The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-19 00:00:00

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock,

TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING,
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DERBY.
7 to 2 agst Teddington
7 to 1 agst Hernandez
$ to 1 agst Marlborough Buck
10 to 1 agst Prime Minister

14 to 1 agst Constellation
16 to 1 agst Theseus
20 to 1 agst Hippolytus
90 to 1 agst Black Doctor
25 to 1 agst Heartbreaker
25 to 1 agst Neasham
30 to 1 agst Lamartine
40 to 1 agst Bonnie Dundee
66 to 1 agst Guy Mannering
100 to I agst Glenhawk

OAIOS.
7 to 2 agst Hesse-Homburg
7 to 1 agst Aphrodit6

ELECTION COMMITTEE.—(THIS
HARWICH.
The Committee sat again to-day, and proceeded with
the objections on the part of the sitting Member to the
votes polled by Mr. Cranford.
On the conclusion of the scrutiny the room was cleared,
and on the parties being admitted,
The CRAIRMAN announced that the Committee had
determined that Mr. Prinsep, not being duly qualified in
accordance with the provisions of the Ist and 2d Vic..
asp. 48, entitled "An Act to amend the Laws relating to
tho qualification of Members to serve in Parliament," was
x'.3 duly elected for the borough of Harwich to serve in
ttie present Parliament, and that the last election was
florefore a void election.

DAY.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woo,
et Five o'elock.

PETITIONS.
Lord CAMPBELL presented' 6 petition in favour of
the Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill, from some gentle-
men who, under the present law, had had several
valuable racehorses seized as an heriot.
The Earl of EGLINTON pre;ented, from the borough
of Ayr, the moat numerously signed petition that had
ever been presented from that place. It was against
Papal aggression, and he could bear witness to what
had been stated by the Noble Duke (Argyle) as to the
feeling generally prevailng in Scotland against this ag-
gression. The Noble Earl presented several petitions
to the same effect.
Lord CAMPBELL would bear witness to the feeling
in Scotland ou the subject, and he had to present several
petitions from parishes in Scotland against Papal ag-
gression, which had been signed by the whole of the in-
habitanti, male and female, of those parishes.
The Earl of SANDWICH presented a petition from
places in Huntingdonshire, praying for a restoration of
agricultural protetion.
Lord SFANLEY presented several petitions with a
similar prayer, and he was convinced that before any
long time had elapsed they would be compelled to pay
attention to the claims of the landed interest. The
Noble Lord also presented several Petitions against Papal
aggression; also a petition from Belfast, praying for the
establishment of an Irish Transatlantic packet station.
The Bishop of OXFORD presented several petitions
against Papal aggression.
The Earl of WINCHILSEA presented several peti-
tions complaining of agricultural distress.
Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented a petition from Not-
tingham against Papal aggression.
Lord STANLEY presented a petition in favour of
the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Railway.
The Earl of WALDEGR AVE presented a petition
in favour of the Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill.
EXPENSES OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS
BILL.
Lord CRANWORTH moved the second reading of
this Bill.—Agreed to.

-PROPERTY TAX BILL.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved the second
reading of the Income and Property-tax Bill. This
was the Bill of the session, which was of the
greatest financial importance. He believed that however
imperfect the wording of the amendment introduced into
this Bill by a majority of the House of Commons—
introduced into this Bill in opposition to the
wishes of her Majesty's Government, might
have been, it would not affect the legal effect of the
Bill. But he would call the attention of their Lord-
ships to the provisions of the Bill, and although
he was not one of those who could be
considered as an advocate of direct over indirect taxa-
tion, and although no one was more aware than himself of
the imperfections of this tax, which imperfections had
been most ably set forth by the Right Hon. Baronet,
now no more, who had first proposed this tax, yet he felt
bound to propose the renewal of it as a temporary measure.
He was convinced that Parliament never could remedy
the glaring inequalities of this tax, and he thought it
was the duty of Parliament to make these immense
burdens as palatable as possible. But these
objections were subject to two qualifications,
the first being how far by the continuance of this bur-
den they could facilitate the importation of raw produce
into this country, and how far by doing away with other
taxes they would so increase the revenue, by encouraging
increased importation and increased consumption, so as to
enable them eventually to do away with the income-tax
itself.

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