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►. -~"- - ( i r: 1 ; tr:4; .-- - 4 CI 1-1 rike I.l5lclVaS ease incurred in carry rin g i t on. This is, in fact, the t cl uestion now before us.. Do not tell me that th e ma lt ax is a tax so objectionable that you would be ready to vote all other taxes if you could get rid of this. Do not tell me that the lanclaxl interest in this country cannot bear fifteen pence additional duty on malt. Tell us rather that which I should be sorry to bear, but which would be more fair, manly, and candid—tell us that though you are in favour of the war—that though rot are ready to vote army and navy in support of it, you are not ready to vote tb.e necessary taxes—[" Oh, oh," from the Opposition)—that you shrink from the unpopularity which belongs to - the proposal of considerable burdens upon the .nuntry, arid that you would wish to escape that obligation by moans of loans, or any other means by which you can avoid those burdens ; but do not tell me that this small addition to the malt tax is really the obstacle which prevents you supporting the Govern ment on this occasion. Only imagine what would be now , your position if, when you are asked to make a great effort to raise, not 2,500,000/., but 7,000,0001. for the purpose of the war, your first vote should be to reject that proporeal. Would not the effect be throughout Europe, that you did not mean to engage heart and. soul in the project— (cheers)—that you meant only to give it your temporary support—that you shrunk and escaped from it the first opportunity you had—(shout) of "oh, oh," from the Op position)—that you were ready to forego the declarations you had made, to abandon the opinions you entertained, and to involve your coneetry in the necessity of a disho nourable peace ? (Cheerri and disapprobation.) lam not telling you that that is :four intention ; but I am asking you whether such woulq not be the erect of such a v ote as I have supposed. T. would venture to say that no pro position could be more clear or more indisput able no person would believe that it was merely on accoun t of raising the malt tan from 2s. 9d. to 4 s. that y ou ref u sed -this bill. They would say you refused the tax es necessar y for the support of the war ; and nobody would think this war would be carried on with vigour and perseve rance. That certainly is my impression. With regard to the malt tax, we have debated it for the last ten years. Its merits Ind its demerits have been canvassed over and over again • and Mr. M'Culloch says, even in times of peace, the malt, tax should be imposeda,atsebeiilga tax pe culiarly of fi nance an ; but whether adaptod to a good sys tem it be the malt tax, or be it any thin g else, I say if the ' House of Commons mean to support the war—if they mean to support us in endeavouring to maintain the dignity of the Crown and the welfare of the country, they will support the second reading of this bill. (Cheers.) Mr. DISRA.ELI—I have listened to the r emarks which have fallen from the n ob le lord who has last addressed the house with great regret and with some surprise. The noble lor d h as just laid down one of the most extraordinary doc trines of finance ever expressed in this house—that an Op position, if it approve a war in which her Majesty's Go vernment is engaged, is bound to vote every proposition for new taxes which that Government may propound, with . out criticising and without cavilling, at the expense of its patriotism if it objects. (Cheers from the Opposition.) I myself am a supporter of the policy, so far as the war is concerned, of the Government. Ido not want to go into the causes or the merits of that war at present; it is enough that we are involved in that war, and it is our duty to support her Majesty in its prosecutio ; but Ido reserve to myself, and I should hope that gentlemen who are members of this house, and not merely sitting on the benches behind me, always reserve to themselves the means of criticising the mode in which you are proposing to carry on that war, even if we bo unanimous in thinking that that war ought to be prosecuted with vigour and effect. But the noble lord says this is a course which is no longer open to you ; you have given in your adhesion to the warlike policy of the Government, and therefore you are bound to give an un compromising adhesion to every financial proposal that they bring forward in order that that war may he prose cuted. " What is 15.1. a bushel upon malt ?" asks the noble lord. (A laugh ) Does the noble lord forget that in considering the incidence of taxation thet e is something more than the amount of the burden that a statesman ought to think of ? That the justice of the principle upon which a tax is devised is a consideration which must enter into the contemplation of the House of Commons, and that it is one which, if neglected by the House of Commons, will certainly net escape the reflection of the people. It is, in my opinion, an unjust claim which is made by the Government. and it is for that reason that I venture to oppose it. The noble lord has for a moment, attempted to withdraw the consideration of the house from the • subject before it by referring to the question of the in come tax. That question must come before the house shortly, and I think it a much more convenient time to discuss it when the resolutions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer with respect to the assessment of the income tax are on the table than on the present occasion. I could not see what was the point of the noble lerd when he referred to the proposition of the late Government with respect to the income tax ; but since he has introduced the subject, he will panion rue for briefly refer ring to it. The noble lord has said that the late Govern ment, in their scheme fur the assessment under the income tax, acted unjustly towards the l ud, and that it is the present Government wh I are devoted to the interests of the agricultural class. The late Government, in the scheme for the assessment of the income tax, which they never had an opportunity of proposing to the house, but which they indicated in the general exposition of their policy, did not attempt to devise a plan which would be favourable to one class or another. They attempted as far as lay in their power to make an arrangement which would on the whole be just to all with reference to the whole scheme of our taxation. They were not called upon to decide, and they did not ask themselves, what would be to the advantage of the land or of trade. They were called upon to decide whether in the assessment of this tax the difference between permanent and temporary income should be recognised, and resolved that, so far they were concerned, it should be recognised. But in introducing their scheme with reference to the in come tax—(on which I wish now scarcely to dwell, because the Chancellor of the Exchequer is not present, and it is painful to me to enter into a controversy in which he is con cerned in his absence, and therefore I refrain almost entirely from the subject)—they stated that they brought it forward with reference to the whole system of our finance. The measures they brought forward were avowedlyonly a portion, and a small portion, of the changes they thought should take place in the whole system of our finance ; and it was as much a matter of policy as of justice that in asking the trading classes to join with us in a comprehensive revision of our system of taxation, they should declare that they thought the time had arrived, was ripe.end opportune, when a difference in the assessment of temporary and per manent' income should be recognised by the Legislature. It has been said in the course of the debate that the malt tax is not an unjust tax, as we on this side of the house complain that it is. We contend that it is unjust towards those who pay it, and that it is impolitic on the part of the state unnecessarily to have recourse to it. Let the house calmly consider the character of our finances. Our ordi nary revenue is at this moment supplied to the extent of one-fourth part by what is virtually a tax upon a single crop of the British farmer, and it is to increase that enor mous taxation that at this moment supplies one-fourth of your revenue, that you have now a bill upon the table which is greatly to aggravate—in fact, to the extent of 50 per cent.—the amount of that taxation. Well, never for get, when you are askedto discuss the question of the duties upon spirits and upon malt, that these duties furnish one quarter of the ordinary revenue of this country. But then it seems that you may raise from a single article, and that not the principal crop of the British farmers, a sum as large asthe revenues of important empires, and yet not produce the slight cat ill effect upon their fortunes, upon their profits, upon their employment, upon their industry, upon their property. (Hear, hear.) But this is the greatest reaction from po litical economy that I have ever heard of. I have seen xnany symptoms and numerous evidences of late that there is a considerable reaction from those stern opinions that have been so long prevalent aid predominant in this house. But I did hardly believe I should live to hear that an in crease of 50 per cent, of a tax that now produces one fourth part of the richest empire in the world, would be no aggravation of the burthens and no increase of the im post, that could diminish profit or embarrass the farmer. (Cheers.) A little while ago, if any gentleman on these benches ventured to refer to the btu-then of taxation that pressed upon the productive classes of the country, he was treated with jeers. Then we were told that the consumer —the great consumer, as he was described by a distinguished member opposite—was the person who should alone be considered ; that the consuming power was the basis of modern finance • that that was the consideration that should alone infl uence the Treasury, and that no tax was now to be considered but with reference to his interests. And now we are told with a nonchalance that is admirable, and with a sang froid *hat is sublime, that this immense impost is not for a moment to be considered because it is only a consumers' question. Well, I think it is something to have brought them to that. I think that after all the panegyrics we have hoard for years upon the consuming power—that after those who uttered them have succeeded in abrogating the laws that protected the industry of Eng land too successfully—that we should now have it ac knowledged that the plea upon which they advanced their doctrines was fallacious—that the object they wished to cherish was in fact an unworthy one—that the great point which they wished to enhance was not worthy of being ac complished ; that I think is a result which we may look to not without gratification. But then, when hon. gentlemen on this side of the house demand for the British producer the benefits of that unrestricted competition which both sides of the house have now accepted as the principle of our commercial code, we are told that the question of un restricted competition cannot affect the fortunes of the cul tivatore of ba r l e y, or th e manu f ac t urer o f ma l t, an d f or w h at ea "On forsooth ? Because he meets with no competition. It may, aratheEtangalinsuhf indeed, be true that foreign malt may not compete malt, but the question is whether the bever ket by other m anuf actures is not met in competition in the mar claim the attention and which may please the palate and competition to i°and patronage of the people. Why, the is that which he r which the manufacturer of beer is exposed very well that theare:ives from the import of tea. You know petition with beer than tea article th a t come s more i n com immense tax that y ou tea ; then it is that you find th e malt, and of cour se of are placing upon the manufacture of beer;;.then it i s th at you fi n d t h at fo reign competition f rom which is entirely fre e . y ou ' e h you say the home manufac niaust, therefore, look to the amount of the tax on malt, n e Parison with the taxes on beverages with which it com es ° T e coetition. Why, it was always a most di ffi cult thin to il da competition. the tea duties because it was impossible justly t o d ea l from deaTiolnunless you dealt with the malt tax; and that difilculritills7 s ! wey with alwayst e tea re. vented the minister of finance T ap to deal duties. The late Government undertook neglectgeratt with both the malt duty and the tea duty. Government dealt with the tea duty, b ut upon malt. - - co urse that increased the severity of th e ' com p e tition between tea and malt, and n ow y greatly the duty upon m alt at the very time when ou rei y n o c u:: carrying on a system which every year greatly decrease is (Cheers. ) And e the duty upon tea. Why, that justice? it is at this very moment that you come forward and say— " Great as may be the impo st u p on malt, it is not a ques. - tion of free trade or of unr estricted compe tition, because malt competes with no similar article; and great as is the tax upon it, it can bear it , be cause it has no rivals in the market." It has rivals in the marke t, and yon are ydimi nishing the taxes upon them at the ver y moment you are aggravating the impost that crushes the manufacturer of malt. Well, there is another point which the house should consider with reference to this question, and that is the local taxation of the country. Every one knows the effect of that local taxation which has recently been re ferred to. It has been acknowledged by the highest au thorities on both sides of the house. I can point out Mi nisters of State ; I can even refer to the Chancellor of the Exchequer as having acknowledged the peculiar burden of that apeciesof taxation. Well, there was an attempt to com prOngse the qttestion by diminishing the duties upon malt ; t and neee e how are you tending to revive that controversy —a eoiatroveref which mint at all times be embarrassing and aid especially SO w h en y ou are i ncreas i ng the general-414i0n of the country (Hear, hear.) There is another'reiriark which the noble lord made, which is so sin gular, 014 4 is I suppose he is still the leader of the Whig Marty, kca4hot PUB it Wet on this 0C4411011 entirely with out notice. I shall advert to the subject as lightly as I can, because the Chancellor of the Exchequer is absent, and in his absence, so far as he is concerned, my lips are closed. The house has not forgotten an 1 the country will long remember the manner in which the right hon. gentle man referred to Mr. Pitt. It has been alluded to to-night, and the noble lord, with unhappy chivalry, came forward to vindicate the right hon. gentleman. What did the noble lord, of all men in the world, say? The noble lord quite contistently disapproved of the policy and, of course, of the, financial policy of Mr. Pitt. The noble lord approves only of that financial policy which doubled the income tax, to which he referred with so much pr ide and and upon thu memory of wllibh glory reposes my Lord L (Laughter.) The noble lord says , "Mr. Pitt may have had his errors, but he was still a gre a t man. In 1797 Mr. Pitt had Chancellor *ow ad in a g the twingecancellor of the Exchequer, the noble lord o f remorse, a salutary repentance," and, fol absolutely recalled the attention to the important fact that, in 1797, there was a salutary change in the policy of Mr. Pitt. Now that the Charcellor of the Exchequer, who was bred and educated a Tory, and who, in moments of rhetorical emotion, may still fancy himself a Tory— (laughter)—should criticise, but still, as he informed the house, with a feeling of veneration for Mr. Pitt ; and that by an adroit arrangement of periods he should endeavour to harmonise his criticisms of Mr. Pitt's finance with his appreciation of Mr. Pitt's policy and patriotism, is very intelligible. But what are the facts ? What was this year 1797, which the noble, (as I should think to the astonishment of the Fox Club to-morrow) has chosen for the subject of his enlogium ? What, I say, was this period, when, as the noble lord has told us to-night, Mr. Pitt's eyes were at length opened to the sin of his previous ways? (Laughter.) Why, I suppose the house has heard that this was the time when, in patriotic disgust at the conduct of Mr. Pitt in raising those terrible loans which we have recently heard so much deplored from the Trea sury benches, Mr. Fox, followed by Charles Grey, after wards the great Earl Grey, and the principal leaders of the Whig party, left the House of Commons . in hopelessness to save the country, and for along time remained absent from it. But it so happened that when in 1797, on the very night referred to by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Pitt's eyes being at last opened to the error of his ways, he came down to the House of Commons, where he ex pected only to meet his followers and his creatures, with a large proposition for a measure of direct taxation ; such was the indignation of Mr. Fox, such was the indignation of Charles Grey, such was the indignation of those sixty brilliant and eloquent men who had for a long time seceded from their places in Parliament, that—awful apparition ! they suddenly re-appeared in their places before the asto niihed Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Fox felt that, painful as was his re-appearance on the scene he had relinquished, it was his duty to the great his toric and traditionary party of which he was the recognised leader, even in its adversity, to come forward in the house and to denounce the new principle of financial policy brought forward by Mr. Pitt. And it was upon that oc casion that he delivered one of the most eloquent, most thoughtful, and most memorable speeches, in which he laid down what he called the sure and permanent principles of Whig finance—principles utterly opposed to the repentant policy of Mr. Pitt—(cheers and laughter)—principles which Mr. Fox never deserted nor relinquished, and which, not withstanding the comparative degradation of the post which the noble lord opposite (Lord J. Russell) now fills, I did not believe that, in deference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or to my lord Aberdeen—(cries of "Oh, oh," and cheers)—he would have relinquished in this house. There is yet another point to which, notwithstanding the clamour of some hon. members, I feel it my duty to call the attention of the house. I object to this tax which we are now called upon to vote, not merely because it is an unjust tax, which I believe restricts industry, cripples the profits, and in every way injures the agricultural inte rest of the country—not merely because it is a grievous burden on the consumer, for I know that in time of war the consumer must be prepared to bear his share of the bur lens—but I object to it on account of its grievous im policy. (Cheers.) I think there was nothing more impo litic than at a time when you were selecting a tax you should select one which, in my mind, does grievously, and in their opinion does grievously, press upon the industry of the cultivators and the interests of the general proprie tors of the soil. Though lam ready to give credit to every class of being ready at a moment like this to do their duty to their Sovereign, I ask, without fear of successful con tradiction, whether it is not a fact that from the nature of the circumstances--from the character of your constitu tion, and other causes, you have been obliged peculiarly , to appeal to the patriotism, to the resources, to the exer tions, and to the energies of the landed interest of the country. We have heard recently many sneers against the territorial constitution of our country, but I ask you in what country could you have found those means of self defence which you have recently found in this country, except under the influence and immediate aid and agency of the landed interest? In what country in Europe could you have raised such a militia, or having raised it, could have entrusted it in such hands as those in which you have placed the newly-raised force ? But you have so managed your finances that the only odious tax which you put forward is a tax which more or less affects the in dustry of the soil. I call it impolitic to re-awaken a con test which, if not for ever dormant, would never at a time like the 'present have been aroused by this side of the house. You have demanded a great tax to the amount of two millions and a half, and not a Minister of the Crown, but by extreme compulsion, has condescended to express a word in favour of the proposition. What was your motive for this ? DR you shrink from discussion ? Did you think, at this moment, a debate upon the ways and means of the war was impolitic? or that it would create a bad impression abroad if the House of Commons should have a discussion and division 'upon the subject of taxation ? If that be your feeling, do you not think that the credit of the Government and the resources of the country have been much more injured in the eyes of other nations by the way in which you have attempted to raise a loan ? (Cheers.) Is it not more calculated to injure the credit of the country, and to diminish the idea of your resources, that your minister of finance cannot go into the City and obtain two millions at four per cent. than that the House of Commons should by natural and frank deliberation consider the taxation which you propose to lay upon the country ? It is better even that our foe should see that a large sum such as this now sought to be raised—a sum larger than could be fur nished by many of the provinces in the kingdom of your imperial foe, should be frankly discussed than that he should see the churlish, undignified, and unmanly attempt of the Government to filch this amount of money. Is it not better that the foe should see that we are determined to exercise our functions to-night as the representatives of the peo ple, and that while we are prepared to support our Sovereign, and even a Government which e should other wise oppose, in a war which the country approves of, we will do our utmost, in duty to our constituents, to provide that the ways and means should be provided according to the principles of eternal justice? (Cheers.) The house then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading 303 For the amendment Majority for the second reading —lOB The announcement was received with loud cheering. Mr. ELIOT YORKE gave notice that, on going into committee, he would move that the additional tax be limited to one year. EMBODIMENT OF THE MILITIA. The SPEAKER announced that the following message was sent to the house by her Majesty :—"The operations of war in which her Majesty is engaged with the Emperor of Russia having rendered it necessary to send a large part of her Majesty's regular forces abroad, her Majesty deems it proper to provide without delay additional means for the military service of the country ; and in pursuance of the act of Parliament enabling her Majesty to call out the militia, her Majesty has thought it right to make this communica tion to the House of Commons, in order that her Majesty may cause the said militia, or such part thereof as she shall think necessary, to be forthwith drawn out, embodied, and disposed of as occasion may require." Viscount PALhtERSTON—I shall to-morrow movo hat her Majesty's gracious address be taken into conside ration. HOSPITALS (IRELAND) BILL. Sir J. YOUNG moved for leave to bring in a bill for the extension of hospital accommodation in Ireland. Colonel DUNNE said that a short time ago a similar bill was introduced by the right hon. gentleman, but was with drawn in consequence of the opposition which the measure received from the Irish members. The object of the bill was viewed with great suspicion by the people of Ireland. Mr. BALL hoped the house would allow the bill to be introduced. He did not know what its details were, but the object at which it professedly aimed was one which it was very desirable to carry into effect. After a few remarks from Lord NAAS, the motion was agreed to. - The bill was brought in and read the first time. Sir W. MOLESWORTH moved for, and obtained, leave to introduce a bill to enable the trustees of Portland Chapel, Oxford Chapel, and Welbeck Chapel, in the parish of St. Marylebune, to augment the salaries of the ministers of the said chapels. The house adjourned at ten minutes to ono o'clock. 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Cono:ly, T. Liddell, El, G. Walcott, Rear-Ad. Cotton, Major W. Liddell, H. T. Wa:pole. S. Davison, R. Lisburne, Earl Walsh, Sir J. Deedes W. Lockhart, W. Welby, Sir O. Dering, sir E. C. Long, W. West, F. Devereux, J. T. Lovaine, Lord Whitmore, H. Disraeli, Ftt. Hon. B. Lowther, Capt. H. Willi +ma, T. Dod, J. W. Lytton, sir E. Willoughby, Sir H. Duncombe, Hon. A. Macartney, G. Wo dd, B. buncombe, Eton. G. Malins, K. Wyndham, LL-Glen. Dunne, Lt.-Col F. 31andeville, Viscount Wyndham, H. Egerton, Sir P. Manners, Lord U. Wynn, Capt. H. Elmley, Via. March, Earl of Wynne, W. Evelyn, W. M a unsell, Col. T. Yorke, E. Farnham, E. 3leux, -ir K. Farrer. J. 3111 es, W. Fellowes, E. Michel, Dr. W. TELLERS. Filmer, Sir E. Montgomery, H. Floyer, J. Mundy. W. Carley, E. S. Follett, B. Naas. Lord Stanhope, J. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS—MAT 15. EXCISE DUTIES BILL. Order for second reading read. Motion made and question proposed, " That the bill be now read a second time." Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "now," and at the end of the question to gild the words " upon this day six months." Question put, "That the word `now' stand part of the question." The House divided —Ayes 303, Noes 195. ._... _ AYES-303. Acland, Sir T, Graham, Sir J. Otway, A. A'Court, C. • Gnenall. Gilbert Owen, Sir J. Ai'air, H. Greene, Thomas Paget, Lord A. • Anderson, Sir J. Oregson, Samuel Paget, Lord G. Atherton, W. Grenfell, Charles Palmer. Roundell Bagshaw, J. Oreville, Colonel F. Palmerston, Viscount Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir G. Patten, J. B all, J. Grey, R. Pechell, Sir G. Baring, H. Grosvenor, Ld. B. Peel, Sir B. Baring, T. Grosvenor. Earl Peel, F. Barnes, T. Hadlield, George Peel, Col. J. Bass, M. Hall, Sir Benjamin Pellstt, A. Beamish, F. Hankey, T. Perry, Sir N. Beckett, W. Hamner, Sir John Philipps, J. Berkeley, Adm. Harcourt, Geo. Phiilimore, J. G. Flethell, Sir R. Hardinge; Hon. C. Phdlimore, R. J. Biddulpb, Col. R. M. Hastie, Alex. Phinn, T. Biggs, W. Hastie, Arcbd. Pigott, F. Blackett, J. F. B. Heard, J. Pllkington, J. Blani, L. H. Heathcoat, J. Pinney, W. Bonham• Carter, J. Heathcoate, Sir W. Ponsonby, A. Rouverie, Hun. E. P. Henehy, D. Portman, W. Bowyer. G. Heneage, Geo. F. Price, Sir R. Boyle, TA -Col. Heneage. Geo. H. Price W. Brand, H B. W. Herbert, H. Pritchard, J. Brocklehurst. J. Herbert, S Ramsden, Sir J. Brockman. E. D. Ilervey, Lord A. Ricardo, J. Brotherton, J. Heywood, J. Ricardo, 0. Brow,, H. Heyworth, L. Rice, E. Bruce, H. A. Higgins, G. 0. Rich, H. Buckley, Gen. H•ndtey, C. Richardson, J. Butler, C. S. Hop', sir J. W. Robartes, T. Byng, G. H.C. Horifall, T. Roche. E. Cardwell. E. Horsma. . E. Roebuck, J. Castlerosse, Th. Howard, il n. C. Ruin old, C. Cavendi-h, C C. Howard, Lord E. Russell, Lord J. Cavendish, G. C. Hughes, W. Rimed, F. C. Challis, T. liume, J. Russell. F. W. Chambers, M. Hut?hins. E. Sadleir, James Chambers, T. Hutt, W. Salleir, John Cheetham. John Ingham, R. Satidius, G. Christy, Minuet Jackson, W. Se wle C. Clay, Sir W. Rt. Jennyn. Rt. Hn. Earl Schniefleld, W. Clinton, Li.rd 11. - U. P. Johnston. J. Scobtll. Capt. G. Cockb .rn, Sir A. J. E. Johnstone, Sir J. Scrope, G. Cogan, W. it. F. Keating, it. Scully, F. Collier, R. P. Keating, li. Seymour, Lord i l Cowan, C. Kershaw, J. Seymour, IL Cowper. W. King, P. - Seymour. W. Craufurd, E. H.J. Kinnaird, A. Matto, R. Crossley, F. Laboucoere,Rt.laon.H Shelley, Sir J. Currie, Races Laing, S. Smith, J. A. Dalrymple, Viscount Langston, J. H. Smith, J. B. Dashwood, Sir 0. IL Langton, R. 0. Smith, M. Davie. Sir il R. F. Latilett, W. Smith, K. Denison, E. - 13. !Avant A. 11. Smollett, A. Denison, .1. E. Legh, OC. . Stafford, Marquis Dent, J. D. Lemon Sir C. " Stanley, W. Divett, E. Lewis, Sir T. F. Starkic. Le G. Drumlanrig, Via. Lindsay Lt .Col, J. Stirling, W. Drummond, H. Lindsay, W Struts, B. Duff, G.. Locke. J. Stuart, Lord D. Duff, J. Lowe, R. Motors J. Duke. Sir J. Luce T. Talbot, C. Duncan, G. Mackie, J. Tancrel. IT, Dunlop, A. Nile& innon, W. A. Thicknesse, B. Egertoo , W. 31 Cusin. J:- Thom Son, G. Egerton E. - 31ac , S regor Jas. Thornily. T. Elcho, I ord . AI aeGrevir, J. '1 hornbill. W. Ellice. E. • .31cTaggart, Sir J. Towns ebd. Capt. J. Ellice, E., jun. Slang es. It Tynte, Col. C. • E.llliy, .J. E. 31 ad .frribanks, D. Uxbridge, Earl Emlyn, Vls. Marti , .1. Vane, Lord ti. Erinioni..e, J. Massey, W. "Vernon, 45, Fusion, i•:arl Maisterina-, J. Vivian, H. H. E wart, W. 31 the on,. A. Vivian, J. IL Fagan, W. Machesou, t.•.!ir J. 'iv shitsley, Sir J. Fellden, M. 31 alt, E. Walter, J. Fergus. J. 31 ili•g an, R. Warner, E. Ferguson, Lt.-Col. Mills, T. Waterpark, Lord Ferguson, J. Milner, W. Watit•n., Col. Fitz,erald.l.L.G.Sir J Ililnes, R. Wells,. W. FI tz, Jerald, J. Mitchell, T. • Whattnan, J. Fitzgerald, W. 3lotratt, 0. Whit bre'atil.B. Fitzroy, Hon. IT. 31olesworth, Sir W. Wilkinson, W. Fltzwilliam, Eon. C. blonck. Ve.count Willcox, B. Fitzwilliam, Hon. G. Moncri •ff, J. Williams, M. Foley, J. Monsen, W. Williams, W. Forster, C. Montgomery, Sir G. Wilson, J. Fortier J. Norris, 1). Winnington, Sir T. Foriescue, C. Mostyn, E. Wise, A. Fox, It. 3 , ow bras, J. Wood, Sir C. Fox, w. Mulgrave, Earl of Wortiey, J. S. Freesimi, Col. More, CO , . W. Wrightson, W. Gardner, It. DI urrough, J. Wyndham, W. ::each, C Norreys, Lord W y will • M. nlya, G. Norreys, Sir D. Youug, Sir J. Goderleh, Viscount North, F Goodman, Sir G. O'Brisn, Sir T. (loo.d, W. O'Brien, C. TELLERS, Goulaurn, H. O'Conit-11, D. Gower, F. O'Flalierty. A. Hay ter, W. Grace, 0. Osborne, R. Berkeley, G. NOES-195. " W. Scharit as Consul at Falmouth for the United States of America. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 13. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Captain Thomas Vernon Watkins, R.N., to be Harbour Master and Marine Magistrate for the Colony of Hong Kong. COMMISSION SIGNED BY HER MAJESTY. Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham lets Militia.—George Frederick Weller Poley, Esq., late a Captain in her Majesty's 20th Regiment, to be Captain and Adjutant, vice Cowell, who retires. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. Warwickshire Militia, Ist Regiment—William David Lloyd Sparrow, Geut., to be Lieutenant, May 1. 2d Regiment—Francis Warburton, Gent.,, to be Lieu tenant, vice Howe, resigned, May 1. East Kent Regiment of Mounted Rifles—Edward Chol meley Dering, Gent., to be Cornet; Edward Wheler Wheler, Gent., to be Cornet, May 9. Brecknock Royal Rifle Regiment of Militia—Howell Gwynne Howell, Esq., to be Second Lieutenant ; William Dowding, Esq., to be Second Lieutenant, May 9. Merioneth Rifle Regiment of Militia—Edward Abadam, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant; Thomas Ellis, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, May 8. Royal Merioneth Militia—John Henry Waterfall, Gent., to be Second Lie.-tenant, May 13. East Kent Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant Frederick Warre to be Captain, May 8. 2d Regiment of Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry—Cor net Henry Drummond to be Lieutenant, vice Blaudy, resigned, May 6. Lanarkshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieu tenant Robert Lockhart to be Captain, vice Gray, resigned ; Cornet John George Chancellor to be Lieutenant, vice Lockhart, promoted ; James Thomson Rankine, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Chancellor, promoted, May 11. The Lord Chancellor has appointed the following gentle- men to administer oaths iu Lhe High Court of Uhaacery— John Macknese Stevenson, Northampton ; WilliAm Henry Macaulay, Leicester. THE SUN, LONDON, TITESDAY°EVENING, MAY 16, 1854. 25 25 18 20 St. 50 1 St. 812s1 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. NOTICE TO MARINERS. FLINDERS LIGHT, GABO ISLAND. The lighthouse on Gabo Island, off Cape Howe, is situated in lat. 37 deg. 34 min. 20 soc. S., long. 149 deg. 54 min. 49 sec. E. ~ It was completed and lighted on the 28th Nov., 1853, and a light will in future be exhibited from sunset to sun rise. . _ _ The lighthouse i 4 a skeleton timber erection, painted white ; the roof and framing of the lantern painted red ; anti the ventilating ball painted yellow. It stands nearly in the centre of the island, about three quarters of a mile from its southern point, upon a sand hill 157 ft. 6 in. above the sea. The centre of the light is 21 ft. 6 in. above the sand, making a total of 179 ft. above the sea. The following magnetic bearings are taken from the light-house :—Cape Town, N. 32 deg. E. ; Ram Head, S.W. ; variation of compass, 11 deg. E. The light is a fixed white light, of the first class, con sisting of 21 catoptric lamps in two ranges, illuminating the whole horizon. The light is eclipsed by a small range of sand hills from S. 15 sec. E. to S. 4 deg. W. (in all 19 degrees), to a dis tance averaging about two miles out to . sea. It is estimated that the light can be seen 20 miles dis tant in clear weather. Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, Dec. 29, 1853. CUSTOM-HOUSE, MAT 15. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Elora, from Callao ; Johanna. Nice ; Hotspur, Calcutta ; John and Isabella, Dantzic ; Australia, Rotterdam ; Enterprise, Hamburgh ; General Lest, Amsterdam ; Fayal, Dordt ; Thalie, San Juan de los Renedros •' Maria Christina, Santander; Argo, Dantzic; Robert Peel, Stettin ; Margaretha, Hamburgh ; Odessa ; Jambe, Rotterdam ; Athalia, Sannesnnd; Re becca, Nordschleuse ; Catharina, Memel ; Pizarro, Seville ; Carl, Leer; Regalia, Grenada ; Twe Zusters, Worctun ; Diamond, Bruges ; Familien, Drammen ; Nordstgernan, Dram ; Graf von Armen, Memel ; Korwars, Dantzic ; Charlotte Caroline, Stettin ; Maria, Praestoe ; argherita, Toronto ; Argente and Bertha, Callao; Soderham, Go thenburg ; Norske Klippe, Drammen ; Prins Hendrik, Amsterdam ; De Vronw Trientje, Ditzum ; Vrouw Renske, Douerodder ; Anna Sophia, Helsingborg • Tre Venner, Konigsberg ; Jury, Dal:Azle • ' Emilie, Anclam ; Engelina Manderdina, Groning e n ; Enigheden, Christiansand ; Abucht, Schiedam; Gipsey, Melbourne and Port Fairy; Catharina, Ystadt ; Cygnet, Demerara; Erp , intz Frede rick Auguste, Porto Rico ; Aurora, Emden ; Frau Gebke, Schulperseil ; Gossepore, Calcutta ; Fier Gebruder, Wor den ; Carolinida, Cherbourg ; Jersey Lass, Monte Video ; Emilie, Bandholm ; Betty, Port au Prince. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Ceres, for Oporto; Maria Christina, Santander; Marie Julie, Mel bourne ; Jacobs, Port Adelaide ; Medemblik, Barcelona ; Snake, Mogadore ; Pioneer, Hamburgh ; Red Rose, Mau ritius. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Rangoon, for Madras ; Alert, Oporto ; Eliza Sharp, Antigua ; Marieta, Cadiz and Seville ; Joven Anita, Cadiz, Malaga, and Va lencia ; Woodstock, Jamaica. SMYRNA, May 3.—ln consequence of the increase of piracy in the Archipelago, it is considered unsafe for ves sels to leave this port without convoy. SWANSEA, May 12.—The Etienne brig, of Vannes, Hol land, from Llanelly to Libourne, was fallen in with yes terday off Lundy Island, with a signal of distress flying, by the Cornelia steamer, from London to this port, which bore down and offered to take her in tow, but the master declined, stating that the vessel was sinking, when be left, with his crew, and came on board the Cornelia, bringing two boats, clothes, nautical instruments, and some pro visions. The mate and three of the steamer's crew then went on board the Etienne, and succeeded in stopping a leak under the lazzaret hatch, and getting the water under by baling, the pumps being useless, when she was taken in tow by the Cornelia, and brought into this harbour this morning. Bomney, April 13.—The Hosannah barque his been wrecked on the Mahline Islands, and the Hamoody barque, of this port, has been wrecked on the Saccadivo Islands ; crew saved. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. William Straford Vaile, licensed victualler, East Green wich, _ _ _ Dt;niel Frederick Fwrd, draper, Commercial-road East. BANK 1-:U r TS. James Merchant, grocer, Foulmire, Cambridgeshire, to surrender, May 26 and June 30, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, cfficial assignee, Bas inghall-street ; Sharpe and Co., Bedford-row ; W. and R. D. Thurgoo , i, Essex. Charles Henry May, jeweller, Marylebone, May 27, and June 30, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee • Cattl in, Ely-place. John Baker, assignee; Edgware-road, May 29, at two, and June 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court ; Manion and Prichard, No wgate-street. Edward Coultate and Thomas Swindells, brokers, Man chester, May 31 and June 31, at twelve, at the Mancheste r District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester Hyson and Robertson, Manchester. Thomas Manning, machine manufacturer, Combe Lake, Devonshire, May 25 and June 22, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assi gnee , Exeter; Head and Venn, Exeter. Maurice Jarvis, woolstapler, Leeds, June 6, at twelve, and June 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Bridger an Collins, King William street ; Lee, Leeds. John Sharpe, cowkeeper and dairyman, Barnes, Surrey, May 29 at two, and Jane 27 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, Moorgate-street, official assignee ; King and Attwaters William Dolton, brewer, Lincoln, May 26, and June 16 at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Harris, Not tingham, official assignee ; Caparn and Ayliff, Holbeach Powell, Birmingham. -- SCOTCEI SEQUESTRATIONS. • • John Weir; grocer, Glasgow. Daniel Hamilton, Esq., Edinburgh, now deceased. Alexander Dobbie and Co., tea merchants, .Glasgow. James Howden and Son, jewellers, Edinburgh. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( From the London New Price Current of this day.) SUGAR —To-day the prices obtained for British planta tion sugar did not exceed those of Friday, but there was a brisk demand for refiners and grocers. Barbadoes went readily at full rates—fine yellow at 39s to 40s, mid to good 358 to 38s 6d, and low 31s to 3is 6d per cwt. REFINED.—To-day there was a larger demand for re fined sugar from home dealers, and rates are firmer ; brown lumps selling at 45s 6d, and low to fine grocery 46a 6d to 50s 6d per cwt. In crushed sugar little doing for expor tation. EAST INDIA.—To-day several parcels of Bengal sugar were sold privately at full rates, and none was offered at auction. Msdras in good demand, and prices firm for gro cery and native. At auction 450 bags sold at gOs to 32s for the latter. FoREIGN.—Tp-day the market for foreign sugar present ed a dull aspect, and last week's rates were not to be ob tained for landed or parcels afloat. COFFEE.—To-day there was no improvement in prices of Plantation Ceylon Coffee, but demand was larger ; good mid to good at 61s to 635, mid 588 6ii to 60s, other quali ties 544 to 58s, and triage, 49s to 535. Native Ceylon rather more in demand privately at 41s to 45s per cwt. TEA.—The prices paid for low to good ord have been lld to 114 d, rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf is to is 41, and strong to Pekoe kinds is 44d tots sd. For common and medium greens there has been a dull market, and prices less firm, supply increasing. PIMENTO.—To•day there was not much demand, and rates declined Ad per pound. At auction 300 bags sold at 540 to sBd for good quality. RICE.—To-day a larger demand prevailed for East India Rice, and rates closed firmly ; low to fine white Bengal at 12s to 13s 90, and Madras lls 6d to 12s. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May 16.—Wind this day at Noon, N.E. ; strong breeze, and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, May 15.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—American Eagle, for New York. POOLE, May 15.—Wind, variable. Sailed—James, for Labrador ; Nymph, Flora, and Alamode, for Newfound. land. PLYMOUTH, May 15.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Dale Park, from Sierra Leone, for Milford ; Thetis, from London, for Adelaide. FALMOUTH, May 15.—Wind, N. Sailed—Chieftain, for Cal.cutta. Oft Port—Tordenskiold (Dutch frigate), from Copenhagen, for the West Indies. GLOUCESTER, May 15.—Sailed—Harbinger, Miramichi. NEWPORT, May 15.—Wind, N.E. Arrived Wood bine, from London, for New York. Sailed—Elizabeth, for Mobile ; Cap. Rouge. Portsmouth, U.S. ; Terpsichore, Rio Janeiro ; St. Ives, St. Thomas ; Maria and Juana, do. WHITEHAVEN, May 15.—Wind, N. Sailed—British Queen, for Antigua. QUEENSTOWN, May 14.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Do lores, from Rio Grande; Iris, Pernambuco. GUERNSEY, May 14.—Sailed —Aurora, for Jamaica: LlMERlCK. — Sailed—Duncionald, for Quebec. PARIS, May 15.—The Ashland, from New Orleans to Havre, put back to the former port previous to April 20, with damage, having been in contact in the Mississippi, and would probably have to discharge. NEW YORK, May I.—A ship of 1,500 tons, painted black, with a white streak, was seen on shore on Memory Rocks, apparently just gone on, with eight wreckers along side. (By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday, 10.30 a.m. Wind, N.N.E. • very fine. Sailed—Colombia, for Sydney, N.S.W.; Mountain Wave, Malta ; and Mearns, Quebec. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND Tuesay, Wind, E.; tid e, l ow water; blowin , strong. 11 a.m.Arrived---Concordi a , from Odessa; Juno, Pillau ; Navi gator, Danzic ; Zeespart, Groningen; D. Concord, Balti more Vereine Konigsburg ; Alida, Odes s a • Chieftain, Mauritius ; Buchan, R o uen • Ann Jewet, Ghent ; Maria Ann, Horsen s ; E mily, Stettin ; Allegro, Stettin ; Christi ana, Norden ; Laurel, Danzic ; Economy, Antwerp ; Martha, Thisted ; Derby, Bremen • Volunteer, Havre ; Indastry, A n t werp ; Patriot, Rostock ; Johanna, Danzio ; Heurich, Emd en ; Frederick Oserbeok, Baltic; Marga retha,iGothenburg ; Minerva, Droba,c ; Germania, Anclam; Henrich Broeno, Gretsyhal • Constantia, Dram ; Beltona, Sarpsborg ; Endraght, droningen ; Familie, Skive ; Achilles, Antona ; Christina Johanna, Thisted ; Herkina, Groningen; Ondermining, Thisted • Charmindes, Nor denscluse ; Ricks, Pillau ; James 'Ateorhouse, Ghent ; Frow Kea, Aga Canal ; Hindu, Callao ; Henrietta Maria, Rotterdam. Sailed—City of Boulogne, for Boulogne ; Auguste H.elene, Sydney; Elizabeth, Demerara. CRUELTY TO LAMBS. Nearly 20,000 lambs are annually exported from the Isle of Wight. They are nearly all sent to the London market. These animals are treated with great barbarity. They are taken from the ewes on Saturday morning and driven oftentimes a dozen miles in the dust and heat to Cowes, from whence they are sent to Southampton in tow-boats and forwarded by rail to London. They reach the metropolis on Sun. day night and arc driven to market the next morning, and on Monday night they nre usually killed. They rarely taste any food after Saturday morning. These animais waste greatly, which could be prevented if a little humanity were observed towards them. They ought to have food at the railway stations, where they atop some considerable time, FOREIGN. 10 9 ,111twerp&Rotterdam 34 —34 d xn 54 xin 5 3 ielgian Eastu. June. 4 1 20 8 Beziers to Graissessac 4 3d 44 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Serip ad p pm ... Central of Italy 20 all Charleroi & Erqueliu 176 all Demerara 20 14 Dijon and Besancon — p 20 9 Dutch Rhenish 44 4 d 20 all East Indian l4 2 p 20 2 Do, Extension__ 1 dl3 5 all Cit. Indian Peninsula; p 20 10 Junct. of France 25 7, Grd. Trunk of Cana& 5 4 d 24 100 30 Do. Debentures 9 7 d 23 100 all Do. do — 20 10 Gt. Central of Franc , . 14 —l4 d 84 a 2W. all Gt.WestemofCanad, Shares . Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 ...p 20? all Hamilton & Toronto 4 lop 21 100 all Do. 6 per cent. 20 5 Lake Coust. & Basle ... ... • 5 all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c prof — die 20 15 Luxembourg 44 5 10 10 Do. (Railway) 3 3 5 2 Do. Pref 4 1 5 3 Do. (Canal) — 14 10 5 Do. 6p. ct. prof._ 14 —14 d 20 8 Lyons and Geneva 2 1 d 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran. 20 13:, vladras a par 33 33 : , Italia Antonia 10 all Do. do. New 2f 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry 20 all Namur & Liege (wits interest) 64 74 20 all Do. (ex interest) — 16 all Northern of France 311 313 313 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds 20 all (fniy. B. di Ams. Shs., • 10 all NorwegianTrunkPre 8 —9 xn 20 10 Paris and Lyons l5 154 251 4 5 40 all Ditto Bonds ..... 10 all Paris and Orleans... 43 45 20 all Paris and Rouen— 35 —37 20 all Paris and Strasbou4 30a . 303 304 20 10 ParisCaen diCherbrg. pm 104 10i Quebec & Richmoini 20 all Rouen and Havre 20 12 lioyal Danish 24 lad 5 2 Royal Swedish — d 20 all iambre and Meuse 8 84 6 Do. 54 p. cent. Pref ... 20 6 3outherr' of France —pm 20 8 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) — • si all West Flanders 3 4 10 all Do 5A per c. Pref . . 20 10 Western of France 3 4 p 10 7 West. of Switzerland 34 44 20 2 WieSbaden 20 15 Zealand *Mr " "trU Jittion4 SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) £5O PLATE. R.M. Fact . walked over, 10 SOVS. SWEEPSTAKES Thessaly Oxus.. C by Woodpigeon .£5O PLATE. T.M.M. Cock Pheasant Diomedia Five ran. Cable and Amos have arrived. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS EVENING.) The honse met at five o'clock. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN IRELAND The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that, on a former eveuing, in the course of his observations on the administration of justice in Ireland, he referred, by way of illustration, to certain cases which had been tried by a learned judge in that country. It now appeared that these observations had given some pain to the learned judge who pronounced sen tence upon the prisoners. Nothing, however, was further from his (the Marquis of Clanricarde's) intention than to cast any blame upon that learned personage ; and he stated the other night, and he repeated now, that he had no doubt there were circumstances which did not appear in the report of the trials which justified him (the learned judge) in pronouncing the sentences he did. He (the Marquis of Clanricarde) wished it to be dis tinctly understood that whatever remarks he made were meant to apply, not to the learned judge, but to a gene ral course of proceeding which had taken place in Ireland for several years. Lord BROUGHAM said he listened with particular attention to what passed on the occasion in question, and he could state that the noble marquis cast no re flection whatever upon the learned judge. Petitions against the closing of public houses were pre sented by the Earl of Derby, and by the Earl of Har rowby, from places in Essex, Bristol, and a place in Corn wall. NUISANCES REMOVAL AND DISEASES PRE VENTION ACT FURTHER AMENDMENT BILL. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, in mov;ng the recom• mitment of this bill, entered into an explanation of its provisions, but owing to the low tone in which he spoke he was almost totally inaudible. Lord BEA um oN T had received representations from several parties who thought that the bill would in terfere with the common business of agriculture, but, having looked at the machinery of the measure, he be lieved their apprehensions in that respect were ground less, as no works could be undertaken unless by the order of a certain number of justices, before whom there would be a full inquiry into the particular circumstances of each case. Lord REDESDALE said the bin was not carefully drawn up, and was, in his opinion, open to many griev ous objections. _ [LEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. _ The Lords' amendment to the Hereford Improvement Bill were considered and agreed to. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Furness Railway; Llandudno Improvement; North Shields and Improvements; Stockton and Darlington Railway ; Swansea Harbour. The following bills were considered and ordered to be read a third time :—Bethesda and Llanlleched Improve ment ; Great Western Railway (Stratford, &c.) • Lowe stoft Improvement (No. ?.) ; Shrewsbury and Chester Rail way; Trowbridge Roads. The Tees Conservancy and the Patent Solid Sewage Manure Company (No. 2), were read a second time and ordered to be committed. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. Brotberton and other honourable members against the opening of public houses on Sunday ; by Sir J. V. Shelley from St. Paul's, Covent garden, complaining of the supply of water to the metro polis by the New River Company; also, a petition from a public meeting, held in St. Martin's Hall, signed by Mr. Coningham, praying the house to appoint a committee to inquire into the state of the Foreign-office, with full powers to read ail the papers th,re, and that all foreign operations should be suspended until that committee had reported. (A laugh.) Mr. James Anderson, from Dunfermline, praying • for the abolition of the newspaper stamp by Mr. Crossley from Halifax, praying for the abolition of church rates ; by Mr. Spooner from St. Judge's, Bethnal•green, against the en dowment of Maynooth. VOTE BY BALLOT. Mr. H. BERKELEY gave notice that on this day month he should move for leave to bring in a bill to protect the voter of the ballot. SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES. In reply to Mr. MACARTNEY, Mr. WILSON said it was impossible yet to state what the amount of the supplementary estimates for the com missariat expenses of the war might be. When they were prepared they would be laid upon the table. 'THE PERIODICAL PRESS. Mr. M. GIB -ON rose at a quarter to 5, to bring for ward the following motion :—" To call attention to the present unsatisfactory state of the law affecting the press, and to move the following resolution : That 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 this house, that the subject demands the early consideration of Parliament." He regretted that it should still be left to him to bring the anomalies of the law affecting the press before the house. It may be said this was an abstract resolution; but a glance at the terms of the . motion woul d s h ow t h at i t was not ab stract, but that it asserted two facts—namely, that the present state of the law affecting the press was unsatisfac tory; and next, that the law in reference to the periodical press and newspaper stamps were ill-defined and unequally enforced. (Hear, hear.) It m i g ht b e sa id to hi m, w h y did he not himself bring in a bill on the subject; but he replied that the Government had so much greater facilities than he had for such a purpose --they had the assistance of able law officers, they could command the time of the house, and they could do all this with so much greater chances of success . than he co u ld h ope for, that he thought it would be unjustifiable in hi m t o d o so ' • and when the Government should bring in a bill, if th a t they would do, then he and gentlemen who entertained the same opinions on this subject as himself should be ready to state their opinions on it. This question, he felt bound to say, had been hitherto treated by gentlemen of all political opi nions, not as a party question, but one of sound practical utility, and it was in that spirit that he now again brought the question before the house. The hon. gentleman re ferred to an interview he and other gentlemen had with Lord Derby when he was Prime Minister, who declared that, though he was not prepared to enter into all the details of such an important subject, he saw clearly that the law was in au unsatisfactory state as regarded the newspaper press. The house would recollect a law-suit that took place some time ago respecting the publication of Mr. Dickens's Ilousehord Narrative, on which occasion the judges, by a majority of two to one, decided that the law was in favour of Mr. Dickens ; but the Chancellor of the Exchequer refused to accept this view of it, though at last the publish e rs were released from further liability by the Board of Inland Revenue. But what were the Govern men t no w doing? Instead of bringing in a bill to settle the law on this sub ject, they had commenced a prosecution against the pub lisher of a penny periodical in Dublin, the Penny commer cial Journal, when, instead of singling out individuals to settle this point, they ought to bring in a bill to settle it. And what was the result? Why, that the Government had been defeated at Dublin exactly as they had been in the case of Mr. Dickens's publication—(hear, hear)— and again the Chancellor of the Exchequer declared he w o uld not take the verdict in this case either as decisive of the law, but that he would goon prosecuting the publish er . Th e counsel for the Crown in this latter case said the stamp duty or newspapers was kept up by the Government i n o r d er t o prevent the " liberty' of the press degenerating into "li centiousness;" but he (Mr. Gibson) maintained, with all respect, that this was bad law, and he defied any one t o show that there was a word in any act of Parliament to check "licentiousness." (Hear, hear.) The check was, not upon licentiousness, for a mitn might publish as much blasphemy, as much ribaldry, as much "licentiousness" as they close without incurring the penalty of the stamp duty. The thing they could not publish without that duty was facts. (Hear, hear.) S o that we stood now in this way — that if he published on a piece of paper that Admiral Dundas had bomb ar d e d an d taken St. P e t er sburg—if he published that as a fact with out a stamp duty, he should be liable to a penalty of twenty pounds ; but if he published a violent tirade against Admiral Dundee, and charged him with being a traitor to his country, he should altogether escape any penalties under the stamp acts. (Hear.) The hon. member also quoted the case of Mr. Novello's Musical Times, and a Wakefield publication, as illustrative of the unjust nature of the law on the press; and he said that the Government in this matter had acted most partially, and that there was one law for the opulent London pith- Esher, there was another law as regarded the sma ll provincial publishers. After quoting several other cases in point, he alluded to Lord J. Russell's celebrated Letter to the Bishop of Durham, which was published . and sold by Mr. Weste r t o n, at Knightsbridge, at a price and of a size less than th a t required by the act, to bring it within th e act ; and if th e Attorney-General did his duty, Mr. Wes terton was now liable to an action for selling a pamphlet commenting on Church and State without paying stamp duty. (Hear, hear.) LEFT SPEAKING. THE LONDON GAZETTE• (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, MAY 13. The Queen has been pleased to nominate and appoint John Deas, Esq., one of the Lords of Session, to be one of the Lords of Justiciary in Scotland, in the room of Henry Cockburn, Esq., deceased. WHITEHALL, MAY 13. The Queen has been pleased to grant the place of one of the Lords of Session in Scotland to Charles Neaves, Esq., Advocate, in the room of Henry Cockburn, Esq., deceased. WHITEUALL, MAY 16. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Tohnie to the chorch Stroitian, in the presbytery of Mull, and shire of Argyll, vacant by the death of the Rev. Robert Stewart. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 15. The Queea has been pleased to apron of Dfx, August= OlLS.—Stock is on the increase of sperm, and the trade operating with reluctance, prices have declined—mid to fine quality selling at 105/. to 1091., and headmatter 1021. to 10 ;in seal many purchases have been made, and the• market has a firth 1:48 Dee. Sales of pale at 41/ to 431, coloured 371 to 401, dark 361 to' 371. Cod con tinues to be wanted, and realized 391 lOs to 40s. For Cocoa Nut there is now a large demand • Cochin at 49s 6d to 50s 6d, other sorts 47s 6d to 48s ; P a lm is cheaper. TALLOW. —Stock now exceeds that of last year by 11,000 casks, and deliveries show a decrease of 9,000, still rates rule much above that time. There was a reluctance to operate in tallow up to Friday for all purposes, and prices declined to some extent, an impression gaining ground the supply of Russian overland would be large amounting to 100,000 casks. Tho rates accepted 9n the spot for first sort P.Y. Candle were 61s to 61s 6d, June and July 62s to 62s 6d, and Au gust 63ds to 64s 6d. Since Friday speculators and the trade operated more freely, and an advances has taken place; it not being likely more than 50,000 cks can be received during the season in an indirect manner. Prices now rule at 62s 9d to 63s on the spot, and at 64s 6d to 64s 9d for August de livery. Home melted is plentiful, but now in good de mand at 60s to 60s 6d cash. In other sorts of Tallow pur chases have been on a lage scale since Friday ; Australian, mid to fine mutton at 60s to 62s 6d, beef 59s to 60s 6d, South American 58s to 635, and French melted 58s to 62s per cwt. COURSE OF EXCHANGE-THIS DAY. Amsterdam ........ 11 141 i Gibraltar .............. Ditto, three months .. 11 16 ~,cgliorn .............. 30 52% Rotterdam ...... • • .... 11 16 1 1 Genoa ................ 25 50 Antwerp .............. 25 22% Milan ................ Brussels .• .• .• •• ••• • • • 25 2e % Venice •• •• •• •• •• *a •••• flamburgh ............ 13 5% Naples ................ Altona ................ Palermo Paris— • • .... 24 97% .dessina ............... Ditto, thrse months .• 25 30 Lisbon ................ Marseilles •• . • .... 25 32% Oporto ................ 53% Bourdeaux ............ Rio Janeiro ............ Frankfort-on-Maine 118% Buenos Ayre5.......... Berlin . .............. ;New York, 60 days' sight Vienna Trieste •. •. • • 13 42 PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz. +Foreign Gold in liars £3 17 9 Madrid ................ 50 1 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 o ++ Cadiz ... ............... 50 +A Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 0% 8arce10na......, New Dollars ...... 0 0 ++ Seville ................ iilver in bars ...... 0 5 1% 41% 1 4 46;4 127 dis 65i 41 MISCELLANEOUS Lubin Coal and Iron Australian Agricult. kustralsn. Pei fi c. Mai A.ustraln. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. Canada Crystal Palace Do. New Crystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam... Electrit Telegraph(A) Do. (B) Electric Teleg. of Ir Gen. Steam Navigat ;eneral Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar] Magdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land N. S. W. Coal & Inter Steam Navigat. Co N. B. Australasian Do. New Nrtli.ofEuropeSteam Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular Oriental Do. Do. Portland Iron Co itoyal Mail Steam Soot. Austral. Invest. South Austral. Land Submar. Telegraph Do. Registered. Vl4l Die n= Land ii :: ii 6 = 75 75 iio 6i - 7 16 - 18 i = ii I = i* i : i*d ..• - ••. 6 - 1P Li - 2A 35 - 37 1 391 401 21 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this ds►y. Business dens this day. 'Aberdeen Ai ibg Nottug. Bost. andEastn. Junet... Belfast & Ballymena. Binning. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ...... Birkeuhd. Lauesh. & Cheshire Juliet. Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20..... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crier Junction Dublin&BelfastJuuc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New ' East Anglian Do., (DS E & H),. Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New A. East Lancashire Edinburgh dt Glasgo Ediub. and Peebles Pah tit Dundee Forth itiz. Clyde June. ;lasgow & S. Western .rent Northern Stk . Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds L:ineash.andYorksii 'Do., Fifths I))., Wst.aidingvn Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt Loudon & Black wai • Loud. Tulb. &Sthend. Loud. Bright & S.Csr Loud. and N. Westu. Do. Fifths Do.lo/.5h.,M&8.„( DO. Eighths London and S. WestU Do., £5O Do., £4O ;,u(atlrry& Coleraint. i,udwirry. & Enuisk. Aanch.Shs.l.& Linch. !)0., Mau. & Liu. Un. idland & Dert.) Aidltl. G. West.(l I'4 Do. Half Shares 'Newcastle & Newmarket Do., Bury Extension ti wpt.Aberg.& Had. Newry & linniskilleh Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. Norfolk . Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed *Sort]; Loudon ,Do. New £lO.. N.&S.Wstru.,llamp , stead, and City Ju.. North Stallbrdshire.. North Western ..... N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester....... Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverha►nlpton Portsmouth 'Scottish Central Scottish Midland ..ilirewsbury & Bit nig Do, L. & N. Wester' Guivantecd St •ilirewsby. & Hetet! iltrewsby. & CliesW (N. W. Min ;„. • Do. Halves, ..... Do. Oswcstry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,&D,fully paid up at per South Devou S'outli Eastern South Wales S. tirksli. & Riv. Dui, Do Staines, Wok &Wok Stockton & Darling Stockton & Harticpl Taff Vale 'Do. 410 shares. Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London Wimbledu & Croydo►, York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Exteusious Do. G.N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland._ 23 - 24 4k - 41 7i -- 8 13 —l2 dial 15 17 8 7 d 89 91 51i —54 i 13a 14 8 10 41 - 43 7 - 8 I . - ... 15 - 16 ••• 12 - 12-4 59 - 60 53 - 55 ii -= 21 58 62 85 86 72 r 74 .19 - 121 88 - 90 - 734 83 87 10 12 u 10 12 59 -60 i 8 -- 7i ct iii = i.. 4 8 —8/ P 9t34 1;9 - S 6 1d - g lg g 77 12 111 10 9. 19 - 20 57i - 58,i 32 - 34 - 4 (. 6 -4 , - 2i 6 - 8 45 - 47 34 3i 30 ... 31 50 54 par ip 6i - 6,i(C 1- 7 i 26 - 28 85 86 51 53 51 - 53 51 - 3 - 2.4 13 15 6i 74 10 4 Sid 13 - 15 59 - 34 - 35 4 - 2 , i 4 -5, 30 - 32 3 - 34 17 18 3 - 44 19 • 2i ,i = . 64 651 9 - 5 - 45 - - 461; 54 iiiii 6O 60 8i 8i 99 96 A 5/ 103 i a per cent. PREFERENCE SHARES, kberleen Do. No. 2, p. c. Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 500 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5{ per cent Cork &Bandonsi p.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction E'astAug,lian (1.:310s) 6 per cent Do. (X 5) 7 per cent Do. (.E7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex- teusion,s p. e. No. 1 Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh ast Laneash.6 p. cts. 'east cud West York shire June. Pref kDunclet 5i per cent. iinsgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent. ;rest Northn. 5 p. c; • )0. 5 p. c. Redeem.; at 10 p. c. preni. )o. 44 p. c. Scrip h. N. of Scot. Ist Prot t. South & ‘Vestni (Ireiaud) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh It. Westn. (Berks St Rants Ex. 5 p. c).. Do. coy. red, 44 p.c.l Do. con. red. 4 p. c.' Do. irred. 4 p. c Lau. & York. F. I:20 Do. 6 p. c. Stock Leeds N. 6 p. c. No.l Do. Quarters, 1848 Loudon and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. C Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton London & S. Western Con : Thirds I,oudonderry& Coler Shams Londy. & Mink Shef., & Liu., Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO Do. £6 ‘ , Tarypt . p.c Do. 4 per cent Consol.6 p.c.St. Consul. Bristol & ;limn. 13 per cent Do. Pref. 4A per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock 00, 5 p. c. Ext Do. sfper ct.pref Do. WAN. Val. 5 p. c, North British North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.43s, 6 p.c. 'cot. Cent., New Pre', & Birnr. N.G. ihrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent 6 - -65 2 - - 4. - P - 1 3 a g 12 - 12, 1 j 23 - 21 South bevou . !Doi. fixed, 4.i per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44per cent. S. YorTcsh.4p.c.Guar. Stockton and Dar- lington, 4 per cent Do. do. do Stockton and Hartle• pool, guar. 5 p. c. Lll Ist July, 1856 Watered,&Kilk.6p.e. York,Neweastle,awi Perwiek,4p.e.Pref Do York&N. Midland U. 3 -3i .s , 112 114 IQ4 106 93 9,f 8 xd 6 6A 94 96 sr 89 88 90 Id pa 128 /32 21 - 21 p 6A 9 id par 130 132 11 lid .. - ... 93 - 95 - a = "a 15i -16 i 9i -10 11 - 13 F' - i P 22i -22 i 98 - 100 15 - 20 .•• •. 2 I.d 87 92 3 So I JOINT-STOCK BANKS 10 all %Astra! a s i a 72 74 t 40 all 3ritish Colonial Bank and Loan Company 50 All tritish N. A tnertear. 25 5 :lhartd. Bank of Asia 20 2 lhrtd. I•ltik. of India, Australia, & China 1 lAd 100 25 . ••• 100 20 'ominercial of Loud. •,.„ 20 12 Scottish and .ustralian 5 4 d 20 18 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2i 2 d 16 151 50 20 London and County 50 10 Loudon Joint Stock WO 20 Lond. & Westminster 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New • • 50 22!, National of Ir e la n d — 20 all - New South Wales — -- 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 43 45xd 45 4f 25 5 Do. New -- 100 25 Provincial of Ireland '"10 all Do. New ..• ••• 5 1 ltoyal Australn.Bkg. & (gold Imp Co — 25 all south Australia 37 39 384 8 25 all Union of Australia.. 68 70 69 Do. New 64 74 50 10 Union of London — 234 23# taio COUNTRY MARKETS. CHELMSFORD—MAT 12. le Picked sampl es o f w h ea t b are l y maintained last. W ee , di t prices. To eff ec t sa l es o f i n f er i or qualities an aba.tter n , B 7 % of is to 2s per qr . was necessarily submitted to. corn unaltered in value, with little business doing. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, old ~,6 , 6 ! to to 84s Od, new 66 s t o 84 s ; re d , old 54s to 80s, new D4„i 80s ; barley, 27s to 35s ; chevalie; 33s to 38s ; gri 21s to 30s ; malt, 61 s t o 65 s ; c h evalier, (As to 68a °A79I; 26s to 32s ; peas, p ar t r id ge, 39 s to 44s ; white, 47s itc),:4o‘ boiling 54s to 43;s ; dun, new , 39 s t o 41s beans, tii" to 433; Harrow tick s , 38 s t o 46 s ; Mazagan, 39s to AO' COLCHESTER —MAY 13. A very limited supp'y of wheat, and for whi oh ri l fk°' week's prices ware exceeded by Is per qr. on all der ipi tions. Barley nomin a l, th e ma lti ng season nor r veijoi fairly closed. Beans and peas were nut so rea dy s; 1,1 0, " holders were firm iu their demands. Prices to-d.v were as follow :—Wheat, white, 76a ;to 8 0 8 1 : 0 ; ,, red, 72s to 84s ; barley, 34s t o 38 s ; oa t s , 32 s to 34s 118, blazagan, 42s to 44s ; middle and small, 44s to 48a ; 1 2 ` .- white, 56s to 60s ; grey, 42s to 445. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c., irate' ;fe 01 in the port of London, from the follow ing por t s , fro the 7th to the 13th May, both inclusive. 4.5 t „:„, . g 5 J I Colchester Harwich Leigh Mahlon 59 - 166 - 374 133 ) 632, 800, l i 931 KIRKCALDY-: x 13. 19' 16 43 285 0 IUo -5-60 I Wheat. Barley. Oats. 1 18e gi o n d First Second Third 66s Od —s Od 34s Od I 150 ' Oatmeal, per bag of 2Solbs imperial. 50s Od to 525. .0d• COAL MARKET, MAT 15. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market M. (Li Wallsead, &o. Ravensworth Hartley 2O 6! s. 2 1 Taufield Moor l7 9fietton' Taufield Moor Butes 17 9 Haswell '''. .20 Lambton lO &c. i ßussell' s H a tt on . .19 18 0 Stewart's .. .00 .17 9 : H .h Hall .18 Willblend, &c. Harton Hilda .. iteng_ H edley 18 o;Tees - Johnson l7 9'Dorwentwater Hartle;: °) Bell's Primrose 16 6 Grey's West Hartley ......°) Braddyll l9 6 Salmon are now rarely met with in the rivere and Itchen, in Hamp s hi re . F ormer ly th e y wier°,„ - :. plentiful there that insertions used to be made is in tures that Hampshire apprentices should only be feu - salmon so many times a week. :%-...."-. B IR TR S. OF A SON. On Monday, the 15th inst., at 10, Great Stanhope- 0 Mayfair, the Lady Anne Tufnell, of a son and heir. of On the 12th inst., at Aytuestry Vicarage, the filf . ° the Rev. J. Rogers. OF A DAUGHTER. of On tho Bth inst., at Kingsbridge, Devon, the 'WU Commander Selwyn, It N., I. C. Coat Guard. n On the 13th inst., at Woodleads, lelew or th, Mrs. --II of C. Le Souef. _..--- MARRIED. pea' On the 11th inst., at St. Gil ee ' s Camberwell, John r etA dall, Esq., of the Middl e Temple, and Fellow of ..• I „ e ir College, Oxford, to Fanny, e ld es t' daughter of Le ure ate Desborough, Esq., of Grove-hill, Camberwell; and, D . of same time and place, Ed war d D ros i er R u dge, of Fakenham, Norfolk, t o A nna L ou i sa, secon d daughter the above-named gentleman, DIED. On the 14th inst., at the house of John Clementsou, Abingdon-street, 'Westminster, Sir William A.nicotts gilby, Bart., of Ripley-castle, Yorkshire, and KettlethorPg park, Lincolnshire, aged 70. On the 12th inst., Matilda, the wife of Mr. C. A. Feili nsl or the R. A., Woolwich, aged 41. Op LONDON: Printed and Published. by MIIRDO YOV,- 12, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office), NO. l e f Strand, in the Precinct of Ok§srey, is tke ou s i ithliketeg ) no*, WI _ St. 10 St. 25 15 20 20 20 100' 100, 100 100 100- too 100 100 100 5 17 7 all all tt 51 17. all 10 1 21 2s 100 100 100 'too 12/ 2s' 100 8 100 17 all all 16 51s. 100 20 13 100 4.}i 38b 12k i B'ii I 3 89 73 k 77f 7 194 58 i 31 10i i 3; 5 19 6/ / 5 lo St. 5 15 8A 8 10 15 all all all 10 25 1.0 1.0.6 7B i 1 LIN E. ore Lir( Man Ai n 0 a, are r tract SAI3 tired 49 tt the I all r, Whic tory, the 1 Bott ?ha] taw Sk. Ston 150, —__ tia 151 , inl to