The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-27 00:00:00

c.itit444 14i64Aft tiitiq i‘4 101 20 14 PUtdieations as this elate. These was once a class of newspapers which was accustomed to profane the Sunday .by hebdomadal ribaldry and slander. Who supported those papers? He feared it was the clubs and drawing-rooms — not the working classes. Those publications eventually perished, because they could get no support from the gene ral body of the people, and because the public would yield no sympathy to those against whom actions for slander or libel were brought. He would respectfully beg to makeono observation to the hon. gentleman, that it was a remark able fact, and one which showed how little danger was to be apprehended from cheap publications, that all the revo lutionary, profligate, and licentious literature invariably corrupted the higher class before it reached the lower. He knew of no exception, ancient or modern to that rule. He was persuaded if the works of Rosseau or Voltaire were circulated through the metropolis freely, or in our large towns, they would not have six months popularity after the repeal of the stamp duty, for the moral corruption and infidelity inculcated in those works would be thoroughly exposed by sound and good writing. It appeared from the committee of 1851. that after the reduction which took place in 1830 two journals were established in the metro polis ' • and that though they were not fi rs t ra t e , th e y extin guished a swarm of licentious publications. Let the house do as country gentlemen did with their fields. If they wanted the corn to grow, let them cut down the hedge rows, and let in the air and light. The Chancellor of' the Exchequer had already told theni without exaggeration that the stump duty had broken down in all directions. There were fur 100 publications stamped, 250 unstamped, eight only partly stamped, and all these were liable to prosecution. (Hear, bear.) It was impossible to do justice on one portion without prosecuting al , . Very well ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer told the House of Commons if they did not pass this bill they must arm the executive with new powers to prosecute these offenders. Ho said the House of Commons would do no such thing. (Hear.) It was impossible for Govern ment to ask for new powers in 1855 to arrest the march of information—if Government were rash enough to do this, it would do more to expedite the march of democracy than the incomplete Reform Bill of the noble lord the member for the City of Londen—and the proposal would also have the cold shadow of aristocracy in opposition to it (we un derstood). If it was foolish to pass such a law ; he should be glad to see how the Attorney-General would act if he had new powers. He should like to see Government at tempt to prosecute under such a law. He would tell Go vernment that the law was virtually dead ; they might retain the sword in their nerveless hand, but he would defy them to animate its muscles to strike the blow. (Hear, hear.) He would now come to his hon. friend's amendment, which his hen, friend had based on the ground of revenue. The right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer told the house that if the duty was abo lished it might be necessary to call for additional taxes in order to prosecute the war. But what was it we were waging war against ? Not against Russia, as she was our natural ally; but against barbarism and usurpation. But if we were willing to incur a large expenditure for that purpose, would it not be better to incur the small expen diture of 250,000/. in the promotion of civilisation and freedom? He would ask honourable gentlemen who re fused to concur in Russian usurpation, whether they would consent to that usurpation which deprived our fellow-subjects of the liberty of publishing their opinions on the affairs of the day ? Could there be a more hate ful thing than for an Attorney-General to say to a young journalist, " Your publication contains informa tion of value, but as you are not rich enough to pay for publishing your opinions, the law must be called in to ruin you ?" (Hear.) He denied that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would lose a single farthing by the mea sure if it were carried, or if he adopted the principle of the former bill, to admit all printed publications at a propor tional charge. Twenty years ago that was a portion of his scheme ; for he then convinced himself that printed matter of any kind, whether commercial, scientific, or religious, hould have the same liberty of publication. And would hat right hon. gentleman restrain the diffusion and pub -11 cation of such works merely for the sake of saving 50,0001. a year ? Re considered that the objects aimed t were beyond all price. (Hear.) He should not have h ad the pain to differ from his hon. friend's if some into • ted party had not sought to alarm them by acts and as • tiens so extravagant, and so opposed to the sense of all acquainted with the practical condition of our literature, at he was sure that those who made the assertions would, hemselves be the first to laugh at them. The hon. baro net had referred to a circular which had been sent abroad gal net the Stamp Bill. This bugbear, as it was termed y the hon. baronet, stated that the most active agents for tanning the remission of the stamp duty were persons whose ebject was the diffusion of principles adverse to re f on and the rights of property. Now , he did not know who was alluded to—wh o w ere the chief supporters of the epeal. The hon. member for the West Riling held ex reme opinions, but he manfully avowed them, and it had never been imputed to him that he held opinions adverse to religion. Then there was Lord Brougham, Lord Camp bell, and Lord Lyndhurst—three judges of the land ; and hen there was that natural foe to the rights of property, he heir of the house of Derby. (Laughter.) Next, there ware those notorious enemies to religion, the two represen tatives:of the University of Oxford. And amongst the most active agents for the change were her Majesty's Ministers, who latterly, at least, appeate d 1 to be well satisfied with what he would call the established order of things. (Laughter.) He found that all the charges against the supporters of the repeal of the duty were comprised in two lines of the circular. One was a libel against the character ' of those who wished to make newspapers cheap, and the other a libel on those who would read them. Horace Walpole once said of a lady that she had as fine a set of tooth as a lady could have who bad only two, and both of them black. (Laughter.) He hoped his hon. friends around him would not be induced to oppose a measure that would tend to diffuse Conservative opinions among the working classes. That appeared to be the only chance of getting Conservative opinions fairly before the working people—fairly before those tens of thousands of voters among whom it was the duty of Conservative members to appeal for their seats in Parliament. He had yet to learn that there was a single Conservative journal that had pene trated to the working classes. The right hoe. gentleman the member for Droitwitch, in his luminous speech rela tive to the education of the people, referred to the letters from private soldiers in the Cri:nea which had excited so much admiration. How were the, minds of those soldiers trained 2—was it not in a great measure by cheap publica tions which they read when children? This simnel how little fear need be entertained at the diffusion of cheap knowledge. Do not let the house suppose that a penny tax was a slight imposition. Once there existed a daily paper called the , Veetator—Addison and Steele were the contributors • that penny paper did more to reform the manners of the people than half the books that were written. Suddenly a penny Mx was laid on the paper, and so ono morning that pleasing instructor which brought philoso phy to our firesides vanished from our homes ; the penny tax extinguished it, and that alliance which genius esta blished between mirth and wisdom was rudely repealed. He was convinced—and he said it from .his heart—if a Conservative journal was established, embracing moderate opinions, and edited by some man who knew the tastes and feelings of the working classes (there were many squires and clergymen who did), and being thoroughly in earnest, it would do more to popularise Conservative opi nions than half the speeches that where made in that house. What was Conservatism ? It was not that which three fourths of the Conservative journals represented. It was not a system of restraint or terror ; it was a warm, gene rous love of law and the glorious constitution of the land we live in. And what was the constitution ? It was not a fragile form that shrank from every breath of air, or that could not stand the rode shock of the tempest. No, it was of robust organisation, of sound principles, which received life and soul, not more from the wisdom of statesmen than from the courage of patriots. And if it was such, ware they not bound, as true Conservatives, to show that they adhered to the constitution ; that it needed no additional reform bill; that it wanted only change in order to give the people now avenues to knowledge and to make them wise and better. Ho believed it was their duty as true Conservatives to show that they did not fear the common sense of the country—that they did not fear any class in the country in fair discussion, because they wereconvinced that in proportion as they widened the field of intelligence and literature by raising up new and cheap publications which a worthless law forbade them, they should be doing their cause and their country a service. He should give his cordial support to the principle of the measure. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose to explain the present state of the law, as it had been already several times alluded to. For many years past a certain class of journals devoted to one single object, such as the Athenceum, the Lite rary Gazette, the Builder, the Musical Times, the Jurist, and certain other papers devoted to purely legal sub jects, had enjoyed an immunity, by the indulgence of those who administered the revenue, from the tax on newspapers —a tax which was originally imposed, not on fiscal, but on political considerations. The thread thus given to the papers of the class described called into existence, is the course of time, another class of papers, not devoted to the higher and more intellectual subjects, but which the In land Revenue tolerated, inasmuch as they did not convey all that was usually expected in a newspaper, and did not interfere with politics. Such were the Racing limes and the Police Gazette. But then, after a while, some of those papers began to publish what was really news, and it be came a question whether one paragraph of this nature made the paper liable in penalties, or if half a column was necessary to bring it into the category of newspapers pro perly so called. If, on the one hand, the officers of inland revenue did not interfere with those publications to compel them to be stamped, there was an outcry raised by the stamped papers ; and if they did interfere with any one paper, it immediately raised an outcry against the injustice of singli ng it ou t f or persecution. Then, as if all this was not_ e perplexing and tiresome enough, the House o f Com n-e, at _ t he instance of th e right hon. member fo r Man cheater, deliberately and formally came to the resolution that the law ought to be altered, and that the principle of makin g ona tineenction between one paper and another *tight not to that the law, a; _ The hon. baronet was wrong in stating the law, if enforced t d at present stood, was a dead letter, for Powerful enough ; hat would be the amount of Si wseebeasnereeilteral outcry, ifthe w law officer of the Crown should ens enforce the law im partially against all the publiuZ stleCesdseiaveeriGotoivemernwmbenilstowldinevhestadeabpeietnal in journals duced by of a exempt from duty ? far th e ho wer e allowed to be n, baronet was cor rect, and in one sense the ir law yeas a dead letter, for if i ns titute those . prosecution s h e sas those to necessary, therefore, he were to should have to appeal to juries, and vainly, in which he had referred. It bec ame for the house to decide speed ily and . at enc. upon whole question. No person could admire more than he did the tone and temper with which the hon. member for g ent had brought forward his proposition, b tt t ho hadnotheard a single argument made use of iu the course the course which course of his sp eee h which appeared to him sufficient to justify fora moment he proposed to the house to take. A ssumin g that the alteration of the law would involve a ceertte7 amount of loss to the revenue, still they knew the of th a t l oss , and if the house were not prepared to l to sll x thebin it t to that sacrifice they ought at (nice to put an en measure, and not to postpone decisi , ,ir upon it fur any! ddinite peri o d. Two Cilancellors of the Exchequer Irani e /we forward, and bad stated that they ( cnsidered the finances of the country, notwithetatelieg the heavy de mands of the war, to t ie in a, conditions to bear the loss. Why, therefore, postpone tire c.insidenation and decision of the question ? There were bOlllO persons who objected to time principle of the measure because they considered that time retention of the tax was requisite in order to keep up the character arid position of the press. Its that opinion he did nut concur, but, en the contrary, lie believed they would do a great service to the press by getting rid of the tax, and it certainly behoved those who wore in favour of the continuance of the stamp to show that its repeal would Le injurious, and no argument which he had yet heard had succeeded in convincing him that such would be the effect. If he believed the effect of the proposed alteration would bo to lower the character of the public press, he should start at once from such a proposition. He did not believe that, with the continuance of the facilities of the Post- ~~~ VIM NUN, LOWDO,N, , •' ail) ti 4 a eta ii-aats of the dity , einglo reader by the alteration. The effect of the rbilioval of the stamp duty would in his opinion be to call into e xiritelice a class of papers adapted to another class of read ers, and suited to their means and capacities. But even if this were not so, what right had the house, either in jug - ice or reason, to keep up by artificial regulations the high price of a commodity in which thu rich rejoiced, and prevent the poor man from getting an article adapted to his wants, merely in order to benefit and keep up the character of the high-priced paper? (Hear.) Then, too, it had been said that the abolition of the stamp duties would call into ex istence a class of cheap immoral and seditious papers. But if such journals should militate in any way against law and order, the law was amply strong enough to control and put them down ; and if it were thought that the proposal to take away the registration of the names of the proprie tors would tend to increase an objectionable class of publi cations, it should be borne in mind that such proposition was only a subordinate part, and not in any way connected with the principle, of the bill. No person could deny that a great improvement had taken place in the character of the press during the last few years, but this beneficial change had occurred since the lowering of the stamp duty of 4,1. to id. Why, then, if such good results had attended this reduction, should such gloomy anticipations be in dulged in with respect to the effect of the further reduc tion ? (Hear.) The altered state of the feeling of the public was such that whenever a libel occurred there was no difficulty iu getting a jury to convict. The Satirist was imi::ilated by the repeated damages obtained by indivi duals whose characters had been traduced ; and if such a paper were again to be attempted to be forced into circula- it would be swept away by the indignant voice of the country and the verdicts of honest juries. (Hear.) This great question, then, was perfectly ripe for solution, and he trusted that the house would not, by adopting the amendment of the hon. member for Kent, further postpone its final settlement. Allusion had been made by the hon. member to the necessity of an alteration in the law of copyright ; but that law was at present strong eu-mgh for its purpose, and he did net think that exist ing newspapers would be exposed to more piracy after the removal of the stamp duty than they were at the present moment. The daily papers were exposed to the piracy of the evening and of the weekly papers, and information which they gave was published the same day and in the week aft3r, condensed, abridged, or transformed in so many dif ferent shapes as not to be any cause of complaint. It had been stated that if the tax were taken off is would be pos sible for some paper to be started the object of which would be to steal the matter of the morning papers, and bring out later in the day the i n f orma ti on which others had collected at great expense. He believed that if such a speculation were likely to answer, the difference of one penny in the price of the paper would not stop those who were disposed to act in so shameful a manner. But, if such an outrageous attempt at fraud and robbery were to be made by any person, upon an action being brought, the indignation of a jury at such an outrage would induce them to give such damages as would at once put a stop to any such proceeding. (Hear, hear.) There were news papers now springing up by scores, many of them devoted to subjects connected with the war, but the reason the law had not been put in force against them was because the Government had really decided upon the abolition of the tax, and it would have appeared an act of harshness and injustice to have proceeded against them for infringing a law which the Government had decided upon repealing. At the same time, however, it should not be overlooked that to allow those parties to infringe the law was evi dently unjust to those who were called upon to pay the tax. In conclusion, the hon. and learned gentleman re spectfully implored the house to consent to the second reading of the bill. Sir F. BARING said that he always listened with the greatest pleasure ar.d attention to tho hon. baronet the member for Hertfordshire and the hon. and learned At- torney-General, and he had certainly never more admired their talent, and the way in which they dealt with a ques tion, than upon the present occasion, for neither of those hon. members had in the least met the objections taken by the hon. member for Kent. (Hear.) What was the object •f that hon. member ? He had stated that, by the Chan cellor of the Exchquer's own explanations, he was about to propose an alteration by which a loss to the revenue would accrue of something over 200,000/., and that it would be Lis duty to propose some other tax to make up this defi ciency in the revenue. The hon. member, therefore, not very unreasonably called upon the house not to go into the consideration of this question until the alternative of the other taxes was before the house, and the public had an opt ortunity of deciding whether they would undergo the evils which at present existed or consent to those which might be proposed to the house. It had been said that the „ouSlio were exce e di ng ly anx i ous t o h ave this bill passed, bus this extraordinary haste to press the measure through . the house appeared to him to throw something like dis credit upon the statement. He disapproved entirely of the principle of discussing propositions of this sort before the house had before it a full and comprehensive view of ' the finances of the country, and regretted the departure from that sound principle of finance and policy which the present case presented. Ho had known bat one exception to that correct course, and that was the establishment of the penny postage system, a measure which no doubt was attended with many beneficial results, but its adoption led to great confusion in the public accounts, and the im position of the income tax was in a great degree the result of that legislation. At the present moment the state of the finances was more uncomfortable than usual, and if the Chancellor of the Exchequer was about to follow out the principle laid down of raising the service of the year by the taxes of the year, he would find that even 200,0001. was not a sum which he could rashly dispose of. But if they had recourse to a loan—and he expressed no opinion on the policy of such a course—it might be just to leave a portion of the burden of the war to posterity, but it would not be either an honest or straightforward course to ask posterity to pay for the reduction of taxation proposed. in the present measure. With respect to the proposal before the house, the fact was that this penny stamp duty could hardly be called a tax ; it was a. -composition for, privileges enjoyed under the Post-ogee, which wore•paid , for in the shape of a stamp. Th e f ac t was, th a t clou t I 8.) per cent, of the whole of the carriage of the mails of the country was in newsp spars. The country paid for the I eel rriage of the inland mails—to say nothing of the cost I of the establishment and charges of delivery-093,0-W. ; ' and for the packet service, 732,0001.; or, in round numbers, about 1,500,0001. The 40,000/, levied by the stamp duty, with the additional postage for the colonies. would not exceed 500,0001., so that the country cart let 80 per cont. of the whole of the snails in newspapers at a cost of not more than one-third of the actual carriage. If the whole cost of the establishment and carriage of the Post e:Tice were included, the amount would be 2,430,0001.; the sum received for the carriage of letters and newspapers was 1:208,000/., but the newspapers, which amounted to 80 per cant, of all that passed through the post-office, did not pay more than half a million. He thought, therefore, that the newspapers received more than a full equivalent for the ' stamp duty which they paid. (Hear.) He thought the hon. and learned Attorney-General might have reduced the definition of what was a newspaper to that which common sense was very much inclined to think was a newspaper, and thus have avoided the alternative of either prosecuting a large number of periodicals or proposing the total repeal of the stamp duty. (Hear.) The hon. and learned At torney-General had argued the question as if it were a set tlement of the whole matter. But was the bill before the house a settlement of the question ? The hon. and learned gentleman was unable to say what a newspaper was, or to give a definition of ono ; yet in some of the clauses of the bill newspapers were specially referred to, and it would be impossible to put a construction on those clauses without having a definition of a newspaper. The two gentlemen who had supported the bill so eloquently had stated that it would not ba satisfactory without some settlement of the question of copyright. Then, as to the moral effect of the proposed change; while on one hand they heard much , about the advantage of Americanising the press of this country, they heard the Americans themselves state that their press was to them no great blessing. Whether there was revenue to dispose of or not, he (Sir F. Baring) stood up for the principle that the house should not take off a tax without having the substitute which was to be proposed first brought under consideration. Mr. PACKE supported the proposition for postponing the second reading of the bill. Mr. MIALL, after stating what he considered to be :the arguments employed by the antagonists of the bill; 'whom I he charged with gross s e lfi s h ness, observed that a large I majority of the house had decided that it was a matter of ( high policy to diffuse education at the public cost; yet it was now asked, after thus stimulating the mental curiosity of the people, to refuse the easiest and best means of gra tifying it, by rejecting this bill. Ho denied that there was any danger of cheapened newspapers deteriorating the press, or of interfering with those of a higher class. Un restricted competition in this, as in other cases, would not only increase production but improve quality. Mr. DRUMMOND, in a speech more than usually dis cursive, declared 144 opinion to ho that, instead of being the greatest glory of the country, the press, ie its present state, was one of its greatest curses. It was a mercantile speculation, and nothing else, for pampering the taste of the English people for political gossip. Mr. DUFFY supported the bill, replying to various ob jections offered to a change of the law. The CHANCELLOR of the - EXCHEQUER—I do not accuse my hon. friend of any intention to make a factious motion, or of being influenced by motives of party opposi tion in submitting his amendment to the house, norshonld I have had any difficulty is acceding to it if I could have brought myself to look upon this question as exclusively, or even principally, a financial question. (Hear.) When I introduced the measure I was under the impression that I was giving effect to the declared and recorded opinion of the house in the session of 1854. Let me call the attention of the house to the words of that resolution :—” It is the opinion of this house that the laws in reference to the periodical press and newspaper stamp are ill defined, and unequally enforced ; and it appears to this house that the subject demands the early consideration of Parliament." Now, it is important to observe the time when this reso lution was agreed to. My right hon. friend the member for the University of Oxford made his second financial statement, proposing an addition of 10,000,0001. of taxa tion for the expenditure of the war on the Bth of May last, and on the 16th of May my right hon. friend the member for Manchester moved and carried this resolution. The house, therefore, passed the resolution with a full know ledge that a great war expenditure was to be met by in creased taxation, and passed it within a few days after the statement to that effect had been made, with the im pression of the fact fresh upon their minds. (Hear.) If, therefore, the financial objection had pressed upon the h , use last session as strongly as it now seems to weigh with hon. members opposite, it is clear that the resolu tion could not then have been carried, But an attempt l t ies been made npon the opposite side to throw doubt on (11,iieeBirtiieQe.nesinof o fi f na tn e re a s r o e lu o ti e o n n. to Abstract bt. resol n u d tio l ns re u g p r o e n t \ t a n, to cmoym, right hon. fiend il di I:: di vute n a it s t t e . ° it tobrew precisea Ways n n u d ie, M Lu e in a g us he in in st t e e a n c d not ° m 3 o e v c e l s ° o n ine a specific plan It 'l'Vears to ins that no reasonable dotlb leo l i c t a lo n eac eX in i vi s g t eyu a! t.' the tuyaning of this resolution. As in the case of an „al l which io,st.ticltio,,onpsuteol:iu.ls.B:ttulruskauonadezni.dctiongintuht thponendix, so' . hatrlnan of the colyntltaiktleB iv.Ll.lietrYreis)eigilLtdhtl°)..ntt n to the intent awl i a i i ,e : , l , oi t o vis t ( i ) t ei u . :. , i il , , ;,, h t i t s • a i s o n o ( t ) i t o ct i P i z; ociefru(l,lby feettdfol t i ; : i t i Ft vo l i o h, ' , , ,,, c, : a ae zt , : o, l g i rt t e t he i ed t i ll, t r o oi h t tits v, It eh were inimical to the newspaper stamp: Afterlohue:iser'. l i z i n g ai h o ' i n s . op u i naiiolutshtei..;.ied his a n i y - g nt u it i ol u pt e ..b li t t .s th that when that motion v..its carried it was 11:ltleri;.tO l' i Ana y. p , ly a relaxation of the ' il, w ? Can any ono doubt that resolution '' virtual conderuna_t i,-, n an d repeal, as far Its a could repeal it, of scar, hear.) The resolution h ii Ls very terms, imp ? lies that the law was to be al i le) newspaper stamp that the law should he ren • ' it could mean maintain that I toed. Can any one in this house have the hardihood to then, the law was to be m ore stringent or severe, what meaning could the reso lution 1 a d l e t i e e r d ed m , it b elaxed in any o a r n e d st i r t i wasnstringent nt not an to be severe re renderedlf,l compulsory ' other manner than by rendering the aainp not tion has© but that it 1 should bo relaxed ? and bow could o r littt aPtiitai %re the flittlift4 tiiVO bOliVitid that in introdueing this measure I was giving elTeet to the distinct and declared opinion of the house in its last ses sion. If it should please the house to recede from their determination—if they should now change their opinion and depart from that resolution—let them, by distinctly rejecting the bill, not by acceding to foe dilatory motion proposed by the hon. gentleman, but by voting for a motion that it be read a second time in six months, simply rescind the resolution, and so place the Government in a clear and intelligible position with respect to the administration of the law. Jf,you reject the second reading of the bill, in what position will the Government stand with respect to those publications, the nature of which has been so fully and ably explained by the Attorney-General? Do you propose to legalise class publications? Would anybody undertake to define the precise difference between class newspapers and other newspapers? It has been found difficult enough to define a newspaper in its extended sense, and would any one lay down such a definition as would satisfy judges and jurymen? Would any one with metaphysical minuteness draw a line for practical purposes between class and other newspapers? If that task is to be imposed upon the Government, I trust that some gentle man who has supported the amendment will give us the benefit of his valuable advice ou the subject. Is the At torney-General to prosecute some 150 newspapers which have hitherto received the indulgence of the Government, which have grown up under a permission not sanctioned by the letter of the law, but which has induced proprie tors to emberk their capital in extensive literary and com mercial enterprises ? They have formed large connexions with classes of customers and of readers through the long continued toleration of the Government, known to the public, known to this house, and not censured or objected to by the house ; and are they suddenly to find them selves the objects, or, as it might be said with truth, the victims, of ex officio prosecutions, and to be at once de pi ived of the privilege they have so long enjoyed? If that is the course to which the Government is to be driven, I trust it may be distinctly signified by those who support the amendment of my hon. friend and wish for the rejec tion of the second reading. I will not attempt to travel over the general topics which have been so ably illustrated and almost exhausted in the eloquent, and not more elo quent than argumentative, speech of the hon. baronet the member for Hertfordshire. It would be arrogance in me to enter into the various topics to which he referred, and I will only advert to one of the points be so ably and copi ously illustrated—l mean that of the great alarm which appears to have seized both the metropolitan and the pro vincial press from the proposed abolition of the stamp duty. he metropolitan press appears to think that when the penny stamp is removed it will be ruined by the pro vincial press ; the provincial press, on the other hand, be lieves that it will be ruined by the London press—(hear)— and both the London and provincial press believe they will be ruined by some possible press which has not yet been called into existence. (Hear.) Now, I confess that I can not but regard all such fears as fears inspired by imagine lion rather than by reason and by examination into 1 utu rity founded upon facts and experience. Let us only con sider what has been the effect of reducing the stamp duty from 4d. to ld. Surely that reduction must have affected the interests of the great newspapers more than the re moval of the last penny can effect them ; and yet we know by experience that the newspapers with a large circulation, both in the metropolis and is the provinces, rather de rived benefit than suffered injury from the reduction of the stamp duty from 4d. to id. They are in possession of the market, they have the command of capital, they have au established connexion, they are known to the public as the chief channels for advertisements, and they roust unquestionably enter the new field of competition which will be opened to them with greater advantages than any new competitors can possess. It will be ex pected that I should say something with respect to the financial aspect of this question, which has received so much attention during the debate. lam not about to deny that the estimated loss of 200,0001. n-year is a mate rial circumstance for the consideration of this house. Nevertheless, in the construction of the financial plan which, it will be my duty to submit to the house immedi ately after the Easter recess, allowance will be made for the less of the revenue that will be thus occasioned, and her Majesty's Government will, upon their responsibility, propose such a scheme of finance as will provide amply for the expenditure of the year, including the loss which may be occasioned under the head of newspaper stamp duties. Whatever risk may exist of such a sacrifice of revenue, the Government, with the full knowledge that that reduction is to be provided for, upon their responsibility propose this measure to the house. The sum of 200,0001. which I have mentioned, is the estimate made by the Post-office authorities, not certainly upon very certain data, but upon the best which the subject admits of obtaining. That esti mate does not include any allowance for an increase in the paper duty. The paper duty now produces about 1,000,003/. a year, and certainly, if the anticipations of which we hear, that the country will be inundated with new newspapers, should receive a verification to any per ceptible degree, we may calculate upon some considerable increase of the paper duty. I don't myself venture to give any estimate of the increase of the paper duty. I merely state that the estimate of the loss of 200,0001., which I laid before the house, does not include any allowance for the increase of the paper duty. There is another point which has been adverted to by more than one hon. mem ber as uffording the means, in some respect, of supplying the loss occasioned by the abolition of the compulsory stamp— I mean a cheap book post—(hear, hear)—a charge of postage for printed publications, not being periodi cal publications, not coming within the terms of the hill now upon the table, but which would at present be subjected to the letter rates of postage. Having conferred with the Postmaster-General, I can state that, in case this bill should receive the sanction of Parliament, her Majesty's Government will be pre pared to introduce a book postage at lower rates than the scale now existing. The lowest rate of the present book postage is 6d. for ene pound weight. That rate of postage was established by a Treasury warrant. It is proposed to amend that Treasury warrant so that it may include slower scale of rates ; facilities will thus be given for the transport, of books and printed matter at a cheap rate, and it is anti cipated that this change may lead to some considerable augmentation of the Post-office revenue. This is an ar rangement which may be carried into effect by the war rant of the Lords of the Treasury, for , as it involves a mere variation of the existing rates of hook postigo, it does not require the sanction of an act of Parliament. Having thus explaine:l the financial portion of the question, I shad leave this bill in the hands of the house, only pressing upon them this consideration, that it is most important, not upon financial grounds, but with reference to the recorded rose lue ion of this house—(hear)—for the purpose of maintain ing the consistency of the house and of it: proceedings, and also for the purpose of putting an end to a most anomalous and unconstitutional state of the law anti to perpetual scandals which consequently arise, that the house should pronounce a clear opinion upon this bill; that they should either read it a second time this evening or reject it ; mind that they should not accede to the unmeaning, the useless, and the dilatory motion of my hon. friend. (Hear.) Mr. DISRAELI—The right hon. gentleman has founded the course he recommends the house to pursue upon a prin ciple wh i ch in practice he would find it very difficult to maintain. I understand from him that he founds it not so much upon those great principles of policy which have been so eloquently advocated by the bon. member for Hert fordshire, and with great ability by other members of this house, as upon the principle that the recorded opinion of the house upon this subject is, in the mind of the right hon. gentleman, a fact of such gravity and importance, that it is impossible for him, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, to resist an intimation so precise and definite. Now , sir, howcan this principle he maintained in practice? Has it always been—l may almost say has it e ger been —the principle adopted by Chancellors of the Exchequer, that they should, as a mat ter of course, assume a vote of this house, with respect to a particular tax, as an indication which cannotbemistaken, and a sanction of a course which cannot be relinquished by the Government; and that the policy or expediency of repealing the tax, and the proper time for taking such a step—which is the question before us to-night—are to be omitted from all future discussion ? (Hear.) Why, in 1553, two sessions ago, the subject of what are called taxes on knowledge was brought before this house, and a resolu tion, I think, for the abolition of the advertisement duty was carried by a large majority, but the Government did not on that occasion express their opinion that that vote was final en the question, nor did the Government ac t u p o n that vote. (Hear.) Have we not had the malt-tax repealed by a vote of the House of Commons before this, and were we then told by the Minister that, as a matter of course, it was the duty of the Government immediately to propose t,he h ouse i r s e e o pal of th e raadimnian othdpeatdet the i ex (Hear, tnhern hear.)iconsequencegh n i ght b y toh o n f e t rt h ihg e tt vtghteo contrary,whichn . m thismw member er w e re for the University that a former colleague of his, the late Sir R. Peel, had to his honour resisted the vote of the House of Commons upon that subject, and that he had sue ce,sfully called upon the house to rescind it? (Hear, hear.) Why, I remember a vote of this house for rescinding the sager duties being carried against a powerful Government, but were the sugar duties abolished by the Minister of the day in consequence of that vote? No; on that occasion he called upon the house to rescind the resolution at which it had arrived. But what happened in our very recent experience with respect to the vote of this house on the subject of attorneys' certificates? (" Hear," and laughter.) A vote for abolishing the duty was adopted by a very large majority—a greater majority than has ever voted for the repeal of the taxes immediately under discussion tonight; but did the Chancellor of the Exchequer then come forward and say that,in consequence of the vote of the House of Commons, he felt it incumbent upon the Government to propose the repeal of the certifi cate duty? Why, that duty is not repealed at this moment. (Hear, and laughter.) You have had financial reform, you have had the revision of taxation, you have had the whole question of taxation considered in every possible light, and yet you have not got the duty on attorneys' certificates re pealed—(a laugh)—although you had repeated votes on the subject. But now, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in vindication of himself, net for proposing the repeal of these taxes on introducing his financial statement to the house, but in vindication of his proposing the repeal of a tax before the house is favoured with his financial scheme or knows what substitute he is going to recommend—lays it down ns a proposition which cannot be controverted, and as a principle of action which the Government adopts, that the moment the house has consented by its vote to the re peal of a tax, it is the duty of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer to act in conformity with that vote. I certainly cannot agreee with the Chancellor of the Exchequer upon that point, for I remember very well the arguments that were used by the right hon. member for the university with respect to the repeal of the Attorneys' Certificate Duty. That right hon. gentleman (Mr. Gladstone) then said, that it was the duty of the Chancellor of the Exchequer not only to hear arguments in favour of the particular proposi tion then before the house, but also to hear arguments in favour of the repeal of any other taxes which the house might think ought to be abolished, in order that he might avail himself of the information he could obtain from such discussions in framing his financial scheme. The right hon. gentleman argued against being called on to give any opi nion on the part of the Government before the introduc tion of their financial scheme; and the right hon. gentle man then said : "If it be acknowledged that it is the privilege of the 'Livi a; of Commons to propose the repeal of cue tax after fit:other by It majority, and so dictate to the Chancellor of the E:celiequer what shall be the financial policy of which he is to in the organ in this house, what, I want to know, io the use of the Chancellor of the Exchequer." (Hear, hear.) I say, then, if the Chancellor of the Excho quer's position to-night is founded on that principle I shall have to say to him, " What is the use of the Chancellor of the Exchequer r (Laughter.) I shall see it my duty, sir, to support the lion. member for East Kent in the proposi tion which ho has made. It is not a proposition that en ters into the general merits of the question, When we are f a u. vt v ot e rh i ; i i i isi e t tl to w lm i t t eh li nitu th kt e ht fi hat n e j a iei tl i cial statement o f th e Ch ance ll or o f the position e sella E l theteonq to oh e er that, h i o f up h s r e e f wp e o e i st l ihthi respect s pw e e l ie f t j th u to s ou t lt i :ni fi osoe e nnvir d ytts i hhp n paaartp o te j ff er ecui e a. de r ns i oit n embae g memw a mpe r hsn : add o t i na' s o n r o e rilartoipoonsai TruonAY nvaNixot astir to the 'muse by eteetteserate of mete. nisenesessessble son, than that at this momeet, when we are, aceerditig to the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the calledv ry o vergeu to threshold o l t d a x of w the hen th e budget, rhi g w t e should hon. will not, and cannot, tell us what is the compensation to be afforded to the revenue for the tax we are going to re- • gledntnleomt b gentleman a to p e al, impose. andwhat (Hear.)i st the The substituteright hon. which gea t I w o m e are ahh taos has, indeed, a de sk e e d d , stated to the house that the Government have a scheme loss which th e t r h e e y y have v e nue t eift will )er sustain confidence ain ih consequence evi will of th efrre repeal of the newspaper stamp duty. I have no doubt the Govern ment havo full confidence in that project. I have no doubt the Government have confidence in the right hon. gentle man—but the question is, has the House of Commons con fidence in the project of the Government ? (Hear.) It may be doubtful whether we shall have confidence in that pro ject when we aro asked to give it; but to ask us to have con fidence in what the right hon. gentleman does not con descend to communicate to us is to exact ton much from the trust of this house, and to take a somewhat more san guine view of the existence of the Government than the right hon. gentleman is warranted in doing. (A laugh.) The right hon. gentleman tells us that, if we postpone this t p i r e o s p , o a s n i o d h n o , r e i ? k e g e f , e r i o •n m m t e h n e t t s a v s i lbe kl of d e fi involvednidefining w d ie i ffiul news.c Now, I agree with the right hon. gentleman the member for Portsmouth, that there is not much difficulty in solv ing a question that appears so great to the Government. So fares I could perceive from a somewhat hasty examina tion of the 1.5: journals to which the right hon. gentleman refers, there is but an insignificant fraction of them that will require his attention. (Hear.) I was amused the other day on meeting with a cabellistic definition of news, in a book of childish instruction, that might have afforded some hints cyst to a Minister of Finance. (Hear.) The the wo fournlu p e o w i - i s l w e a f s th th e e e r o e: B described i h s y th t e h i e n iitninaelttleetrteeortstiol the four points of the compass that make the word " news,' and lie must understand that news is that which comes from the North, South, East, and West, and if it comes from only one point of the compass, then it is a class publica tion, and not news. (Laughter.) If he takes that simple instruction as his guide, I think he will not find his diffi culties in the definition of news so insurmountable as he takes them to be. (Laughter.) Sir, Ido not now enter on the merits of the general question. I address myself only to the amendment of my hon. friend—an amendment, in my estimation, so sound, so just, and so suited to the cir cumstances with which we have to deal, that I feel it my duty to give it my best support. (Cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON—The right hon. gentleman who has just sat down has stated with great accuracy that cases have occurred—and be stated several—in which this house having come to certain resolutions in regard to taxation and finance, the Government of the,day have not deemed it its duty, or necessary, to adopt the resolutions to which the house may have come; but I think the right hon. gentleman has omitted to consider the peculiar character of the resolu tion to which my right hon. friend addressed his remarks. Anybody may easily understand that, if a resolution to abolish a tax is proposed to this house, and the Govern ment of the day resist it, but that the resolution is carried in spite of that resistance, the Government, holding by their own opinion of the tax, may abstain from taking any stops in consequence of the resolution so carried in spite of their opposition. (Hear.) But the resolution to which my right hon. friend alluded was a resolution carried without a dissentient voice —(hear)---a resolution in which the Go verument of the day concurred, and to which the Govern ment are as much bound as the persons by whom it was proposed to the house ; and it will be seen at once that there is au essential difference between a resolution so carried and one that is resisted and carried in spite of the opinions and strong determination of the Go vernment. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the financial part of the question, if my right hon. friend were pick ing out a tax which he thought in itself objectionable, and simply because he thought some other taxes would be preferable, it would be very reasonable for those who ob jected to that course to say, " Let us wait till we see whether the tax you are about to propose will be less ob jectionable than the one you propose to abolish." If it were a question of mere preference in regard to financial op..rse ions, I could understand the ground on which gentle men opposed to the tax might wish to see whether another arrangement better suited to the wants and wishes of the country might not be proposed ; but the measure of my r.ght hon. friend is not founded on financial preference. It is grounded, not merely on the resolution of last year, but on the foundation on which that resolution rested. It is grounded on the injurious, and, indeed, intolerable state of the law—a state in which it is impossible the law can be enforced as it stands, and which we feel requires to be altered. The law must be altered, because it is a scandal that a law should exist that cannot from its nature be enforced. (Hear, hear.) If the law be altered, you must either make it more stringent, more precise, and enable the officers of the Crown to carry out its provisions and enforce its penalties in any ease where it is violated—a course which I think this house will not be prepared to adopt ; or, if you will not do that, you must a d o pt the line of relaxation, and make the law more indulgent. For my part, I do not contemplate the proposed change as likely to be attended with those dangers that have been stuticipated by some gentlemen in the course of the even ing. Ido not anticipate that this change will be produc tive of that injury to exist.ng newspapers which they themselves have so industriously endeavoured to persuade us is awaiting them. I am persuaded that those newspapers —commercial speculations, such as described by the hon. member for West Surrey in that amusing speech with which he has entertained the house this evening —that those great establishments will maintain their ground in spite of any competition that my right honourable friend's measure may bring against them. (Hear, hear.) I am equally convinced that there is no real danger to the morals of the country from those cheap publications that are likely to rise up when this stamp duty is removed. (Hear.) I agree with those who have such confidence in the good sense and good feeling of the lower classes-.for it is to them only that these cheap publications will be addressed—as to lsAieve that me danger will follow to them from this change ; that these publications from which danger is to be anticipated will not have such a circula tion, or such an enlargement, as that their existence can peipitnated. Jfear.) Of coulee they may he attempted ; but they will share the fate of others that have gone before teen. (Hear.) If they lice, they will soon fall again. (Hear.) On the other hand, I believe there will arise cheap publications fur the use of those who are unable to buy dear ones, which will convey instruction, enlarge their understandings, improve their morals, and at the same time terel to make them geed and useful members of society. (Hear.) I, therefore, entertain no apprehension on that ssore. This being ley opinion, lam convinced that the house will best perform its duty to the public by concerting in the bill proposed by my right hon. friend. (Ideas, hear.) Of this lam sure, that we ought to deter mine cae way or the other, and that the motion—the insidious motion of the hon. member who proposes delay— will not mislead any member of this house. (Cheers.) We clearly understand that that for which we are voting is, whether the measure shall be adopted or not. (Cheers.) No man will be misled into the error of fancying that, though in favour of the bill, he is only voting for delay, and not against the bill. If this is clearly understood, and the votes given "Ay" or "No'' upon the measure, then the tactics resorted to by those who do not openly declare themselves will not succeed ; and, although they say the amendment is only for delay, let it be clearly understood what the trate is. (Cheers.) Let every member know that in giving his vote on this motion he will practically be giving that vote "Ay" or " No" for the measure. (N o , !)no Honourable members may say " No." I in the th m e e i a n s t u er r p e. ret T at h io ey n do not expectgiye. Theyhe m areto c a o g n a c i e h r e t which I wish to vote against it, but they feel some difficulty in doing so after having concurred in the resolution of last ses=ion. (Cheers.) They cannot well got out of the posi tion in which they are placed and seek to escape by a side door, and endeavour to accomplish it by a motion for de lay ; but we require that the votes shall be given in plain terms, for or against the measure. If the votes be so given I am confident in my expectation, that the house will make good its resolution of last year, and concur in the second reading of this bill. (Cheers.) The house then divided, and the numbers were— For the second reading 215 Against it . 161 Majority --54 The bill was, therefore, read a second time. Customs department; 483 r, 2er3xeBpylee. expenses of police—o f the Inlandceast- SUPPLY—REVENUE DEPARTMENTS. The house then went into committee of supply, when the following votes were severally proposed and agreed to without discussion : -- 835,1821. for salaries and expenses of department;l,36s, 050 /. fo r a salaries nd 6272 andol, -Ireland.Revenueua ni; CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL. Sir G. GREY moved the second reading of this bill, and explained that its object was to extend the power of summary conviction possessed by magistrates to cases of petty larceny not exceeding 10s. in value. Mr. S. FITZGERALD thought that some better scheme than the present bill might be devised for the more fre quent delivery of gaols, without infringing on that great sa feguard of our liberties—the trial by jury. Mr. ROBERT PALMER said he felt no objection to the second reading o f the bill. Mr. HILDYARD thought that the bill would require a t n i b r i ie ll s, good deal of attenti o n i n comm itt ee. Mr. HEYWOOD su pp or t e d th e bil l. • The bill was th en rea d a second time. On the motion o f Colonel D UNNE, th e L unat i c Asy l um (Ireland) Bill was re f erre d to a select committee. LIBRARIES, &o. (IRELAND) BILL. tihne e motion of Mr. Ewam, leave was obtained to b On bring liral n he lre e l s a t n a bdl.ishment of free p for museums, promoting & e, i lIARRIAGES (SCOTLAND) BILL. II On the mot i on of Mr. EADLAM, leave was given to bring ur in ab bill to impose restrictions on irregular marriages in Scotland, ST. MARGARET'S CHURCH . Mr- PREWEN moved for a return of all sums of money which had been voted by the House of Commons since the year 1800 for repairing or improving the parish church of St. Margaret's, Westminster. The return was ordered. Lord DUNC AN b roug h t i n a bill to make further pre vision for th e reg i s t ra ti on o f bi rt h s, deaths, an d al ar ri ages in Scotland which was read a first time. The house adjourned at half-past one o'clock. We base received a letter from Mr. John S. W.. Herring, solicitor, of Stafford-chambers, New-road, .alaryleb one , begging of us to intimate that he is not the person of that name referred to in the late attempted murder and suicide at Marylebone. Miss JEWSI3URY'B NEW NOVEL, " CONSTANCE HER BEET."--This remarkable book is exciting great interest. 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She. ) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orloans.— Paris and Rouen "arisCaeu & Clierbrg. Rouen and "'amt , Royal Danish Royal Swedish ;a3Eabre and Meuse... Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. Southern of France.; Andrew's and Quebec (A) , West Flanders all Do 64 per c. Prof 16 Western of France_ 16 .Vent. of Switzerland all AriJsbaden all Zealand 84 - 1 - 14 2i - 2i par i p 2 lj 34A 341 51 C. 2 2ip 1 1 a 9 - 8 9; - 8i 49 51. i 89 - 91 2t - - !I : 2 3 1 17i .- 18 96 - 98 96 •- 93 100 - 102 93 93 19 -19 i 98 - 100 - 4il 2" -- 2ip par lip li lip G 1 - 71 34i -34 i 121 -12 i 4 -- 0 22 - 22ip 47 49 40 42 pm 22 —22 i ld par 2 86 8j ... - pm 3i - 4 - fit = iii BANKS. 82 -- 84 I'd- id 3 20 - '2l 33 - 35 39 - 41 37 -- 3 9 65 - 67 7i 86 • .• .• Brume.. don. this day. 71i • 76,E 6 1 i 97i A 100 99i 15 83i 72 li 13 12i 62i 1 28f i pm 191 20 11 t*rxr..l3 Reg.-1..44244 4hr c t n ....Bl pa l. i f. , ithist-ta.l3ees ; , u s sin u es y S 30 all Tedford and London & Bletchley ... N. Wo't• ••• St. 100 3uekghamsh. L•&N•W• 5 97 St. WO Clydesdale Je , lalo , lon• • • 7 99 25 24 Col. Stour Vy. E. Un. Sud. and Hal. E. C..... St. 100 E. Lincoln gr 6 per cent. Gt.Nrtivn. 134 136 St. all Glas. Barr. &(.',aldonian. Neils. Direct ••• ••• St. all Do. New.,,... Do 25 all plstr.dz Dn. Fl Gt. Wes Z.l [OO all tirtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway__ & Berw. 50 all Hull & Solby Y. &N M 104 106 104 25 all Do. Shares. Do. 121 all Do. i Shares. Do — 121 all Lon.& Greenv, S. Easter 12i 134 13 20 all Do.Preferen, , . Do 23 —24 10 all Lon., Til., & S Peto &Co. 101 114 St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk „, too Do. 6 per ct. 5z all Ifanch. Bxtn and 11:Itloel. 2 / 3 - ‘2i 50 all Aiddle,bro' itekton & Rodear. Darliugt. 10( all 11.1 , 11d..13radfl Midland 9O 42 50 all Northern an Easternsp., LP. Count. 57 59 50 all Do. 6 par et. Do •• •• 50 all Do. Fixeds p• Do 25 all Prest. & Wyr• L. &N.W &Ln&Ylc 121 all Do. IShares. Do — Si. 100 Roystu.& Hit Eallortln 130 r 33 25 1.8:4 Shef.Roth an , Laneasb & Gool eg. 5 p.c Yorksh. — 12 9, S.Staffordsh. 11.111 Clean 24 2 e 50 all Wear Valleyg) itoekt• & 6 per cent... Darlingt 25 all Do St. 100 ffilts&gernrst '4Westn. 89 91 PREFERENCE SHARES. St,. IGO ; berdeou .1102 --103 , t. 10( Do. N 0.2, 7p. c 90 - 92 25 3 0 .qyth and Tynelo pe, . c. pref. (issd. at 50/ . .. St. 100 Brie. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 92 91 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... — ... St. 100 laledonian £lO 97 —99 15 all 'Mester & Holyhead Guar. 54 per cont._ ... ... 93 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 ... ..• all Do. do. Prof. No. 2 ... Tii all (kirk &Banclous3p.c 2 4d -;4 all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction & all ` , :astorn Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No. I i 1 1 i pm 0 all Do. No. 2 — i r pm 10 all Do. New 6 r .c. S. 121 134 131 20 all Eastern Union, Gar per cent 5 all Do. 51. 10 ner cent . ... 10 all Do. 16/ „ . Debentr.Sh- ... ... St. all Do. do. 4 per cent ... ... St. 100 East Lancash. 6p. eta ... 5 all East and West York shire June. Fifths ..,, ... St. all EdialiPrth.&Duncloe 4 per cont. St. LOO Glasgow &S.Westeru Guar. 5 per cent ... ...x,l St. 1 100 Great Northn. sp. c ll5 117 St. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem , at 10 p. c. prom lO7 109 St. 1.00 Do. 43 p. c. lOO 102 23 all Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. at sp. c. pm... 10 all Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prof ... ... GA 100 Gt. Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) ,„. „, 20 8 Do. 4 per c. Przf. St ... ... 50 6 Gt. Wostu. (Barks & Hants Ex. sp. c) 6 63 St. 100 Do. con. red. 43 p.c. 96 98 St. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 87 81 St. LOO Do. irred. 4p.c. ... 89 91 8 all Do, Birm. Pref. Sh... 10 103 10 all Do.Cnester 8 p.c.P.S. 161 —17 i 10 all Do. do. sp. c. d 0... 10 103 St. 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. 71 —73 72} 26i all Do. Ches. Gua. Sh lBi 184 19 13 all Do. do. do 9i —9l 91 20 all De. do. do l4 143 16 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O St. 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock it. 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed sp. c St. 1100 Do. Pref., sp.c. St ... ... St. ;100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c ... —.. 135 St. 100 Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton sp. et ... ... 50 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds 23 -- 3 1 , 123 all Londonderry& Color 3 Shares —.- .- 123 all Londy. &Ennis.3Sh ... ... 10 all Nan., Shef., & Lin Now, £lO 123 13 6 43 Do. X 6 i -- iP 123 all Narypt.&Carl.4 p c ... ... 123; all Du. 43 per cent .. —. 1231 103 Do • ”. St. 1 100 Aid. Cousol.6 p.c St. ... ... St. 100 no. Consol. Bristol& Birm. 6 per cent.... 133 135 131 161 11t Do. Pref. Ucper cen 1i id 1. 110 Norfolk Debenture . 4 —, 43 St. 100 Do. Pref. 4p. e. Stoe: S 5 87 St. 100 Do. sp. c. Ext lo3 -- 105 St. 100 Do. 5 per ct. pro f ... ... St. 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c ... ... St. 100 worth British lOl 103 St. 100 N. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P 90 —92 17 5 Do. do. do 3l 3i 20 13 Do. Leeds 6 p.c ~ No.l ... ... 123 9 Do. do. Quarters 4S ... 25 10 Do. York 1 -1 & -Z. i'rr. i id 20 all North Staffordshire.. ... ... St. 10J Oxford, Worcester, h Wolverh.Xls,l3o.c 106 108 107 6 84 all scot. Cent. , New Frei ... ... 25 all south Devon l3 —l4 10 1 1/ Da. fixed, 43 per cent id par 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 22 1 - 234 20 all S Wales Gua. 4p. c. ... ... 20 all Do, do. 43 p. c.... ... ... 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar 15 —l7 163 16 25 all Stockton and Dar lington, 5 per cent ... • ... 25 (15 Do. do. do. 3 ••, 11p 123 all Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 ... ... 21.0 48? l 625 772 4" A 7 ;t ; If PI i AM I ' 14' .ewe-- DEPUTATION OF - NEWAVENDERS TO Taß CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER- Yesterday a deputation of newsvenders, appointed at a public meeting held at St. Martin's Hall, on evening last, consisting of Messrs. Wild (cliairono), Waiter,. T er ry, Dawson, Castle, and Howes, oa the sub alters ject of the proposed measure for the removal an 01 1 the tion of the stamp duty on new - led newspapers, waited Chancellor. 0 The Chancellor of the Exchequer bad appointed two Thursday 'click for the reception of the deputation at thatfficial residence in Downing-street, and precisely at hour they were ushered in. Mr. Wild, the chairman , then proceeded atositive some length to explain the great incon venience and p grievous injury that would resul t to the newspaper trade by the adoption of the proposed measure without any y abo real corresponding benefit to the public, in merel lishing a tax which was voluntary, and f or which g reat convenience c and important facilities were received in change. He He believed that the supposition of the retention of a postal charge would not cause so great a reduction in the r e venue as was anticipated, but be would call the attention of the right lion. gentlenian to the fact that the railways would become the opponents of ti.e P° 4. office. i Alter adverting to the misc.:Lief of the puhlica Con of newspapers by persons without registration or g-vrng security, as being preulicial to the publi,be j and rendering them liable to actions for libel, Mr. Wi i . receded to detail the practical inconvenience tkeuews y o e u n s der‘v newspapers,oul d lab p o a u r r t tonfidteiri them m y s t t h a e m p p u e b d l publication on of un-:tamped, and there would be every possible difficulth in point of time, so to assort the stamped from the un stamped papers in time for the morning and evening mails, particularly on the days the extra weekly pap e rs were published. Mr. Wild concluded by urg . ing u P " the Chancellor of the Exche • quer a reconsideration of the measure. . we. T he a v lteration of the present system would be Mr. Terry followed, numer• most lee u . , and explained similarlireoftbel enient and oppressive to the newsvendors. They, and he believed the public, did not want the a!teration. Mr. Dawson observed that be, with many were of opinion that the difficulty which they the hsure vendors would experience by the froposed men vendors be satisfactorily and equitably met by a n a ga l Lion of the present stamp to id., svith the s ame p en. %. l ilities as at present. The proposition of clamped -c.opes would be found equally inconvenient. • . Mr. Walter said Gibson, After saonmdeMr. furtherli rigohbts. he was of opinion .. . • e , otheesyrss! tion of unstamped newspapers would not be product's" of the good urged for it by Messrs. Cobden, tions The Chancellor of the Exchequer said the sugges„,od of the difficulties thrown out by the de he sou observations , receive his attention and careful consideration. • The deputation then withdrew, belief that the right hon. gentleman was full ali!out° the inconveniences and difficulties they had pointed Griner itl..lPressed 0.1161: COUNTRY RAFTS. CHELMSFORD—MARcg 2 3 . but business Wheat realised an advance of is per 0. , was very dull, and almost solely confined to turn° sate=• Spring corn rather more brisk, and prices the O. s. Wheat, white, old, per s. S. ' •'36 21 33 qr. 57 81 Oats, per cl?' ........... new 56 81 Peas, Partridge ....... 3 8 41. old 53 75 White-. ......... 4 2 8 new 53 75 Boiling ......... ,31 Barley 27 3 i .... Dun .......... . 3 7 43 Chevalier 27 35 Beans, Tick ...... ••,., 45 . tick"" ) 38 Grinding 23 :i0 lf urrosr .35 Malt M5z5g0.....35 37 68 72 Chevalier ..... 7O 74 Ditto, nelf" • - millr. red, COLCHESTER— JlLtitCB 2 4 . do dull, and supply of wheat again small, bat the w as pe per e, ltalesatrwere.ekl'ns beaus ss abnadroplyeassuupopoortseed;isilisisties Prices is as follow . : ea -!..19 a ; b est in value. t, t white log to 7 69 reel, 61s to 70s ; barley, 30s to 34s oat, 263 ; peas, white, 44s to 46s ; grey,Y middle sto 40s. M zagan, 36s to 38s ; and 4°9 t° ro w' ii►fros , ntit i es of Corn, M. an the following p 4 ~ bothiii°l'....__,_'i . i i Official Statement of the Qul in the port of London, fr, the 18th to the 24th Mara' 1 \1 t;. 13 [9421° I y ~i 83 9 , 655, Colchester Harwich Leigh Maldon 61 I 16 1 11 7 30 I 116 403 of Wbaerlhoyadansindalolatssupyperliyesciooficakl,l kaitnidss KIRKCALDY—MARcEI 2 't• d I•s 6l°. I : m l ytisitror nce• per cl Wheat rather slow sale, nevertheless it Was * 6 higher. toof %Pine:q.t. roa n°. Wheat. Barley. Oats. l Od First 74s Od I 36s 01 31$ 01 ; is Second I Third 6os Od 31s Od 24s oa COAL MARKE Prices of Coal per ton at t. F.7l`.—MAacu 24. ;he close of the ntsrlieL' WaMend, X°' s. a; .19 0 Kepler Grange ...... ••" . .g0 Lambton ..................... 19 Plummer ......... . ........ 19 ; Russell's F i e tt o n ........... 19 ; south Hetton .............. .241 itewart's ................. ; Whit - well ...... .............. .18 6 Ca550n....................... 17 a Hough ............... ; r0e5....................... Cannel ...................... 16 Walker Primrose •••• „ Is • Grey's West Hartlo R. Burnhopo l5 t , Holywell 2O £ Howard's West Hartley Netherton 17 f North Percy Hartley l7 6 South Peareth l5 t Tauficid Moor l7 Wallsend, Lawson l6 0 Eden Main 19 0 Braddyll l9 0 Framwellgata lB 0 Raton 2O Haswell 20 the,'" mrsj 7.1 40°' itch.) WU FrOoi Wi 4 11. 0 4, tort ea liosci<3l l__ ..a ng I 0f: south/0 140 Die rc '" sou thstsP ,--- , Dover ee ry Co- 2i • lis rGl3 Minnuth •• Dove ," ,to, . SoilL 43 " - ` - too. gellthAMP PP;: i i 16 Dover •• • ;, i ; Sout hau rtoo l 000 9,outha n ' P rta 1001 15 P ° soutbilraPW° l o ns F° „ to 0 0 , 1 1fA r°4 - lAPr il I 1 gi ptOP cloutha u s) liglitiWlP Dove r y yton Soot n Dove r " ryvbrii;i;;; ,fIOIP Wr goo.- Lo r1011 , ;; # 0. SoLit"' , • DOYe r /;t0 1 ;, s pots uttt .• •• I voy,3x • v oter , golf 7 ip toff southa ptoNl ou,o tham l ••• Iwo- - SEABORNE MAIM. ai . signifies that the malls are sent fro' by the night—and 11 by the morning-48'11 Day whan in General Post- Offi' on.* ce Lond COUNTRIES. MINES. America(byllrit.pack)N Every FridaY " ' • AmericP. kby United Sts. 1 all tgua Fria .... ...... f ... 11 II packet) ..........N 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold . America (by U. States , - ••• ••• packet) .. .. .... .. NI 10s. all Anglo Californian * i Australia (via South -20 6 Australian ll —ll 11 1 ampton) .. .. .. .... Al i ...••••• . . - ••• • .• 1 all Australian Cordillera .... . Ditto (via Marseilles) NI ......... 1 all Australian Freehold. . ... Dit t o (v i a C a pe o f Good 1 all Ave Maria Hope) ............N, Africa (West Coast) .. N 1 all Baden (Gd• Duchy of) 1 1 Alexandria.......,.. NB, 9, 24, &30 01 00 . 50 all Blianarvon Iron and Alexandria..........ai 4th it 20th of in month 20 . ~ 20 13.5 British Iron 4l 51 •• •• '• Belgium .. .. .. .. .. ..N , Daily .. . • ..•. .. 35 251 Brazilianlmp.(issued Brazil ............., bi 9th of the montn t ßuenos ; ape nf 23e1 of the moat.. at £5 pm 2i 3 21 i AYr Goo e d s . 1 . 1 . 0 . p . e .. ... M N 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cniaba 2 21 I Cape of Good Hope ..N 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —2l 1 1 Carsons's Ci•e‘tk * * Ceylon (see India) 1 1 Clarendon Cons. Min Ceylon ........ ...... N 9th of the month.. Cape de Verds ......N 9th of the month, ...,, , ,4j. Co. of Jamaica f —Fi Channel Isles.. ......N,Mon ~Wed•,.. 40 all Cobre Copper 49 51 50 China ... . Once a month •• . • 5 1 Colonial Gold i— 4 Chi1i.............•..11112d gc 17th of month Constantinople ........N ;8,13, i 8,23,5c2s ot ty St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 42 47 Constantinople ........ 14th & 20th of mon 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent. hl lo 261 5 Cont. of Europe 51 &N, Twice daily .• •• • • ... 1 5 all English and Austin. 6 Copiapo .. France ........ M & i\lTwice daily . • of __• Gibraltar .. ......., M 4, 7,17, 20.27 orm Copper Smeltg no 11 2 11 Greece (see India) 1 2 / Fortuna id —IP 20 all General. . l4l 161 Baruhurgh ..........N,Tucaday & k nuu,-,Y. Greytown .......... M,2rid & 17th of rp_! , . , 1 . : 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg. i a ..... 4 all Great Polgooth. Holland • ............ m i Daily ... • • • • Is .......... Mi2nd of the moll , ' 1 all Liberty . - •• India (viaSouthampt.)M ;4th & 20th of t. 3 all Linares 7i 8 India (via Marsollies)At 9th&2sth of mouthmen Honduras ...... .... Iti , 17th of the rito,iig.. 5 1 Lusitanian id id lonian isles (see India)l7, 1 all Nlariquita lreland ........ al & Nirwice daily •• •,.. rn •• 1 all New Granada I --- 1 1 7 17 & 27 ol " Li5b0n,............. I , • • „ w ait 1 all New Linares Mining Madeira ............ hi ~ 9 th of the . Madeira ....., „ „,, „ is l 23d of month •• • and Smelting Co ... ... %faits (see India) 1 all Nouveau Monde i • i lialta -"••• • • • .. .N I B ,18. &28 of men' 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Hattritius (see India) 17, &270 f in month Lead Min. & Smelt. 15 16 Mauritius ..........N 14th of the 5 1 Port Philip A- 1 Naples . ... ........N sthlsth2sthor f',;',l 1 all quartz Rock New Granada ...... y ,2d & 17th of raoll'' 50 all Rhrmney Iron l9 21 New Z0atani.........; Illy Private i s e t g o IV. 15 all Do. New 5 6 Papal ;mates ........N 5t1115th25t1 c__. 30 11/ Santiago de Cuba 5l —6/ 51 Peninsula ..........M lthi7th27th inf... 1 all :youth Australian A- 1 eon) ....,.........511;d. & 27th ot hi m p u:: . Mezie° '• •• • ...... .51Ind of the month ., Pert Natal ..........N By Priv 3te s i mon, 10 71 Fin Croft... •1 r 2 Sicily .............N 5 thlAli2bthot ~. 281 all United Mexican 5 51 5t i Tuscany ~,, ......N itl,lstb2atho 00,?1;s 1 all Waller Venezuela ..... ... M 2d& Nth ofal n"' 1 all West Mariposa - I Van Diemen'sLan . d (see 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia) .......... mon th I '... Australia -- _. ••• 1 all Yuba ••• ... ____-- ,------ Bili flibg. MISCELLANEOUS. OP A B°s* . r e, 25 171 Australian Agricult. 30 1 311 301 On the 25th inst., at Bedfords, " - 20 ... A us tralsn.Pciac.Mail ... ... Captain Polly, R.N. 10 all Aus`a or a DAUGiff aln. Royal Mail ... .... TO' 10 7 Berlin Water Works 21 2/d On the 24th inst., at Lanslowo 0 11 ' 50 40 Brit. American Land 55 60 58 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. Shelburne. ___--- and Reduction Co. ... — ----. 100 321 Canada ••• 121 MARRI ED. 119 Jan. and July St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. ct as e h 1081 1081 1 On the 22d inst. at St. Pancras f 5 all Crystal Palace 3 i 31 3i I second son of C. lir. Dixoy, -b sc P,!: j, 4 all Crystal Pal. of Franc, ~ Icy, to Eliza, second daughter OA 1 4 Duston Tron Ore ....• • ••• Camden-square. British BE II 5 Eastern 1 • ;( • AH 15 --1: . 6 151 On tho 13th inst., at the ,I, to C' 1 all Electric Teleg of Ir. lion. Sir H. Hotharn R.C.D. , . l lt t ouira. youngest daughter of 'Rcar-.A. 2 2 : 1 c0 , . (5) : a a 1 1 1: 0 4 0: General l l A G E l o . ae i n s ti h t aSteam Ir t ca e n Sa na cra . Beetroot l s • E e t NN e .a Ne Bv S . , l i i . T i v g a ei t r : 1 1 : ....• ...: ..: .1 --: •••••• ..: .•••• 15 5I i W. notham, Es , youngest son ol 1, --------- D IND' k _hil/y ll) 9 Nicxica::&S.Amoricn. 61 61 61 1 On the 25th itst., at Den tnar Gurney, Esq., aged 78. 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fur,. .. — ) 10 5 Notilerlands Laud._ 1 1 . 1 wife of Mr. George Lon. o 2 1 N. S. W. Coal tli Inter. Ott the 25th inst., at 86, Sella-91111:f! aged 40. Fildn a On the 2,1 inst., of fever, in B- 1 ' • to , Steam Navigat. Co. . 1 411 - ... N.li. Australasian 1— 1 20 I '}4 Neth.of Euro S' •• • pc. ,Clllll ... --. Rouvrick, 14th Regt., youngest 5 tho Waluier Castle transport, Aowsolsof f Renwick, aged 23. f 1 '. I 1 eel Rr. Ld. & Mina 2i 1 . 50 all Peninsular& 0 Oriental 67 59 57 On the 10th inst., at Scutari, of ~f , ,e i : Proctor, Assistant Officiating. Chat 59 all Do. Do. ... _ p 2 all Portland Iron C 0,,,,, 1 i --- 2 .- Crimea, eldest and only survivini,is Proctor, D.D., rector of HadloYt n i t , s 100 60 Loyal Mail Steam .. 1 - • ••• ....,, all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1* II On the 22d inst. at St. Marti P 2 i) all Soutil Austral •Land 6 3 1 i Ditto New :, ii -- i r Esq., aged 0. 1;' ,.. 0_x_,.... _ _ - I all Subinat. Celeg.'aph all ch.,. it, ,;,+,,,.,„i i— i ' GNDON : Planted 9 Strand, Printer, at The' , 20 5 Tr' st di Loan Co. of of No. 1 1, , inct of the Savo Upper Canada ... ...". ... Strand, in the Preo , 27 , 4 jai 100.284 Van Diemand s Lam) 13 ••.• 134' mittelesexa Tuesday, It _._.... br 3 1 il4th of tho giontlil_ amonte , ;2nd a the Month., eurl.--- .: 15thl5th25thotmott. Dover ...je;, tithsraP 2d & 17th of mouth 0 0 _ 4 to p ort By Private ship •. Y1."2., . . stlllsth2sthotirion. P°",,...1,tp.n Ithi7th27thofhion. Sou'l"-- 'ton ;d, & 27th of toon, AouttailliP ..,. Y private ship. • . Vs riatis P c B s chi t.ll2bthoiinon, :Dover ...... itt)lso2sthotinoti. Dover ••••••, I2d X; 17th of month 30Uthattoptoll 17th o z InonthiScg ePrfi l April I Af oll Igolgor -- APB 16 20 gap t xpr ii 1 I :Ai Ilacer mior tif I•pr l 1 A 1441 1 M A BRI ED. to, b. is, Ad°ll)l3 fi tlc f On the 22d inst. at St. Pancras Churertirgreen,oci., 0 second son of C. lir. Dizey, Esq• °f F /4 ° S inith' ley, to Eliza, second daughter cif J. - ' JO, Si Camden-square. I' Pre l ir. On the 13th inst , at the British Einbss?„, Vice' ,;,_ tho W. Hothain, Es .0‘ st sou of the 1 01 4 0 pile" , 11„n. Sir H. Hclih'ar'n' urC.l3 to ~ cholow youngest daughter of'llear-Atinairal Iticb. G,o o .l7.. n lliet t yh, h e o r.2 2;t . h i:ua wife of Mr. Georg inst.'e itoU of tledgo ,, ag C e ) d a 4 the of fe% CA)* 13) the Wraluner ensil transport, ssist,Poteols.to" ~),tlii:e.c.ionunenvr:rteoitialech.,kke,A' 11_04gtthehaill2:ts3et:t., youngest 000 tgo 0 ' G. /1 ; inst., t i n y i s a st t i. nrm Scutari, vgisvCrthni°a:f:sl e n : v et e trfo°' ,Itbree:3l Proctor, rector of Hadley, Middlease ford, Ch x, EN., aged 70. 0 f°1115; N : 2 17 ° : I eldes t ).2: P:2 n t aa e snn ( t i t' l and Published br 10:3- 11) - sr of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Suo Olto#ooo Strand, in the Precinct of the Savol, i n °la Mittelesex a Tuesday, liet4k fT 4 105. N 4 - J ),,,,,,,,, i 4 . sioc tossibly tig fly; t tn AL 'e est , th e 'Lcii ti kt ` o lin OtteerrsY, h 4, ;' t -------- BIRT I" ' _ or A SO N • the wit .1, FLO On the 25th inst., at 13edfords, Nfoot P Captain Pony, R.N. of Or A DAU GNTSI4. p the Co 11°"° O ei n bi t i h rn e e 24th inst., at Lansiosrae J3ollJ°_________---' sh • ____------- • IL I 89 8i 651 a 114 i 5 i I 1001 151 i 201 , !~ 44 ; ST