The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-25 00:00:00

IiVIP.e;AIAIs PAR LIAMEN T.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.
The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a third time :—Dun-
dalk and Enniskillen Railway Bill, Midland Great
Western of Ireland Bill.
PRIVATE BILLS.

Colonel W. PATTEN moved that whenever a recom-
mendation shall have been made to a committee on a
private bill, either by the Chairman of Ways and
Means, or in a report from a department of the Govern-
ment referred to the committee, the committee shall
notice such recommendation in their report and shall
state their reasons for dissenting, should such recom-
mendation be not agreed to— Agreed to.
EAST INDIA tRING OF DELHI).

Mr. KINNAIRD moved for a copy of the evidence
taken before the court appointed for the trial of the
King of Delhi.—Agreed to.
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY

CO NJ PANY (WIGAN STATION). -
Mr. WOODS moved for copies of the memorial from
the Mayor and Corporation of Wigan to the Board of
Trade on the subject of the Wigan station of the Lanca-
shire and Y,,rkshire Railway Company : and of Captain
Tyler's report upon that Ntation ; together with any
correspondence which has taken place with the BJard
of Trade on the euhject.—Agreed to.
TRUSTEES RELIEF BILL.

This bill was brought fnaTi-1;;-Lor-d;—a;d read a firs'

time.

VALUATION OF LANDS (SCOTLAND) ACT
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AMENDMENT BILL.
Mr. DUNLOP moved the second reading of this bill,
which be said was rendered necessary by the present
defective state of valuation of land in Scotlea.), on
which the assessments were based. The object of the
bill was to establish one uniform system of valuation for
Scotland, under which all the local rates, as well as
public taxes, should be assessed. By the present law
deer fore-ts, shootings, wood lands, and feu-duties
were exempt from valuation, uole,s they were actually
let or yielded a profit, and being so exempt they
could not be assessed as the public and local taxes.
He thought it would be batter to read the bill a second
time, which would allow the opponents of particular
parts of the bill to discuss them fully in committee.
Mr. CRAUFURD seoonded the motion.

Lord DUNCAN moved the second reading of the bill
this day six months. The matters treated of in the bill
were fully discussed, and divisions taken on them on the
passing of the Act of 1854, which this bill was to amend.
He condemned the measure before the house as being
drawn up in a spirit directly contrary to that which
pervaded the bill of 1854, and which Parliament
then confirmed. The Act of 1854 provided - for the
valuation of deer forests, shootings, &0., when let, and
unlet. The feu duties was the most important part of
the bill, and had justly roused the indignation of the
people of Scotland, because if the bill was passed it
would materially interfere with the investments of the
savings of the middle classes in land, a feu duty in
Scotland being similar to ground rents is England ;
and he put it to the house whether they would pass
a bill to make the Marquis of Westminster, or any
other English landed proprietor, liable for the rates and
taxes of land he had let on building leases. Such would
be the effect of this bill iu Scotland, and as such a 'law
would be a manifest injustice, he moved that the bill be
read a second time this day six months.

Mr. G. DUNDAS seconded theamendment.
After a discussion, in which Mr. Mackie, Mr. Finlay,
Mr. Black, Sir M. S. Stewart, Mr. Cowan, Lord Elcho,
the Lord Advocate, Colonel Sykes, Mr. Craufurd, Mr.
Blackburn, Sir J. Elphinstone, and Sir G. Montgomery
took part,
Mr. DUNLOP said he would not force his motion.
The amendment was then agreed to without a
division.