The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-29 00:00:00

ElmM" a not et tcrs 'Hear, that c sow , d—T"' rejec ted' that Voile ° h be 110 xt length 'ter) a w oe juris4 ic ; era !by ci hurt e t he tabl ) be read 3. fr. W alter lot' of ti'6 . al O rten e o n s: t o: toy - -e r a t g r ; thsta tbe t inas_ bA o°tan; 1 1 . ke su ch IP 3f rfo lli i ,ointn~t It: -louse. ift ker siebis Id gi /e ut. se aol lot ba r d e lb! swe did 00w 0., COW ° bit ;ovaht,b, ir a e r to e po* /e .,A4 for Par of th rover ore P - ijo ed )I.l" irt I the o'lbe lought Oman; and if "any party objected to the constitution of a tee, he should take that objection when the Committee was being formed, and not af ter it h a d b een const i tute d . Sir 1 1. - 11. INGLIS said that his Noble Friend appeared to saisapprehend the object for which the Committee had been instituted. The object of the Committee was to inquire into certain alleged corrupt transactions to which Mr. Walter was said to be a party. Mr. Walter was, therefore, a party not sat interested but accused. It was stated that that was not the proper occasion for objecting to the manner in which the Committee had been constituted ; but Mr. Walter had not had an opportunity of objecting when it had been originally farmed. The SPEAKER was about to put the question, when Captain POLHILL rose, and said he was much obliged to the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath for the suggestion which he had thrown out, but it was in the power of Mr. Walter, if h e c h ose, to petition the House for the removal of the Chairman. In order to enable him to do so, he begged to move, that, i , :stead of to-morrow, the next day should be ap pointed for his attendance, in order to give him time to peti tion the House. The SPEAKER was again about to put the question, when Captain POLHILL again rose, and submitted that he had Power to move an amendment.—( Cries of " Chair, char.") The SPEAKER said it had already been decided that Mr. Walter should attend at eleven o'clock to-morrow.—( Hear. ) Tl►e original division. ~ question was then put, and carried without a Mr. Walter having been called to the bar, he SPEAKER (addressing him) said Mr. W a lter, I have to inform you that the House has come to the following blsesolution :--That. Mr. Walter do attend and give evidence efore the El ect i on Proceedings ' Committee to-morrow, at ven o'clock. You may withdraw. Mr. Walt er t h en withdrew from the bar. ~, M. ROE BUCK then brought up a Report from the Select m -( P li naittee on El ec ti on P rocee di ngs, stat i ng t h at t h e C om- Vitee, havi ng proceeded to the consideration of the matters erred to them, had thought it necessary to address a letter to Or- Alexander Cochrane, Mmbr for Bridport, rquesting 11'n t) attend the Committee e on e Wecinesdly next, e the 29th ~„4 1 ,t a rg, at eleven o'clock, and to bring with him all papers documents relating to the last election for the borough of rid P"rt. To that letter the following answer had been re ceived hy the Chairman Sir,—l beg to acknow'edge the receipt of the letter which you have communicated to me from t „ e Select Committee on Election Proceedings, requesting me b;.aPPear before them on Wednesday. the 29th instant, and to relative to the last election for the borough of Bridport. b laving bestowed the fullest consideration on the matter. I Mo,t respectfully to decline to comply with the request." le letter was signed Alexander Cochrane. The Committee a t tl thought it necessary to refer the motion to the House, in „ er that they might take such steps as they thought fit.— ‘,aughter ) lltlr, ROEBUCK then gave notice, that in obedience to the ,N:est of the Committee, he would move to-morrow, that Mr. \-.o.4hrane do attend the Committee the next morning. th I ". G. W. WOOD suggested that the motion should be atthec„lion. Member do appear in his place. th ool . of BTH ORP gave notice that when the question came for discussion, he should take the sen s e o f th e H ouse , th a t liaid Committee be discharged.— (Hear, and laughter.) 1 3 2' RGEEttiCK gave notice that to-morrow he would move, i nstruction to the Committee, that has no Member of that ze et z i c t e o p b t e su p e r h es a e s nt w . ere Members of the Committee, should ° ll th CUSTOMS BILL. e motion of Sir R. PEEL the Order of the Day for lihird reading of the Customs Bill was read. ram' . T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from thirty-one Ot LlKet gardeners, praying (as we understood) for a reduction u tY .11 foreign onion seeds. COALS. ti a , - • J. JERVIS said that he believed now was the proper e for moving the insertion of a clause in the Bill. '1 he ' ric a , t se was the mme in substance as that of which he had given e ttee as a resolution to be adopted on the bringing up of the va.sert. ' He trusted the House would bear with a few obser tio`rras from him upon the matter. The object of his applica shist!aa to prevent an additional tax being placed on steam. ie t V i lig, which would go to paralyse the rapid spread cf that th e ',!tt, and he proposed to do that by engrafting a proviso in e sal luill to authorise her Majesty's Treasury to allow on all coal b ° lso fi de consumed in steam vessels a drawback see'n-ttlensurate with the duty paid. It would be unjust if the e e „, r 2 l r,3' were to derive anadvantage from contracts which would Th: l. °are been made if such a duty was imposed on coal. peieffeet of i m p os i ng a d u t y on coa l s use d i n steam - vesse l s out a d be to prevent long-voyage steam-vessels fi om carrying Wokiip, M C , ent supply, and the result of th a t wou ld b e th a t th ey tos s h ip their c oa l s at f or ei gn st a ti ons . M any o f t h e long rtsge steam- pac k ets were at present i n a l most a state of bank det,,q- and their di ffi culties would be increased by the additional too.; on coals. The Government ought to afford facilities to l ,eg ob ste am -vessels, or he was afraid they would ut an end to steam navigation altogether. The Steam Navigation fre tn pan presented a memorial to the Government, praying 04reduceon of the duty on coal, but the reply was that the 1 4 trritnent could not consent to it. He considered that it the e° "'Rally impolitic to f e tte r th e s t eam - s hi pp i ng i n t eres t o f h itt i untry, wh en it was poss ibl e to re l ax i t. Hi s c l ause was, N s t was expedient that a d raw b ac k s h ou ld b e a ll owe d f or R es ' e xported, on proo f t h at t h ey were i ntende d for the use of ts-", P-vessels on their homeward voyage such proof to be given Z satisfaction of the Lords of the , Treasury, and that the sleZ 3 of the Treasury themselves should de c id e w h a t th a t p roo f eti' be. H e apprehended, therefore, that there could be no tit: t el l% to the machinery of his clause. It was alleged 140_ st eam -vessels . would receive . additional employment si on iTh the bperation of the tariff , but that promise Itse e d not be realised, because sailing-vessels would have the le ;Z. of the increased importation, while steam-vessels would kriect to th e a dditi o nal duty upon coals. I.eal W ALLACE supported the proposal of the Hon. and ts e ' h ed Gentl eman . H e th oug ht it was a p er f ect ly reasona bl e Me; arl d that the Government should have no hesitation in i t. lee st C HANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he Sr ti'l'eesulted the officers of the Custom-house on the subject but th e _ Pro p osal ma d e by th e H on . an d L earne d G en tl eman , the, e had shown him that, it it were adopted, it would open e arti. Y to f rau d s aga i nst wh i ch i t would be impossible to e That w as one o f th e c i rcums t ances w h ic h in d uce d t h e l hieV i etent to reduce the duty. He trusted that the House tlfe t° rerur i n thi s o pi n i on , th a t it was i nexpe di ent to a d opt k i t . solution of th e H on . M em b er. eats ll t-TAIE said that steam n av i ga ti on was an o bj ec t o f th e ie co s t , l eaportance to the country. It bad done much for d hd ; the country had done nothing for it. In France e e s ruul they voted money for steam navigation ; here it sec sa „ - receive any encouragement. He thought that an * ith - ai ss e t ought to be made, because it could be calculated '(1 1 eiost perfect accuracy what amount of'coals was used. of ti e et f r e hear.) He hoped the Right Hon. Baronet would l ' t ;aa t i„ l s eir bands for the sake sf such a tri fl e as five thousand see 0 ,;, , out that he would trust to the certificates given in by S f C. hs t r lti n NAPIER perfectly agreed with the Hon. Member Zarl -114 ° , e; who had used all the arguments he had intended su ers ", e knew how di ffi cult it was for steam proprietors l ess er t heir money. The only company thriving was the their Steam Navigation they were paying good interest "salee Money, but he doubted, if they calculated the whole The',;(iif their vessels, they would deem it prudent to do so. i _ k tek4 l 44 (l seen most laudable exertions on the part of several t°lll panies to extend steam navigation across the At s'c'eu'esSrld. to distant chores, and the Chancellor of the Ex -trth Was doing all he could to put a stop to such praise sagctiod tkieetY exertions by placing an additional duty on coals. He t° the duty, and trusted it would not meet with th e 4ll r f the-House. 'Vs s "'• ATT WOOD supported the proposal for exempting Al s s et! in s t eam-vessels from the duty. t he teIsADSTONE stated the main grounds on which : t ; °,4l s : s t erurnent refus ed to accede to the proposal o f th e N on . :ger e e r li ed Gentlem an. The Government had matur e ly con slels hone subje c t, an d h a d come to t h e conclus i on that frauds ;nth be guarded against if the drawback were allowed. a t t ts s 0 - P t iteet to a drawback—in what way could the proprie -4%4 st eam-boats be prevented from purchasing cheap coal 4 , 4 11, 5 , and obtag the drawback upon it on their return as 'toe ' 441 1 Coal w hich h a d paid the duty? The loss which the I :t est e r: ll ' s ot would incur by this and other frauds would 4411'4 co unterbalance any advantage to the public from the t44.l,ererice in the expense of steam navigation. au ar •• AI. sToin;r supported the proposition of the 4 !tr . s i re , ber for efiister.. It would confer a great boon on y s* ? - . eipis team 7 navigation of the country ef t h e EEL said, the Hon. Gentleman . had stated his tit, n'the at the Government was disposed to grant a relaxation. k s l l. it ~,t h eY came to a decision unfavourable to the propt:ei -I,:ousabia., the decision of a Government disposed to regard it tiee therefore, the presumption would be tha . t they k p as vl "ced of the great danger of fraud. He considered "tle 'etent of drawbacks one of the worst uses of public 41 4 3 ; _ s r se ght Hon. Baronet ere read a commni- Ito - , tris,o-4°,11 th l eShipowners' Society, h signed by Mr. Wolve u rley showi ng h th old b' that the amount of the drawback to them Ot t , tit .uut 5 ,000/., even at the 4s. duty. What, then, were 0 4 t his du ck of the great lo s ses w hi c h, it was sa id, the imposition 3' would inflict on the owners steam-ve . ssels torfilitierr,:itottheeGAseeel.n.dtrlseamiw,hEaanwnhkAsad said that he could f not see his way — RT—No ; I said the Government e ass , p . 5 way.—( Laug h ter. ) es e ' r a th at 1 4 , %"••• : -1 he Hon. Member for Montrose had pro es vessel, e e should be an estimate taken of the tonnage of s he ee l ' s 'el, and that every vessel consuming one ton and a half was Per hour should have a right to claim 3s. fir every hour her passage, which would amount to 31. 12s. per 11.t v ls 115`5, 0 , vessel were on her passage fo oo r 100 days, she free iettt. a. right to claim upwards of 3 1. from h t i . illl v i—Suppose she was to go to the moon. Put P see•L The Hon. Gentleman's answer to the case of Passag el,;. of 100 days, was—suppose she went to the was the first time the Hon. Gentleman had ever the S" Poetic fancies. Atl a ul ` r : ' )) sloes—lt takes but fifteen days to steam across /I. et i t , c. , (tithe va t 'EL would take the medium b e t ween fift e e n day s tsZllA.lit er l a ge to the moor,, and make it one hundred days— tifeu n ) e - sand let th em l oo k a t w h a t an expense t h at wou ld t bef o ere 9'e Gove rnment. H e h oped the House would hesi setsete fr It gr h anted a d raw b ac k on coa l consume d at a g S eat tw er °ll ' ome. The most experienced officers of the re• he e) , e of opi n i on i t would not be safe to grant such a , s t osta net. '"u9N thought the Government were dealing, in With the ni ce t y o f t h e Custom-house.--( Hear.) s t ere s t e e i likely t h at the two great companies, which were Nbe Worth matter, would commit any frauds. It would t ie th e sill their while.—(Hear, hear.) The quantity o f logs a n d t c h°nsumed mi g ht b e eas il y ca l cu l ate d b y means o f ktd e kopositi ght to be above who it were supposed would be guilty of j ER vi,, suspicion. -s replied. He would only beg to observe that TrFagsvo ski ,° ,l of the lion. Member for Montrose was not his. leave the matter entirely in the hands of the Th e ter then divided, when there appeared— ier the •f 3,. Majorit . : ******* ***** "'" ******************** 1°35 clause Ag a i nst it* s i ,m oar sesad I . against the clause t e ;e. G LAti admission to the gallery we found— S 1 ONE on his legs, proposing a clause for ex- Setia l_hea.roeisions of the Act of George IV., as far as re t7tß r t h' hirig returns of the average prices of Muscovado islotiitir.er.re,,,tkpriiototuuceacsitofintdhie,esßanrdititshhe A W l f u st rit l i n n d s. ies, to sugars the )re s , e int erfere lE . RE thought the operation of the clause t~econfusion with the averages, and might thus :atfter be' n s s r t and error in any comparisons that might Lur e lears I uted between the average prices of former and IIA ItlNGea again. t4Attle' S(31101-11Altiji bSeTr°Nd Er i!Ollght it would be satisfactory that the ht esl 4 t° th e genewr as of opinion that there could be no ob al average which the Hon. Gentleman pro age w,ST hat h RT presumed that the reason of having kes at ,„ !set it might know the quantity consumed. prn :Zu . ue better for that purpose to split the f ' l l ,44.t ge to tries" by his Right Hon. Friend, than to have '•l: ti? . h o el e al l iiro.n :e ilewer . u,asstoht : vti ft eed g n r; e g n a i t i e a . second time. itself into Committee, Mr. Gereez in <f r eed to, arid e 4414 e! ii " , e res.: d are passed through. hen the clause was read a third time 40 he added to the Bill by way of TURBOT. Alderman HUMPHERY complained of the enactment which related to fish, " that all fish of British take, whether fresh or cured, should be imported duty free, with the excep. tion of turbot." Why should turbot he singled out ? ( Laughter.) They should recollect that turbot had been al ways free; at any rate since any gentleman in that House could recollect. Why should turbot be made to pay a duty ? After a short conversation the matter dropped. ONION SEEDS. Mr. T. DUNCONIBE wished to draw the attention of the House to the third class of articles in the Tariff, that of seeds. He had given notice of his motion, and he hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman was now prepared to agree to his motion. It was proposed to continue the duty on onion seed for one year at 6 guineas a cwt., whilst the duty on leek sued was 20s. Now there was no difference whatever in the appearance of leek and onion seed, and it was the intention of the Right Hon. Gentleman to have postponed the duty on both seeds till July, 1843, but as the duty on leek seed had been agreed to, it was not possible to postpone it. He (Mr. Duncombe) did say, that if they postponed the duty on either for a year, they would be guilty of a gross and pal pable injustice to the working classes. The Right Hon. Gen tleman took some credit to himself for the alteration of the duty on onion seed, which he proposed. Tice proposed alteration was first to ss. ; some seed dealers applied to the Right Hon. Gentleman, and it was then raised to 20s. The dealers found the Right Hon. Gentleman so pliant, that they said they would , try him again ; to him they went again, rnd the consequence was, that the alteration of the duty, from eight guineas to 205., was postponed for a year. Before the Right Hon. Gentleman consented to postpone this duty, he had boasted, and justly so, of the benefit that would be done to the working classes, espe cially in the manufacturing districts. Was it fair that this al teration should be postponed for one year ? Numerous contracts had already been entered into to supply onion seed, on the faith that the duty was to be lo wered. Was it just, then, that these men should be made to suffer, that the people should be made to suffer, for the sake of eight or ten onion merchants in Essex ? The onion seed that was used for the support of the poor of this country was not grown here, but in Lisbon. He could not see why tke proposed duty on onions should be postponed for twelve months, and not upon leeks, carrots, and other articles of consumption. Lisbon onion seed could not be sowed in this country, and the duty ought to be removed altogether. He thought the course pursued by the Vice-President of the Board of Trade was unjust to the poor ; and he should, therefore, move that the words " with respect to onions" should be struck out. Mr. GLADSTONE could assure the Hon. Gentleman that he had drawn widely upon his imagination with respect to what had taken place between the parties he had alluded to and the Board of Trade. The communications that had taken place were by letter and not by word of mouth, so that it was im pos•ible that an advantage could be given to a few over the many. He could assure the Hon. Gentleman it would be the duty of the Government to see that onion seed was not impro perly admitted, but it was impossible that the Government could assimilate the duty on onions and leeks according to the forms of the House. On the principles on which the House had granted indulgence in other cases, it ought to grant it in the present. Indulgence had been granted in the time of the cork cutters, the Irish provision merchants, and the case a hops; and he could see therefore why it should not be acceded in the present case. If there teas any case in which the proposed changes was likely to be severe, it was in the case of the onion growers. He was sensible if the consumer was only to be considered, that it was desirable the proposition should immediately take effect, but they were not the only parties to be considered. He felt boand, therefore, to oppose the pi °position of the Hon. Member, believing that in doing so, he was acting with justice, and upon principles Which the House, had repeatedly recognised. Mr. Alderman HUAI PH ERY supported the proposition of the Hon. Member for Finsbury. Mr. HUME submitted that the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Gladstone) had made out a case for the alteration pro posed by the Hon. Member for Finsbury. The proposition of the Government was actually against the growers, and nat in their favour. Mr. F. BARING said that it had been shown that the Custom officers could not distinguish leek seed from onion seed, and if the clause remained as it was, the dishonest importer would bring in his onion seed as leek, whilst the honest man would pay the full duty ; so that if the Government did :lot wish to leave their tariff in a ridiculous state, they must levy the same duty upon the two kinds of seeds. Mr. DUNCOMBE said that the Government had been misled by the representations of a few interested holders of onion seed. The growers of the seed were really not interested in the question. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Committee divided. The numbers were— For the !resolution ... .. For the amendment 63 Majority in favour of the resolution ... —3O On the readi❑gg of the item " Cork,". Mr. T. DUNCOMBE brought forward his motion that the duty on corks squared or rounded should be reduced from lee to 4 per cent. Mr. GLADSTONE was by no means prepared to accede to the motion. He was now more confirmed than ever in the opinions which led him to oppose the former motion of the Hon. Gentleman. The Hun. Gentleman was acting upon the suggestion of a few dealers in corks, whose interests were by no means the same as those of the journeymen, whose cause he supposed he was advocating. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Committee divided. The numbers were— For the resolution... Fur the amendment HO Majority 36 Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he could not permit this Bill to pass, without offering a few remarks upon it. He much rejoiced at the passing of any Bill, on the principle stated by the Right Honourable Gentleman on introducing the measure, and afterwards enforced by the Vice-President of the Board of Trade. They were prin ciples which were certainly considered sound on this side of the House, and on which the Government proceeded to act last year. But the misfortune was, that in the application of those principles, there had been a very great deficiency with respect to appl3 ing them to some of the most important articles of foreign produce; and with respect to the chief articles of the subsistence and consumption of the people, there had been an utter refusal to apply them. Various reasons had been stated for so refusing to apply them. On cheese and butter a duty of 25 or 30 per cent. was main tained, on the ground that the revenue could not afford the re duction. On coffee a high differential duty was maintained, and the price of foreign coffee thereby kept up, it being admit ted that the duty itself was quite indefeasible. On sugar a duty almost prohibitory was maintained, upon grounds relating to slavery. There was another article which was not in the tariff—a most important article, to which all the arguments equally applied, but to which the Government refused to apply those principles—that article was corn.—( Hear, hear.) With regard to fish and potatoes, it was argued that to admit them at a cheap rate would be for the benefit of the people. This was a good argument ; then why it was not applied to corn, was difficult to understand. While, there fore, he admitted the general principles of the tariff to be sound owes, yet he could not see that this House would obtain all the benefit from it that had been anticipated, while so many of those great articles of consumption were omitted from the tariff, while others of so much less importance were included. It might be said that, by establishing those sound principles with respect to 750 articles, they were thereby establishing a basis on which to legislate in future, and that the duty on other more important articles, such as sugar and corn, would be altered according to those principles. In times of prosperity that might be a fair argument to use, but the present year was not an ordinary period for the interests of the country, and it was most essential that they should adopt some means for reviving industry and improving trade. While, therefore, he was glad that any such Bill as this should pass, he did exceedingly regret that the great power of the pre sent Government should not have been applied, to allowing the introduction of great articles of consumption, at a moderate price and duty. No man would deny that, if they had made propositions in conformity with their principles, it would have been in their power to have carried them. Another year they might not have it in their rower to do so, as the advocates of monopoly were always powerful. He regretted, therefore; that the great power of the present Government had been thrown away, and that while establishing good principles, with respect to a great many articles, some cif them unimportant, some of the greatest and most important were left out, or still subject to a duty of thirty or forty per cent., and some to duties entirely prohibitory. It was no use to say this will be a con tradiction in your system, one which could not last, and which would ultimately be swept away, and he regretted that the op portunity had not now been taken of making reductions aocord lug to the principles which the present Government, and the great majority of that House, had affirmed to be the only sound and true principles on which to establish their commercial system.—( Cheers.) Sir ROBERT PEEL said he should be sorry, at the final close of the discussions on the tariff, to introduce anything partaking of the asperity of mere party feeling. He was disposed to acknowledge that this measure had receive'd a very general acquiescence, both from the friends of the Go vernment and those opposed to it. Nor would he be tempted by the speech of the Noble Lord to withhold his acknowledge ment of that support. With respect to the general principles of the tariff, he owned that the remark that those principles had been borrowed from the late Government was quite justi fied. But let him remind the Noble Lord, that in 1825 he had himself cordially co-operated with Mr. Huskisson in his mea . . sures of commercial reform, and the same opinions he had ap plied to the consideration of the present tariff. That tariff he must ask the country and the House to judge as a whole; he must ask them to judge whether any Government could have made any important change in the tariff with such a general acquiescence. The Noble Lord said they did not carry the reform farenough ; but, with respect to many of the articles mentioned by the Noble Lord, the proposals were better than those of the late Government. With respect to sugar certainlynoalteration was proposed, but it was on considerations perfectly distinct from those which affected other articles. The objection - to alteration rested on specific grounds, which they thought ex cepted sugar from the other principle which regulated the articles of the tariff. Ho did not wish to revive the cliscussiofts on corn, but when they came to legislate on it, they were met by many considerations which did not appear in discus sion. But, with respect to the whole tariff, he could not help thinking that the reflective portion of the community were of a different opinion from the Noble Lord, and that they would think that they had exercised the influence of the Go vernment for a wise purpose, and that they had effected as great a change in the commercial system of the country as could be effected without violent disturbance of interests, which from their long duration could not be touched without the greatest caution. In bidding adieu to the question he earnestly hoped thit the object of her Majesty's Government would be attained, and that, doing as little individual;injury as possible, this great measure Would promote the commerce of the country, and give new openings to its industry.—( Cheers.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in explanation, said that he hod made no appeal to party feelings, neither did he say that the present Government had brroowed the principles from the late Government. He merely lamented that the principles had not been' more widely applied. He hoped that the Right Hon. Gentleman would be fully justified in his expectation, and that he (Lord .1. Russell) might be mistaken on the subject. But before the Bill passed he did feel baund to express what were his convictions, but it was without any wish to raise any dis cussion or difference. Air. V. SMITH entreated the Right Hon. Baronet to con sider what would be the effect of passing this part of the tariff. This trade consisted almost entirely of manual labour, and he thought it became the house to pause before they made the proposed alteration. Mr. GL ADSTONE said the farmers had come to the Board of Trade and complained that the shoemakers were benefited, whil.t they themselves would be injured, by the proposed re• duction on leather.—( Hear.) Lord HOWICK said the great evil, after all, in connection with duties of that kind, was the sliding scale, in defence of which not one single argument had been offered in the course of that debate. He hoped that the day would soon arrive, when they would discuss that subject, with a view to effect a final and satisfactory settlement. Mr. HUME said he thought it was impossible that the cowl try could be maintained, unless they es a hli s h e d a f ree t ra d e in corn. Nothing else could relieve the eou . itry f rom it s dis tress. It would be impossible, without fui ther changes, to maintain the country in peace and quiet. Mr. C. BERKELEY wished to ask the Right Hon. Baro net. whether it was true, as had been stated in the papers, that t eFrench ordinance had raised the duty upon English linen and yarn 20 per cent., and also that the Pru6sian League had raised the duties upon woollen manufactures from 30 dollars to 50 per cent.? .fir R. PEEL said he deeply regretted to say, not merely for its commercial effect, that he had reason to • believe that the accounts with respect to the French ordinance; were founded ,in fact, The accounts which had been received were extremely brief, but they were in conformity with those which had ap peared in the public Jouriials. It was not true, he believed that the Prussian League had raised the duty on cotton wool; at least he earnestly hoped that the reports on that subject were entirely without foundation. Lord WORSLEY said that if it had been intimated at, the last electon that the present Government would act upon the principles of free- trade'they would not have received such ex , tensive support. They had gone much further than the late Government, and they were supported in their measures by those who had formerly opposed free trade. Sir. M. GIBSON said the great principle after all—and it was that principle for which the late Corn. law League contended— was that they should be allowed to buy corn and all other articles at the cheapest market. He had been a good deal amongst commercial men, and he had found a great progress of opinion on this subject. He believed that great progress had been made, and would still be made, by the assistance of lec turers to be sent into different parts of the country.---(" Oh ! oh !") No man could subscribe to a more useful object than that of sending lecturers throughout the country, to impress upon it those principles upon which the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government, and the Minister of their choice, had founded his measures. •He would assure the House that the events of the last few months had given great encouragement to the Anti-Corn-law League. The SPEAKER then put the question that the Bill do pass, which was agreed to. BRITISH POSSESSIONS ABROAD BILL. _ _ _ _ On the Order of the Day for the third reading of the British Pcssessions Abroad Bill being read, Mr. L ABOUCHERE rose to move, pursuant to notice, "to continue the exemption from d u ty on w h ea t-fl our im ported into Canada." He said he would riot detain the House at any length. 'I he law, as it at present stood, allowed the im port of all articles duty free from the United States into Canada. That law had been introduced by his lamented friend Lord Sydenham. One of the advantages arising from it was the reduction of Customs' establishments on the borders of Canada. He was, therefore, much surprised, when h e found that the present Bill, which was generally a Bill of relaxation, proposed that the law which had worked so well should be altered. He did nut ask the House to make any new law, but all he desired was that the House should not sanction a new law in the direction of restriction. He hoped Honourable Gentlemen would attend to the one argument urged by the Government, and that the House would agree with him that an exemption which continued fur ten years ought not to be done away with. The Right Hon. Gentleman then moved that the exemption from duty on wheat flour imported into Canada be continued. The clause was then brought up, and having been read a second time, I Mr. GLADSTONE said that the House would not expect him to go at length into the subject after the decision to which the House had already come. With regard to the argument which the Right Hon. Gentleman thought so little of, he eon sidered it was valid so far as it went, though it was n o t one of practicalimportance. The rules which applied to their colo nies ought to be carried out equally and impartially, and it was an important consideration in itself that those rules should not be relaxed for particular purposes. To adopt the clause of the Right Hon. Gentleman would not only be a hardship upon Newfoundland, but on all the West India Colonies. If the en trance of flour into those colonies was taxed, and if at the same time exporting colonies were allowed to twelve it duty free, under the cover of differential duties, it would be a great hard ship on those colonies. He should therefore oppose the clause. Mr. H UTT considered the Bill of the Right Hon. Gentle man would tend to establish a Corn-law in America. It was not proposed for the purposes of revenue, but for the purposes of excluding flour from Canada, and if it were pro posed to devise some means by which the population of a colony could be made extremely small, and by which its local and economical relations would be most disturbed, those objects would be best secured by the present Bill.! The House then divided, when there appeared— For the clause ...... ..... S3 For the amendment ... l6O Majority against Mr. Labouchere's motion --77 On our re-admission to the gallery, we found, Mr. MILNER GIBSON on his legs, moving the omission of the clause, imposing a ten per cent. ad valorem duty on foreien sugar, refined in bond, and exported from England to any .of our colonial pos'essions. The Right Hon. Gentleman had distinctly stated that it was not his intention to place any duty on articles imported into the colonies into the produce of which British labour entered. 'lhe British Parliament had no right to lay duties on articles imported into the colonies for the purposes of revenue, but merely for the purpose of regulating commerce. The Right Non. Gentle.. man had laid down that principle, and acting on it, he had re pealed all the Acts imposing duties on articles of British manu factures imported into the colonies. Now, sugar refined in bond in this country was undoubtedly an article of British manufacture. The imposing this duty was acting contrary to the spirit of the Declaratory Act. It would, besides, be pre judicial to the West India planters, who would not be able to replace the sugar sent to this country at so low a cost as he did at present. It would, moreover, be very injurious to the sugar refiners of this country; for these reasons he should move that the clause be struck out of the Bill. Mr. GLADSTONE did not consider the Deearatory Act alluded to at all affecting the question. The duty of twenty per cent., which, under the old law, was only a nominal protec twn, would be, tinder the proposed law, a real protection. All the pat ties with whom he had communicated, and who were connected with the sugar refining trade, were satisfied with the proposed arrangement. Mr. HUME considered the Government proposition a new tax, for which there was no reason, and he therefore would sup port the proposition of his Hon Friend. Mr. LABOUCHERE did not see that the proposition of the Right lion. Gentleman opposite at all altered the condition of the British and colonial refiners. After a short itonversation the House divided, when the num bers were— 105 For the clause 'Against it Majority ••• —69 The clause was then agreed to, and the Bill read a third time and passed. _ THE § - UN; LoNtioN; WEDNESDAY EIfENING, Jrl . lkTT 29, 1842 questions. In the first place the Hon. Gentleman could not call hirruelf a true prophet with respeet to borrowing the money, as he (the Chairman) stated at the time, that such money would actually have to be borrowed. With respect to the pro•? perty between Blackwell and the Minories, Mr. Tite had valued it at About 68,9001. The first question referred to the arches. _He was not aware that the arches were expected to realise 8,0001. a-year. It was originally con templated that houses would be built upon them, and this valuation of 8,000/. a-year was expected to be realised by those house-. With regard to proceedings being taken against the contractors, there was certainly a delay which the Direc tors regretted quite as much as any of the Proprietors could do, before the proceedings were taken. The arrangements were now completed, both for goods, traffic, and travelling. The next question was the cost of the erections at Crutched Friars and the Minories. He thought the cost was about 14,000/. it was perfectly true that the door was not wide enough, but it had since been made wider at a cost of about .iOl. With respect to the Brunswick wharfage, they had en tered in toan arra igement by which they took one-third of the dues, but the foilowiiig year thay contracted for the whole amount of durs for 1,4301. per annum, and now they were receiving the whole of the wharfage. He was no; able to tell what that amount was, but he could say that in one day they had received 150/.—( Cheers. ) Mr. CRAWSHAY said he did not think these were questions that ought to be answered publicly. If they received 1501. in one day, and they only paid 1,4301 a-year for it the Proprietors of the wharf would next year double the rent. Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE said hedid not wish any question answered that was_ likely to injtare the interest of the Proprie tors. The CHAIRMAN said the next question related to the pre ference given to their own boats. They certainly should always give a preference to those boats which made the Bruns wick Wharf their pier.--( Cheers.) Reference had been made to the waterrnen's boats. There were parties who were endeavouring to take the traffic from them entirely. They were carrying passengers to London for therefore it was their duty to interrupt them. With this view they imposed a wharfage of a higher amount, and if that would not do they would try something else.--( Cheers.) He knee; that some inconvenience had arisen owing to the want of accommodation fur luggage; but they must recollect that little luggage came by the railway from Herne Bay, and they would not be justified in establishing accommodation for luggage which would only come occasionally. The next question was with respect to the rope. In the month of June the rope had only broken once on the 2d and once •on the 14th, and there were only three stoppages out of 3.500 passengers. Mr. Lave--I think you have given them rope enough, Sir. I weuld say no more upon Laughter. ) The CHAIRMAN—The parties were only detained a quarter of an hour, even if the rope broke, and then they performed the journey, with that stoppage, much quicker than by any other conveyance. With respect to the introduction of the clause respecting the steam-boats ; in consequence of what took place at the Southampton railway, they had an intervie w with the Board of T ra de an d Lord Shaftesbury, and after look ing at the original Act of Parliament, they were of opinion that it was perfectly legitimate that they should have the power of hiring steam-boats. But two gentlemen, Proprietors in the railway, but who were interested in the ,steam-boats to Gravesend, sent in a petition against it. The Directors did not think that, under the circumstances, they were justified in contesting the clause without the consent of the Proprietors. He trusted that the Proprietors would see that the Directors had done all in their power to advance the interests of the Gen pany. arr. Sergeant GAZELEE said there was another question, with respect to borrowing money. The CHAIRMAN said that the Directors had borrowed, on their own personal security, the sum of 25,000/. A Pee:wen:roe wished to know to what purpose the surplus property would be applied. The i.lnetemee said that the money they intended to bor row was for three, four, and five years, and that it was the tention of the Directors to pay off the mortgage money, as the bonds became due. Mr. CRAWSHAY wished to know if the Directors felt confi dent that there would be a surplus. The CHAIRMAN said he had every reason to believe so, from the valuation of Mr. Tite. Mr. CRAWSHAY—What will be the capital of the Company, after payment of all the debts ? The CHAIRMAN said it would be from 1,020,000,. to 1,025,000/. The resolution was about to be put, when Mr. Sergeant GA ZELEE said he did not wish to put the Directors to inconvenience, but he thought it would be best to postpone the granting of this power until the meeting in August. The CHAIRMAN said the money was due, and ought to he paid at once. There was at the prtsent moment a facility in the money market for borrowing which might not occur in August. Sir. Blocs said that if theyeintended to purchase steam boats with part of the money, he could assure the Directors that. it would not meet with the general assent of the Proprie tors, and he for one should most decidedly oppose it. Mr. SALOMONS said he thought it would be wrong, on the part of the Directors, not to put this question fully before the meeting. He asked the Proprietors, in the first place, to put confidence in the Direction. He was quite sure there never wae established in the city of London a more honourable and hard-working Board of Directors. He being a l arge Share holder in th concern, was asked to join the Direction, and when he did so, he found they had an up-hill journey to per form. The money market was then in a most appaing state, and the Direction collected together, and they each furnished the means of carrying forward the concern, until the time should come when they would be enabled to reimburse them selves, and see the undertaking the most majestic work in the country, and he hoped and trusted that it would be equally profitable. They all knew the force of vested interest in this country. If an omnibus were started, the other omnibus proprietors put the omnibus before and behind the stranger, to drive him off the road, and establish a monopoly even in the public streets of Lorelon. So will the Blackwell Railway. Notwithstanding the great improvement that it was, they were opposed by the Steam-Loats plying to London-bridge. What was the consequence? Net one steam-boat to Gravesend ever touched at their pies. The Directors then, on their own in dividual responsibility, bunt several boats, and they soon found that one of their boats did as much as three of their opponent,. If they had not taken the trade vs et armis, they would not have had an atom of it ; anti yet, for all this, the lion. Pro prietor said he would oppose it when the subject was brought forward. He (Mr. Salomons) was very much obliged fur the attention with which he had been listened to. All he aviaed was, that they would place confidence in the Directors, and he deubted not but they would make this a successful concern, as a more bald-working, or honourable set of men, could not be found. The CHAl rtaia N said he would lay a statement of the traffic by the steam-bsats before the meeting. In March, 1841, they had sot one running there. In June, 1841, they took 40,000 passengers ; in July, 50,000 ; in August, 72,000. In March this year they took 24,000 passengers, having taken none the same period the year before. In April, 29,0e0 against 10,000 the year before; in May, 57,000 against 26,000 the same titre the year before; in June of the year before 40,000; the re turns of this year had not been made, but he believed he might say that the number exceeded 70,000.—(Cheers- The great profit arising from this, the Directors intended to keep in an accumulating fund, in order to prevent any future necessity of Conling before the Proprietors for more money ; but in case they should have to come before the Pro prietors, he had full confidence and hope that the Proprietors would second the endeavours of the Directors.—( Hear.) The resolution was then put. and carried unanimously. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, arid the meting separated. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen will hold a Privy Council tLis afternoon at Buckingham Palace. The Right Hon. J Ntcholls, Judge Advocate General, had an audience of the Queen, yesterday, and submitted to her Majesty the proceedings of some Courts Martial. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and their Majesties • the King and Queen of the Belgians, left Buck ingham Palace, shortly before five o'clock yesterday after noon, to honour the Duke and Duches of Bucclench with their company at Montague House. The Royal Suite inc uded the Countess of Charlemont, Lady in Waiting ; the Countess de Merode, Lady in Waiting on the Queen of the Belgians ; the Hon. Misses Stanley and Hamilton, Maids of Honour in Waiting; Viscount Hawarden, Lord in Waiting; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting on Prince Albert; Baron de Dieskau, and M. de Moerkerke, in Waiting on his Belgian Majesty; General th e H on . Si r Wil l i am L umley, Groom in Waiting ; Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting on the Prince ; Lord Charles Weacsley (Clerk Mar,hal), Equerry in Waiting; and Major-General Sir Edward Buwate ,r Equerry in Waiting on his Hoyal Highness. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and Sir George Couper, Bart. ; her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, and their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, and attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, also honoured the Duke and Duchess of Buceleuch with their company at the dejeuner given by their Graces, at their residences in Whitehall-gardens. The Queen and Prince Albert, and the King and Queen of the Belgians and Suite, returned to Buckingham Palace at seven o clock. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma jesty yesterday. ''heir Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were taken an airing in the Royal Gardens yesterday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the King and Queen of the Ilelgians, attended by the Countess Charlemont, Countess tie Merode, Hon. Miss Hamilton, Viscount Hawarden, Baron de Dieskau, M. de Moerkerke, Lord Charles Welle,ley, and Sir Edward Bowater, honoured the Italian Opera with their presence last evening. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. The llu , hess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady A ugusta S om e rset, honoured the Italian Opera with their prese nce l ast even i r.g. The Judicial Committee of her Mak.sty's Most Honourable Privy Council sat yesterday. The Lords present were—Lord Brougham, th 4 Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce Mr. Baron l'arke, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. ' Sir A. John ston and Sir E. East sat as Privy Councillors. Mr. Richards, Queen's Counsel opened an appeal from Ben gal, " The Bank of Bengal v. Radakissen Mater. The Attorney-General and Mr. Bethell, Queen's Cousel, were heard for the Respondent. Judgment was not given. day during nesting eha i I)fgae:o, ,ueu. D the last un bu y," week z excursion to the favourite resort for n on e a l A tar i t ' y El of P g l e .O nt ß lem L sea fowl, one of the boldest of the party, enamoured of its rich ~I n F E; v— e nO t treasures, ventured to ascend its rugged and almost i H ns e u u l g a l t l e sa p n r e e a c r ip S i l t a o ts r C oc a k st , le :ve a l n l d kn i o p w p i r l o a a perpendi cular crags, amidst the vetoing cries of its reclai m i ng occu pants, which " hovered about the enemy, seemingly disposed to enter their dissents, in the shape of sundry pounces ct, his face and hands; but heedless of all the daring intruder clam bered up to thn alarming height of 80 or 90 feet,when accidentally laying hold of a piece of loose rock, which gave way with him, he lost his balance, but had the presence of [Hind to make a sudden leap from the face of the rock, much to the satisfaction of his witsged neighbours, who rejoiced at, his exit. He fell into the water, and to the great joy and surprise of his friends, escaped unhurt.— Glasgow Courier. A letter from Lille states that the Chamber of Com merce of that town, being uneasy at the delay of the promised r ordonnauce, relative t o th e li n en manufacture, wa i te d i n a b ody on the Prefect of the Nord on the 20th inst., to express to hi m ply, addressed a let • terth it ro dissatisfaction. President o f th TheP a r rn ef b e e c rof i Commerce, stating that Prefect, in e the del .y was caused simply by the difficulties attending an ar rangement in course of negotiation with Belgium, and by which several important. manufacturing interests were to obtain con. cessions. These difficulties are, he says , on the point of being removed, and nothing will p reve nt the ordonnance from appear ing before the end of the month. lI.AmpuRGH, JUNE 21,--The Relief C omm itt ee apiminted by the S e n a t e p u bli s hed on the 18th t h e t hi r d li st of contributors receiv. d by it, which up to the 15th i n t h e even ing. amounted in all to about three millions of marks banco. A NICE FAMILY.—A woman of the name of Ock well, in the hamlet of Downampney, Cricklade, Wilts, has twenty-four children, all at home, and the eldest only eighteen years of —.Liverpool Journal. LATE EDITIONS of " THE SUN" in the CITY. MR. JOSEPH THOMAS, of No. 1, FINCH LANE, CORNHILL, has made arrangements by which the Public and the Trade may be supplied with a THIRD EDITION of " THE SUN " EVERY EVENING at HALF-PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. In consequence of the im.i ense overflows that have been attracted by the performance of " La Sonnambula," supported by the first musical t..lent this cout.try ran proiuce, it will be repeated THIS EVENING, JUNE 29. The performances will commence with Belanits LA SONNAM. BUl.A.—Ami,a. Miss Romer; Liza, Mrs. Serie; Rodolplio, Mr. Letiler; Elvino, Mr. W. Harrison ; with an increased Band, and a powerful Chorus, conducted y Mr. O. Stansbury. Alter which, a Drama call d THE C'tOWN PRINCE ; nr th e BUCKLE OF DIAMONDS, in which Mr. J. Webster will appear. To cenclu e with -Ir. Leman Rede's JACK IN THE W A CELL .I,A, Mr. George Wild; Betty. Miss K Terry. Places and Pr,vate Soxes may be ad of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Lox Office, from Eleven till Four daily. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JANIES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JUNE 29, FOR THE BENEFIT OF .MONSIEUR BOUFP E The Performances will commence with LE DEMOISELLE A MA HIER, OU L k PREMIERE ENTREVUE. After which, LE MERLUCHONS, OU LE TESTAMENT SIN. 6ULI Felx, Comedien, Monsieur Bouffo. To conclnde with LE GAMIN DE PARlS.—Joseph, Gamin de Paris, Moosieu Boutfe. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3a. 61; Amphitheatre (or :Gallery Stalls), 3s. ; Gallery,. 2s. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Per. tot;nances commence at Halt-past Seven. Applications fo Boxes and Stalls for the remainder of the Seaton to lie made at Mr. Mitchell' s Lib rar y, 33, Old B on d -street ; Mr. se.: coin's, 12, Regent-street ; Mr. Sams's, St. James's-street ; and at the Box.olliee of the Theatre, which is open daily, from Eleven till Five e'clock. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully informed tt at ON iIONDAYS, TUESDAYS, AND THURSDAYS, GRAND EVENING FETES will be given, in which will be em bodied all those popular Entertainments that have given to this fawn'_ riteplaceof recreaion its peculiar celebrity, with additions and in- Redactions, which render them more generally attractive. The MENAGERIE has been enriched by many valuable and hn portant acquisitions in the classes of boll' Quadrupeds and Birds. Feeding Time Five o'clock The Colossal VIEW OF ROME has been repainted, and in some instances remodelled, with a Mechanical Tableau d'actiou, repre senting the Procc sion of the Papal Troops, Guards, and Roman Nobles, to the Castle of St. Angelo. Thz BAND includcs some of the most emineat Performers, con lucted by Mr. Godfrey, and the Programme of the PROMENADES bI ~s IC A LES selectedf mom the noblest works of the great Masters. The ILLUMINATIONof ST. PETER'S, the CROSS of FIRE, and the Gill AN OOL A of ST. ANGELO, wi h all the gorgeous Spectacles and magnificent Introductions that have called forth ac cl.mmations of delight and admiration on each evening of their ex. hibition, terminating with the triumph of pyrotechnic splendour. the CASC ADE sof BRILLIANT FIRE, SIX I Y FEET in height. The Gardens are open Daily from Ten till Dusk. The Evening Fetes, with the Promenades Nlus.cales, Illumination of St. Peter's, Girandola of St. Angelo, &c., will be given on Mondays, Tuesdays, at.d Thursdays. Admission One Shilling. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We cannot publish the article on Lafayette, and it is left in the office for the writer. All Advertisements of a Disgusting Character, or Immoral Tendency, , are excluded from the Columns of " The Sun." , -t .... , .„....., ',,,,' cx" . 1 ---' 4 4‘ (.• * -'. s ell . 46 ' • ,ev ~ , _. _-.1.-.. - .= rA;IN A i 4 e m --, - .4 = 1:-. '0 4'" "417 -4 .° ' ^•"` •• '• -- l l ' •• , - 4 _ , '`' -$. - - 4 1. •4 1 " • , ;'' e nZ,l v - 6 0- s 3 '' , -• cl ' ' ' ' -- k "" ‘ 1 *-• ' - .• * POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. The Committee on this Bill was postponed to Thursday next_ NE •Y SOUTH WALES BILL. The Report on this Bill was brought up and received. 'I hird reading on Thursday next. STOCK IN TRADE BILL. _ _ Tho Stock in Trade Bill passed through Committee. Report this day. The District Prison Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be reported tomorrow. LOSS OF BANK NOTES. Mr. WALLACE postponed his motion for the return, which shows the loss of money, bank notes, bills, &c., when entrusted to the Post-office, and to move resolutions accordingly till next Session. KEIG H TLEY UNION. Sir CHARLES NAPIER moved the appoititment of a Se lect Committee to inquire into the allegat ions as to t h e ma nagement of the poor in the Keightley Union, contained in the Report of Sir J. Walsham and Mr. Mott.— Agreed to. The other Orders of the Day having been disposed of the House adjourned at One o'Clock. BLACKWALL RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the Proprietors of this Com pany was held yesterday at the London Tavern, 13ishopsgate street, for the purpose of empowering the Directors to raise the sum of 65,0001. The CHA I Rua N of the Board of Directors presided, and the advertisement calling the meeting, having been read, the Chair- Man submitted a resolution to the meeting, empowering the Directors to raise the sum of 66,0001. by loan or mortgage. Mr. Lava' said he thought that the fares by the Blackwell Railway were much too low. He did not mean to submit any motion on the subject, but he thought if they were to lay on a penny inure on each person, it would form a great revenue, and it would not be felt by the public, as it would be no more than they ought to pay for their accommodation. He was sure the gentlemen comprising the Directors, were men of business, and would take the subject into their serious consideration, as from the present rate of fares the Company was deriving no benefit. The CHAIRMAN hoped he need not tell Mr. Levy that the subject had eng ged the deep attention of the Directors. The subject was one that could not be entertained then, or he would have been most happy to have stated the reasons why they could not recommend an increase in the rate of fares. An op portunity would, however, occur at the meeting in August, and he should then be happy to go into the subject fully, which would not be at the present time prudent. Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE said, that although he could not say that he was surprised, yet ho was disappointed that the Direc tors had brought forward that proposition. They would pros bably remember that when they went to Parliament he stated his teats that th'y would be called upon to vote a greater sum of money. He was then honoured by the Chairman, who said there was no pleasing the lion. Proprietors, saying at the same time that if they did not go to Parliament then for the purpose of raising money they would have to go at a future time. He (Mr. Sergeant Gazelee) did not follow the argument, but it made very little impression up in him at the time, and it now turned out that he was a true prophet, as the Directors now came forward for the power of raising more money. He was not inclined to give them that power. He did not know what his brother Proprietors felt, but he was not at all satisfied with the management of the affair. He had a few questions upon this subject which he wished answered. lie wished also to know the cost of the erections in Crutched Friars. lie wished to know if the surplus profit arising from the Brunswisk Pier and property in the Minories amounted to 90,0001. Then he would ask what was the surplus profit between Fenchurch-street and the Minories, and when it would be sold? He wished also to know whether there was a rental from the arches of 8.,000/ a year. In granting the large sum of money proposed to be raised by that meeting, he wished to know how for mer monies had been expended. He wished to know if any proceedings had been taken against the contractors for their delay. He observed at the last meeting it was stated that considerable delay had taken place on the part of the contractors, but that there was no penalty, and therefore the Company could recover heavy damages for not having a penalty Made a provision in the contract. It was then stated that they were nearly ready to carry goods ; but he had watched the re turns week after week, end he found that they only l commenced taking goods last week. Now he wished to ask those Directors whether they had taken any steps against the contractors, and whether those heavy damages were recovered, or were in pro gress of recovery ? Then he would ask if there was any profit which did not appear upon the tables ? He should like also to know, what was the return of the amount to the Brunswick wharf? He heard a great deal about the West India and East India Docks. Now he thought that the Proprietors had no thing to do with the East and West India Docks. They might benefit, but it was ruinous to the Shareholders in the Railway. Then he would wish to know what had been received a,,d paid in the shape of dues, rent, &c., on the Blackwell Railway ; so as to see whether the rent exceeded what had been received. Then he would wish to know whether any preference was given to those boats which landed at the Blackwell Pier over those that did not? He had no time to inform himself upon this subject ; all his information upon it being derived from the Railway Magazine. He would also like to know whether the Watermeu's boats landed at the Company's pier, because the Railway's boats, belonging to the Railway Proprietors, that was no reason why a preference should be given them. There was a complaint he wished to make, and that was, that there was no facility for luggage; that people who went to Herne Bay found it very inconvenient, and, there fore, they went to stations were they were more attended to. He would also wish to know how often the rope broke. He saw, by the Times of the 25th of June, that the rope broke d a ily. He would wish to know if such was the fact ? The Chairman told him that their capital was 800,000/. He (Mr. Sergeant Gazelee) wished to know what sum had been bor rowed on temporary loans? There was another to which he strongly objected, and that was introducing a clause into the Railway Bill, giving an advantage to the steam-b oa t s o f the Company. He thanked the meeting for having so patiently listened to him. He had considered it his duty to put those questions to the Chairman for the general information of the Shareholders. A SHAREHOLDER thought it would be as well before the question were answered to read the Act of Parliament. The SECRETARY then read the Act of Parliament. The CHAIRMAN said he would endeavour to answer the And Subsequent Editions when Published. The THIRD EDITION of " THE SUN" contains the PROCEEDINGS of both HOUSES •f PARLIAMENT up to SEVEN O'CLOCK, and all other important in formation accessible to that hour. 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On his retiring from the bar, Mr. ROEBUCK moved that Mr. WALTER be ordered to attend and give evidence this day. Sir R. INGLIS opposed the motion, principally on account of the arbitrary, inquisitorial, and unconstu:ional nature of the tribunal. Sir G. GREY thought it did not sufficiently vindicate the dignity of the House, and be wished that Mr. WALTER should be informed that he must obey the Committee. Sir R. PEEL took a precisely similar view, but acquiesced in the motion as it was made. On a division, it was decided by 223 to 77, that Mr. WALTER should be ordered to attend the Com mittee. The result is, in one respect, a triumph for Mr. WALTER. On principle he refused to attend the Com mittee, but he would readily obey the order of the House. The House humoured him by giving him such an order, and by that admitted that Mr. WALTER'S ob jection to the authority of the Committee was a valid one. The House even received his protest against the authority of its own Committee, and did not rebuke him for questioning and resisting it. Mr. WALTER will now attend the Committee by the order of the House—not by the order of the Committee. Suppose a Captain of a ship, leaving his First Lieutenant in command, clothed with all his authority, and suppose the said First Lieutenant, in the absence of the Captain, to order the Boatswain to strike the t pmasts, and suppose the Boat swain to refuse, and say he would obey the Captain, but not the First Lieutenant;—suppose the Captain to be re ferred to, and suppose that he were to say, " Mr. Boat swain, strike the topmasts immediately," and not to say, " you must obey the First Lieutenant ; you have been guilty of disobedience, and have incurred the pe nalties of the law"—would that not be subvert ing the authority of the First Lieutenant, and admitting that Mr. Boatswain did right in not obeying him, though he must obey the Captain ? This is a pa rallel case to that oc Mr. WALTER ; and the House of Commons, by giving him an order to attend the Com tt►ittee, instead of informing him, as Sir G. GREY pro.. flo::cd, that he must obey the summons of the Committee qr take the consequences, subverted the authority of its ,tiwn Committee. In fact, Mr. ROEBUCK, we believe, meant what. Sir G. GREY proposed, but though techni cally precise, he failed ,to catch the distinction we have endeavoured to point out, and so he sweetened Mr. WALTER'S humiliation by a quasi triumph. Mr. WALTER certainly found lenient judges; and he is substantially where he was when he began the con test. He must attend the Committee, and might have spared himself the trouble of kicking against its autho rity. It was unfortunate for him, too, that he admitted he was summoned to be tried. Try a witness I Make a man both accuser and testifier ! Not so. The Com mittee is to inquire, it is to find evidence ; the trial will take place after the Report is made to the House of Commons. The Committee can neither pass sentence nor inflict punishment. Mr.WALTER's over sensitiveness n the subject, and his use of the word " tried," are the wc.rst features of his case. On this point no little con fusion runs through the debates of the House. The Committee, without the power to decide, is called a tri bura:; and men who are called before it to give evidence say they are going to he tried. The whole thing is a mere inquiry by a Committee of the House ; if it were ankdagous to a Court to try criminal cases, its secret proceedings could not be too much reprobated. The Tariff, or Customs Bill, was last night passed ' through its last stage in the House of Commons, in the midst of the cheers of the Members. Were these re joicings inspired by a patriotic and enlightened hopo that the measure will mitigate and cure the woes of the people, or by mere animal pleasure at the termination of an irksome task ? We are afraid the latter was the source of the cheers. Sir R. PEEL, indeed, expressed a strong opinion that his Tariff will improve trade, and restore enterprise. No inconsiderable portion of the trading community are of the same opinion. Without sharing in their anticipations, we heartily hope they may be realised. We want a return of prosperity—we want to see the people well fed and comfortably clothed—and we care not by whose instrumentality the good work is achieved. We, however, believe that the Tariff in the present condition of the community, will be of very little ad:antage, and we shall be delighted at learning that we have been wrong, and that the Tariff works wonders for the people. We cannot, however, allow the Bill to pass, without observing that Sir R. PEEL is one of the most powerful lawmakers that ever swayed the House of Commons to his purposes. He has now carried, almost unaltered, all his great measures. His reputation is gone, as it were, out of his own keeping ; he has set it on the effects of the Corn-law, the Income-tax, and the Tariff, and it is be yond his control. Events, not exercising a little influence ever the House of Commons, will soon decide whether Sir R. PEEL is to be honoured as a great statesman, or derided as a mere pretender to statesmanship. COLONEL MONROE EDWARDS.—The great financier, as he is called in the United States, a gentleman well known in Europe for the successful manlier in which he took Lord Althorp in, by presenting forged letters of in troluction, and who has for some time been living on his wits, was found guilty of forgery at New York, on the 15th instant, after a trial of unparalleled length. The Court deferred passing sentence on him. In the mean time Mr. Whiting, the District Attorney, has declared his intention to try Edwards upon all the remaining five indictments, now pending against him, and to punish h an upon them all, if he can procure convictions. AMERICAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM-SHIP COLUMBIA IN NINE DAYS. The following only appeared in our Fourth Edition of last night : LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, ONE P.M. At an early hour this morning, the steam-ship Columbia, Captain Judkins, was announced off this Fort, after the most extraordinary passage ever made from the United States to England. She wiled from Boston on the night of the 16th, and from llalifax (where she remained to take in the Canadian mails) on the night of the 18th, thus completing the voy age from Boston to Liverpool in 11 days and 10 hours. ineNding a stoppage of six hours at Halifax. The arrival of the Columbia puts us in possession of pa; Trs from New York to the - 16th inst., Boston to the 17th, and Halifax to the 19th. The Britannia, another of the steamers of this rapid fleet, arrived at Halifax in eleven days, and would reach Boston in thirteen days. The whole manage ment of this line of mail steam-ships reflects the greatest credit upon the very able superintendents, Messrs. M'lver and Co. of Liverpool. By the activity of these gentlemen on the present occasion, the North American Mails brought by the Columbia were landed at the earliest possible mo ment, and despatched to London by express, seven hours in advance of the ordinary conveyance. On this, as well as on many other previous occasions, we are in debted to the Directors of the Grand Junction and the London and Birmingham Railway Companies for their granting an especial conveyance through to London, which was performed with the greatest ease and safety by our Express Messenger, who accomplished the journey from Liverpool to London in little more than six hours. The following extracts compose the only articles of nterest by this arrival : NORTH-EASTERN BOUNDARY.—The Commissioners from Maine and Massachusetts are now all in Washing ton. The Commission has been organised, and it is ex pected that the deliberations will be closed in five or six weeks. In the House of Representatives, the Apportionment Bill was taken up, and by a vote of 161 to 50, the second amendment made to it by the Senate was rejected. The House refusing to concur in any of the amendments, the Bill, as it originally passed, was sent back to the Senate. TIIE TARIFF QUESTION.—On motion of Mr. Fillmore, a resolution was passed, 112 to 96, to take the question •at two o'clock, on the Tariff Bill, extending the present laws to the Ist of August. The subject was debated by Mr. Gilmer and Mr. W. Cost Johnson, the. latter of whom was speaking when the mail closed. PROM TEXAS.—President Houston has convened a special sitting of Congress for the 27th June. Judge. Terrell, the Attorney-General, has been sent. to the East to concentrate the troops in that section. Tn n Mexicans were recently captured on the other side of Corpus Christi and brought to Galveston. They were well treated and immediately liberated by General Houston. FROM MEXICO.—New Orleans papers of the Ist inst. announce the arrival of thirteen more Santa Feans, late prisoners in Mexico, but liberated through the interpo sition of the British Minister, the French Minister, and the Prussian Consul. It was reported at Vera Cruz that the President, Santa Ana, was about to liberate all the prisoners—find ing the expense of feeding and the trouble of guarding them rather inconvenient. FROM FLORIDA.—On the 19th of May a Mrs. Da niells and her five children- were killed two miles south of the natural bridge on the Santa Fe ; and on the 20th, still further south, two men were waylaid and put tc death. On the night of the Ist inst. the house of a Mr. Ro binson, in Jefferson county, just beyond the Ocilla, was attacked by a party of Indians, supposed to be 50 in number. Mr. Robinson's mother and four others of his family were killed, and the house plundered. FROM HAYTL—At Port au Prince the Legislature have, on the rr>commendation of the President of Idayti, passed a law exempting from the payment of taxes the inhabitants of the districts devastated by the earthquake. CAPE HAITIEN.—The disorders that prevailed in this unfortunate city in ruins, of which we have before heard so much complaint, have been consummated by the pil lage, or rather theft of the public treasure, which had been hitherto preserved, it is said, by a guard. Letters announce the conflagration of the rest of the houses overturned, and not before burned. The first fire can sutned only a quarter of the city, and was extinguished by rain. Generals Obas and Monscardy have gone thither with instructions from the President to establish order. The proclamation of the President, dated May 18th, after alluding to the facts of the earthquake, says. "This immense calamity has torn my very heart. Wherefore have I yet to regret excesses which are come in to aggravate the measure ?" ST. JACO.—Letters frern this unfortunate city con firm the sad news of the overturning of all the houses built with masonry, and of all the public edifices. About two hundred persons have perished. The earthquake was perceived at the same time as at Cape Ilaitien. New shocks, very strong, haring continued through the night and the following days. The rest of the population removed a half league from the city. At the first mo ment of this strong convulsion of the earth, the river Yaque was seen to go up towards its source, and to di vide in two parts, leaving a dry passage in its bed ; then to descend with astonishing impetuosity. The excesses committed here by the prisoners who escaped in consequence of the fall of the prisons, are deplorable. St. Jago is described as a very flourishing city, that had just begun to acquire the prosperity due to industry. ST. DomINGo.---The powerful shock experienced here was preceded by a terrible noise coming from the East. The fine Cathedral, commenced in 1514, and finished in 1540, had resistedevery earthquake, especially those of 1684 and 1691. But it was considerably injured by that of the 7th inst. The sea was excessively agi tated near the. harbour. The injury experienced by the Cathedral occasioned the fear of its fall ; on which ac count the Vicar-General Portez thought proper to take away the holy sacrament, and carry it to the church St. Dominick, and afterwards to a barrack constructed in haste. _ - SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 15. 1,000 Dols., New York Sev e ns ............ 101 1 1,000 Dols., New York Sixes, 1854 96 5,000 Dols., New York Sixes, 1862 96—b 60 1,000 Dols. ditto ditto 9 3i—s 3 2,000 Thils.New York Five-and -a-Half, 1861 89 1,000 Dols. ditto .............. ditto B9i , I 2,000 Dols. Water loan, 70 - . 82 -- 1,000 Dols.lllinois Bonds l9 1 1,000 Dols Indiana ditto 2l 20 Shares Mechanics Bank 63 ' 1 10 ditto Bank of America B5 l 11 Delaware and Hudson 92 15 ditto Ohio Life and Trust 23 ditto Jefferson insurance Co. 15 ditto N. Y. Gas 25 ditto Mohawk Railroad 25 ditto Canton 15 ditto Harlem Railroad 50 ditto ditto ditto 17,1 5C ditto ditto ditto l7l bn w 50 ditto Long Island Railroad 5 "4 50 ditto Paterson 25 ditto Stonington PHILADELPHIA SALE OF STOCKS—JUNE 14. 20 Shares Phila., Wilmington, and Batt. R. R. 8 5 7 1 3 0 0 0 l lT lci l l i t t -tg s t 20 ditto Pla n t ers , T enn. o n a l . , cl N S o ix te e s e, 1842 rete i s 'ta lk ilr i 75 49 $l,OOO Check on Bank Pennsylvania Juert 16.—There is nothing worthy of note transpiring in the market. Money continues abundant, and the of dinary business paper is easily discounted at fair and even cheap rates. Our quotations of domestic exchange vary but little from day to day, except when there is an occasional blow up like that at New Orleans. We make very little change in quotations since last Saturday. Mobile Funds, after a slight improvement last week, have fallen back again to quite as bad a state as before. It is hardly possible, under present circumstances, to give a correct quotation for New Orleans, as everything is at present so uncertain ; the two or three banks which held out at the last accounts may be able to weather the storm, and if so, exchange will soon get to its legitimate stand ; beak notes are at a ruinous discount. We quote : New York par to advance Philadelphia par to discount B dtimore Virginia 2l to 3 4 Cincinnati, specie drafts- do currency do Louisville . 4 'to 41- New Orleans Mobile 9 8 to 30 St. Louis to 10 Illinoiscurreir.: - Treasury Notes. Bank of the U. States not e e 40 t o 45 Exchange on England There has not been much doing in Exchange for this packet for England. The sales of Stocks at auction, yesterday, were pub lished in our first edition this morning, as follows 5 shares Western Railroad, 65 per sh. 24 do Eastern Railroad, 961 50 do Providence Railroad, 991 90 do Atlas Bank, 83f 70 de City Bank, 80 100 do Traders' Bide 73f 5 do North Bank, SO 5 do Freeman's Bank, 964 7 du People's Bank, 41 ; (par. 50) , 5 do Hope Ins. Co., 79.;i 5 do Winnisahnmet Co., 194 1 do Boston Library, 124 7 do Firemen's Ins. Co., 981 ; (25 par.) 6 do Canal Bridge, 37:1 - 1 do Oriental Bank, $5 per sh. 1 do Boston Library, $l2l. EXCHANGE—FOICEIGic.—There is not much doing to day in bills on England at 7 a 71 per cent. premium. TENNESSEE BANKS. —The Nashville Union says " Our banks have Lot determined Nvhether to resuhie as the law directs. or to await the issue of a .scire facias." ST. LOUIS, MOBILE.—It appears that the shin plasters of the city of St. Louis have occasioned a row in that city, and that after other people refused them, the Butchers had a meeting, and resolved to continue to take them. The consequence Was, that many of the citizens tried hard to keep them up, and many of the traders ad vertised to 'ake them at par. 'li' President of the City Bank of New Orleans has publicly expressed his opinion that the State is insolvent. The Bonds issued by the State amount to $20,820,889. There was a greet sale of Real Estate in New Orleans on the 6th inst., the property of John Richardson. The entire property brought the sum of $170,900, said to be notanure than two-thirds of the original coat. The terms of the sale were one-tenth cash, the balance in four equal instalments, without interest, payable in one, two, three and four years after date of sale. CRICKET. MARYLEEONE CLUB v. THE COIZTY OF SUSSEX. The match between eight gentlemen and three players of the Marylebone Club, and four gentlemen and sel en players selected from the several districts of the comity of Sussex, was commenced at Lord's on Monday, and terminated yesterday afternoon in favour of the blurr by a majority of 145 rune. This is the first deli-at the Mttrylebone Club has sustained this season, and it is to b 3 attributed solely to their being overmatched, they having :thly the advantage of Ilillyir, Barker, and Bay ley, while the eleven the County included the following seven "crack" players :—Box (one of the finest wicket keepers in the kingdom), Lillywhite, Dean, Millyard, Hodson, Hawkins, and Pioknell. The match attracted each dal. a very large assemblage of spectators, including. the leading members of th e Mar3lebone Club and other metropolitan, suburban, awl provincial club , , end comprising nio,t of they Oxford and Cambridge. (University) elevens. Aiming other noblemen:and gentle nen of high rank and di4inetion, we noticed the Marquis of Exeter, Earl of Verulam, Earl of A boyne, Earl of - March, Earl of Winterton, Viscount Drumlanrig, Vis count Folkstone, Lord H. Loans, Lord W. Beresford, Lord F. 11.auclerc, Lord M. Hill, Lord E. Hill, the Hon. F. Ponsonby, the Hon. S. Ponsonby, the Hon. 1L Grim stone, and the Hip. A. Grimstone. At the coonnencement of the game, the betting was 5 to 4 in favour of the County, with plenty of taken, but after each eleven had played their first innings, the odds increased to 3 to 1, without, however, any decrease in the number of takers. The Club placed their best men at the principal stations in the field as follows :—Sir Freda rick Ba thurst, cover point ; Mr. Nicholson, point ; Mr. Ky naston, long stop; Mr. Thackerary, long field at the log; Bayley and Hillyer, bowlers. The County thus dis posed of their players :—Hawkins, point ; Millyard, long stop ; Mr. C. Taylor, cover point ; Picknell, slip ; Box (wicket keeper) ; Mr. Ponsonby, as the substitute of Mr. Landon (long field at the leg) ; Lillywhite and Dean (bowlers). The County, having won the toss, went in first. Box displayed some very splendid batting, and cleared thirty nine runs, with two fours, six threes, a two, and eight ones. Picknell twelve, with a four, twice two, and four ones. Mr. Langdon ten, with a four and six ones, and Hodson eight, with a four, a three, and a one. The Club then took the field, Bayley and Mr. Thac keray obtaining the majority of runs, the former marking nineteen, with two fours, two threes, a two, and three ones ; and the latter fifteen, with a five, a four, twice two, and two ones. In the second innings of the County Mr. Taylor exhi bited some very scientific batting, scoring no less thun sixty runs, with a six, a five, a four, three threes, eight twos, and twenty ones. 1),-an nineteen, with a five, twice two, and ten ones. Hodson sixteen, with a five, a three, a two, and six ones ; and Box sixteen, with a four, a three, twice two, and five ones. In the second innings of the Club, Sir Frederick Bathurst made fifteen, with two threes, twice two, and five ones ; Mr. Thackeray seven, with a four, a two, and a one ; Mr. Kynaston live, with a three and two ones. The fielding of both sides was excellent, and the bowling of Lillywhite and Dean, and of Bayley and Hillyer was greatly admired. Dean, in each innings of the Club, lowered four wickets ; and in the second innings of the County, no less than six out of eleven wickets were bowled out by Hillyer. Subjoined is a copy of the score : SUSSEX. FIRST INNINGS. Lillywhite, b by Hillyer Mill 3 ard, run out Picknell, c by Bayley, b by Hillyer Hawkins, c by Mr. Anson; b by Bailey 0 Mr. C. Taylor, c by Mr. R. Nicholson, b by Bayley 4 Mr. E. Napper, c by Hillyer, b by Bayley 9 Box. b by Bayley Mr. G. L. Langdon, b by Hillyer Mr. C. Barton, b by Hillyer liorlson, not nut 8 Dean, c b y Mr. R. Nicholson, b by Bayley Byes _ _. 0 Wide balls No balls 4 SECOND INNINGS. . - Lilly - 2 white, b by Bayl e y Millvaid, c by Mr. H. Garth, bby Hillyer ...... ..... Bicknell, b by Hillyer Hawkins, b by Hillyer ' Mr. C. Taylor, b by Hilly er 60 Mr. E. Napper, b by Hillyer Box, c by Bayley, b by Sir F. Bathurst.... 1 2.1 r. G. L. Langdon, b by Hillyer Mr. C. Barton, b by Hillyer - 0 Hodson, leg before wicket, b by Bayley • Dean. not out 13)es Wide balls No balls Al A RYLEBONE CLUB. FIRST INNINGS. Hillyer, c by Pox, b by Lillywhite 2 Mr. T. A. Anson, b by Dean Mr. R. Nicholson, run out Baker, b by Lillywhite Mr. B. Kynaston, b by . Dean Mr. E. Bayley. c by 31111 yard, b by Dean Mr. F. Thackeray, b by Dean Bayley, b by Dean .................. ....... : ............ Mr. Garth, c by Hodson, b by Lillywhite Mr. R. IV. Keate , b b y Lill y whi te 0 3 N lSir 1 3 e d b sF e: li B : balls aL h n . . r . .. ......... 0 .. ........ .. ......................................... . N SECOND INNINGS. 44 Hillyer, e by Box, by b Lillywhite . . . Mr. T. A. Anson, b by Dean Mr. R. Nicholson, c by Mr. Taylor, b by Lillywhite Barker, b by D ean ••• 2 Mr. R. Kvnaston, cby Mr. Napper, bby Lillywbite ... 5 Mr. E. Bayley, b by Lillywhite Mr. F. Thackeray, cby Lillywbite, b by- Lillywhite ... BR3ley, bb y D ean ... • I) Mr. It. G art h , not out 0 Air. 11. W . Keate, b by Dean .. 5 Sir F. Balliusst, bby Lillywhite .... lb • Byes 4 Wide Lalls No ball s wbVii at it► -~ 4