The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-08 00:00:00

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W 0 fP, ; 4 1 L ciet• 1 1 ' [ar otiCl co, " os Totio d gA lt r at P o od ° DP ist of p ri OW' fon 21 X 4 9 o i 014 0 ,1 :O A pi. fr AO 04 f ‘ ni‘ l# 4 iter' Ist of,lo' r r, 11 °`; 144 4 r o 11` 4 ad. j o o 1 fr Xo4# !sit obtairtg Of the army of Gwali or , Un d er my comman d , yes t er d a y tton_"sed a complete v i ctory over a large force of the Gwalior I i 0 u rr n der the command of Colonel Secunder, consisting of about ,en of ail arms, and captured all their guns, 24 in number, .;tandard, all their ammunition, and soma tre.,sure, &C. number, to your Excellency's orders, I marched from se'Tai.eteea the 25th instant, and encamped at Burka-ka. ntroi I . had inf ormation of the Gwalior troops being in po hl,4tat Aintree, seven mil es i n front of my camp, and of their lma de of making a night attack. On the 29th (yesterday) Isttio ac niarch to this place, sixteen miles, being desirous of Non! ? thro ugh the narrow valley from liimmuthgur to 'too l , The enemy ( as i t afterwards appeared) matched p,,,c,ee Ain tree Pass e a rl y on t h e morning of yester d ay, b y a Movement with the 1.11 wing, concealed behind a lofty to ok a ‘" , livC ra nge of hits some miles distant on our right, and 1 the a str ong positi on on the heights in the immediate vicinity drip bed ortifierl village of Mangore, near Punniar, and commenced the 'rY Y r u irnMense line of b aggage. I i mme di a t e ly d e t ac h e d a ll or I could spare, under Brigadier Harriott, and an addi iliomee7,,trooP of horse artill ery under Capta i n B r i n d , which, on took u m g the ba ggage on the other side of the town of Punniar, preoisit P o dition, and returned the fire of the enemy with muc h riatt to aad effect. Every attempt was made by Brigadier Her. by resin t tack th e enemy, but, from the ground being intersected ° 1 r ; es, this able officer tom prevented from bringing the ca. h oins ntn ac tion, and proceeded with them to the rear guard, th ee : Passed under a smart cannonade. About four o'clock p.m. tli 4u o t 'mY was observed to have taken up every strong position on a troi lleui r hi gh hills, f our miles to the east of our camp. I decided to b 4t e l Y to attack him, and detached her Majesty's 3d Buffs and sit e rid y°f Sa ppers and Miners to take up a position on theoppo. Ash e ' r ` , "'Mowed afterwards to the right by the 39th Regiment . b y the ~.lifantrY, consisting of five companies, until I could bring s pan thioree, a mounting to 2,007 men, and then make an attack I "'litk,, e , en enlY's flank and centre, and drive him from the strong So te ",7 Lie occupied ; owing to the lateness of the day, it was art ; "ttle before I could support the force I had detached. The to kl Sappers attacked the enemy's centre, exposed to a galling be tar 'n th th eir guns but most gallantly carried every position t tits: , -e m, drove Ihe enemy from height to height, and cap , - eas i „„ I P r eos ° f his guns and the s' andard. I cannot sufficiently " 0 " 1 Much indebted I feel to Lieutenant-Colonel Clunie, g took 'eal , a ndel' the Buffs for the gallant and judicious manner ~ l ol r egiment into action and overcame all obstacles. The 4acte,l°.ejP ,'"e 39th Native Infantry, with Brigadier Yates, was con the crest of a hill commanding the enemy's . left, and 14 rose 4 j 1n g in a destructive fire, rushed down on him, and on t eo "tg the nullah below, was exposed to a heavy fire from to du n a t ', w hich they captured. Brigadier Yates and Major Earle, h -1 4 the 39th N. I . were both wounded at this place, and tallied to thank them for ' the manner in which the battery was ,", • e2d ,],zsdid ln fantry Brigade, under the command of acting 'an ta, to Anderso • •her H Majesty's 50th Regiment, arrived th th hill Put n , a finish to the action, and formed on the crest of , artr l bY most gallant and judicious movement attacked ioa • n e .'"r 4 left, and completely defeated him, taking the re. *ll ' 'r his guns. I have to return my thanks to Major White, kind' min the 50th Native Infantry, and took the2d Infantry I NV e °U t of the action, Brigadier Anderson,being diatio4tedo,' Stajor Petit commanding her Majesty's 50th Regiment, t l / 4 1 ' - atl ect e himself by the . gallant charge . down the hill he 'gu t , head of his regiment. A wing of the 50th Native b ih 4lr h Posted with the main battery of . Horse Artillery • ed the enemy's right, and the remainder accompanied gad e ei • The 58th N at i ve I nfantry supported her Majesty's ` at ent e V, e uti under th e comman d o f C ap t . P ar k er , w ho led his re. Brl 1 114 ? ac tion much to his credit. Biddulph with six horse artillery guns, .much dig • h im If se by the manner he disposed of his battery, l'et tt C ene ed those o f th e enemy on t h e r i g h t, an d commi tt e d „ i tsci e ' ; .° c he wa s ass i ste d b y M a j or G e dd es, comman di ng th e 'L'as te horse artillery, and by Captain Campbell, commanding 4 1.1 , 1 0 , 1 0 5 P r4,hs fire or the enemy was particularly effective. ui Pherts, with four guns No. 16 light field battery 's , I re Position south f More, and opened on the enemy to h o • Tombs, attached th e e retreated up the hills. Lieutenant 11 lea B ev er Z guard with two guns of No. 16 light field battery, I shots with great precision and effect on the enemy's left. t 'ta ind kaou ebted to Major Fitzgerald, of the llth Cavalry, who 441 'egad t he tear guard, for bringing up the whole of the stores • trj of the army i n t o camp thi s morn i ng . cst el earlier Stubbs, with the Sippree contingent under his corn. t o t , to 1 " tkbeer l out of his camp near Punniar in the evening, at my s o .''thrt d:ccuPY hethe heights at the scene of action, to ena . ble me f r oo - n e force that had been engaged two hours with the o l k ru iles from camp, after a fatiguing march of sixteen a t t g th th e h lr t. Morning th e sa pp ers an d miners, and two squadrons r egular Cavalry, join A the contiog ent ear ed the ground and silenced the enemy's only t gun o and !brokeePtain Christie, with the Bth Irregular Cavalry, il he " 'MY. [Lis ta , dr aw your Excellency's particular attention to the 14-vthut; 6•,,,t,_services I derived from Lieutenant -Colonel Parsons, s inis eary_General, on all occasions, but more especially If b 1 Yetterda I have to thank Lieutenant Cunningham, 3, 1 444 be Y Bt, Who turned . on the enemy the guns first captured th -a ltri r 'utlll; and Lieutenant Maxwell, commanding the corn. "t,, at'Pets, for their exertions, and for bringing the captured Th: ea mP over great local impediments. e4 dlict of Brevet-Captain G. Reid, assistant-quart . er.. s . t l 'ilt .- y ener at, who accom waled the Bufft into action, and by ni st' r ",, rendered me the P reateet service, merits my warmest ap. lalsol-4 MI I hay f O r o g b iri rin to your Excellency's notice the l:nce I d e cr a iv s e o d C g aptain Guyon, deputy-assistant. ad lf:iter,al; and also from my Aide-de.Camp Captain Tu d do t r o , 34 , r Ea," 50th Regiment, whom I particularly recommen 5,1'114 'llency. 'Alb, "tern., th s loss was most severe, but from the action closing • tlt s il ght, i ' e rn anY of his killed and wounded were carried off during i t , 4 1% 4 d It is difficult to form a correct estimate of . his loss; 4 44 Lind eLl on the field were brought into the camp this morn. • ( It Otsi,7 4 Under medical treatment. t ° the strength of the enemy's position, and the number t i o b regret to say that our less has also been sevetrie... occa. 11 ", t oe e't thanks are due to all the troops employed on Nu their U nflinching steadiness under heavy cannons e, an , d s titati:lououi gallantr with which they stormed the enemy . trl/44(jr, 40 ton. A . Portion Y of the . Ist Cavalry Brigade, under Bri. s to k oa .' u eils X.H., accompanied the force as far as the groufnodsly r 'tl but I regret that an opportunity was not afforded tri2 Pl°7ing them. hiti„ ev e , th 4 nt ""rlor Alainwaring, and Captain C. Mainwaring,. Sub reod °Mnaissaries General, merit my thanks for the assistance 1 heeeered as extra A ides-de.Camp. S igtt the honour to be, Sir, your meat obedient servant, the "JOHN GREY, Major-General, 414 111 " Commanding left wing, Army of Gwalior. f tt ntle:` - asualties in the Left Wing of the Army of Gwalior, b ear ine "niar, c ommand of blajor-General ec J. Grey, C. 11., in action on the 29th of Dember, 1843. ? t qlc " Camp, Punniar, Dec. 30, 1843. s od lot ot ° Meer on 1 h troo m 3d Brigade Horse Artillery -1 r and f , 4:1.t1e ad killed. t "% g % in• fait Sappers and Miners-3 r and ( wounded. 44441 ; 414 Cavalry -1 trooper and 2 horses killed, 3 r and f Bth our itr " d ed Alu lar Cavalry -4 horses killed, I trooper and 3 horses 414 4 14 1. , „.; 3 s oc W' ntlff 1 officer, 4 sergeants, 6 r and f, and 1 horse ; 1 • 1 1,. .". ce rli, 2 sergeants, and 66 r and f wounded. m • J;'*.iteant: 1 0th Foot-1 officer, and 8 r and f killed ;1 o cer, 'athl,.; drummer, and 28 r and f wounded. ''', tier ;ant and 12 r and f killed ; 2 European and 4 h ° l4,st 5 serge an ts, and 39 rand f wounded. r and f wounded. 4 ,18 11 r and f wounded. 1v„15i,D410,....,•c+0---ttilr: and f wounded, &Nod Kille v t gen t ^sergeants and 24 r and f wounded. -1.14:vd • , --2 officers 5 sergeants, 1 Cr, European and 3 native officers, 12 sergeants, 28 r and f, and 8 horses, r;u1 ) Land f, and 3 horses. a t , total of Casualties. 21 men and 11 horses. NRMRS OF OFFICERS KILLED. e wart, 11.61.' s 3d B u ff s. C obban . HM . ' . 50th Foot . 11 ' 'Names oP OFFICERS WOUNDED. 4 'heti!, Yates, Slat Native Infantry, severely. 47,teseilrig. Anderson,soth Foot, severely. i l e Otai o lai°r Earle, 39th Native Infantry, severely. etesde.c'Grath, H.M.'s 3d Buffs, severely. hti/slji,*titati.aPtain Fullarton, 39th Native Infantry, severely. ")fall -nt D erehill, MM.'s 3d Buffs, right side of chest by a '4'1 14 Swetenlim, H.M.'s 3d Buffs, severely. (Si (True copy.) " J. R. LUMLEY, Major-General Adjutant-General of the Army. • , i s hAv e CHINA. 4i th t L Deco ta , ec eised by the Nor intelligence from China tetbe k l Y bi hei, t --er. nearly a month later in date than that tran s mitted , Aati T :„ ati • it Poesesses, however, little 44 ''' dia-4 ssed • • commercial relations an klott,,,rtts. bearing chiefly upon general interest, the d 14 4; Ne t ps Captain Brooks, of her Majesty's b9th Regiment, 14 41 4.. ''e Mor as bearer of the supplementary treaty for her p 44 11 e Q oeer '"' ll horn 4tificat and dispatches from . Sir 11. Pottinger for •kyr a Utir r i a ,„ uu.lent. The Chinese Goierre H nt on h g a m y Se ra , i t of ,;:•Ing in its efforts to extort from tle i e n r g c h c a o n n ts . le, ti t er re'er alleged debts, the unfortunate trad . ers have as a tita, ' l se .". Petitioned the Imperial Commissioner to ;nak . e .A 1 ' .or th . %a le t ax e l iquidation of its claims by levnying.aans,addlin a4lt It ' te llcs tt i ) °n cotton and tea. Ke.l i g . 0 14, er. crdereit be made into the ~ i ~ kid an inquiry to an th. Promisee to decide after due deliberat . ion trka r - deliber t• " • th at° hay a 1". "" n ot P ro priet y, k Lly a i kketi e reference to the amount, the andl long Ko thenk Begsster, 41 t: t l ian ') .: l l. 4l d utY ." It is thought trade will progress favo a u n r d . I rsr; Wer e rti. Little business had been done at Chusan, e it ; erj . •Ulin g l ow. Our troops , and the natives generally, Ntst. °!!hrtt excellent health • but latter predicted a sev t e he 1 1i. 0 , k 4 v ia , e , W olf had been t sta "l sLith -est ined to procee d tostaNtiionngedpo a t w S h h e a n n g t h h a a i t ; and was 1,4 41 1 ' 1 1 c -e'ao oPiurn etas selling freely t j o the northw p ar o d rt . At •'eat'll In tt :: , , c., the markets were generally dull, opium was ill,ell Cor,„..nactivity which prevailed. le)r. atd..ailis. bearing the nag of Vice. Admiral Sir W. it e, e,,acerbarai'c°mPanied by the Dido, sailed for blanilla on x ~,di4-,,ttrooltt..m.rn. il: trildeSpalitdoouin went with the Admiral, and was e t . 0\ '.lAfaeilla. but Sir W. Parker would proceed o + T IILY ---------- lil k N 4 A tat COMAIERCIAL RETROSPECT. Itie' Nee:, d'iees from Macao have been received here to the as et a " , thry can We regret to find that the markets there are at I . t ry a i l t Lti . olq ti, :e ._ l be. Trade as yet does no t . appear to wor k ; set "erit "ese arr angements. The Chinese officiate are ' 1 %104 in:, nd they avail themselves of every opportunity d I.l t , t yl 'le). honn the foreig n merchant. Opium na /00 ' t itr ' 'err rauch. and wa s almost unsaleable : the hsi d°l 4. W e sub' i e a 4•. Pa * „,, ,10 n are merely nominal : 7 .3 l V o a n iw i s i te e. ro r . . 4 10 to 715, Benares 680 to 690. No 7 lil t Cotto:° sudden and serious a decline in the price of t he . 1 1 h rt1i0,,,;..! es also dull of sale and declining in pric t e o . t a • e c N al, "'4lt quotations are given •—l3orabae. T. 5 14 5 0 „,.... 14 11 , i , t ° 8 : Tinnevell 6-5 to . 7-4. Western, 5- 81 4 -44 t ' O 4 these ouotationenare almost norninal. N° int . - t l , t ~11 " these rates was looked for until . after the Chi a, ...a„_ Year, , • . In ' 4 l - `eti, ,nch is the 18th of tltus month. t ile r 4°thin " lark et there ah.• elk li, . v . was little doing in raw Cott a o n n d , o t Na, .srus. Shirtinge were in dema n d , to I rlgs . ed their • 4 V- v 'ere ;- ?rice's. Letters from the no rth mention _ti!! St 1 4 , 4 rtl tee,.onsi de coderable request • but for W oollens and 4 ; 0 ! k itt otst l , . ! . °l o l3: t n h e4 7 9 t, „ y en w f :i:i l. iwauta9atn: for a p t a e t v n e a r . ; 'was selling freely I t hi. c latelatter was. most in rerl re. 91)0 to 9 . _1 . 0 fo u r e ß st e . nar T e h s e ; e. t i n ~,‘ . astrous fires in Canton have not yet been h e gr eat *::: 4 a r ' 7l t B U 2 de the fire is said "to be second only to e. sit• e -.estr 2 . when the whole of the foreign facto- Duce kated °Yedfo.u'r niThilelionarnount °i (IN , 1.7 00 at . at 1 , ,,` B rit ai ., . Chinese houses ' Tofh property o destroyed dollars, of of which there Itre at : . 4 1, 8a •' 11: ::: the month of No.vembere . in export s ifteen vessels, amounts l' ic t , t Tom *o.t)lwhich 7,210,119.1 b; was black, and 731,071 11:: att°xi htlti sbtiltoo' P4wsh. k i te ' tea to a c , B 4ll, a4v on g ,, u wart.ribee, green d escriptior ls were scarce and -high bought in VI! ry small quantities. v l e lat4'.4ngThere has t. •een, during the past month, ti It 4 4.. eil i mat ~.. . 11 1 the demand ft ,r imports, and the marke t . , 4 41 t :a, h 4lial at this unless and inactii :ity. Tills circumstance is t.°lle/r ig t s i eas ? n Yea.. r, and more especially at a t ° t tf , an „, ._ Unuant, and the stocks in the bazaar mode 'lNa,, "Mee r _''...l°.e accounted for by a want of c " onfidence en the aet 'e "aea in 4: rulin g , aS We ~ t 4 b e Pon believe , fr tins the contcnuanee of dis t )et 4,"el's f j4 . uh . the hostilities it t Gwaiior, )4 4 4 I? thon4:: smfghanistan and Sit vile, the tat, ter country and the ab- Diamitlet:litre for the transit ee %woods. The i'll)tr " file 4 P' et - cent. loan of b. 835-561 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1144, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 11017 SE OF LORDS, March 7. The Loan CHANCELLOR task his seat on the Woolsack shortly after Five o'Clock. Lord KENYON presented several petitions against the anion of the sees of Bangor and Sr. Asaph. The Bishop of HEREFORD presented several similar petitions. Lord PRUDHOE presented several petitions in favour of the present corn-laws. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Lord BROUGHAM said he had net had an opportunity, owing to the state of the weather, to go over the new Houses of Parliament, and therefore he should i)odpone the question of which he had given notice respecting them, to a future day. Lord LILFORD postponed the presentation of a petition from certain hand-loom weavers, to Monday the 18th of March. DISSENTING CHAPELS. The LORD CHANCELLOR laid on the table a Bill for regulating suits relating to chapels and other property held by per►ons dissenting from the Church of England. The object of the Bill was to remove certain hardships under which Dis senters laboured with respect to their chapels and burial sessions were restricted within too narrow limits. Unless the salary of the recorders were increased, they must riot be de barred from an opportunity of practising as barristers. lie approved of the principle of the Bill, but reserved to himself a right of dissenting from the details. Leave was then given to brin, in the Bill. BRAZIL. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, calling the attention of the House to the precarious state of the trade of the country with the 13razils, in consequence of the restrictions upon commerce. The petitioners prayed that the House would not rest satisfied with anything short of the equalisation of the duties on foreign and colonial produce. Mr. EA BOUC H E RE then rose to move—" That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, representing the great importance to this country of the trade with the empire of the Brazils, and humbly praying her Majesty to adopt such measures as may appear best calculated to maintain and improve the commercial relations between the United Kingdom and the Brazds." He had undertaken to invite the attention of the House to the consideration of the present state and the future prospects of the commercial relations of this country with the Brazils, and though he was sensible how little able he was to do justice to such a subject, yet no Member of that House, who was aware of the magnitude of the question, or the immense anxiety of the commercial classes to .cards it, would be prepared to say it was improper for the consideration and deliberation of that House. Upon many questions connected with this subject he was relieved from the necessity of entering at any length, because he could not conceive there could be any difference of opinion among the Members on that subject. It would not be necessary for him to prove, at any length, the importance of the commercial relations of this country with Brazil. If there was a country in the world bound to cultivate relations of ami'y with this country, it was Brazil. Its great extent, inferior to no part of the globe—its fertility—the mighty rivers by which it was watered—its population, which amounted to upwards of 7,ooo,ooo—the state and habits of the population, producing an abundance of articles which could not be produced in this country—its want of manufac tures and shipping—all these circumstances showed that Eng land and Brazil were two countries formed to have extensive relations with each other. He would begin by stating to the House what was the present state of this country with Brazil. Our trade with Brazil was at present regulated by a commer cial treaty, concluded between the two countries in 1827. That treaty was one eminently favourable to this country. The Brazilians engaged to take our manufactures and produce under this treaty at a maximum duty of 15 per cent. ad valorem. We were free on the other hand to impose any duties we pleased on the produce of Brazil, and he would state to the House what were the duties this country had imposed on the great staple articles of the produce of Brazil, in return for the favourable terms on which they took our manufactures. The exports of Brazil, according to the statistical accounts, on which he could place most reliance, amounted annually to 7,200,000/. In the article of coffee, their exports amounted to 3,000,0001. sterling a-year. Sugar was the next in importance, and the export of that article amounted to 1,200,0004 annually. The remaining 3,000,0001. was made up from a variety of arti cles, such as cotton-wool, tobacco, hides, and gold ; but the three most important articles were coffee, sugar, and cotton wool. Now with regard to sugar, we have placed a duty on it which, in effect, is quite prohibitory, ant which was intended to be prohibitory. It was a duty on the article of 300/. per cent. ad valorem. On coffee they had placed a duty, which, though not prohibitory, was still very heavy, amounting to 2001. per cent. ad valorem. The only important article which they let in from the Brazils on reasonable terms was cotton-wool. This state of things had produced results which could not astonish any one who had listened to the state ment he had just made, viz., that while we exported direct to the Brazils a great amount of British produce, we imported and introduced into the consumption of this country a very small amount in value of the produce of Brazil in return. The value of our export trade to Brazil was about two millions and a half sterling a year—it had varied a little during the last two years—last year it rallied a little, but he was sorry to say that it was rather a struggling and declining trade than an increas ing one, for reasons to which he should presently advert, but it was very considerable. In 1836 the export of English manufactures to Brazil amounted to 3,000,000/. It had since averaged rather above than under two millions and a half annually, till the year 1842, when it fell to 1,756,000/. In the last year, 1843, it had increased a little, and it still amounted to 2,140,000/. annually. This was the exact amount of our exports to the Brazils. The Brazilian produce which was imported for consumption into this country, was small in comparison, amounting to only be tween three and four hundred thousand pounds. This was undoubtedly a very anomalous and unnatural state of things ; and it obnoxiously exposed our merchants and manu facturers to very great disadvantages in competing with those of other countries. The consequence of the existing system was, that the merchants of this country were obliged to resort to an indirect procedure. British ships carrying out a cargo of British manufactures to the ports of Brazil, could not find a cargo to bring back again. They were therefore obliged to take their cargo of sugar, coffee, or what ever it might be, to some third country, competing on the voyage with the ships of that country, which, as they were returning home, possessed an advantage over them with respect to the expense of navigation. They were obliged to return to this country in ballast, after suffering every disadvantage in their competition with the vessels of other countries. The effect of this state of thing; was so obvious that he did not think it necessary to cite documents at any length to illus trate it. There were, however, one or two statements, which he would venture to read to the House. The first occurred in the evidence of Mr. Moore, a respectable Brazilian merchant, before the Import Duties' Committee. (The Right Hon. Gen tleman then read a portion of the evidence, referring to the number of vessels which left Liverpool annually for Brazil. It was stated that, in 1838, not one vessel returned to this country from Brazil, which was not in ballast.) He would read an extract from a petition lately presented to the House by the shipowners and merchants of Liverpool. They put this part of the subject in a forcible paint of view.— ( The Right Hon. Gentleman then read an extract from the petition, which stated that 114 vessels went to the port of Rio Janeiro for sugar, and that only 21 returned to this country with a return cargo, and that this had a prejudicial effect on the shipping interest of the country.) He hoped that those who were in the habit of defending the shipping interest of the country would take those facts into their consideration. Of this he was sure, that no interest in the country would be more benefited by a liberal system of commercial policy than the shipping interest.—( Hear, hear.) That interest had heretofore opposed a liberal commercial intercourse with other nations, but they were now becoming alive to the truth that there was no safety for them except in the adoption of such a system as he had endeavoured to describe. He might refer to the effect which the present system had upon the rate of exchange between the Brazils and this country. Any person connected with the subject must see that, taking out cargoes on one side, and returning empty on the other, must have a pre judicial effect on the rate of exchange between the two countries. But notwithstanding the disadvantages under which this coun try laboured, the cheapness of their goods, and the intelli gence, and, above all, the high character which their great firms had in foreign countries, would enable them to struggle on and compete with others more favourably situated. But they were pressed on by foreign rivals, by America, France, Switzerland, He had accurate statistical returns Germany.—(Hear,urnspublisied bythe French haer.) Government, which he would read to the House. They would show that while our com merce had not increased, the French commerce with the Brazils had been growing in a very great ratio. He found that in the year 1837 the exports from France ;to Brazil were, in round numbers, twelve millions of francs. In 1840 they had grown to sixteen millions of francs. In 1841, the last year to which his returns applied, the exports amounted to twenty millions of francs. Now, let the House - compare that statement with the diminished, or rather the stationary state of our commerce with Brazil during the same period. He would now read a statement of the imports into France from the Brazils. In the year 1837, they amounted in round numbers to 6,000,000 of francs. In 1810, they had fallen to 5,900,000 francs, but in the year 1841, they had grown to nearly 8,000,000 of francs, the amount of imports being 7,993,000 of francs. He mentioned this to show that if they wished to support our merchants and manufacturers, who were engaged in an honourable competition with other countries in the trade which they carried on with the empire of Brazil, they ought to see that they did nothing which would subject those manufacturers and merchants to greater disadvantages than they at present laboured under. There was another point connected with this part of the subject, to which he would for a moment address himself. Ile had already stated to the House the enormous duty that was placed on Brazilian produce imported into this country for consumption. He held in his hand returns, which he believed to be accurate, for he had taken great pains to make them so.—( Cries of " Hear, hear.") He had to return his thanks to the Right Hon. Gentleman the President of the Board of Trade, from whom he had re ceived some very valuable returns. He had also been greatly assisted by returns which had been published in some of the newspapers, but more particularly in a newspaper called the Economist. He had already stated to the House the terms on which we received Brazilian produce in this country. He would now state what were the terms, compared with ours, on which other nations, our rivals in the Brazilian trade, carried on their trading, and the rate at which they received Brazilian produce for con sumption. The duty in England on Muscovado sugar per cwt. was 635. In France the duty on Muscovado Sugar was 2Cs. 6d. ; in Australia it was 13s. Bd.—( Hear.) In the Zullverein, .Germany, that great rival of ours in our trade with Brazil, the duty was 15s. 4d. per cwt. on Muscovado sugar. There was no country in the world which paid a higher duty than this country. He would not be answerable for the accuracy of all those figures, but, on the whole, he thought they were correct. He had now endeavoured to lay before the House the present state of their commercial relations with the Brazils. With respect to the cotton manufacture, which, although not an increasing one at present, was an important branch of the it trade, as the Brazils afforded them a market for cotton goods to the amount of, at least, one million-and-a-half sterling; he thought there could be no doubt that they were bound to protect their manufacturers in their honourable pursuits, and to promote their interests by every possible means. He would now come to the more important part of the subject, he meant the future prospects of the trade with that country, and he should say that that trade had now arrived at a great crisis. The treaty of 1827 was about to expire, and it would be for the Brazilians to renew it or not as they might choose with us, or to go to any other nation. Such being the existing state of things, it was not surprising that great anxiety should be expressed by the manufacturing interest of this country to know what course would be pursued, and he there fore hoped that they would get some information upon the subject from her Majesty's Government. He believed that in Brazil many persons entertained enlightened views in matters of trade, and would not feel disposed—even if this country adopted a hostile course towards Brazil—to punish themselves by following out a course adverse to their own interests as well as those of England. Ile hoped they would not do so—that they would not attend to the doctrines he had often heard on the other side of the House—that free trade was a good thing only when there was reciprocity. —( Hear, hear.) He hoped they would not attend to the doctrines of Colonel Torrens— doctrines which he regretted to say were quoted by the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government, that if a nation could not induce another nation to take its goods on reasonable terms, the best course to follow was to shut up its ports against that nation. These were doctrines which he hoped the Brazilians would never adopt. lie desired to see commercial relations by treaty renewed between this country and Brazil. There were two sorts of treaty which, when not rightly distinguished from each other, created not a little confusion. One was that which we had with many countries, guaranteeing the personal rights of merchants, and all things of that deserip tion—a species of treaty which he wished to see between this country and every nation in the world. He would also be glad to see introduced into our treaties with other nations what was called the clause of the favoured nation, viz., that produce coming from this country would be treated similarly to the like produce coming:from any other country ; and he would like to see our relations with Brazil placed on such a footing as this. Although he should be glad to see the commercial relations of this country with Brazil regulated by a treaty such as he had described, there was another part of the subject to which he attached greater importance. The only means by which they could place the relations of this country with Brazil on a safe and satisfactory footing, was by reducing the duties on Brazilian commerce, so as to admit them upon fair and equal terms.—(Hear, hear.) If they did that, there would not be the slightest apprehension but that the trade of this country with Brazil vvo - uld extend and flottrish,—( Hear, bear.) Above grounds. Lord BROUGHAM said he would not present a petition on this subject to-morrow which had been intrusted to him, if it was intended that this Bili should extend to Ireland. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he should, on the second reading of the Bill, state fully its objects, and he should then propose that the Bill should be referred to a Select Committee. Ile thought, therefore, that it would be better for the Noble and Learned Lord to present his petition, and then move that it be referred to the same Select Committee. Lord BROUGHAM said he would take that course. FEES TO CLERKS OF THE PEACE. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave notice that he should, to-morrow, move for a return of fees paid to clerks of the peace, and to clerks in petty sessions, in England and Vales. PRI% Y COUNCIL BILL. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that, to-morrow, he should move the second reading of the Privy Council Bill, with a view to its being referred to a Select Committee. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 7. The SPEAK ER took the Chair shortly before Four o'Clock. Sir A. L. HAY presented a petition from Norwich against the Norwich and Yarmouth Railway Bill. GISBORNE brought in several Bills. Mr. HARDY presented a petition against the Bradford and Leeds Railway Bill. Mr. F. MACKENZIE brought up the Report of the Corn nsittee on Private Bills. Mr. TROTTER presented a petition against the Epsom and South Western Railway Bill. Mr. BRIGHT brought in the Rochdale Improvement Bill, which was read a first and ordered to be read a second time. Mr. M. GIBSON brought in the Sheffield Gas Bill. Sir W. HEATHCOTE brought up the Report of the Com mittee on the Newport Gasßill. Mr. ACL AND presented a petition from Bridgewater, against certain clauses in the Great Western Railway Bill. Sir H. DOUGLAS presented petitions against the Birken head Dock Bill ; also a petition in favour of the Leeds Rail way Bill. Mr. SMYTHE brought in the South Eastern (Canter bury) Railway Bill, which was lead a first, and ordered to be read a second time. Lord WORSLEY presented a petition from an individual against the Birkenheal Dock Bill. Mr. DENNISTOUN presented a petition from the Lord Provost, magistrates, and town council of the city of Glasgow, praying that all laws might be repealed which require the sub scription of religious tests from professors in the Scottish Universities; also, a petition from the Glasgow Emancipa tion Society, lamenting the continual increase of slavery and the slave trade, stating their conviction that the only way of putting an end to both is to produce sugar, &c., at a cheaper rate - by free labour, and they therefore pray that every facility may be given to the introduction of free labourers into the colonies. all things, they ought to take the present opportunity of put ting an end to the sugar monopoly.— (Hear, hear.) When he said sugar monopoly, he was net using it in a vain sense, but in a strict one. This sugar monopoly was a real one—it was a principle whicla closed the ports of this country against the coming in of any sugar at all. He believed that no Member in that House, who was an advocate fog protection, would defend such an act of injustice. The late Government thought that after the great experiment which had been so lately tried in the manumission of the nc genes in the West Indies,breathing time should be given to the colonies to recover from the shock ; but the late Government never contemplated the prolonged existence of the present state of things. He would read for the House the declaration of one of the leading members of that Government—he alluded to the opinions of his late lamented friend Lord Syden ham. That Noble Lord said that it was a matter of great importance that a proper state of relations should be established between this country and Brazil, and he trusted that the atten tion of Parliament would be called to it in a very short time. The present treaty (the treaty they existing) was only of a temporary character. The exports of that colony were chiefly confined to coffee and sugar ; and it was most desirable that these exports should find an advantageous market in this coun try. The subject would be speedily forced upon the attention of the Government. These were the opinions of the late Government, and they were most anxious that the sugar duties should be put upon a proper footing. He asked the House to declare that they would not allow the Brazilian treaty to expire without at least taking some step to bring their produce into this country on more advantageous terms than they had formerly done. With regard to the other branches of this important subject, the sugar duties, he should advert to them very briefly and very generally. If the Government adopted the pernicious course of continuing those duties, they should have another opportunity of discussing them. But still he felt theirimpor tance to be so great, that he must call the attention of the House to the state of the trade at the present moment. When his Hon. Friend the Member for Portsmouth moved his reso lution in 1841, it was resisted by the gentlemen opposite on the grounds, first, that it would encourage slavery and the slave trade ; and, next, that an adequate supply of sugar might be expected from their own colonies. The amendment to his Hon. Friend's motion was placed in very good hands —it was moved by the Noble Lord ( Sandon) the Member for Liver pool. That Noble Lord not only made his statement in reply, but he came down to the House provided with an estimate of the quantity of sugar that might be expected from the colonies. The estimate, coming Irom such a quarter, excited great attention at the time.—( Hear. ) The Noble Lord said he expected that the great sources of supply in future years would be the Mauritius and the East Indies. He estimated that they would obtain from the Mauri tius 800,000 cwt. Now, in the year 1842, they received 689,000 cwt. ; in the year 1843, the supply fell to 477,000 cwt., little more than half the amount estimated.— ( Hear, hear.) The deficiency, with respect to the East Indies had not been quite so great ; but still it was very considerable. The Noble Lord estimated the supply at 1,400,000 cwt. In 1812, they received 940,000 cwt. Last year, they received only 1,100,000 cwt. With regard to the supply from the West Indies, through the Noble Lord had made an error here also, it was an error of a different kind. He promised them only 2,300,000 cwt., whereas they had received, in each year, about 2,b00,000 cwt. There was a deficiency in the supply last year under what had been promised by the statement of the l'ob'e Lord, the Mem ber for Liverpool (Lord Sandon), of no less than 417,000 cwt.—( Cheers.) The House would recollect that the population had increased during these years. Was it possible after this to say that the people of this country were not suffering from a restricted supply of sugar, and that the expectations held out to them by the Hon. Gentlemen opposite, when they induced the House not to accede to the Whig proposition of 1841, pr„ved utterly fallacious.? He might be told that the prices of sugar were not excessive during that time, but it roust be recollected that that was merely relative.—( Hear, hear.) He was sure he need not say that, in referring to the statement of his Noble Friend, that he wished to hint that his Noble Friend had any intention of deluding the House on this subject. He was perfectly sure that his Noble Friend conceived that his statement was accurate, and he had no doubt that he had con sulted persons of the highest authority on the subject id Liverpool. He hail no doubt, also, that those gentlemen had believed that the statement was accurate. Their expectations had been disappointed. Then they had no inducement to invest money in the cultivation of sugar in the West Indies and the Mauritius, for whenever the question of the sugar duties came before the House the Right Hon. Gen tleman the First Lord of the Treasury held out no language to encourage, them in its cultivation ; although he said he would not alter the sugar duties this year, he left the impres sion that he would be likely to do so next year, or at some very short period.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) Parties could not be expected to invest money in the cultivation of sugar in the West Indies under these circumstances. He (Mr. Labou chere) had been talking to a West India merchant on the sub ject, who told him that he had given directi on s to hi s agen t to be cautious to what amount he carried on his operations in the cultivation of sugar. He believed the Government, and the Hon. Gentlemen opposite who supported the Government, would act better in plainly speaking their sentiments on the subject.—( Cheers.) If they meant to uphold the sugar duties, they ought to have stated that it was their intention to do so. Let the Right Hon. Gentleman give a stout sugar pledge, as he gave a stout corn pledge, which would give confidence to speculators in the Mauritius and West Indies. After the ex perience which the Government now had, and after the hopes which they held out to the House and to the country, he, did not understand how they could reconcile it, and go on in the same miserable course'which they had hitherto pursued, which was so injurious both to the West Indian planters and the consumers in this country. There was another subject to which he would call the attention of the House. He would state how the consumption had diminished in this country between the years 1841 and 1843. He would now state to the House what that consumption was. In 1841 this country con sumed 4,100,000 cwt, In the year 1843, which was the last year for which they had any return, the consumption was, not withstanding the increase of population, only 4,082,000 cwt., which was au actual reduction in the quantity of sugar. Did not this show that there was a stinted supply of sugar for the consumption of the couutry ? He would ask the House to ad vert to what was the fact with regard to two other articles of consumption during the saile r- years, 1841 and 1843. He alluded to the articles of tea and coffee. The quantity of tea supplied to the country in 1841 was 36,600,000 lbs. ; in 1843 40,300,000 lbs. The amount of coffee supplied to the country in 1841 was 28,400,000 lbs., and in 1843 30,000,000 lbs. He, therefore, would say that while there was no increase in the consumption of sugar—nay, a small failure—the consumption of tea and coffee had increased in the ratio stated. The only pros perous branch of the sugar trade was that which consisted in bringing slave-grown sugar into this country, for the purpose of refining it, then of exporting it.—( Laughter and cheers.) It was even brought from their own West Indian Colonies.— ( Cheers.) This branch of trade had increased to an enormous magnitude within these two years. In 1842 they imported 600,000 cwts. of slave-grown sugar, for the purpose of refining it. In 1843 they imported 939,00 0 cwts., nearly a million of lbs.; of slave-grown sugar , tor the pnrpose of refining. 'qr. GLADSTONE—Where is that return to befound? Mr. LA BOUCH ERE—In the trade and navigation returns, lately laid on the table of that House. He did not mean to say that they rr-exported all the . sugar, but they imported it, and it was that importation which gave all the encouragement to the cultivation of slave-grown sugar.—(Hear, hear.) Thus, in one single year, the amount of rough sugar in bond increased from 600,000 to more than 900,000 lbs. He now came to what he apprehended would be the only real subject of difference between both sides of the House. He did not believe that Gentlemen opposite would deny the immense advantages of admitting foreign sugar into the consumption of the . country. They would not deny the great ben e fit t o be de rived from it by the shipping and trading interests. He be lieved it would, more than any other question, except the re peal of the corn-laws, add to the comforts of the great mass of the people.—( Hear, hear.) But the great objection would be, that they ought not to do anything which would encourage slavery in the Brazils and other slave-growing countries. He was not disposed to treat with disregard the feelings entertained by the people of this country on the subject of slavery, but really the more one looked into the case, the snore one was surprised that any person could be found taking his stand on such an objection as than—(ber, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman told them that he was unwilling to renew the com mercial treaty with the Brazils, unless they could be induced to make certain changes with regard to the internal state of slavery in the Brazils. He apprehended that after the treaties which were lately made for the suppression of the slave-trade, nothing more remained to be done in that way. He, therefore, thought the Right lion. Gentleman must have meant that the Government would recommend to Parliament and the country not to renew their commercial relations with the Brazils unless the duty on British goods was reduced, so that both countries would be placed on the same footing. He asked the House to consider, in this, perhaps the last opportunity they would have, before this great blow was struck at the commerce and navigation of the country, whether they could—he would not say as wise and prudent men, but as consistent and conscien tious men—keep the ground they now occupied.—(Cheers.) He wished to see the people of England in a position to hold a high tone towards foreign nations ; but he was afraid foreign nations might turn round and say to them "it is impossible for you to be sincere in your professions—this argument about slavery is a mere pretext—(lm, hear)—and when you have any advantage to gain, you have no scruples.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) It is easy and convenient enough to make us the victims of your scruples when it suits your own interests, and cry off on a question of humanity, when it is a question of interest and protection."—( Cheers. ) How did the question stand? Was sugar the only article with regard to which they entertained those scruples ?—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Did they not import coffee to any extent through the produce of slave labour? Nay more; in the alteration they made in the tariff facilities were given for the introduction of coffee, the produce of that labour ; and with regard to the bringing slaves across the Atlantic into the Brazils, it made little difference whether they cultivated coffee or sugar. The question then resolved itself into this—that the cultivation of sugar was hard and cruel upon the slaves, and they ought not to give encou ragement to its introduction into this country. That was the language which Mr. Ellis held to the Brazilian Government, and to 111. Ribeiro, when he came to this country. How was it possible for Gentlemen opposite to hold such language, when they gave such facilities, by their tariff, to the introduction of foreign ones? Now mining was an operation far more cruel to the slave, and more disgusting, than the cultivation of sugar. He would say nothing about gold, which, he knew, would find its way in spite of all impediments. But there was copper ore. The case of copper ore was exactly the same as that of coffee. It was imported into this country to bo smelted in bond, and then r&-exported. Copper ore which was to be consumed in this country was admitted at a very low duty, and what was the effect? Here it was. In 1841, before the tariff was introduced, the quantity of copper ore imported for the consumption of the country amounted to only 1,000 cwt. ; in 1842, after the tariff, it rose to 300,0141b5., and in 1843 it amounted to 1,085,0001b5. '1 he amount of revenue derived from the duty—they were not ashamed to take money —( Cheers and laughter)—was in 1841, only 56/. ; in 1842, it was 15,0001. ; in 1843 it was 64,000/. He did not mean to say that the Right Hon. Gentleman stimulated the trade to this extent, because at the same time they were smelting copper ore in bond. What he meant to show was, that they had de parted in the case of copper from that course they adopted with regard to sugar. But this subject must not be considered with regard to the Brazils alone. There was good reason to suppose that the Spanish West India Islands of Cuba and Porto Rico would follow the example of the Brazils.—( Hear, hear.) He had now discharged his duty in bringing this sub ject before the House. He thought it was one of too much importance to be shuffled off till the end of the session.—( Hear, hear.) It was a question of the greatest importance to the welfare of the commerce of the country, and it behoved Hon. Gentlemen, especially, who represented manuf a ct ur i ng an d commercial intererests, to join with him in urging the Go vernment to adopt the only course which the safety and wel fare of the country dictated.--( Cheers.) But he appealed not to them alone, but also to the conscientious convictions of those who represented agricultural constituencies, who had as much interest as any others on the subject.--( Hear, hear.) He frequently heard them say that the agricultural and manufac turing interests waxed or waned together ; and he trusted they would not aid the Government in inflicting this deadly blow on the trade and manufactures of the country.—( Hear.) But he confessed that he had some fears on the subject. They had often heard the Right lion. Baronet opposite say, " What interest can I have in supporting the West Indian Colonists against the general sense of the country ?" He (Mr. Labou chere) was afraid that there was amongst the supporters of the Right Hon. Barenet very great jealousy with respect to a liberal commercial policy. They had heard lately moat powerful denunciatious with respect to any attehipt to and the 5 rev cent. loan of 1841-42, has still further advanced in vaiue. The 4 per cent. loan of 1832-33 remains as before. 4 per cent. loan of 1832-33 Sicca Rs. 106 to 1061. Do. of 1835 36 Co.'s Rs. 991 to par. 5 Do. of 1841-42 Do. Rs. 110 i to 111 EXCHANGE—On England has exhibited little change, and may now be quoted at Is. 110. to Is, 11 id. for 6 months, transactions having taken place for the mail at the latter rate, though Is. Hid. was yesterday the highest; for 30 days' bills Is. 101 id. to Is. 100. On Calcutta 11-14-0 to 102 at 60 days' sight; on Madras par; and on China Rs. 2l 7 for 100 doll. BaNas.—The shares Of the Bombay Bank are at 42 per cent. premium, and those of the Bank of Western India at 30 per cent. PRICE of BULLlON.—Sovereigns, each—Rs. 11 to Rs. 11.3 as. Bank notes, per X.—Rs. 10-12-0 to Rs. 11. METALS.—A moderate inquiry has existed throughout the month for most descriptions of copper. Sheathing, Raised Bottoms, and South American, are unaltered in value, but braziers has advanced about Ir. per cwt. Tile has been soul at Rs. 51—i to i rupee below our last quotation; and nails are also a shade lower than before. COTTON MANCFACTURES.—The demand for low qualities of Grey Madapolams and Jacconets, which has been for some time past so brisk, has since our last issue considerably slackened, and prices are rather lower. There have been sales of Grey Sheetings and Domestics, tut at unremunerating prices; and the market for these fabrics has been extremely dull for the season—the Arab mer chants, who commonly form the chief purchasers, having, for the reason we before mentioned, been compelled to keep out of the market. For White Jacconets the prices offered are 2 annas per piece lower than last month, and the business done in them has been small. Gold and bleached Long-cloths have been in fine de. mend at previous rates; while red and cord ends are less inquired for, and have suffered a slight decline. A better demand has sprung up for Grey Long-cloths, and prices, though still far from remunerating, have somewhat improved. YARNS.—There has been little inquiry for any description of Twist, and the prices of most numbers, both of Mull and Water, have slightly declined. For Orange Yarn last month's rates are still obtainable, and the same may be observed of Turkey red. MULE TWIST.—No. 30 3,0001b5... at 7 annas per lb. 40 6,000!b5.. at 8 do. WATEIL TWIST.—No. 20 6,2801bs .. at 7 do. 18 to 22 12,9001b5... at 7 do. COLOURLD TWIST — No. 30 to 50 3,0001b5. English dye... Rs. 1 11 0 per lb. 40 1,2001b5. Turkey red 1 14 0 do. 2,4001b5. German dye 1 9 6 do. We have also been apprised of a sale of 1201bs. of Linen Thread, at 12 annas per lb. WOOLLENS --Large supplies have recently arrived, and the market is over-stocked ; so that with the exception of a few fine clothe intended for European consumption, it is impossible to effect sales unless at rates that will leave a loss to shippers. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, THUIISDAY EVENING. The English Securities remained dull all day, as there are few persons disposed to operate until after the an nouncement, in an official form, of the terms which Mr. Goulburn is willing to offer to the holders of Three-and a-Half per Cent. Stocks. Consols closed at 9S to 981, as the conversion must throw an additional amount of money into them. India Stock touched 280 for Ac count. Bank Stock was 196 for Account. Spanish did not close with much elasticity, the Ac tives being 251 to 251 1 . The Three per Cents., however, were better rather, viz., 351 to 35k. Portuguese Con verted were at 464. Brazilian touched 81. The additional transactions in Itailway Shares have been these :—Bristol and Exeter, Bristol and Glou cester, 11; Chester and Holyhead, 1 3 -; Guildford Junc tion, South Western, 371; Ditto, Eighths, 3i; Man chester and Leeds, 43? to 44; Manchester and Birming ham, 4; Norwich and - Brandon, 41; Paris and Rouen, 141; South Eastern Scrip, 111 ; and York and North Midland, 73 premium. Brighton were 5a to 5- dis. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool, yesterday, was very quiet, without any change in prices. Sales, 2,500 bales, viz., 500 Surat at 33c1. to 5d., 100 Bahia at 60., 200 West India at 64d., and the rest American, at 5!,-d. to 63d., and 10,1 d. for Orleans, the best cotton of the year.—A large busi ness was done in Railway Shares, and the market was good, especially for French. Birmingham and Gloucester were 771 ; Eastern Counties, 101; Grand Junction, 226 ; Great Western Half, 70; Birmingham Thirds, 40; Brighton Loan Notes, 11A ; South Western, 781.; Manchester and Birming ham, 42, 1 2 - ; Paris and Lyons,2l. 14s. 6d. ;and South Eastern, New, 351 i. There are accounts from Buenos Ayres to-day to the 6th of January, being about a week later than the advices previ ously received. The Legislature had been opened, and the President stated that he had demanded satisfaction for the alleged insult that had been offered to the State by M. Purvis, but no doubt appeared to exist that the affair would be adjusted. There are advices from the Brazils this morning to the 29th of December. The Exchange comes over lower, namely, 244 to 25. The announcement made last night by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he will propose a resolu tion in Committee of Supply, for the reduction of the interest upon the Three-and-a-half per Cent. Annuities has been a subject of consideration to-day. This has not taken the monied interests by surprise. The Consol market has advanced upon the information, and in the doomed Stocks, scarcely an alteration worth notice has occurred. Con sols for Money and Account have advanced to 98i. The Go vernment broker bought 20,000/. Consols at 98k, and since than the price has been 98*. Exchequer Bills have advanced to 73 ; India Bonds are at 88 90 ; and India Stock at 280. A very- considerable amount of business has been trans acted in the Foreign Market to-day, and prices are firm. Spanish Five per Cents. have been quoted at 253 ; the Three per Cents. at 353 ; Dutch at 56 ; Brizilian at 80/ ; Peruvian at 304 ; and Brazilian at 801. The Share Market is firm. The latest prices will be found annexed. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 6.—There is 110 material alteration to notice in the market to-day, except that Manchester and Birmingham have advanced about 205., in consequence of the report of the meeting being considered favourable. The sales are :—Eastern Counties, 104 • ditto, Registered, l 2 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 43 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 70t, ; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 10 1-16. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. _ Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 9B , Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. 3N per Cent. Ile 1 ?sew 3% per Cent 102% Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 11id... 70 pm. New 5 per Cent. — Ditto 500/. C9 pm. Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 7O pm. Jan. 1860 l:2li 'Bank Stock for Acct.... 196 Oct. 1859 ...... 12% llndia Stock for Acct.... 280 Jan. 1860 12% .Consols for Acct 9S FOREIGN FUNDS. .- —..—. Austrian, 5 per Cent --.- Portuguese, 5 per Cont ...... 77% Belgian, 5 per Cent 1043f Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... 38 Russian, 5 per Cent ll6 Chllian, 6 per Cent Colombian, 6 per Cent: Spanish, 5 per Cent 25 Ditto, 1824 — 'Ditto, 3 per Cent .. ....... ...... 35 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 Ditto, Deferred l4 Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18 5, 5 per Cent...... !Exchange —4. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 !Dutch, '2% per Cent ssh Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent... 30X Ditto, 5 per Cent lO2 SHARES. Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) . Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) s;z; Eastern Counties (23 paid) Ditto New (25 pain) Ditto Extension Ms. 4d. paid! Lon Jon and Brighton (50 paid) London and Guildford Junction ( 5 pad) London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) .:. SO Ditto Eighths (Iss. paid) London and Croydon (Trunk) ... ... 16% Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Manchester and Birmingham 44 Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid) Paris and Rouen (20 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 3N Ditto Scrip (25 paid) 35,, York and North Midland (50 paid) 123 RAILWAY BILLS. FIRST REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON RAIL- WAY BILLS CLASSIFICATION. The Select Committee appointed to consider which of the pending Railway Bills shall be deemed competing Bills, according to the reso lutions agreed to by the House, have agreed to the following Re port : Your Committee having considered the cases of the under-men tioned Railway Bills, Bolton and Preston, Brighton and Chichester, Chester and Holyhead, Colchester and Harwich (No. 2), Eastern Counties, Eastern Counties (Brandon and Manchester and Leeds (Heywood Branch), .Midland Counties Consolidation, Newcastle and Darlington Junc- tion, Northern and Eastern (Newport Peterborough), Edinburgh and Glasgow, I : Furness, Great Western, Guildford Junction, Harwich Railway and Pier, HuddBrstleld, Lancaster and Carlisle, London and South Western, Macclesfield and Birmingham,' (Macclesfield and Poynton Branches), are of opinion, that, of the said Bi' Railway (No. 2), and the Harwich for compefiing lines. _ Deviation), INorwich and Brandon, Salisbury Branch, ISlamannan Branch, South Devon, South Eastern, South Eastern (Canterbury, Mar gate, and Ramsgate), Taff Vale, West London (Extension), Yarmouth and Norwich, the Colchester and Harwich Railway and Pier, are alone Bills MURDER OF MR. BRYAN.—DUBLIN, MARCH 5. I ' The Leinster Circuit is extremely heavy. The trial of the parties charged with the murder of the late Butler Bryan, Esq., closed at twelve o'clock on Saturday night, when the jury returned a ver dict of Not Guilty. REDUCTION OF THE THREE-AND-A-HALF PER CENT. ANNUITIES.—The proposition of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, it is said, will be to reduce the rate of interest from 3i to 3 per cent. The amount of stock upon which these annuities are now paid is about 250,000,000/. ; and a reduc tion of 1 per cent. would, therefore, leave a be of 1,250,0001. per annum on this account, in favour of the national income. AQUATICS AT ETON COLLEGE.—The captain, Mr. Codrington, has just selected his crew for his eight-oared boat, for the approaching season, which consists of the following Etonians :—Mr. Codrington (captain), and Messrs. Errington, Luttrell, Speake, Slade, Babington, Dixon, and Woodridge. Lord Cecil has been selected by the captain as coxswain. MILLBANK PRISON.—An inquest was held on Tues day, at the Milbank Prison (late the Penitentiary), before Mr. Higgs, on James Shillitoe, aged 19, a prisoner under sen tence of transportation for ten years. Mr. John Richard Grove, the governor, said that the deceased was admitted on the 7th of June, 1842, from the Warrior hulk. He had been convicted at Chelmsford on the 7th of March, in the same year, of burglary, and sentenced to transportation for ten years. Dr. Baly, the physician, said that the deceased made the first complaint of illness on the 23d of last month. He was found to be suffering from diarrhoea, and on the 27th, being feverish and much worse, he was removed into the in firmary. On the 29th he was attacked with inflammation of the throat, and on Monday last died. A post mortem ex amination was made to ascertain the cruse of death, and the appearances proved the deceased to have died from inflam mation and ulceration of the throat, inflammation of both lungs, and ulceration of the bowels. A juror remarked that the case was the same as all other inquests held in that prison, and it was clear that deceased had died from the general complaint—diarrhoea. Another juror inquired whether the prison was so damp and unhealthy as it was reported to be? and the Governor replied that the prison was not damp, and, as an engineer, he could say , that no place was better drained. He denied that the mortality was great, and stated, that the number of deaths and of the sick, was much lower in amount titan in any regiment in the service. In fact, he might say, that the invalids and deaths in the army were double what they were in the pris on. A j uror said he had always heard that the prison was very damp, even the room in which they were then sitting. He himself was of opinion that the prison was damp and unhealthy, and that the atmosphere and earth were affected by the tides. . The Governor said that the building was several feet above high-water mark, and was not damp from the cause assigned. ' The prison contained, upon an average, 1,300 souls, and the mortality was but three per cut. The jury returueci a ver dict c>l" * Nattaal death." CORN-LAWS. Mr. BELL presented a petition from a place in North. umberland against any alteration in the corn-laws. POOR-LAWS. Sir C. LEMON presented a petition from the clergy and laity of the deanery of Penryn, in Cornwall, praying that some provision might be made in the new Poor-law Bill, to secure the regular performance of Divine worship in the union houses. WINDOW-TAX. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from the Licensed Victuallers of Bolton, praying to be exempt from the opera tion of the window-tax in the same manner that other trades were. Mr. DARBY presented a petition from the Licensed Vic tuallers of Lewes to the same effect, TAX ON COAL. Sir E. FILMER presented a petition from the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Gravesend, against any new tax being imposed on coals. DUTY ON TOBACCO. Sir JOHN EAST HOPE presented four petitions from the consumers of tobacco and snuff in Leicestershire, praying for a reduction in the duty on tobacco. ATHLONE ELECTION. _ _ _ Mr. PA KINGTON appeared at the bar, and said he had to report from the Athlone Elect'on Committee, that " John Collett, Esq., had been duly returned to serve in the present Parliament for the borough of Athlone." On the motion of the same Hos% MEMBIR, the minutes of the proceedings before the Committee were erdered to be printed. The order made yesterday for the liberation of a witness of the name of Quin, from Roscommon gaol, who was required to give evidence before the Committee, was then discharged. Sir WM. CLAY presented petitions from the Tower Ham lets, praying for a redaction in the duty on tobacco. Mr. EWART announced his intention of postponing his motion which stood upon the paper for this day, to this day fortnight. Mr. MACKINNON postponed his motion on the subject of prison discipline for a fortnight. Dr. BOWRING, on the part of Mr. Hume, said, that Honourable Gentleman would postpone, to Monday, his motion for a Select Committee to inquire into the extent of smuggling of tobacco, spirits, silks, and other articles upon which high import and excise duties are levied ; and into the nature and extent of frauds by adulteration, by the substitution of spurious imitations of highly-taxed articles, and by any other means ; and also, to inquire into the effects of such smuggling and frauds on the revenue of the country on the fair trader, on the consumer, and on the morals of the . per. sons engaged in the public service, to protect and collect the revenue ; and further to inquire into,the expense of the Coast Guard, and of other establishments maintained for the pro tection of the revenue, and to report the evidence, and their opinion thereon to the House, when it would be brought for ward with some slight modification. The Hon. Gent. also postponed his motion to call the attention of the House to the operation of the Treaty of Commerce with Turkey upon the commercial interests of this country, for a fortnight. Capt. PECH ELL also postponed his motion for a similar pe riod "to call the attention of the House to the system of impri sonment, and the length of confinement to which persons are subjected as defaulters under the Acts for Assessed Taxes and Game Duties." Mr. MACAULAY wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet, the First Lord of the Treasury, whether he was in possession of any further information beyond that which appeared this morning with respect to India? Sir R. PEEL said, at present 'no further information had been received beyond that alluded to by the Right Hon. Gen tleman ; nor could he enter into any further details until the official dispatches had been received. COMMERCIAL TREATIES WITH FRANCE. Mr:CAI3O3CHEREsaid he had observed in a report of a speech made by M. Guizot in the French Chambers with respect to the commercial negotiations between France and this country, that the French Government, unless M. Guizot was wholly misreported, considered the negotiations as com pletely at an end. From what he had heard the Right Hon. Baronet say of the evils of keeping the public mind in sus pense, he thought he should make some sim►lar statement to do away with uncertainty on the subject in this country. The question he had to put to the Right Hon. Baronet was this, whether he understood it to be the declaration of M. Guizot that the commercial negotiations between France and this country were at an end, and whether he was prepared to con firm that declaration? . . - Sir R. PEEL said he had seen the most authentic report of the speech of M. Guizot in the French Chamber—that given in the Moniteur—and he was bound to say, that on referring to that authentic report, he could not doubt that in the opinion of the French Government there was no prospect of concluding the negotiations ; he spoke of the former convention for the re duction of duties. The Honourable Gentleman must be well aware that there must be two parties to contract a treaty of commerce, and whatever impediment might have arisen to the course of the negotiations, he was bound to say that they had not arisen with the Government of this country ; the signature to a treaty of commerce was of course in the power of the other parts , to , sive or refute. He could not doubt that in the opinion 01 . the French Government there was no probability of eflecting a reduction of commercial duties by actual treaty. QUARTER SESSIONS. Mr. PAKINGTON brought foward his motion for leave to bring in a Bill " to define and regulate the periods for hold ing quarter sessions in cities and boroughs." Ile stated that by the 105th and 106th sections of the Municipal Act, the re corders of boroughs had the power of adjourning the sessions. The Hon. Gentleman then referred to cases in which great hardships had been caused by the adjournment of the sessions at the pleasure of the recorder. Nothing could be more in. convenient to all parties, nothing could be more unfair towards the jurymen and the witnesses who had to attend the trials; but, above all, nothing could be more hard or un just towards the prisoners who had to take their trials, than this arbitrary power of postponement. That uncertainty should exist in the administration of the criminal law, and that prisoners should be totally unable to judge when their trials would take place—these were evils from which the worst consequences must follow. He would appeal to any Hon. Gentleman in that House, who was at all conversant with the proceedings of criminal courts, whether it might not make a material difference in one respect to those who had to take their trials if post ponement were in the power of the recorder ; he referred to the fact that the verdicts of juries were frequently influenced by the testimony given by witnesses to the character of the prisoner. It was necessary for the due administration of justice, that some restriction should be imposed on the power of adjournment possessed by the recorder under the 106th clause of the Municipal Act. He desired, in the absence of any suggestion from the Right Hon. Baronet, to bring in a Bill to assimilate the law respect ing boroughs to that prevailing in counties. It was of the greatest possible importance that those who were sub jected to the administration of criminal justice should not be exposed to any uncertainty. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving for leave to bring in a Bill to define and regulate the periods for holding quarter sessions in cities and boroughs. Mr. BAILEY (Worcester) seconded the motion. Mr. HAW ES thought that the Bill proposed to be intro duced by the Hon. Member was too general, and that he had not laid a foundation for such a measure. He certainly thought the Bill unnecessary. Mr. VERNON SMITH believed that, unless they gave recorders higher salaries, these occasional postponements would be unavoidable. By the Act, recorders were required to give ten days' notice of the commencement of the sessions, and, yet, in cases of appeal, the appellants were required to give the respondents fourteen days' notice of the hearing of appeals. This was an anomaly which required correction. He had drawn the attention of the Secretary of State for the Home Department to the subject last session, and bad suggested that he should take upon himself to issue in structions to the recorders to give longer notice of the times of holding sessions. The Right Hon. Gentleman had not done so, and he therefore supposed that he would support the Bill of the Hon. Gentleman opposite. Sir J. GRAHAM thought it would be extremely desirable to limit the power of recorders as to the holding of sessions, but not to limit it to the extent desired by the Hon. Gentle man. The Hon. Gentleman had borne testimony to the great learning of the recorder of Worcester, and that gentleman was deserving of the highest consideration. He was anxious that the administration of criminal justice should take place at stated periods, but it was also necessary to secure the ser vices of competent judges, and of an independent and learned bar, and that could not be obtained if the term of bolding I establish a system of liberal policy. They had heard it said by a cer ain party, that they were determined not to allow any further inroad to be made in the good old system of protection and monopoly, which had so long existed. Those denunciations applied to other subjects as well as the corn-laws. These were many persons who knew that the corn-laws were nut very defensible in argument--who were not sorry to see other protections upheld still more unreason• able than that with respect to corn. The sugar monopoly was considered the bulwark of the corn-laws. He should listen with the greatest possible anxiety to that which should fall from her Majesty's Ministers on the present occasion. If they were pleased to give a satisfactory assurance to the House that they intended to do every thing in their power to allay the apprehensions which existed so widely amongst the manufacturing classes of the country, he could assure them that nothing would be farther from his wish than to attempt anything which might throw the smallest oppo ition in the way of a consummation so anxiously desired. But if they did not receive from the Government such a satisfactory and ex plicit assurance, and should express their determination still to postpone this subject—a subject which could not longer be postponed without the greatest injury to the country—then he called on the House to come to the rescue, and by carrying the resolution which he had proposed, convey to the Govern ment and to the country their confident belief that the time was now come when the great commercial interests of the country could no longer be trifled with—that those commercial inte rests should be placed on a satisfactory footing by renewing commercial relations, if we could, with the Brazils ; but, above all, by altering our custom duties on the great articles of Brazilian produce, especially the great article of sugar, in such a manner, as to prove to the Brazils our desire to ex tend the commercial relations which now existed between the two countries, and which were so materially beneficial to both.— (Cheers.) Mr. EWART seconded the motion. He would ask the Right Hon. Baronet what had been the success which had at tended the negotiations for putting down slavery in the Brazils! He thought the House and the country had a right to demand an answer to that question. 2 ),000,000/. had been paid to abolish slavery in our West Indian colonies. And what had been the result ? Were the West Indian colonies contented ? No, they were not ? How could they remain contented while such a state of uncertainty and excitement existed? The rich did not feel the effects of the duty on sugar ; it was the poor man that suffered by it. The poor man, owing to the enor mous duty upon sugar, was compelled to consume an adulter ated article. He lieved that the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government was restrained from acting on his own principles by the powerful combination behind him. He called upon the Right Hon. Baronet to come forward and state what were the intentions of the Government with respect to this question. He had great pleasure in seconding the motion of his Right Hon. Friend. Mr. GLADSTONE said he trusted that nothing would fall from him in the course of the remarks he was about to make in reply to his Hon. Friend who had preceded him, and the Right Hon. Gentleman who had proposed the motion to the House, which could justly give rise to the inference that the Government were in any manner indifferent to the importance of the trade which subsisted between this country and the em pire of the Brazils. Nor did he desire the inference to be drawn from anything he had to say that the Government were satisfied with the present state of our customs laws with respect to the importation of sugar, if those laws were to be viewed simply on commercial or general grounds. And he trusted further that nothing which might fall from him would have the effect of conveying to Hon. Gentlemen on the other side of the House, or the public out of doors, the slightest in timation of the course which her Majesty's Ministers might think proper to pursue during the existing session with respect to other import duties. He was called upon to state this be cause the Right Hon. Gentleman who brought forward the motion, and his Hon. Friend who had seconded it, had both intimated that the main object of promoting this discussion was to draw some intimation from her Majesty's Government, as to their intention with respect to the duties on sugar and coffee. He was sure that the good sense of Hon. Gentlemen would convince them that no person in office could have learned so much as the A. B. C. of his profession if he were to allow himself, by a discussion promoted at the instance of an individual Member in the month of March, to declare at a period 30 early, the financial intentions of the Government, and their intentions with respect to their commercial policy. He thought he was justified in soliciting the House to nega tive this motion. He objected to it because it laid down the principle that they ought to adopt such measures as would give extension to our commercial relations with Brazil, abso lutely and unconditionally, and irrespective of any effect upon other questions, yet more important. This question too, was not merely a commercial one, but it also affected the happi ness of a great portion of our fellow-beings. He thought it had already been shown that her Majesty's Government were not indifferent to the interests of the trade by this country with the Brazils.' In the year 1842, an alteration was made in the customs laws, and a change was then proposed in the law with respect to the importation of coffee from Brazil, which had a tendency to favour a direct introduction of coffee from the Brazils into tkis country. It was true that the change was not a great change, and it was true that at the time they announced that a further change might be necessary at some future time. The change, however, so far as it went, did tend to facilitate the introduction of Brazilian coffee into this country. It was found to be a change sufficient to form the foundation of a taunt on the Government of inconsistencies with respect to articles of slave-grown produce ; and he thought, therefore, that he might at least use it as an argument t o s h ow th a t th e Government were not indifferent to the Brazilian trade. There were other articles—of a secondary description, it was true—but there were other articles, such as hides, rosewood, cocoa, and other produce, which, though secondary, were not unimportant arti cles, and they were allowed to be imported at a very low per tentage in 1842. Then, with regard to cotton-wool, it was perfectly notorious that the duty at present was a moderate duty, if considered with reference to the country from which it was exported. Our manufacturers, doubtless, had their com plaints against it. No doubt they would claim to be relieved from the duty, in order to maintain their competition with their rivals abroad.—( Hear, hear.) He did not mean to say any thing against their claims so far as Brazil was concerned, but the cotton from Brazil was placed on the same footing as the cotton of America, and was treated avowedly as a simple ques tion dl revenue, and a simple matter of revenue it would con tinue to be. As he had stated before, in the year 1842 a readi ness was expressed to introduce at a future period a considerable change in favour of the introduction of Brazilian coffee. It was material to observe, that with regard to four-fifths of the whole exportable produce of Brazil her Majesty's Government had already conferred many great advantages on the exporters there, and they were willing to give still greater advantages. The great difficulties of the question were connected with the trade in sugar, which formed only one-fifth of the whole ex ports of Brazil. The Right Hon. Gentleman confessed that his statistics regarding the Brazilian products were not very minute or satisfactory, and they could not well be otherwise, as Brazilian statistics were exceedingly defective ; but he (Mr Gladstone) had collected_ a few statistical details, he' would mention to the House, from the Report of the French Consuls, which seemed to be very carefully drawn up—it appeared from these documents, that upon an average of five years, from 1837 to 1841, both years inclusive, the total exports of Brazil amounted to 5,500,0001. sterling ; of that sum 2,000,0001. were from cotton, 1,540,0001. from coffee, and 1,100,0001. in sugar, the remaining 1,500,0001. was derived from other articles, so that the article about which so much disputation and dif ference had arisen formed only one-fifth of the exports of Brazil.—( Hear, hear.) He did not mean to say that if the duty was lessened on Brazilian sugar it would not form a larger item in the exports—(' Hear, hear," from the Opposi tion)—but neither would it be attended with the wonderful advantages to consumers in this country which Hon. Gentlemen opposite seemed to anticipate. The arguments used by the present Government in their negotiations with Brazil were those used by the former Government. Lord Mounteagle, a very high authority, in 1839 used very strong expressions with respect to a Brazilian treaty. When the seconder of the pre sent motion (Mr. Ewart) introduced his motion for the reduc tion of the duty on Brazilian sugar, Lord Mounteagle said that one reason why the Government should not accede to the mo tion was a preference for the produce of their own colonies ; and another, that it would encourage slavery and the slave. trade. The Right Hon. Gentleman said that no reasonable man could ground his opposition to the present motion on anti-slavery principles. Now he (Mr. Gladstone) declared that he never saw a chain of reasoning more clear or consequential than that the encouragement of slavery had the natural consequence of encouragement to slave-grown sugar.—( Hear, hear.) It was well-known that in order to cultivate sugar in Brazil large importations of slaves were annually made from unhappy Africa, and of course the increased demand for the sugar would create the necessity for the slaves. The Right Hon. Gentleman said by taking any of the products of Brazil we were in a measure encouraging slavery. Why, no doubt, by so doing we were importing the produce of slavery, but we were not at the same time promoting the slave trade. The Right Hon. Gentleman asked why did we not consistently act upon our theory, and refuse to receive the cotton of America grown by slave hands? The answer was there was no question of difference between us and America regarding slavery. The traffic there was between State and State, and between man and man, and did not at all resemble African slave trade. He did not stand there upon theory, but to argue against a practical evil of great extent—an evil most injurious to humanity, and which this country had made such sacrifices to remedy. It was said that we had not abolished slavery in Brasil. We had not done so it was true, but we had done very much to diminish it. In 1838, the number of slaves carried into Rio alone was 30,000; in 1841 and 1842, it was only between 8,000 and 9,000. ( Hear, hear.) The late Governor of Cuba ought to be re membered with gratitude by every philanthropist for the sin cere desire lie constantly evinced to repress the slave trade ; it was to be feared that his successor, the present Governor, con sulted more the feelings of the slave dealers, and less the inter ests of humanity. Through the means of the former Go vernor, the slave trade between Africa and Cuba was almost annihilated, and in a few years had his humane policy been pur sued, there was good reason for hoping that it would have been extinguished altogether. As a proof of that, slavery was on the decrease in Brazil ; a good deal of the land formerly en gaged in the cultivation of sugar, was now engaged in the cul tivation of cotton, in which the labour of the slave was not necessary, for women and children were almost as useful as men in raising it; whereas the more laborious cultivation of the cane required the importation of adult slaves who would be worked for a few years, and then drop into an early grave. This was the opinion of the Committee appointed in 1842 to examine into the state of affairs on the western coast of Africa. Unfortunately, the tone of public feeling in Brazil was not favourable to the suppression of this abominable traffic, and when the subordinate officers might evince any humane desire in this respect, they were dismissed, or forbidden to discoun tenance that which their superiors openly supported. The stipulations which existed between this country and Brazil from the suppression of the slave-trade were amply sufficient ; but the guarantees for the fulfilment of those stipulations were, he regretted to say, utterly worthless, nor could they have any effectual guarantee until there was a total change of public feeling in that country. If it were possible to place British cruisers along the whole coast of Africa, which would be con stantly on the watch, to prevent the present nefarious traffic, that, he admitted, would be a very competent guarantee against its prosecution; but even if we did this, it would be attended with immense expense, and be exceedingly disadvantageous to our commerce. Cotton could be produced by free labour quite as cheaply as by slave-labour, for the reason previously stated, namely, that a whole family, young and old, could be effectively engaged in its cultivation, and it did not require extraordinary toil. This was proved by the fact that St. Domingo with its free-labour could produce as cheap cotton as Brazil with its slave-labour. The Right Hon. Gentleman seemed to think the present Government had not acted consistently with the prin ciples they professed in the course they took regarding the in troduction of copper-ore. He said that the Government had so reduced the duties on the importation of copper-ore that whereas formerly scarcely any copper-ore was introduced, lat terly there were very large quantities. They would find that from countries where the copper-ore was produced by slave labour, there had been a great increase in the quantity, and that the alteration in the law of 1842 would not affect it. The object was to prevent the smelting of copper-ore out of this country, and nothing could be more distinct than this, as Great Britain was decidedly an exporting country in this article. The next point contended for was that sugar grown in countries which cultivated it by slave labour, should be allowed to be imported at the same rate of duty as from other countries; but this he thought would be most unjust, and, in saying so, he did not speak so much in behalf of the Mauritius as for those other places where there had been a decrease of labour, in consequence of the late be nevolent law in favour of the slaves by Great Britain. He thoght that the proposed treaty would net be attended with those feelings of reciprocity which seemed to he anticipated. It had been said that it would tend to increase the trade and commerce of the country. Such high and heavy duties had been placed upon many articles of our manufactures by the Brazilian authorities as acted completely as protective duties. As much as 60 per cent. had been announced on sonic articles, and this would be most surely a light prot ec ti ve duty on those goods, but the Brazilian Government had taken care not to pledge them selves to abide by this high rate. Such were the protec tive views of the Brazils, and even if her Majesty's Govern ment were prepared to set aside every consideration of sluts:cry, it would be perfectly hopeless to adopt the system suggee-ed ; and that it would, in a commercial point of view, be injurious to this country. There was another p o i n t a ll u d e d to by also Right Hon. Gentleman. He had spoken to the liberal manner in which Brazil was treated, in a trading point of view, by other countries, and more particularly by America. Now he ( Mr. Gladstone) could not concur in the view of the case taken by that Right Hon. Gentleman. He could not admit that anything which had been done by the English Government was a ground of complaint, on the part of the Brazilians, either as regarded sugar or coffee. With respect to Germany, it was an error to say that the Zollverein was favourable to the free n y had theOn b een increased.—(contrary, t h duties H ear u p ) on In ug th a e r imported importation case of France there was a great difficu lt y —there were two into ofG suga r.erma difficulties. France had to protect the home production of • ers. sugar from the beet-root against the co l o nial sugar,and protect the colonial sugar against the compet ition of forei g n ( Hear, hear.) The duty fluctuated from 35 to 65 franc.. 'The trade of France with Brazil was upon as unfavourable a footing as that of Brazil with England. The commerce of Brazil depended altogether upon British trade , and was carried on almost exclusively by British capital. Whilst he disap proved of the protective duties, he thought that this justice ought to be done to her Majesty's Government, thet whilst they did not attempt to interfere with the Brazilisut Go vernment in the managemeet of their own financial ,affairs, they had not neglected the interests of this country whet' they could legitimately promote them.—( Hear, hear.) He hoped that the House was not prepared to support a motion which had regard merely to commercial advantages, but that they would look more liberally to the interests of mankind. Mr. M. GIBSON said that this question had not been fairly met. The Right Hon. Gentleman opposite had shown that the trade with Brazil was of great importance to this country. It was complained of the Brazilians that they put a duty upon British colonial sugar. But it was not stated that we put on a duty of three hundred per cent. upon foreign sugar.—( Hear, and cheers.) The fault was much more with us than with them. The Brazilians had declared that they would admit the productions of all countries upon equal terms. We heard a great deal about slavery and the slaste trade. A Noble Lord opposite had taunted his colleagues with being thimble-riggers--( Hear, and laughter)—but the rig that was practised by the present Government partook much more than anything done by their predecessors of the character of thimble-ri g ging. They talked one day of slavery, and the next the slave trade, until it became difficult to know under what thimble the pea was. He said the Right Hon. Gentle. man the First Lord of the Treasury spoke of putting down slavery in the Brazils. Was he aware of any power in Brazil to put it down ? If he was not aware of such a power, he was misleading the public and the House by professing to have the intention of putting down slavery in South America. But, did not every reasonable man in that House, and in the country, know perfectly well that it was not slavery and the slave.trade that prevented Hon. Gentlemen opposite from equalising the duties on foreign and colonial sugar ? There was not a man, woman, or child that gave them credit for any such motive. Why, who were they that talked so authorita tively, and in such deprecating terms, of slavery ? It was but the other day when they thnmselves were slave-owners—when they stood by slavery as firmly and as fast as they did by colonial sugar now. Their real object was seen through. Their object, from the first, was monopoly, and monopoly was their object now. If they meant to prohibit foreign sugar altogether, why did they not do so openly? and, above all, why delude them with the idea that the time might come when these differential duties could be equalised ? If the time was really to come with them, what better time could there be than the present? But the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Gladstone) went the length, plainly and openly, of saying that we must protect our own colonies. Protect out of their own means, if they liked ; but he (Mr: Gibson) protested against protecting the colonies at the expense of the industrious consumers and ever-toiling manufacturers of this country.— ( Hear, hear.) Now, he would ask that Right Hon. Gentle. man, who, be believed, was himself a West Indian proprietor —he would ask him, if he went to Manchester to buy a bale of goods, would he like to give more for that bale of goods than a Brazilian ? Mr. GLADSTONE—No. Mr. M. GIBSON—Very well. Then why should the Man chester manufacturer be called upon to give to the West India manufacturer, or producer of sugar, half as much more for his hogshead of sugar than he would have to give the Brazilian proucer ? But, he asked, did protection do the West India colonies any good? Had it ever done them any good? The West India planters pretended they were in great distress, and so he (Mr. Gibson) contended they ever would be whilst they relied upon protection. They said that the emancipation of the slaves had greatly distressed them, and that from that period and that circumstance they were not able to get a proper supply of labour. Now, he (Mr. Gibson) believed it was ge nerally understood, that with regard to that branch of the slave subject the question was settled. That emancipation was paid for, and that the account was closed.—( Hear, hear.) And he believed, teo, it was so closed that they could not open it again. The matter was thoroughly looked into, well weighed, fully discussed—a balance of twenty millions was struck against the country ; the country paid the twenty millions, and he repeated, that account could never again be epened.—( Hear, hear.) How long, however, did they propose to maintain these duties? Would twenty year. satisfy them, or thirty years, or forty years—would eternity itself satisfy them? No—it would not. So long as they had the power—( Hear, hear)—so long as they could maintain them, no excuse would be wanting. That they would be ever ready with, on the other side of the House.—( Hear, hear.) But they had another excuse—systems could not be easily altered. Why the bad legislation of former days was no war• rant for them to do wrong to the manufacturers of this country now. It was no answer to their just complaints and remon. strances, to say there was bad legislation in former times. They asked that House what they had done, that their rights, their capital, and their industry should be sacrificed as they were now sacrificed ? What crime had they committed—what wrong done—that they should be treated in this way ? This was essentially a question of justice ; but in that House they seemed to take it for granted that persons were to make mighty sacrifices at the shrine of monopoly, and to ferego the fair and just reward of their own industry, that those who toiled not should live in luxury and sloth.—( Hear, hear.) Let it be recollected that at the period when these laws were passed, the people were not represented in that House—it was a mere boroughmongering House, and all the laws passed by it were passed by a particular class, in favour of a particular class. And it was no answer to the industrious people of this country, who had committed no crime, and done no wrong—it was no an swer—at least no proper answer—to their murmurs to say that, because a great blunder and a great injustice bad been com mitted by the Legislature years ago, they must be its con tented victims now. There was no better time for remedying this injustice than the present, as was proved by the petition he had, in the earlier part of the evening, presented to that House, from the Chamber of Commerce at Manchester. This pe tition distinctly stated that the manufacturers and met.• chants of the country had been compelled greatly to di. minish their exports to Brazil, because they could not get a fair return, on account of the differential duties on sugar and coffee. Hitherto Brazil had put a duty of fifteen per cent. only on the cotton goods of this country, whilst thin country put a duty of three hundred per cent. on the sugars of Brazil. For this state of things :there was but one remedy, and that was the equalisation of duties on foreign and colonial • sugars. He (Mr. Gibson) considered that the Right Hon. • Gentleman (Mr. Labours was entitled to the gratitude of the country for having brought this subject before the • House. His interference was clearly justified, and, in his opinion, whether followed with success or not, this debate would, with others, make the country see the impolicy of these monopolies, and create a feeling in all classes of the corn. munity which it would be impossible for the Minister ultimately to resist.—( Hear, hear.) To show again that the present was the proper time to correct the blunders of the past he begged to call the Right Hon. Gentleman's (Mr. Glad stone's) attention to the state of the question as it now stood. The sugar duties were about to expire—they would expire of themselves. They were about to die, and could only be re• suscitated by a new Bill to be brought into that House, and carried into an Act. He now told them plainly, that if they attempted in their new Bill to put their sugar duties on their present principle—the principle of exclusion—the Government would be met with the most strenuous opposition. It was per fectly intolerable that the poor and industrious of this country were to be excluded from the use of foreign sugar. At the present moment in England they did not consume more sugar than they consumed forty years ago. Rapidly as the population had increased— greatly as our wealth, nationally speaking, had been augmented —the people did not use per head one ounce more sugar than they did forty years ago; the artisan and the labourer con sumed no more, no, nor yet so much, as was allowed to the pauper in the workhouse. And, therefore, he gave fair notice that the Bill for renewing the sugar duties, which must be brought in, would be opposed, not clause by clause, but almost word by word. It was right to do this, and those opposite could not, in their hearts, blame them for it; it was the only way they had of battling with a monopoly which they had themselves in principle condemned. They would be opposed upon it on every stage ; not merely en the first reading but on the second reading ; on the question that they do go into Committee, on every clause and almost every word in Com mittee; on the third reading, and on the question that the Bill do pass.—( Hear.) Their slavery delusion would avail them no longer in the country. Its utter hypocrisy had been seen through. Even the Anti-Slavery Society had found them out, and would countenance them no longer. They were now opposed to the paltry pretences which were used merely to delude them and the country, and they were opposed to making the people moral and religious at the point of the bayonet, and at the ex pense of the commerce and the industry of the country. He told the Government no longer to look for support from the advocates for the abolition of slavery.—( Hear, hear.) He could tell the Noble Lord, the Member for Liverpool (Lord Sandon) that he must never again look for that support from his constituents on this question that ho had heretofore met with. His constituents had given up that ground of opposition to an equalisation of the sugar duties as a most transparent deceit.—( Hear, hear.) Be could tell the Noble Lord he must not consider he now represented the merchants, tradesmen, and manufacturers of Liverpool.—( Hear, hear. ) He felt convinced if they were to analyse the poll-books of the town-clerk they would find that the Noble Lord and his colleagues did not represent the majority of the shopkeepers, manufacturers, and traders of Liverpool, but that they repre. sented a class of men who stood forward in support of the party who paid them best.—(Hear, hear.) He did not mean to ac cuse the electors of Liverpool or the Members for that borough of being guilty of bribery and corruption, but there was that feeling existing in the town of Liverpool It would appear from the Members that Liverpool returned to that House that they were in favour of monopoly. Such, how. ever, was not the case, and he believed that the day would come—indeed that it was not far distant—when the Noble Lord would have to modify his opinions with respect to free trade, to meet the wishes of his constituents, and he would be ex pected, on the sugar duties coming under discussion, to take a prominent part in the matter. He would be called on to say whether he was or not in favour of keeping out of the markets of this country foreign sugar, and whether he was favourable to commercial relations between this country and • Brazils. The law, as it at [present stood, prevented the manu facturers in this country from exchanging their manufactures for the sugars of the Brazil and other countries. In short, the protective system was the root and cause of all the difficulties that had taken place, and the only chance they had was to enable the West Indian proprietors to call out a spirit of in creased production. Lord Elgin commented most strongly upon the manner in which the agriculture of the West Indian islands had been carried on, and had stated that if par t i es in the country had exerted themselves as th e y ough t h ave done, they might have produced twice as much as they did at pre. sent. The Hon. Member concluded amid much cheering. Lord SANDON regretted that the Hon. Member for Man chester had thought it worth his while to introduce into this im nortant debate the petty po litics he had alluded to. He (Lord i Sandon thought he mi g ht have ar g ue d this great question without making the assertions he had done, because these assertions were perfectly unfounded. The Hon. Member for Manchester had, more than once, made the same charge in that House, and it bad failed. He had more than ;$ l°P 11°4 o of" ti sP I , dia.