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power of answ er i ng any Obje c ti ons t h at m i g h t b e ra i se d by Hon. Members. . . Mr. HAWES said that the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer had said that .he iwended to levy a duty of 13:/. upon auctioneers, in lien of several duties tri which they were at the present diaLle. - PerhapS the Right Hon. Goilleman was not :aware that, in several parts o f the country, it was 'the custom for one of .the s partners to - tak e ou t - an atiction licence. He wished to know whether, by this arrangeinent, it would be lave ; retire upon three partners in a firm to take out the lis. tenee, vrhieh,.in such. a- c:ise; .wriuld be a gain to. Go vernment of 451. instead of 151. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIfE thatEXCHEQUER said a member of a firm, on behalf of the firm, would not be obliged to take out. more than one licence for a Particular sale. Every individual who sold byauction was liable to pay auction dirty. • " „ , - In answer test quest;on i from Mrs . ROSS, The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER stated that there Would be some exception to the" Bill—excep-, ' lions which at peelentexieted,•such as auctions at the Court of Requests_ in Scotland for small sums —auction, duty„ would not, of c ourse i n suc h cases b e en f orce d..-''' . 41.1 e llouielhen Went into Committtee, whereupon • thIe'QUANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved e repeal of theanetion duty. t • Ur. G. BAAKE S, in accordance with his motion, said, 017 W O lllO take th e sense o f the H ouse on t h e su bj ect . e did not think-he — was called upon to show that that 5. • r. 0e .., il would be Eff ec t ( d by t h e remova l o f th e t ax — , would ensue from• the. remission of that tax ; but Ifflial_he was celled upon to prove was - that greater good -7 01 11 . d result from the application of the surplus revenue ,c, other purposes. ~ bleat than those proposed by the Govern • There were other burdens which would affect the a ricult .,... ur e i la non , interest, and which were in the contemp 5 ,_ ....4 the G overnment. For instance, the new mea , eer, for the regu l ation of Justices Clerks, . and the Paro-s :" Settl e meut Bill ; •b oth of wh i ch wou ld b e throten on ex ! county rates. It was not denied that'greai distress tio l i: 1 in the -agricultural districts, and . yet those addl.. re a in were about . to be thrown upon it. With they to the first - measure, he would not eleny that' • sy st l ' a s a great deal of injustice in the -present sa, elm of fees to Justices clerks, and he would further Y that he thought the mat -measure was based on,a ,1 ' Bound and useful principle were what he did say was that already these fresh huidens about to be thrown on an share 1:14°1 depresSed . class of persons, they should s tate thbeene6t of some of the relief which the financial country allowed the-Government to propose. that, • Another m easure was the Parochial Settlement Bill -and could, not but consider, as a most unwise ha ve un s .P"litie measure, and one which would read t "eeseffeet of materially . increasing the al- Il e Y enormous amount of the county rates. .., . _would give it, all: the oppesition in his power. Another great buedeif on the rate-payers would be the establishment of -lunatie asylums. Even the "smoke'.' rmeasure of the Hon. Member feir Learning , on. and the • eposed mu seums, would entail expense on the agr i es fall upon payment of inspectors and office rs.:woulcl a u upon the rate- avers: The Hon. 31emkerilan read a ..,letter from the boprd of guardian? a! stiorchester,- in' -, ‘ "aieb the burdeste'bf poor-rates Wa s ' complained of, as : 't'r e ssing with.-great severity, on - .persons . of ;the humbler_ , _sass, some whoni e jliolteh prOprietors of small patches tul ground, weresssistomiling morn-than ss. a-week. .., fle. °°--?glit the.-charges of 'gaolers, and expenses, after con-. root n -TI, mere burdens :of which sthe; publics ought 0 bear 4this a -fair .propottion. •- He thought; also, that. , l e 's question he „might reasonably 'expect to have as s aPrort or the Gentlemen in the House Who witvewed theta - elves to be connected with the Anti-Corn . League. Those Gentlemen declared, and he believed s ie truth; that they were not, disposed to injure . the t'it•leultitriits ; and they were aware that . with the in : ;rests of the latter class, their own were to a great ex ant wovfn up.--(Hear.) They admitted that they were h_Pendant to a great extent upon the prosperity of the utte market. To show this he (Mr. G. Bankes) would re.,3 _ ti , , te .7 5 . extract from -the last trade circular of Manches '• which ran to the effect, that, in the - beginning Of the Previous month, the trade of that • town had b- en in a ; or ous condition, but that there had 'since been a rsate falling off, in 'consequence-of the 'depressed eof the agricultural districts. He trusted, therefore, at for their own interest, if not from a higher leet:se . ~ , the' House Wouldv , the manufactunng -gentlemen in ~ give him their assistance.—(Hear.). had eard with r ef 0 , . egret is . ig ,• • ; otate say, that the county accounts were kept very et a s_ ti wurately. But he would call the attention of the „ e a. Member for Montrose—(A laugh)—to those a!- „uuntse and h would be happy_ to -receive any sugges-. es wou . ge e f to from him how to improve the mode of keeping em. He had now offered to the consideration of the d "Se a proposition for suspending the remission of a ,!'tY which yielded. about 300,0001.. But there would e other funds.t. the disposal of the Right Hon. Gen tes_ a,'s i t 'u s au the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and if his . t s!gat Hon. Friend kept this money in his pocket for e Present, the next time he put his hands there he W ould find some more in it, which could be applied to a ' a ntherreliefof the county-rates. He did not ask for t ~ destitution, but h° claimed upon the ground of distress or . that the agriculturists . 6 claimed it on the ground had _vi er , to- it , after -so many bonuses is fully entitled t . . . want of it. up se a given to other elasses - who were less in o b ": the repeal of the auction-duties was no boon to any e t i„„ - * Re had reived letters from a vast number of otieers • allof the country, stating that they Would in pars ' l --ruined, some said • almost—others entire 3 Els their . ••the iner r business would not enable them to pay s . Tle e t l e .f ‘' duty of 151. for their licenses. His Right ' lititlei, ri ss ead• said that the remission of- the auction- Itotild w as a boon to the agriculturists, because they mi ser "%allowed to sell stock by auction off their pre ,,Of th e d 'sad was. it' a boon to the agriculturists to take 4 : 1 1e. re I l'Y en the sale of imported corn, flour, and malt? -- eh e i dt . Port of Sir Henry Parnell, recommending the . iseh, m ' e en of the auction duties, was only part of a grand the t ,which that financier had in his head to abolish it ssasxltse altogether. He would show, however, that • who •• tfie Pinion of that great statesman Lord North, themeratroduced this. im •in the first instance, that fl oes were re post. mere considera nf i , asons more important than t -‘ .ull an Which -- him propose the auc tou dun ce, induced to ,1 *.- re that' a ngst w hi ch some the most-important e l - 'gr incr of auctions -led to great inter , once with f • ease one t • air - trade, and gave rise to much fraud and a 1n g ......_ (Th . .tract from e Ho n. Gentleman then read an ex the _ , the sPoech of Lord North, recommending ~...importance of the • • tits Right li o n 0 suction duties on those grounds.)— ' l ° duty Friend will see that when there was , I „, y there were frauds. There then auctioneers Who m ade , w( re Belied this g re at fortunes. The auctioneers who de tbletioe ineasure were men of high character and dis .ee„,_, , sabot if . their humble brethren had no.right its _„nstaen on their part, they hadthe con : a right to e ere a Portion of her 31 •. t , onsrieg. They :wo it i ,2 yfi'sosduircts who` were W6rth : 1 0 1,ai'nst the niergure, Who Would then ''one 'of :these 15 instead ,s_,o/. Thiswouldhe' the reault 'of th l at P m aY would as belied 'stated - gratify persons' of e:Ortisried which Would and . of .high rank and station ' life, . but' e ' in , who not require their pecuoiai. . al 3, aid, and would injure large and inestimabl e body of men and o any benefit to the agriculturist. His Rightwleld not do . I ,i' his arguments said that taxes %.ere n. Friend !here were so many objections• H obnoxious because f orce of the k -argument II • e did not see the , th a t i t ..,. • - e seemed also to urge _. , •was objectionable on accountofthe , ;10 treuble• 'which: i'it ~ : glive , 6 • •t e l n. Friendlo'reed-thelrOpOit'6.ve . :would ask his at rtr that if - thoseAliffes' b - 1 - r 'llan.' 11. was quite ... e one lo the CUStoras , ad ,of the Excise, all tbeie h• . object ' to w eal i .. . evils• ich were ed • h t e d ,d. be remedied• With - . ' the ' ' meu estates, • 1, respect .to, sale of ter, thee h s, they were not sold .generally in this man eertai__ .. g auction was sometimes made use of, to as'_ u the prices of them. It would-be end ed estates from the dui d easy exempt • to substitute tit' its 7 1 a stamp duty, Which w ou ld Y'an cnl n t t of the duty,' Without 'an --. secure -the pay ! . y c om plaint or any difli sere Y• There" were s. tot ac* ' remedies there pointed out e:vhich ....;eeise shouted.. ?one beemise it:was desirable that the that a 0 , v ,..a h done away with altogether. He thought 7 s hieh „,° 1 11 :1 1 •_' Itany would be injured .by the proposal . .!l s on. r r i es Ta w o o o._ Ile would venture to hope that his tim e th e 0 0 ", r u er _ m uld think it worth the re-consideration ,'„al e e to rese a _ ent ; and for the purpose of giving then - 0 1! us e se :Alstder it, he- would take the sense of the • Mr aeon it• the ' 111 rem ark s , ON. said that he differed from some of ahl e G s (*hi s tips entl eman Honourable Friend. The Honour • tame forward asking for relief to .e,jie agricultural la ( . 1 th e interests of the country. He ti l t/4 st on e , k r °P o sal a small one, and also a tir e interest of hat was the agricultural interest? Was it 'et °Pri etor? fhe labourer, the ' farmer, or the landed . a l o ss to e meant the agricultural labourer, he was t, eil e.. understand and-ir benefi t hiss how. any remission of lyeal. taxa- . the anythi" 0 11 : His distress is a chronic distress,. le . (I ft __, Othe r ease Fi n , he Is a shade better than he would be in [E De" a•ould• relieve:ll' talQistnence of the cheapness of food. 'l`Zre4telrressi t agricultural labourers from the ;t he: ir e - a rs . en they laboured under, he would go • ~. b .. "cue,: er?rdially, but to tell him that by leaving ' "sour by it , ' CiAlt as ,they were,_ , the country would eouser,.._ andsthat it would. better' the aericultural ntl eeas 7a! urgi ng him to have a doubt of the Hon. hhe 'a 5 an abi li ty . W• h Q self, w ag a _ .Y. - ~ i t regard ,to the farmers, , p ,ea o ught u agriculturist and ajostice of the peace, 7.e knees a terkholvLselnething about the county-rates. ill`2l, thei r i s 'Llieh bodies were baked-for the represe . ritation Iteee raiiZejt.forsthe levying of. these' rates that it was tlsrec°uatYsrateY didnet- pay the county-rates, that lion a t ook a ftui.e... zontsof.the rent. If the' Hon. Gen et) h the t tile e would rouble to read the report on local take -4), pepr.r.,.._find that t he'COnitnisilonef s told them that s ' s t the se " • county-rates, and mites for ltinatic as 1 te ed , eurd ees vv ., y ums, Want aefere • 're merely portions of the 'ant inter a to th it found its wa f of , fi t e po e t, 9 rom the pecket the t c ould • et of the owner of '1 1 Wh ' h k c a s e s' th it b e to him ? „ T , ,anc. , -at -e -s!-e landed Proprietor,v‘ ith regard to the third . , 40. _ , when thea, lie would make it his own , pe'etCl the to talc n. Gentleman chow forward and tetl etS hr the ] e off a tax which put money into the :te_ , 40 , ended proprietors, he must say that it e th`i..a modest proposal. He . would tell them that the re m :: !_ r _ o Posal to benefit the f by farmer, adding to 1;e he a d s was _Understood it tis itns e i f Of the l ati - ded , would throw discredit on ti; °% e er i°n ged• The proprietors, to which class he ' eY . - uat•Y rates y 'reposed. a larger portioe of enter slid 04 t ,_ .on the town o ulations than ~.. er i nt , the landed • P P -eh. 0 tha t proprietors. But he would not Gentle o ns , matter, as it did not \lathman to , that movement of the Hon. s. e ste ed. a Presstu'e from without that he could not -411 eourabi They had - hes d .appi e e Gentle tee ,11 - r the • other day of le e , g through n a owing the " grease and lard" 1 a try gli their fin Ott, 'ag to ree e - gars. He supposed now they to The „ , ver some of what they had a lready Jest - te a , , 01 11 d 110 t fin d r . tot e ii on that the farmers would b - be - WO 4 Go ves „ Geetleman at the ,h dea of her Ma toeerae "" ra eat was not also at the head of this tsrse . • Isle believed that 4 , 4 1, , e ring from Navinthe Hon. Gentlemen were ttlt , ‘a(Meies nig tampered with their country —of havin carry out. g premised what they never in- Lie read Passaged io, smooch of . . -. .. the Hon. Geztleman to whom he alluded, in which - .he proposed this free trade which he now opposed. He thoso 'kontteinen to enrymvenrl3 lead their eon:;tituencies to, think that the."corn-iaWs should not instead of making theln• - befireve that Ministers would adhere to this or t•J that' policy, that they may ptofess to pursi4e party piirpo..s,e!: , . They told them of the na tioiiaNlebt, but they never td.d them that they were the persons. who had all the benefit of contracting that debt. The debt was contracted in the time of war, when the articles necessary for war purposes were high, and now they wanted to continuezthdse high prices. The profits went into the pockets of the landed proprietors; and Mr. D. Hume told them, that when a man was :said to be in the posse: Sion of an estate worth 50,0001., he was also sup . po.ed . to possess 50,000 L consols ; but instead of that they lisfed up to their incomes, mortgaged the*.proper ties, and now they •mu,tr. yy.:Eaeasures to keep up the prices of corp,the same a 5,. they were in the time of war. It was most ridiculous" for landed proprietors to come ,ias.o.ihaeliduse and say that they ought to be exempted from taxation. They paid no rents at all ; they received -their lands subject to those burtherii, and they ought to• pay them. They.had •the torn-laws, and `were sheltered by Court patronage and. place. They had all the pick ings of the Court, and had the whole patronage of the Ministers. Their acres not only produced corn, but also pension§ and sinecures. —(Cheers and laughter.) Acres were a great security, a sort of certificate by which. they obtained plac,.s and pensions ; he would ask .them if.they thought that the time was not approaching when the mercantile portion of the community would not ask . to. be placed in the same position as that in which' they were. He would call on them no limgef to interrupt the public business by claims whichcould not-be stipPorted.;- he saw no grounds on this occasion for resisting the pro % . , posal of her,Majestv's Gov,,rnment. STAFFORD O'BRIEN said that the corn-law League had been unsuccessful foi..ebtitt years, and how they were trying What • they could do by 'taking .up the Church And the Court. Wishing them ; success—("Hear," and „Janghter)-•-their " Hear, hear; 'commenced too Aeon': Wishing them success qual to their past success, he would observe, that al though the Hon. Gentleman was a prophet, he could not-declare himself the prophet of a fulfi,led prediction. - He said that the agricultural portion of the community were displeased with their Members, but he had merely made an allusion to an article which:appeared in the newspapers. Let him show them hew these constituen cies were inclining to .the principles of the Corn-law- Letigue;=(Hear, hear.) He came down to the House for the purpose of opposing the proposition, and it would' seem that the speech of the Hon. Gentleman induce him to alter his intention: He recoininended; that the proceeds of certain taxes - shonklAflay the expenv§ of the Bill, not One expeuse.YiliiCh he could.acdount for., , These were4he same principles. as those...brotight btfore the House by the MembviforSomerietshire: He did not think : when a prormi&n.had.once been brought tieforj; the House, and bad • -been - 'decided upon by. large majerity,% that it. was-forwarding the publiC busi nes.% 'amain to brill.. it before the House. Was the question' . Of locaLtaiation to be discussed: or not? it were not to be fully discussed,' then the" should say that it was terrupting the bu§inpss .- 61' this House,„ and keeping the eoporrin - SUipense, • but .if they. only entered upon its idi.§"cussion flvithout going throUgh it, then, he should say. that rherwould prepuice tie question in the opinion of the country, and it, would not be doing justice to its .merits.,. • He should decline to stipport the proposition of his. Hon. Friend. He had listened very attentively to • the Hon. Member in the' hope Of hearini him urge some argument in support of his proposition, but he had lis-, to:led-in - Vain. for lie had .heard -nOne. But even sup 7 posiag . that he (Mr.' O'Brien) *di , l acquiesce in this proposition, the Hon. MeMber. had not stated by, what_ means he intended to carry it out; so that, in fact, even if it were .affirmed by the House, all they would get by it was a mere proposition for a general scramble.— , (Hear, hear.) He saw thejlonourable Member for Montrose laughing; but he (Mr. O'Brien) - knew very well that that Hon. Member would not allow 'this proposition to be carried out without making a very hard scramble. Therefore, even if the House should give the Hon. Member all that he asked, not the least use would be the result of the proposition ; and for these reasons' he (Mr. O'Brien) felt compelled to . vote against his prdpo; sition.—(Hear, hear.) He did think the Hon: Member . was rather unwise in persevering in his proposition, and he would get but few to vote with him ; but even if he did get a few more than he expected, the result wail& only prejudice his case. For these reasons he (Mr. O'Brien) would give the propo4ition his most hearty op position.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. F. T. BARING did not tynkrihat the remission or this tax would at - all result in "the beneficial effects anticipated by the - Government. Recently he, and others at this side of the House, agreed, • from the - financial difficulties of the .country; to the imposi tion of a tax, but which they,. at the same time, could not but feel was • a harsh, unequal, and heavy-tax.—(Hear, hear.) But then the result of this was the creation of a surplus, which was alleged as a reason for the remission of the present tax ; and now the House was called on to say that this was a fit and proper mode of applying this surplus.... It the 'House agreed to this resolution, to false Off"this tax, it would be impossi ble to renio.ve other and more oppressive ones.—(clear ; hear.) 1 5 ople out of doors expressed their surprise at this proceeding, and asked; " - What the Government meant by throwing away 250,0Q01. by the reduction of the auction duties ?"—(Hear, hear.) The Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke of the inconvenience of the tax ; but he (Mr. Baring) was surprised that that Right Hon. Gentleman had not made out a better case against it than he had ; and, indeed, he knew no tax against which a good speech could not very easily be made.—(Laughter.) But in the present case he should say that before this proposition was made, inquiry should have been insti tuted in order to ascertain if there was no other tax the removal of which would tend to confer more general benefit to the public at large than this.—(Hear, hear.) He would ask why not propose a reduction of the duty upon butter or tallow, or many other articles of general consump tion amongst the poorer classes ?—(Hear, hear)—Hon. Members cheered but he would ask them would they do it ?—(Hear, hear.) He would vote against the remis sion of this tax, in order that he might afterwards haie an opportunity of voting in favour - of the remission bf others, the removal of which - Weida be more'beneficial to the country, while:the 'remission of that now tinder discussion 'Might been left for a 'future (Hear.) lf a tax was to be imposed and that it Ve4s deemed to bejust, the best proof of its justice would be the .7fact.that.,there were no exemptions ; but on the other hand,.the great proof of ,the hardships of some litxo;inaposed was the number of cases of exemption„-:.- (Hear) - Now he would ask was the tax proposed te be remoted-one that had been falling .olf? He could 'show - that it had • not, • - -for :--• he —.had before him documents by which it appetred that in the year-1831 this • tax ainntin . fed to 2,33-,000/., while, th e average amount for ' the- last. , three years was' 294;0001:; which pro%edit to - be it"gradually increasing (Hear.) He would wtsh~ very Much that the Ctimmittee would Cot,isidei. VaOher there was no o i u f ld the ot qu d e o st m io o n re w g e r e li ot e h r e a r i taX,theHreemhiasdsionno good. , find-such a tax ; for , inirance there was the duty upon 9, d f o v.' ub h. t fe t h hal referred :to twelve honest „men they would very easily soap.—(leer.) In fact there - was no article so much used ainongst the poor as seap—th ere was no article so frauds were continu all y p racticed in necessary to their comfo rt, but the dut y upon it was so high that its menu factiire.--(Hear.) Surely; :theta; the poor would be mare benefited by the emciVal of - this duty thau that - on - anctions. He had before bitnii report from several counties •in England, - by Which. it appeared that two thirds.. Of the income. 0f..-the labouring classes was spent .in the . article.- of .soap; and how much df that_ sum went into. the pockets of the Government in the. Shape of duty?—(Hear,.hear.) The duty upon soap was about 141. 14s. per ton,.or -at the rate of thirty per cent: profit to the revriatte,—(Hear.) Now the auction duties did not in any way affect manufactures or trades m63, while the duty upon soap had a very serious effect in. keeping up the price of very many other articles of general,censumption. There were many other taxes of a nature equally oppressive which he could mention, and each of which it would be much more useful to remove than- this duty on auctions.—(Hear, hear.) The con sumption of soap was equal to about 71b. per head of the- entire populationy while that of sugar was about 151b5., even in the worst times ; and surely, then, would it slot be -a great public benefit to let the poorer classes ha.velhese articles at the lowest possible price. Indeed he could quote a very high authority to bear him out in his assertion with regard to soap. In the year 1837, when it was proposed to reduce the duty on newspapers, and thereby remove a tax on knowledge, the present-Chan cellor. of the Exchequer ,made a most argumentative speech in favour of the remission of the duty on soap, and-showed how much- the poor would -benefit by it.-- (afieems.) On the whole, 'he (Mr. Baring) , did think, and he believed -the country would-agree with him, that a much better-use could be very easily made of 250,0001. than by applying it to theremission of the auction duty; and he would give the propesitiori lijs negative.. • J: GRAHAM Said, he rose forthe.purpose of Fe plying to the observations : Of - hii Hen. Friend opposite, relative, to certain measures iVhich had originated with WM., One measure whioh . he. bad.proposed would ulti mately, he was convinced, cause a material saving to the ratepayers'. There was another .and.. most- important measure which he had proposed,. He • alluded to the proposed alteration of- the •law-of settlement. • This was not the time to dis'cuss that measure; but he would say that it would tend. very Materially to the of the classes. But if that measure shoUld. be found not to - be *condlidive to that end, and if those Who hack had experience in these matters should not be pre patato giye it'their assent, he cer tainly would not press `it. It. was, a. matter quite open to .discussion: It was a question of. the greatest importance, and ought not to be treated in the least as a. party. question. He•was quite :prepared to enter into the discussion ..of the measure :but he would not advise the Government.pertinaciously to adhere to it. His Noble Friend the Member for Dor setshire intended to call the attention of the House to the subject of lunatic asyluins';' but, on this account the GoVernment could not" be, called upon to postpone the consideration of the snbject.noW tinder discussion, seeing that the measure of his N'Oble Friend was not yet matured. His - Hon... Friend had commented upon an observation which he. (Sir J.. Graham) bad made with respect to - the county-rate. What he (Sir J. Graham) had said was that with greatercare.and greater .supervi, sion a very material saving inightbe effected. - - With re ference to the remission of the cotton duty his lion Friend had committed. 'an' error he (Sir :James Graham) had heard otherS fall into—namely, that ef. endeavouring to show the extent of relief to the labourer of the country, whether manufacturing or com mercial, by the mere amount of the duty remitted as affecting the article either worn .pr used by -the la bourer. Now, .that was not the. argument. The argu ment was, that the remission' of the duty on the raw material would so Operate upon the demand for that article and the cost of the manufactUre 'as to materially UOreiiie *the general prosperity of '64 " vianuiaCture fSui4.l; 1,011 . b ON; rUESDA:Y EVENING, APICIL 8, 1845. itself L audincidentally a hundred .fold to improve the positioa of the working classes, by increasing the de lesof-1 tar their, labour. Ha might be permitted to state some of the principal objections to this tax. ; If he mistook -not, , the amount of property - annually charged Odder • this tax • aVas - 45;600,0001., while the -actual amontst submitted. to' bear any share of the invest, - was only 8,000,0001.. annually, dr hot' more than 20 per cent. on the whole. The cost of the collection of this duty amounted to as much as - aO,OOO/.„Or about 20 per cent. of the whole duty. It appeared to him that the greatest objection to •this tax' was that it was a tax upon property, and upon the sub• ject of its remissicni he would read the opinion of Sir lienry„,larraiiell, and Mr. Wickham the present Corn raisironer of Stamps and Taxes. The . Right Hon. Gentleman then read from a published report upon the subject, in which the total abolition of the tax was advo cated. The first tax recommended bySir Henry Parnell to be remitted was that now under consideration. A similar motion to that 'which had been made by his Hon. Friend the Member for Somersetshire was made in the year 1836, by the Noble Lord then the Member for Buckinghamshire (the Marquis of Chandos), and on that occasion he (Sir James Graham) held the same opinion • which he had that evening expressed with respect to the tax now under discussien. He resisted the motion of the Marquis of Chandos on precisely the same groaricls as those upon which' he now resisted the motion of his. Hon. Friend.; and he should now. have the greatest pleasure in supporting the motion of his Hon. Friend the 'Chancellor of the,Exchcquer, . Mr. I)ARBY was 'understood to support the motion *Of the Hen. Meinbei for. Somersetshire, but the'observa lions which-he made were delivered in such a very low tow Jaf voice as to be quite inaudible in the gallery. Mr. HUME said the question they . had that evening to decide wasywhether they should repeal the auction duty, oracifiether they should apply the surplus revenue to the reduction of the county-rates. He would ask whether there was any tax which pressed more un equally than the auction-duty ? Was there any more expensive of collection, more difficult to collect, or one that could be more easily evaded ? He would defy any one to point out a more objectionable tax. The great advantage bytheremission of the - duty was, that they would thereby get rid of one branch of the excise. They. had already got rid of two branches and only two re-. mained—that with, respect to soap :and 'bricks. He hoped that . .theae :Would be done away. with next year. A - late'chaocellor . of. the. Exchequea, Lord Monteagla; - had PrCipesed.a.redadtwo in the - duty. on glass, bat al ,Aliceigh the redaction took place, the establishment at the Excise had to 'be .kept up and the public in-conse- Atience derived nohenefit from- the reduction. If, the whole of-the duty had been taken off, as was now the -case, the•people would have been' largely benefited. • lie• would vote-with great pleasure for ' the Motion of the Sight Hon: Gentled:lei - 1111e Chancellor of the Eachequera GORE Weuldsapport the motion of the Right .Hon.. Gentleman .the Chancellor 'of .the Exchequer, -be • eatise he thought there was no, tax which pressed so naiiefifeabilsry (in the public as the auction duty. That was• not only 'his own opinion, but it was the opinion of Dr. Adam Smith and Mr. Ricardo. And not only was the principle supported by great writers, but it was sup ported by many of the ablest statesmen that this coun try ever produced. It was supported by'the late Lord Lansdowne who was such an able supporter of the principles of free-trade; by Mr. Pitt; Mr. Huskisson, Lord LiVerpool; and the late Mr. Horner, whose name ought never to be prohounced in that House but withre spect: He" also thcitig,lii that great advantage would arise frem-an equalisation, of the cost of auctioneers licences: . Lord J. RUSSELL said it appeared to .him= =that the Hon. Member for. Montrose .had.anistakentba objeet of the vote to whieh•theanavere about to. corae: His Hon. Friend thought he - was about-to give a vote ;with regard, to county-rates;' but' there was nothing in thevidation awhich' regarded coanty , :rates, even if the Committee did not agree to the 'proposition 'of the Right Hon. Gentle= Man the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The question, as he understood it, was this:—There were various re missions of duty proposed; the House agreed' to, the re mission of the cotton s cluties, to the exciae.duty op glass,' and various remissions of the Customs' duties, and now there:was a proposition made for the remission the' auction duty, which, according ao,the •state k ment of the Right Hon. Baronet the First Lord of the Treasury, would reduce the surplus to about 90,0001. Now; if that were the case, it was quite evident, as stated by his Hon. Friend 1.. a3aring), that there could be no remission of other duties during the present session, if the Com-. mittee . agreed to the proposition_ in the hands of the Chairman.—(Hear, hear.) . .The question then„ was, whether the Government proposed the , very best re-, .mission,of duty,• or whether there might- not be any thing elie moreworthy the consideration of the House. The House showed no want of assent to the prop: sition of the Government, 'because the .great lutes of the -House had already agreed to it. But he owned a proposition had been. made to which- be would wish to give _ his iSgeril on another occasion. He meant the propdsition made by his Hon. Friend, the Member for Dumfries, to take off,.the duty on butter and cheese.— (Hear, hear.) -He thought that a reduction of the duty on butter would be a most advisable reduction, and he.did not think that butter being fit for human food, would be a fatal or decided objection against it.— (Laughter.) --With — adkard to_ the duty , on cheese like wise, it might be remitted - With . great Itdatintage. He un derstood that his Herr Friend proposed a. reduction of 50 per cent. on that article. The amount of duty Oq those" two articles was about 260,0001., .and. they might, therefore,•reckon a - loss of not less than 120,0001.-to the revenue, if the proposition of his Hon. Friend was car ried. But if the propositicin of the - Government were carried he would hardly feel justified in votipg for such a reduction with only a surplus of 90,0001. The Right lion. Gentleman the late President of the Board of Trade said that the state of the revenue was the only reason against the reduction of those duties. He said the duties were excessive and absurd—at least he said they were not reasonable and could not be defended. — (Hear, hear.) When, therefore, the revenue was able to afford a reduction on those duties, they might calcu late upon the concurrence of the Right Hon. Gentleman, and hia.(Lord-J. Rua'selPa) wish was, that the revenue nsightbe in such.a state-as% to enables - the Right -Hon; Gentleman to vote for such • a.' reductiOn. After '-the tWta us was rechteed ;.-the "anicint • of - the auction duty , the surplus remaining would too small to of any further ieduCtiols, and he confessed, for one,. though , it Might. • be am unpopular doctrine in limit House, that.he would. rather see a greater surplus of revenue than.the Right, Hon. Baronet opposite proposed to leave, especially-now; tbat,they .had • that disagreeable tax—the property aid income-tax. He admitted that the surplus of 90,006/. might be sufficient if the state of the country . prosPered,. supposing the trade 'adVanced—(Heart...hena) ,hear- but, ' adverse circumstances, he would like to have' more - of 'a - margin itittrathe Right Hon. Baronet proposed to learaa thvefote:if the Right Hon. Gentleman proposedan re 'cructaii of the soap duty he (Lord. s T. Massa) could net 'vote fbr the reduction, because he would liardlylikes to ;reduce the surpaus -mere than, it was already-reduced. If, taws, the present motion was carried, he - owned he 'triad not give his vote for the proposition of his Hon. Friend, the Memberfor. Dumfries, or support any'further reduction of -taxation during the present session: He bad thus • stated the' 'grounds upon which he Would give - hi'S 'Vote, though he' did not. suppose they would be agaee able to the Hon.' Member for :Dorset, whoae views were so. very different from his (Lord John Russell's.) . He would not' say a word with respect io the 'auction duly but even if the lion. Member fonDeaset .shire succeeded. in.. his proposition,- he did not think he would make much by it, as he thought the Chancellor of the:Exchequer would be -much more likely to keep the amount of the auction duty than apply it in the manner in- which the Hon. Membek for Dorsetshire would wish to have it applied.—(Laughter.) • Sir• R. PEEL -said'he agreed in some of the. propo sitions of the Nolale Lord. lie agreed with hinain thinking thai not a word was to be said in favour of the auction duty.—(Laughter.) The Noble Lord resisted the repeal of it;but he had the dandeur to admit, that not-a word was to be said in favour of it.—(Laughter.) He hoped that Hon. Gentlemen would bear that in mind when they were going to give their votes, because the Noble Lord who was sohigh annuthority, admitted thitCnot a word' -could ba saidart favour of 'it. The Noble Lord-also said . -that 90,00/. was too small a surplus, and when the -House affirmed' the present proposition of the Govern .ment with 'rearseet to the auction duty,. he would most cordially concur with the Noble Lord in the opinion that it would be quite impassible to agiee - to any other • reduction.--(Loud laughter.) :He rejoiced to hear the Noble toad had taken - up that position, because he could count on his'ebialial support. laugh.) He rejoiced that he could cordially unite With'the Noble Lord in resisting, any other prepositiona for.-the' redtictien:nf, taxation which might come before them. lle hoped that gentlemen nu his (Sir Robert Peel's) side of the house would recollect what were the objects of the,Noble ,Lords---(Hear.) • His Hon. Friend (Mr. Bankes) s mightssee that ho would get' nothing by his motien, ferif Hon 'Friend succeeded in prevent ing, a4reduction-of • the rotation duty, he (Sia R. Peel) would - certainly be disposed to agree with- the Noble Lord, thinking it better to keep the 395,000/."auction duty' in 'the Excheqtaer. His Hon. Faiend, -therefore ; not be likely to derive that advantage from his ~proposal Which he supposed. -He advised those who !vexe interested in the protectiOn - of other duties tOyecolleet if the Noble Lord succeeded in resist ing the repeal of the auction duty that he proclaitned he weeldahert Vote for-a reduction of 'the duty On" butter and eheese.(Hear; hear, and a laugh.) 'Now he would beapof the House 10-consider what the auction- tax wai. It was a tax decidedly . in favour of persons possessed Of laige property who 'wished to sell it, as compared with the poorer class.—(Hear, hear.) 'ln point of fact the auction tax, as far as large populations were concerned, was a device for enabling the rich man to ascertain the real value of his property.—(Hear, hear.) They only got a tax on 8,000,000/, though 45,000,0001. of property 'were sold, and yet they had an immense establishment. —(Hear, hear.). What. was the course ptirsued ? A persoa who, had an estate worth 100,0001. and wishing to dispose of it, put it up foi sale by _auc tion, but did- --not • it. - He - thus as certained what was.. the full value the -estate, after competition, not a penny of, the. tea was paid, though he had all the advantages of the law and the 'Excise establishment for the purpose of ascertaining the value of his estate ; but the man whose property was . sold through distress had no such advantage.= (bear, hear.) And when they considered the number of exceptions to the tax; and to the principle upon which it Was - made, he would say that not only a word could. not be spoken in favour. of it, but a volume might be written against it. His Right Hon. Friend had stated the case of an incurnbered proprietor of a property, worth 106,0001, which was exposed to auction. The incum brances were 90,000/ —the demand for payment was pressing-a-the estate was sold by auction. 100,0001. was raised from the sale; the vendor had to give , 10,000/ to pay off the ineumbrances; .he received the remaining 10,000/ out •of. which . he was to pay 3,606/. to' the Exciie.— . (tlear, hear.)' -Now, take the me of .6 permisping one, and if Government persisted in imposing it he should divide the House. • Mr. PARKER said the tax of 151. would produce so little to the revenue that it was not worth the Govern ment's while to retain it. _ property of the same value upon which there was no in cumbrances. He wished to sea ,it, not because he was distresied,'but because heperhaps, willed, _to buy prO perty.in another. County.. What did he do? He put up the property for sale, but only that he might ascertain, by competition, the value of the property. In this case the revenue did not get a penny of the tax, whilst the individual had all the advantage of an extensive estab lishment to ascertain the value of the-property. Now was that fair ?—(Hear ; hear.) Then could anything be :more advatitageous to agriculture—to agriculture, -above all things, and to a commercialcountry—than to have a free circulation of property. He could not conceive any thing more advantageous than an unrestrained power of transferting' property; without the interference of the excise, and the . enabling of every person to get the highest sum for his property which it would realise. — (Hear, hear.) As far as it oparated on the person who was obliged to sell his' prciperty for distress, it was most unjust. He believed they would receive great social benefits - from a free circulation of property. Seeing that the Noble Lord had nothing to say in favour of the tax, he hoped the Committee would join with the Govern ment in remitting this tax, though he was bound to add; as to the remission of it, the surplus left would be less than was desirable.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Mr. F. BARING would wish to know whether the Right Hon. Baronet would say that this tax would attach in 'MSC of a distress. Sir PEEL said that he meant to say was that the tax operated most unjustly in the case of poor persons, who were obliged to sell their property, as com pared with those who made use of their establishment merely to ascertain the value of their property.—(Hear.) Colonel SIBTHORP said be thought the Gover nment might take off the duty o n fire insurance, which was a most injudicious duty, with more advantage auction duty. He was oppo se d to the propositionthan the Of the Government, and he did no t altogether like the proposi tion ; but,' of the two, he would rather prefer voting for the proposition of his Hon. Friend than for that of the Government. Mr. COBDEN said that it was not his intention to say one word upon this subject till he had heard the speech. of the Right Hon.:Baronet. _What did the Right Bon. Baronet say ? Do he; " vote - with-the Hon. Member, for Dorsetshire against the proposition of the* Government ; forif-yeu.leave the auction duty:as it i's; andlaye aundditional .surplus. of 800,000 L, the Noble Lord the Member for London will then vote far a reduc tionef the duty on butter and cheese, and that is your interest," for that was the word of the Right Hon. Gen tlemen. - Why; had he (Mr:•Cerbden) ever said anything so bad ? Did he ever say, "You areinterested inbutter and cheese V.'—(Hear, beat,- a'nel laughter.) He. had said, indeed, in _Qc?vene-garden, ,that they sot up a e shop of their,iawn,.andwould not allow* opposition shop on the same' side of the---street - ; - •but r he never said they were cheesernongets, or asked,,theni to vote in a particular way hecituSe_they were so.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He did not tuiderstand how, especially on the principle of the Hon.'Member for Dumfries, the House could give its support to a protection to butter and cheese. Sir T. ACKLAND conceived that the Hon. Gentle man who had just sat down quite misapprehended the question, but if they were to consult the real' interests of several classes, instead of one, they would find that the intelligence, and truth—and the interest of truth — were all on the side of the proposition of the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel). He conceived that the re mission of duty which the Right Hon. Baronet had pro posed was altogether in favour of the landed interest — 'their PrOminent, their peculiar, that especial interest, to which he ' es the owner of an estate, belonged. If they consulted the exports and imports, they would find that this remission-of. duty-altogether told in their favour ; and be tholight that-tbelanded interest would be blindly sensible to their Own .advantage,-- if they refused to ac cede to tfie proposition which the Right Hon. Baronet: had made them.-i- - (1 - 1ear;„heat.)' As it struck him, the great inducement held'out 'by'the Hon. Gentleman who "had just sat dOwn was,' that the imposition upon .the sale of the minor articles Of produce was remitted at the expepie of the greater articles. Now, it was a. great reas.ou. -with ,him, that one of the chief - motives which should induce the landed interest was, that - they would by this means be enabled to dispose of their, property to the best advantage. The ann. Member had said ? that in the selling of an estate worth. 100,0004 the proprietor' would save at least' 3,000/. in auction duty. N o w he conceived that this was an advantage. which ought to be properly estimated by thelanded interest. The Hon. Member for Dorset shire had, in his opinion, misconceived the question; and that in voting against the proposition of the Right Hon. Baronet, he was clearly ping against the interests of the class he professed to serve. There was no class, in his -estimation; who were more likely to be benefited than the landed interest. He believed that the remission of 'these duties would not lead to any fraudulent evasion of the duty_ to Government, but that, on the contrary-, it' would' tend 'very largely to i ncrease those revenues which the remission of those duties seemed apparently to de stroy. He trusted, therefore, that the community would recollect that this was a remission by which the public were to be largely benefited. He therefore begged the attention of the House to the particular points which the . Right Hon. Baronet especially wished to l ay before them, and he trusted they would proceed, as they no way militated against the interest with which he, as a landlord, was intimately connected.—(Hear.) Mr. LABOUCHERE pia that he certainly conceived that the Hon. Baronet -who had just sat down was wrong in.his position, and that the impression which the Right Hon: Baronet intended to convey was just such as the Hon. Member for Stockport had represented. It was not a mere question of butter and cheese— (Hear, hear)—there was something more than that. He was not prepared to pass an euFogium upon her Ma jesty's Government, but he did conceive that the remis sion of those duties was a boon for which the country might well be thankful. He should, on that account, vote against the motion of the Hon. Member for Dorset shire for imposing duties on butter and cheese.—(Loud cries of " Divide, divide.") The House then divided, when there appeared— . • For the motion of the Chancellor • of the Ekchequer .... . .. . . .•^ . .. 167 Against it • . - - 3 O 3O - • MujorityfOr :•• —.437 • Mr:: HUME said that he had :n6 :desire to interfere With the - preceedinga of so resPeciablea body. of =en as the auctioneers of. Eegland,,but he xouldnot conceive why - there should be a veriety, of Dbaracterin the nature of tWgoods which were to be-disposed of, and he thOught tfaat ifthey.imposed a penalty; unequally, th e y would be doing a manifest injustice to Untimbet of those till - AM hitherto paid a lower rate. If an individual were pos sessed of'an estate, and chose to throw the-property'or the estate away, he might use the. means of selling it by auction ; but gill there was'a; manifest injustice in the obligations - Which imposed a variety of duties upon pro perty of. a private character and he-would suggest that there should be-one uniform duty after the rate of 7/..105.• 'for the licences.: . . 1-14.wgs said that he thought due consideration. had notebeen used, and that the small and far more nu merous class of auctioneers—those who were residents in the country, and_ whose interests had been entirely overlooked, ought to be brought into consideration. At present they were ranged among the first class au& tioneers, who being entitled to sell wines, spirits, and . estates, were obliged to take a licence which cost them 30/. • The Commissioners of Excise recommended that if 'there were a general auction licenct, it ought to be 101. annually. More licences would be,;taken out at 10/. than 151., and the revenu e b e conseo en tly m reat lotuore he.ns ,e- . tice.on alargehody of men, compelling, the small auc tioneers to pay the same d u ty as large ones, which would fited. The Government wou ld commit a g 'give the latter a monop o ly in this description of busi • pess. Upon these grounds he seconded the the basin* in , thehandi of • res Sir R. PEEL said that the 'required amount of duty preposition. would have at least one salutary_effect—that of placing • The Hop., Member had.alluded to tha-recommendation orthe Commissioners of Excise,, but that was made when they Only.:peoposed a modification of the duty, whereas peetable auctioneers. the_Governmentwere now about to remove the auction • duty altogether. They . were • about to give a great - stimulukto'this business, and he thought after all that the proposal of the Government was the most equitable. •The _Government sought but a very trifling compensa tion for the great amount of revenue sacrificed. Mr. HUME inquired the am ount of auction eeiv6dduring the, last year, and th e number of auc tioneers.who paid:duty ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the duty re number of-auctioneers was 3,900, and the amount of c y h sold, n o l e d r y, each t h h e. varying l m e a in oi plain,cne e n e c r e s -duty (as we °understood it) 70,5.20/. Hon. Members Who had spOlteri in thin debate seemed to forget the Cumbrous and •cotaplicated: for the difleten't . hmount, and on a a spec a i u fi t c h e t e i l articles s nt scale. For. all this - • sure. • Anctioneers were Obliged to pay proposed. • not know why • simple, aid 'uniform Ranee, tax of the Government was Mr. -WII4LIAMS did should.; be. advantaged more than any other class of tradesmen... W A R BURTON. thought it would be but r i g ht t o -'Mr.. state the numberef theanetiopeers who, had taken out the licerice, - and the aggregate anabunt paid into the -venue. - had looked atthe report furnished bY the found that die Commissioners, and be ~. greater No of 'witnesses .were Edinburgh auc t aneers. This sum of 15/. might seem a moderate duty to y them or to oth er metropolita n. auctioneers , 'but the- House must bear id mind that the tendency of the duty would be to drive the:trade of the country into the larger towns. H e thought the licence shoUld be rated, at IN. Mr.-BELLEW sup Ported t h e p ro p osition of the Bon. Member (Mr. Hume.) . After a 'few'few wo rdi from t he CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, . d a letter from one Lord DUNCA,N rea • of his consti tueots, which- stated that b e should be obli g ed to give up business if this high rate of duty were imposed. _Th e town of Bath contained some fifty auctioneers who had been duly li ce nsed, but of that number only four had paid the higher duty. He thought -GoVernrnent should accede to the-return requested by the Hon. Member for Kendal;failitig-vehich be (Lord Duncan) should certainly vote ,with the Hon. Member for - Montroee. Lard WORSLEY Was of opinion that this high rate of duty would be found so .oppressive that auctioneers could only exist in the great towns, and those in the country,• who, required to . - by auction, would be obliged to bring one, at a great expense, from the county. • town. He though t this. would be adding toonstead of taking from, the tax.--(Hear, hear, from Col. Sibtlforpo TURNE-13, thought 'the Government melsnra Would be warmly•suPported, and instead of injuring the trade he,thought it wouldelevate the character, Of the , tradeimen. Mr. HUME said the Right Hon. Gentleman. •itie Chancellor of the Exchequer had said 'that the aide:;-' tioneers were now relieved from a . great .responsibility, as heavy security was at present required from them. • Who imposed that responsibiltiy--who required that se cutity?.. Why the . Government - for the protection of its 'revenue. Lie thought the - 131. -duty -4 iziot-ootbital, Mr. RICE would be quite ready to agree to the pre sent proposition of the Government, if the Chancellor of the Exchequer would promise that in the Committee he would give the information of which he had spoken. The CHANCELLOR of the' EXCHEQUER said he proposed to give all the information in his power. In reply to an observation from Mr. GISBORNE, Sir R. PEEL said it had been proposed to reduce the duty to 71. 10s. It appeared that this reduction would have too great an effect in reducing the amount of the productiveness of the tax, but that 101. would increase it above the amount to be derived from 151. Mr. lIUME asked, would the Right Hon. Baronet agree to 10L now 2--(A laugh.) Sir R. PEEL said he stood there not for the bitterest of any party but the public, and if it were shown that lb/. would produce more than 151., he would be prepared to take that into consideration. Mr. WARBURTON wished the question were settled, as a deal of property was now locked up, and kept from sale by the delay of, the measure. Mr. HAWES was of opinion that la would produce more to the revenue than 15/. Mr. HUME—And 51. more than either. —(A laugh.) Sir R. PEEL said that he would not now state what the amount should ultimately be fixed lit. Inquiries were'in progress, and he would at'a future stage be able to state to the House. the result. • Mr. HUME said it was quite clear that the Govern ment had proposed the increase to 151. without any in formation whatever. He really hoped the Right Hon. , Baronet would now consent to fix the amount of the duty at 71. 10s.—(A laugh.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER . said, that the Hon. Gentleman was bidding against himself. —(A laugh.) The Hon. Gentleman first proposed 7L 10s., and then he suggested 51., and now ho went back to the old offer.—(A laugh.) He (the Chancellor of the., Exchequer) would consider the question, and would lay before the House all the information he could obtain. . . Mr. WILLIAMS thought that ,10L would be a rea sonable medium, and hoped the GovernMeni would as sent to-it. • - • - • Lord WORSLEY said that if the Committee divided he would vote, for la But in ,the present imperfect state of their information, it would be better not to divide in the'present stage. Mr. PLUMPTRE thought in the conflicting offers; Government might very well knock down the tax at.lo/. Me. BROTHERTON thought that, as they were working in the absence of All information, and as the measure was one of experiment, 101. would be a fair com- promise. The CHANCELLOR of the; EICCILtQUER was not prepared to give the House infordation either as to the number of auctioneers altogether, or as to the number of those who paid the higher duty. After a desultory conversation, which was•much inter rupted by laughter and cries of " Divide," strangers were ordered to-withdraw. As we were leaving the gallery, we understood The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER to say that he had not yet had an offer of ten guineas. Mr. HUME—Oh, but guineas are not a legal tender. Upon our return to the gallery . we found that, no division had taken place, the original motion having been. withdrawn. The House then resumed, and the Chairman reported progress. CUSTOMS DUTIES (GLASS). The House then went into Comthittee on - the Customs' duties, and Mr. SPOONER .-mOved that id alteration should take place in the time when the. protecting duty on glass should cease. It was proposed . that they 'Should termi nate immediately, but his proposition was, that that operation should not take place until the sth of April, 1846. He thought it unfair that the glass manufac turers should be compelled to meet the competition from foreign glass manufacturers when they were not prepared to do so. Although he believed the glass manufacturers of this country need not fear anything from competition, ultimately, still they Would,be seriously injured by being called upon to compete with - foreign manufacturers immediately. In 'the case of sheet glass, which was a most important article, mannfacturers in this country were obliged to employ French manufacturers, because the manufacturers here, in, consequence of the duty; could not afford to make experiments. The con sequence was, the English manufacturers were under contracts to empl o y parties for some time to manufacture that article. The immediate removal of the protective duties in that respect would cause them great loss. There could be no doubt that the Right Hon. Gentle man had given a great boon to the, glass manufacturers in this country by taking off the duty, but that boon would be thrown away by taking off immediately the protective duty. He hoped his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer would consider the subject. He moved that the line be altered to " On and after the sth of April, 1846." Lord INGESTRE had been requested by his consti tuency to make a similar request, and he hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer would consent to extend the time. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was not quite certain whether the effect of the Hon. Gentleman's proposition was not to augment the duty the House had already agreed to, because, if the Hon. Gentleman's amendment were agreed to, it would continue the duties for a period of twelve months. But, independently of this, the motion was inexpedient in ether respects. The duty to the extent of one halfpenny per lb. had been retained on glass imported from Belgium, whose manufacturers were formidable competitors with the British, and he had al 'ways understood till that night that this course was likely to give satisfaction to the trade generally. The amendment was negatived without a division. The remaining clauses were then agreed to and the House resumed. The Chairman then reported progress, and the report was ordered to be brought up tomorrow. SUPPLY. The order of • the-day was then put for, the House goihg into' a Committee of Supply to vote the navy estimates. Mr. - HUME protested that it was not fair at that late hour, to go into a.. Committee of Supply. Dr. BOWItING intimated that several Hon. Members had left the llntve on the understanding that these esti mates were riot to be brought forward that night. -Mt. HOPE thought the House could bate no objec tion, even, at that late hour, to vote the estimate for victuals. • 'Sir ROBERT PEEL,howeyer; secingit, was the wish orthe HoUse not to proceed,. consented to . the postpone ment of" the Committee. . , • ThO' CHANCELLOR - of the EXCHEQUER ap pointed Wedneidiy -for going into Committee. Captain PECHELL could-hardly believe it was the in tention of the Right Hon. Gentleman to take the Navy Estimates on Wednesday evening. ~ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no objection to do so, if the Hon. and Gallant' Member wished it. • ' - • Captain PECHELL - had held a seat in the House for nearly ten years, during which they, had never taken the nay . y - estimates on a Wednesday ;. and he had no wish to depart from this rule now. . - MUSEUMS BILL. The House then went into a COmmittee on the Public Museums It, went through Committee, and was orderato be reported to-morrow: . GLASS' BILL. The Glass Excise Duties' Bill also went through Committee, and was ordered to be reported to-morrow. The report of . Supply was received and agr eed. to. The Mutiny Bill and the Marine Mutiny Bill were read a second time. INDIA EXPORT DUTIES. Mr. HUME wished to know if he was at liberty to DA the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Jocelyn) if he could place before the House a copy of the draft of the Act imposing import duties on goods sent to:Judi& Lord JOCELYN said he had no objection to produce the draft Act. As to the Governor-General of India he (Lord Jocelyn) could only say he acted in. perfect ac cordance with the directions of the of Controul. --.. ...... ....„.._ _ Mr. M. GIBSON hoped the Government woiald re consider this subject before they had finally decided on the India Import Duties. The 'other orders of the day were then•disposed of, and the House adjourned at Twelve o'Clock.. LAW INTELLIGENCE. .tioris'oF..oll.DS, April 7. ROBERT ALLEN (A PAEI7E4), v. ,3P.P.HERSON,. TOMKOTS, AND TIIOIKAS ALLEN. In this case, which had not concluded when we went to Press yesterday, the further arguments were postponed to Monday next. • COAT. IVFAILIEET.; Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Adair's 15s 6(1;7 Buddre's West -Hartley, 16s ; Cares' Hartley, 16s ; Chester Main, 15s 6d ; - Davison's West Hartley, 16s ' Elli - son Main, 14s 9d; Hasting's Hartley, lAs 6 d; Holywell Main, 16s - 6d; Nelson's West Hartley, 16s; New Tanfield, 14s 6d ; Ord's Redheugh, 14s ; Havensworth West Hartley, 16s; Tpwnley, 15s; W!mt_ Hartley,- •16s:; West Wylam, 15s 6d ; Wylam, 15s ; Wall's-end—Gibson,' l6B . 9 d ; Kit= litigworth ? 15s 6d ; Iy.alker,,lss .6d Hetton; 19s; NortliHettOn. Lyons, .16s 90 Riehmonds 6 s 6d; : Russell's Hetton, 18s *gd ; Ste Wart's 19s; Caradoc,-' 18s 6d ; High Tiorneley, 16s ; South 1 kellpe ' 17s 6d ; Adelaide,: 1 7s 9 d ; Barrett; 16S ;', Eden Hartlepool, 15s ; :Gordon, .15s; South Durham, 16s 3d ; Tees, 18s ; .Anthracite, 18s 6d ; Cowpen Hartley, "."16s ; Hartlex Netherton; 168.---Ships ar; rived 19. - • „ . [ADVERTISEMENT.] FIFTY • RUNNING ULCERS CURED IN Six WEEKS BY Hal,O.WAli ' s PILLS AliD - Obrr- NEXT .!:--Estract of alAter, dated Tobago (West Indies) Feb, 4, 1845 :—‘ To Professor Holloway, Sir, I hive the pleasure to Worm you that your astonishing medicines have-eured a gentleman in this island, who had, I believe, about fifty - rill:Ming ulcers about his' legs, arms, and liddy,.who - had tried - all other medicines before the ar rival of yours, but . . 'all. of which did =him no good ; but yours cured him in about Six weeks, and, he is now quite restored to health'and vigour,-,--(Signed) John, Martin; Chro nielu-otfice, Tobago.", Sold at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand (where ailviee may be bact gratis), and by almost all respectable Vendors of Medi= tine throughout the civilised world. It is onderstOod to.be . the intention of Sir C. Nat -pier to bring the case 'of the masters of the navy before the J-lonse;•ote the introduction of the Navy Estimate& The 1-fiCieliey,efthese efficere is generally acknowledged, but from s on iS ca usd, Which is by no means intelligible; they are coin ., paratWely Ant' out (rein the benefits due to long and faithful service and 'it is to . be hoped that measures will b e aciOptect g ace ' this valuable class eqiiitable-pesitiOn their Profession.' Aof officers in a more :suggestion has been made fOr l acing's:misters 'bn tlio - sliSe of lieutenants ' which would bring filo*: within i the scope of the patronage of he Crown. - Tha whole'cs6e .• appears to deserve the best con iideratiou of the q9yerpment and the Legislature.—Times . PARMAMEN TAR Y DIV IKONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, APRIL 7. EXCISE.—(IN THE COMMITTEE.) Motion made, and Question put, " That it is the opinion of this Committee, that all the Duties of Excise now payable in respect of Sales by Auction, and on Licenses to be taken out by Auctioneers, shall cease. v The Committee divided : Acland, Sir T. D. Acland, T. D. Acton, Colonel MAJORITY-AYES, 167. Pu Pre, C. G. M`Geachy, F. A. Egerton, Sir P. Duncan Ellice, Rt. Hon. E. Mainwarirg, T. Ellis,Wynn Mangles, R. D. Elphinstone, H. Mastennan, John Emlyn, Viscount Mitcalte, Henry Entwisle, William Morgan,,Octaclus Escort, Ilickham Mundy, E. M. Ewart, William Napier, Sir C. Feihien, W. Newry, Viscount Ferguson, Sir It. A. O'Brien,. A. S. Fitzroy,„Henry O'Conor, Don Flower, Sir J. Patten, J. W. Forbes, William Pecticll, Captain Forman, ;T. S. Peel, Sir R. Forster, Matthew PeeloJonathan • Fremantle, Sir T. Philips, G. R. Fuller, A. E. Plumptre, Gaskell, J. M. Plumridge, Captain Gibson, T. M. Polhill, Frederick Gisborne, Thomas Pringle, Alexander Gladstone, W. E. Reid, Sir John Gordon, Captain Rice, E. R. Gore, Montague Sanderson, Richard Goulbunt ' Henry Sheppard, Thomas Graham, Sir J. Smith, Abel Orecnall, Peter Smith, J. A. Grimston, Viscount Smith, T. B. C. Hamilton, W. J. Somerset, Lord G. Ilarcourt, 0. 0. Somerton, Viscount Hatton, Captain Somes, Joseph • Hayter, W. G. Spooner, Richard Henley, J. W. Stewart, John Ilepburn,'Sir T. B. Stuart, Henry Herbert, Sidney Strutt, Edward Hope, Charles Sutton, Henry Hope, G. W. Tancred, 11. W. Ihune, Joseph Tennent, J. E. Humphery, Alderman Thesiger, Sir F. Hussey, Ambrose . Thompson, Alderman Ilutt, William Thornely, Thomas Inge strie, Viscount Trelawny, J. S. James, Sir W. C. • Trench, Sir F. W. Jennyn, Earl Tuite, H. M. Jocelyn, Viscount Turner,- Edmund Jones, Captain Villiers, Viscount Lambton, Wakley, Thomas Lascelles, W. S. _Warburtun? Henry Lawson, Andrew ' Johh T. : Lemon, Sir C. Wellesley, Lord C. Lennox, Lord A. Williams, William - Lincoln, Earl • Wood, Colonel Lockhart, IV. • Wortley, John S. LoWther, J. 11. George TELLERS:, `Mackenzie, T. Young, John Mackenzie, W. F. Baring, Henry Adare, 'Viscount Arkwright, George Arundel, Earl Baillie, Joseph Bailey, J., jun. Colonel H. J. Baird, William Barclay, David Baring, Thomas Baring, W.B. Beckett, William Benbow, John Bentinck, Lord G. • Bernard, Viscount Blakemore, Richard Boldero, 11. G. Borthwick, Peter Botfleld, Beriah Bowes, John Bowles, Admiral: Bowring, Dr. Brisco, M. 3 Brothertoti, Joseph Browne, W. ,Bruce, Lord E. Bruce, C. L. C. Buckley, Edmund Buller, Edward - Cardwell, Edward Carew, ♦V. 11. I'. Chelsea, Viscount Chute, W. L. W. Clerk, Sir George Clive, Robert 11. Cobden, Richard Cockburn, Sir G. Colebrooke, Sir T. Collett, John Cootc, Sir C. II Copeland, Alderman Corry, Henry Ciipps, William Dalrymple, Captain Ramer, Colonel Darby, George Dickinson, F. 11. Drummond, 11. 11. Duke, Sir J. Duncan, Viscount Duncan, (itbrgc Duncombe, A. Duncombe, 0. Dwidag, David MINORITY-NOES, 30. Baring, F. T. Eaton, It. J. Rutherford, A. Barnard, E. G. EbringOn, Viscount Sheridan, R. B. Baskeryille, T. B. Guest, Sir J. . Sotheron, T. H. Brarnston, T. W. Hawes, Benjamin Tyrrell, Sir J. T. Broadley, 11. Ilohhouse, Sir J. , Vane, Lord H. Buck, L. W. Howard, C. IV. Waddington, H. S. Busfeild, William • Labouchere, Henry - Woraley, Lord Chetwode, Sir J. Long, Walter Yorke, H. R. Denison, W. J. Lygon, General TELLERS. Dick. Quintin l'arker, John Bankes, George Dundas, Admiral Russell, Lord J. March, Earl DIRECT RAILWAY S. The classification, by the Board of Trade, of railway projects, including those which they have reported against, as Well as those on which they have reported favourably, is now complete ; and the various measures will be fgrehwith referred to Select Committees of the douse of Cdinmons. It is impossible to over-estimate the importance- of railway legislation. It is a question of great national interest, and ought, therefore, to receive the most careful attention of Parliament. It is to be hoped that the Committees will enter on the discharge of their duties with a proper notion of the momentous in terests which are involved in railway matters. There are other and higher considerations connected with railways than those which relate to the claims of rival companies. The great question of public convenience is involved in many of the struggles which are about to take place before Parliament, between the promoters ofopposing projects. It were impossible to lay down any specific principle for the guidance of the Legis lature, which would admit of universal application. There are peculiarities incident to most projects, which would prevent the application in all cases of principles which apply in particular cases. But as, a rule, or ge neral principle, the view entertained by Sir Robert Peel, and which he expressed ten or twelve days ago in Par liament, is undoubtedly the one which ought generally to be acted on. The Premier laid down the proposition that the lines which are most direct, and consequently the shortest, ought to be preferred, unless where there are peculiarities in the projected line which would jus tify a departure from the rule. Whatever conclusion Parliament may come to on this point, it is not to be denied that the country enter tains the same view as Sir Robert Peel. The direct lines are everywhere the favourite lines. They are so not only because in the nature of things they must be the cheapest, but because by travelling by them there will be a great saving of time. To most persons this is as great an object as the saving of money. To many,—to all whose avocations are numerous or urgent, it is more. Supposing, for example, that a person was proceeding from London to York, and that he could get in four hours and a half by either of the direct lines proposed between the two places, while if he has to go by the circuitous route of the Eastern Counties and the Cambridge and Lincoln lines, he cannot accomplish the journey in less than six hours, is it not evident that a saving of an hour and a half in time would be a far more important object to thousands of persons, especially to professional men, than the mere saving of a few shillings—supposing there were such a saving—in the charge for travelling ? Let us mention another case illustrative of the de sirableness of adopting the direct drinciple. There are two lines proposed for connecting Edinburgh, Glas gow, and England, by means of Perth, with Inver. ness and the northern counties of Scotland. By the Aberdeen route, the distance would be nearly seventy miles greater than by the proposed direct line from Perth to Inverness. It cannot for a mo ment be supposed that Parliament would prefer the former line to the exclusion of the latter, and thus compel the public to travel nearly seventy miles out of their way, and that, tob, at a great addi tional expense. In many cases—and in `this one among the number—local necessities may justify the construc tion of a circuitous route, but for all national purposes the direct routes must be preferred. The public has a right to demand this. Sir Robert Peel has again and again expressed himself decidedly favourable to it, and Parliament will, therefore, wo trust, acquiesce in its adoption. We dwell with greater earnestness and emphasis on this point, because; if the direct principle be departed from in one case; that will be pleaded as a precedent for departing from it in another,, and thus a sere ous injury will - be inflicted on the community. We do not say that there may not be cases in which, owing to peculiar circumstances, a deviation from the direct principle' may be justifiable, but such cases must, in the nature of things, be very rare. Direct routes •must necessarily not only be the most ex peditious, but the cheapest, and in all respects the best adapted to afford accommodation to the public. Mr. Thmpas Duncombe is abuut to bring forward a motion to prevent. any further injury being done by the reports of the Boaf(!rof Trade. It would be well if some Hon. Member would summit a resolution to the Rouse, be fore the railway Bills are referred to the Committees, pledging the House to a preference for the direct ,prin ciple.—Morning Advertiser. COURT CIRCULAR., The'Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Hon:Xiss Hamilton, Colonel Arbuthnot; and Colonel Bouverie, rode out on horseback yesterday morning: • 'Their. , Royal : Highnesses the Prince of -Wales, Prince Alfred, and the TrincesS Royal, were' taken an airing in a carriage-and -four yeaterday. Her Royal Highness the .Princesi.Alice was taken . . an the .Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palace. .Their Royal-Highnesses thi Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess Mecklenburei-Strelitz visited the Queen-yester-* day at . Bucking,ham palace: , . Her Majesty; accompied by the Prince of Wales, and at tended by the Lady in Waiting, took an airing in the after noon,.in an open carriage and four, and ,visited her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia, at Ken'singtenn Colonel Ar buthnot, Equerry in'Waitmg, attended' on horiebitek. The Queen: and ,Prince Albert, attended -by the 7 Countess of tharlemont e the. Hon. Miss, StallJey,. the , Earl of ; Herd • wieke, Colonel Arbuthnot, and Colottel Botiierie,honowed the Niench'PlaYs' With-their preienee y6sterday 'evening: THE DuOtEss ..slF:CittOverisTEN.—lrer Highneis was better yesterday. . `The, Queen Called.. at . Gloucester House in. the afternoon to makelnquirY-after the' health of her illustrious relative.. .The Queen Dowager; the. Duchess of Kent, and- the Duke or Cambridge, paid visits to the Royal Duche,ss in, the course of the day,. Iter Majesty the Queen. Dowager,. - att e iled oim ;b b y ri t d h g e e y Ho ee n : Misl'Eden, fed - the and Duchess terday, at: Cambridge Huse. • • _ Her Rbyal Highness the Duelres_ sgf . lent the 18th inst.ft has issued cards for a dinner a.ncl'eirening 'party on Friday; nt Clarence House, St. James's. -- • with 1 Highness dined •her The, Duchgas :of •Icent visited! the D uke CaMbridge yesterdiiy..Her House in the ty the - Queen Dowager ae. Marlborough Majesty and Duchess of evening.: : .•, The Duke. of Cambridge of Mecklenbuigh Strelitz honoured the performance of the French 4)laYs with their pr e senc e e n yc e sterdaktVClling. ridge and the Hereditary Grand Puke i ß g e h d; l e e n s . s -1 I Princer R o d y a l i R I too Roth and d e se attended hiee k ifi T g l kti e ne r e n e d con ,.D p u ei ch 4 e d ss4St h e i p e h suaek - i nreednoßef o i f iHraomn e T o h f e Dev o o t n ie - Da u y g u h the ;rounds b w en y a : t t a e h i 'a e e f :B S a i r x b e rt l e V s: i d m e a S t' t an iu d ni tfleldeepr . shire, lke eiCeemfhtips town nied hfal: illustrious t v r r e e i o e s d c e l e o x n , c i c i t e y o r s e f s t t t e h h r e r d e of the 'villa. A dejeune was afterwards served. The Grand Duchess and suite returned to town at four o'aock, , in two carriages and four. His -Serene Highness. Prince Ernest of Hesse Phillippstabl visited. the ,Gran 4 Duchess after her return, at the Duke of Hamilton's resideneein Portman-square. depntation from the City of London had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday, at his offiicial residence in Downing-Street. The deputation consisted of the Lord mavon, • Mr. Alderman Humphery, Sir James Duke, Mr. R. L. Jones, Mr. Hart ison, Mr. Prior, the Town Clerk, the City.Reiremlirancer, and the City Solicitor. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meet ing yesterday: at the Office in Whitehall. place. There were present the Bishops of Chester, Lichfield, Ripon, and Worces ter, and the Dean of WestminSter. 3lr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.. Dispatches were sen t o ff yes t er d ay evening from •the Co lonial-office, for the Governor of Hong-Kong. • DEPARTURE OF THE CALEDONIA- FROM LITER POOL.—Tbe steam-ship 'Caledonia, Captain Lott, sailed at eight o'clock on Saturday evening, for Halifax and Boston, talking out her full complement of passengers, not less than. 60,000 newspaperS, and • au eqtial number of letters, and a bearer of de.spaithei ftom C.iro - Vernment to Mr. Pakenhani,'. Minister at Washington, conveying the declaration of the Government respecting.. the Oregon, for which purpose her detenthin frtrat Friday tti Saturday was; ho adult, ordered by the Admiralty. She was telegraphed off 11017ttead hal' Put 41ye o'clocA 9114 suadAy naonawg. ~' THEATRES. . 4 \ _. -. DR UR Y-LANE 4 7:',....,-----.' 7 1 .0 . \ ___,...) This house was crowded to the_eeilhig last evening .4., long before the rising of the curtain. It was the first ',.. 1 4 appearance this season of Duprez ; no wonder then that , :' 1 all the lovers of music in London congregated together :-&, within the walls of Old Drury to do, him - honour. The ..., opera was Guillaume Tell, and Duprez sustained bia " 3.`Ne original character of Arnold—that character itcwhieje he was first introduced to a British audience,- I)4:earnest character, perhaps his greatest and his bektnile was superb last evening. The sweetness of some of his tones cannot be surpassed, and so exquisite is his expression that he completely carries away his auditors—now melting them to tears by his impassioned tenderness — now rousing them by his martial enthusiasm. The last scene is the crowning triumph of the opera, and never was Duprez greater. He was called for at the conclu sion and loudly applauded. Then there was a call for Miss Romer, who, as Matilda, had sung and acted de lightfully ; and after a short time she appeared, led on by Duprez. The opera, which was very well put upon the stage, was followed by the ballet of Robert and Bet trand. LYCEUM. On Duty is the title of a pleasing two-act trifle pro duced at this theatre last evening. Keeley is "on duty" as a certain Corporal Fritz, of the local militia of some place in Germany, and while on duty he makes a dis covery that Henrietta (Miss Villars), to whom he is affianced, is in love with Count Frederick Lowenstein (F. Vining). Such being the state of affairs, the rest may be easily imagined—Keeley gets into all sorts of absurd situations ; among others he stands upon a pe stal in a garden as a Dutch painted statue, in order to discover the faithlessness of his Henrietta—and is the most ludicrously ill-used individual upon earth. How ever, finding Henrietta is inclined to jilt him, he solaces himself with the charms of Madame Dentelle (Mrs. Woollidge), a widow who has been long anxious to catch him, and Henrietta becomes Countess of Lowen stein. The character of Henrietta was very - nicely played by Miss Villars, who introduced a song, which she gave very prettily, and in which she was deservedly encored. F. Mathews, as a frivolous, stupid, dancing old Baron, with a young wife, was very funny, and con tributed greatly to the success of the piece, which we doubt not will be On Duty at the Lyceum for some time to come. FRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured this theatre with their presence last evening. The performances commenced with Casimir Delavigne's comedy L'Ecole desVieillards, almost the last of the comedies of the legi- timate and classical school of France. Mademoiselle Messy, as Madame Danville, was admirable. She seemed to feel that it was a great occasion, and to put forth all her powers, and never did she exert them more effectively than she did last evening. Cartigny, as Bon nard, was excellent, and M. Pascal, as the Duc, was ex quisite; he is certainly one of the best dressers on the stage— quite a French Mario. Oudinot, as Monsieur Danville, was also very good. Her Majesty seemed much pleased with the manner in which this admirable comedy was produced. It was followed by La Gageure Imprevue, in which Mademoiselle Plessy again appeared, in the character of Madame de Clairville. The house was crowded to excess, by one of the most fashionable audiences of the season. OLYMPIC. A new tragedy, translated from the French by Miss Davenport, and entitled the Duchess of Guise, was pro duced here last evening with complete success. The scene is laid at the Court of Henry Third of France, and the Duchess of Guise (Miss Davenport), the Court beauty, has been to consult Ruggieri, the astrologer, as to her destiny ; while there the Count de Megrim is an nounced as approaching—she retires and the Count enters. He has seen and loved her, but knows..not she is married, and Ruggiert shew.s her to him as in a dream. By chance she has left-her handkerchief in the sooth sayer's chamber. The Duke, her husband (Mr. Denvil), also comes to consult the astrologer. He his seen the Count there, and on entering the apartment he finds his wife's handkerchief there, and . be comes immediately the victim of the most furious jealousy. There is a most powerfully-wrought scene in the second act, in which the Duke compels the Duchess to write an assignation to the Count, for the purpose of drawing him into a snare. This scene was beautifully acted by Miss Davenport, who, throughout, threw an intensity into the part of the Countess which told admirably. The Count keeps his appointment, i s waylaid by assassins hired by the Duke, severely wounded, and only saved from death by the opportune arrival of the King, who rescues him. Miss Daven port, as the heroine, was very fine. It is, perhaps, her greatest character. She was called for at the conclusion, and appeared with Mr. Denvil, who, as the Duke had sup ported her admirably. The piece was well played throughout, and was put upon the stage in a manner that reflects the highest credit upon the management of this theatre.lt was followed by a new farce entitled Humbug, an excellent piece of drollery, full of good hits at all the prevailing humbugs of the day—Hydropathy, Parr's Pills, Holloway's Ointment, et hoc genus omne, came in for their share of the satire of our author. 11. Bedford, as the Professor, was first-rate. He has all the rich unctious humour of his Uncle Paul, without his sameness. If we mistake not the day is not far distant when Henry Bed ford will hold a distinguished position on the stage. Miss Kate Howard, as a Somersetshire lass, acted with great gusto, and Miss Martineau, as the young lady of the piece, looked very pretty and interesting. Mr. Craven, as a tetchy common councilman, was also very good. Would we could say as much for Mr. F. Burton. In the first place, he did not know a word of his part—(the voice of the prompter was frequently audible all over the house)—and in the next place his style of acting was the most absurdly outré that could be imagined. Perhaps he aimed at originality,—if so, he certainly succeeded. It is to be hoped, however, that he will have few imitators. The house was crowded. SPORTING. INTELLIGENCE. • TATTERSALL'S, YESTERDAY. The betting on .the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes and Newmarket Handicap was of itself of sufficient importance to call for more than a return of the prices ; and on the greater events to come off at Chester and Epsom, our re marks may be confined to a select number of favourites. It will be seen, that Cataract, Obscurity, and Semiseria left off 'nominally at a par ; it should be observed, however, that Cataract was backed heavily at 9 and 10 to 1, and had an unequivocal call of Obscurity, upon whom, nevertheless, there was a spirited outlay, at 10 to 1. The advance of Mr. Jaques's mare was the consequence of two or three offers to take 10 to 1. We did not hear a bet laid. Portrait rose ten points on the last London quotation,, and a strong disposition to back Queen of the Tyne and Trueboy was shown in three or four quarters. • On the Derby we have little to say. Forth's lot was backed freely at 12 to 1, K.edger with some spirit at 14 to 1 ; Clear-the- way for at least 4001. at 17 and 18 to 1 • the Cobweb 'Colt in two or three placis at 22 to 1, and 1,000 to 45.; Pantasa, - a -30 to 1 (the- takers rather " sweet") and Fuzbos, at 50 to 1; the' layers refusing to go on. Ides was not mentioned; The following were the closing prices : NEWMARKET HANDICAP. .sto 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Croton Oil—t and aft off 7 to 1 agst Mr. Newton's Ma Mie 9 to 1 agst Mr. Drinkald's V6au-Vent—taken 10 to 1 agst Col. Peel's I-am-not-aware—taken 10 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Strathspey 10 to 1 agst Mr. Shafto's Porto Bello—taken 15 to 1 - agst Mr. H..Stebbins's Celeste—taken Celeste is expeCted at Newmarket this day. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Lard Stradbroke's Idas—taken '3 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger—taken 5 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Cobweb colt 6 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—taken 20 to 1 agst Idas winning 2,000 guineas and Derby—t - - 40 to 1 agst Cobweb colt for the two events—taken. . TILE CHESTER CUP. 9 to .1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Cataract—taken 9 to .I.agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Obscurity 9 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Semiseria • .1610 1 agst Mr.' W. H. Johnstone's The Era—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's 'Winesour _ 20 to 1 agst Mr. Isaac Day's Portrait—taken and aft off. 30 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Pug. 30 to 1 agst Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of Tyne—taken 30.t0 1 agst Mr. Davies's Yheomun-ac-Knack—taken - 33 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Pride of Kildare 33 to I agst Mr. Hutchinson's Ratan 33 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy—taken 1000 0 to o 2 1 0 5 agstgst Lo Mr. rd Fitz alle n —t ake n l r e g s i s i e n i t t oi n n e, s' sArist iestali en 2 . DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's lot—taken 28 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm 14 to 1 agst Col. Anson's hedger—taken 17 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Clear the Way—taken 18 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam—taken and after wards offered 20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger—taken and afterwards offered 22 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Cobweb colt—taken 22 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—take 25 to 1 30 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa—taken 30 to I agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old England—taken • 40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o'Cockpen—t. 50 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Fuzbos—taken 66 to 1 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzallen 1000 to 10 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Nereus—taken Alarm passed through London yesterday en routs for Newmarket OAKS. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Newton's Sister to Ma Mie—taken WARWICK SPRING MEETING. —MONDAY. The Trial Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 50 added, for three and four-yr olds. One mile. (4 Subs.) Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat, 3 yrs, 7st (Arthur) 1 Sir C. R. Cokerell's Rodney, 3 yrs, 7st Lord Warwick's Roebuck, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b 3 Mr. Ford's The Attorney, 3 yrs, 7st 4 sto 4 agst Sweetmeat-2 to 1 agst Attorney-3 to lon the two against the Field. Sweetmeat made strong running throughout, and won by nearly two lengths. The Warwickshire Hunt Stakes of 5 soya. each, Ilst 71b each, winners 51b extra. 2 miles. (9 Subs.) Lord Howtl I's Cromaboo.... ...(Owner) I Lord How th's Mayflower, aged.... Mr. Brookes' The Eagle 3 The following also started, but were not placed ':—Mr. Little's Vagabond, aged—Mr. Balnard's The Page—Mr: Vaux's Hornet—Mr. Laurel nd Embassy—Mr. Sheldong's Dudu—and - Mr. Bennett's Martingale. The Warwick Handicap of 15 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 40 added. Two miles. (11 Subs. 3 paid.) Mr. A. IV. Salopian, 3 yrs, sit 61b Tasker) I • Mr: 11. Johnston's Veluti, 6 yrs, 7st 111 b Lord W.arwitk's The Mule, 4 yrs, ist. 3 The falovving also ran :--Mr. Raworth's Schoolboy, 6 yrs, 7st Illb ; and Mr..T..A.tkinson's Wotton, 417. Est 7/b. The other races were not run when the train left. The sale of Mr. Foljambe's Fox-hnunda, by Messrs. Tat tersall,-realised about 3,6001. ! One lot of Live couples was ; sold for 390 guineas, and another of for couPles and a half, 480 guineas I . SPORTING CAUSE -OP WOOD v. GLEN. —Tis cases is to be defended ; the defen dant, has p aid 1,500/. ino Court, and a commission has issued. to Boulogne. Mr. E. James has been retained as counsel to _proceed. to Boulogne, to cress-examine Levy Good.hian. blucu interest i. 5 Melted, 4.5 to the result. -• _ ••• C ; cl e cl ' a ' e a