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London, England, 1854-03-24 00:00:00

BILL.

The house then went into committee on this bill. On
the first clause being read,
The Eari of DONOUGHNIOR,E ccenplained that this
bill would effect a change in the exi,ting system of lo al
taxation, by inclu.lieg tenements under the value of 51.
The effect of this alteration would be to render it im-
possible to collect the county rates, and the landlords
would be rendered liable for this rate as regarded all
tenements unAer Si. He should move, therefore, the
omission of such portion of the clause as referred to the
rating of these smaller tenement...
Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY saw no reason
why this description of property should not pay this as
well as other rates and taxes. The etf,,ct of this exe,up-
tion hitherto had been to encourage the erection of a
small and inferior class of houses, for which the landlords
obtained a higher rent. lie could not, therefore, assent
to the propositaon of the noble e trl,
The Earl of CLANCARTY would support the clause,
and thought it a had principle to make exemptions with-
out strong grounds.
Lord MONT EAGLE also supported the elau.,e.

The Earl of DONO UGH NIOA 'E
withdrew his amend-
ment.

The elaue was then agreed to.
On the next elauae being read,

The Earl of CLA NC A LiTY oi)served that of late years
a number of monasteries and convents, and religious
houes, nail sprung up in Ireland, and hal been endowed,
and he feared the exemptions contained in this claue,
by which all 'places used for charitable purposes, or for
the fine arts, were exempted, would extend to toem.
Now, whether these institutions should be endowed at
all was another question, but they were at all events
illegal and not recognised by the law, and he hoped if
there was any intention to exempt them, that at least
they should do it openly and in the face of day. He
thought the case might be met by a proviso being added
to the clause, to the effect that nothing contained in the
clause should be held to exempt, any budding used for
the purpose of residence of persons bound by monastic
or religious vows, or any land attached to such build.
ings, from payment of the poor or county rates.
Lord i‘IONTEAGLE suggested that if the exemption
of these institutions was recognised by law at pre,,ent it
would be illegal to introduce the proviso. He thought
it better to leave the question to the decision of the
parties by whom the assessments were usually made.
Lord CAMPBELL thought the proviso wholly unne-
cessary.
The Earl of CLANCARTY contended that the law
at present was not clearly 'leaned with regard to these
exemp►tions, but as he did not receive the amount of
support he anticipated he should not press his amend-
ment.

The proviso was then withdrawn and the clause
agreed to.
The other clauses were then agreed to, with some ver-
bal amendments, and the bill went through a.colninittee.
On the motion of the Earl of lIARROWBY the
Church Building Act Continuance Bill was read a first
ti in e.

Earl PO WIS complained that the Parliamentary
papers were not delivered to both houses simultaneously,
particularly the papers referring to the Russian secret
correspondence and the University of Cambridge.
The Earl of ABERDEEN was not aware of the cause
of the difference as to the delivery, but would make in•
quiry on the ,uhject.
Their lordships then adjourned.