E.
Baxter, W. E. Greenwood, J. Powell, F. S.
Bazley, T. Grenfell, H. R. Pryse, E. L.
Beamish, F. B. Grey, Sir G. Pritchard, J.
Beaumont, S. Gurney, S. Proby, Lord
Beecroft, G. S. Hadfleid, G. Ramsden, Sir J. W.
Bellew, R. D.Z. Hanbury, R. itepton, G. W. J.
Berkeley, H. F. liand.ey, J. Ricardo, 0.
Black, A. Hankey, T. Robartes, T. J. A.
Blake, J. Hanmer, Sir J. Robertson, H.
Blencowe, J. G. Hardcastle, J. A. Rothschild,Baron M
Bonham-Carter, J. Hartington,Marquis Russell, A.
Brady, I. P. Herve 3, Lord A. Russell, F. W.
Brady, DHeadlam, T. E. Russell, Sir W.
Bright, Jr. L
Henderson, J. St. Aubyn, J.
Briscoe, J. Henley, Lord Schneider, H. W.
Bruce, Lord E. A. Hibbert, J. T. Scholefievl, W.
Bruce, H. A. Hodgkinson, G. Scott, Sir W.
Buchanan, W. Hodgson, R. Serope, G. P.
Buckley, Gen. Holland, E. Seely, C.
Buller, Sir A. W. Hood, Sir A, Seymour, Danby
Bury, Viscount Horsiali, T. B. Seymour, Dlgby
Butler, C. S. Howard, C. W. G. Seymour, A.
Caird, J. Hubbard, J. G. Shafto, R. D.
Cardwell, E. Huthoerstone, P. S. Shelley, Sir J. V.
Carnegie, C. Butt, W. Smith, Augustus
Castlerosse, Viet. Ingham, R. Smith, J. A.
Cavendish, Lord G. Jackson, W. Smith, J. B.
Chapman, J. Jervoise, Sir J. Smith, M. T.
Cheetham, J. Johnstone, Sir J. Smollett, I'. B.
Childers, H. C. E. Kekewich, S. T. Staniland, M.
Churchill, Lord A. Kinglake, A. W. Stanley, 0.
Clay, J. Kingscote, Col. Stansield, J.
Clifford, C. C. Kinnaird, A. F. Steel, J.
Clifford, Cot. Lacon, Sir E. Stuart, Col.
Clifton, Sir It. Layard, A. H. Sturt, Lt-Col. N.
Clive, G. Lawson, W. Sykes, Col. W. H.
Coke, Col. Leader, N. P. Taylor, P. A.
Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Leatham, E. A. Thompson, H. S.
Collier, Sir It. P. Lefevre, G. J. S. Tite, W.
Cowper, W. F. Lefroy, A. Tollemache, F. J.
Cox, W. Legh, Major C. Tollemache, J.
Craufurd, E. H. J. Legh, W. J. Tracy, C. R. D.
Crawford, R. W. Lennox, Lord H. G. Turner, J. A.
Crossley, Sir F. Leslie, C. P. Tynte, Col. K.
Dalglish, It. Leslie, W. Verney, Sir H.
Davey, R. Lewis, H. Vernon, H. F.
Davie, Sir H. It F. Locke, J. Villiers, C. P.
Dawson, R. P. Longfield, R. Vyner, R A.
Denman, G. Lowe, K. Waldegrave-Leslie
Dent, J. D. Mackie, J. Walter, J.
Dillwyn, L. L. Mackinnon, W.(Ly.) Warner, E.
Duff, M. E. 3lackinnon,W. A. Waterhouse, S.
Duff, It. W. Marjoribanks, D. C. Watkin, E. W.
Duke, Sir J. Martin,J. Watkins, Col. L.
Dunbar, Sir W. Merry, J. Weguelin, T. SI.
Dundas, F. Mills, J. R. 'Westhead, J. P. B.
Dundas, Sir D. Mitchell, T. A. Whitbread, S.
Dunlop, A. N. Moffatt, G. White, J.
Egerton, Sir P. Moncreiff; J. White, L.
Egerton, A. F. Montgomery, Sir G. Wickham, H. W.
Egerton, E. C. M 00.., H. Winnington, Sir T.
EEgerton, W. Morris, W. Wood, Sir C.
cho, Lord Morrison, W. Woods, H.
Enfield, Viscount Murphy, N. 1). Wynn, C. W.W.Ewart, W. Neate, C. Wynne, W. W. Fp.
Ewart, J. C. Norris, J. T. Wyvill, M.
Ewing, H. E. C. North, F. 1 orke, J. R.
Farrer, J. O'Brien, Sir P.
Fenwiok, E. M. Ogilvy, Sir J. TELLERS
Fenwick, H. Onslow, G. Brand, H. .
Fitzwilliam, C. W. O'ReillY, M. W. Knatchbull-Hugesa

A dividend for the past half-year at the rate of 8
per cent. per annum is proposed by the directors of
the British Slate Company. A provisional arrange-
ment has been made for the sale of a portion of one
of the slate veins on the Cwm Eigia Estate for the
sum of £lO,OOO ; half of this to be paid in cash,
and the remainder in shares.
SOUTH LONDON WORKING CLASSES INDUSTRIAL
EXHIBITION.—The fine weather yesterday brought
a large influx of visitors to this interesting undertaking,
among whom were the Bishop of Winchester and party,
the Archdeacon of Surrey, Miss Marsh, of Beckenham ;
Samuel Gurney, Esq., M.P., and party ; Samuel Morley,
Esq., &c. The aggregate of admission on payment now
reach 83,000.

HOUSE OF COMMONS--THIS DAY.
The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter-past 12 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Glasgow City and Suburban and Harbour Railway
Bill, and the South Ham (Devon) Railway Bill wore read
a second time.
On the motion of Mr. C. FORSTER the following
motions were agreed hto :—That the order for the second
reading of the Neath and Brecon Railway Bill be read, and
discharged—That the bill be withdrawn. That the
minutes of the evidence taken before the committee on the
Glasgow Markets and Slaughterhouses Bill, in session
1850, be referred to the committee on the bill.
RIVERS WATER PROTECTION BILL.

Lord R. MONTAGU, in moving the second reading
of this bill, said that the object of the measure was to pro-
vide a remedy for an evil that was admitted. The neces-
sity for legislation on this subject was shown by the peti-
tions presented from such places as Leeds, Manchester,
Birmingham, Nottingham, Ceventry, and other towns,
praying for the introduction of some measure calcu-
lated to meet the evil complained of, namely, the
pollution of rivers throughout the kingdom. The present
bill contained provisions that would meet the evil in question,
and it was the result of careful inquiry before different
committees, comprising members who were best qualified
to deal with the subject ; consequently there was a prima
fade case made out in support of the bill. He brought
forward this bill in accordance with the wishes of
the committee, although he was aware that its provisions
required alteration, and that it could not pass this session.
He merely wanted the house to affirm the principle of the
bill, and to pledge itself to the formation of such a measure,
and not to its obstruction. The noble lord went in detail
through the evidence brought before committees on the
subject to show that the pollution which prevailed in
the streams and rivers of the country was the destruction
of fish to an extraordinary extent, leading to whole
families being deprived of a profitable source of living, and
that it was most injurious to public health. From the evi-
dence to which he adverted, it appeared that on the canal
at Bridgewater a scud was formed on the surface so thick
that birds could walk across it ; and one instance
was adduced before the committee to the effect
that a party fell into one of the streams so pol-
luted and his trousers was dyed a dark blue,
and the dye was so tenacious that no bleaching or washing
process could restore the injured garment to its original
colour. (Laughter.) That instance in itself was
sufficient to prove the fearful extent to which the
impurification of rivers went of late years. The noble
lord cited the testimony of Dr. Letheby, Mr. Elawlinson,
and other analytical chemists, in confirmation of his state-
ment as to the noxious state of the Metropolitan and other
rivers, and contended that the utilisation of the sewage was
the only effectual remedy for the admitted evil.
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