The Sun. — London, England, 1844-06-05 00:00:00

fourtb72brition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—Sir Robert Peel has been described, by 8, erne of his eulogists, as a cool and cautious statesman— nc, t too communicative, even to his colleagues in tie Ca bi al ot, of his designs, but watchful of the course of eventa% and ready to interpose when the proper moment arrived, to control and direct them to the advance ment and accomplishment of his contemplated pur poses. This is especially claimed for his conduct with referenee to O'Connell and the Repeal :move ment. The Premier, we are told, seemed to be in sensible ; but he was really wide awake to the character of the agitation, and to its consequences. He was only biding his time to pounce upon the agitators, and thus extinguish the agitation. This, it is boldly said Sir R. Peel has done. O'Connell, and his coadjutors, are quietly disposed of. The prison doors are fastened upon them. Their adherents will now disperse. Repeal will henceforth be heard of only as a by. gone dela sion. Ireland will henceforth be quiet, and not merely tranquil, but grateful for having been delivered from the mischiefs which incessant agitation necessarily inflicts upon a country. All this is said ; and, with a confi dence which, to persons utterly ignorant of the events that are actually arising, would seem to warrant belief. Sir Robert Peel, according to the glowing descriptions of these persons, is a kind of political alchymist. He sits by the side of the State crucible, watching, with steady eye, the operation that is going on within. At the eventful moment lie pours into the fused mass of anta gonistic elements his potent preparation. The striking effect produced demonstrates his skill. The baser metals are converted into gold. Ireland is restored—regene rated. O'Connell is in gaol. This Sir Robert Peel ha; effected. O'Connell's incarceration is the mug• mule power which has produced a calm and healthful tranquillity throughout Ireland ! But does the fact har• monise with the statement ? Is Repeal set at rest ? Is agitation subdued ? Do the Irish people assent to the judgment by which O'Connell is imprisoned ? Are all, or even any, of the wonders ascribed to Sir Robert Peel's policy witnessed ? The only fact in the long list of achievements celebrated by these imaginative his torians is that of Mr. O'Connell's imprisonment. But so far from the Repeal movement having received "a heavy blow and great discouragement" from the arrest of is leader, we find it has thence gained an impetus which has quickened its zeal and multiplied its energies. De prived of their leader, each subordinate seems to emulate the qualities which rendered that leader the object of confi deuce and the source of hope to his adherents. By entire subordination to the object of the Association, and paying a religious homage to the constitution by which the object is defined and the means of its attainment prescribed, each individual Repeeler seems to have sworn renewed adhesion to repeal. With a purer mil, they have consecrated person and influence to its cause. In stead of despairing of his success, they seem to re gard the accomplishment of their purpose as pro moted by the very means which Government employed for its extinction. Look at the large sums sub•cribcd as Repeal rent at the first meeting after the imprison ment of O'Connell. The weekly amount swelled six fold. Persons of influence in society increase the num bers of the association, and add to its moral power by joining its ranks. A deeper hatred of the Govern • ment—a more uncompromising determination to ad here to the purpose of separating the two countries ; and a greater d anger of that mischievous project being forced upon the Legislature, or only averted by a recourse to civil war—these are the immediate results of the policy from which such valua ble advantages were to proceed. Every bad svmptom has been inflamed, every clement of agitation has been invigorated, and every hope of restoring social peace to the agitated country has been weakened. So much for Peel's potency as a pacificator. His powers of perpe trating mischief have been often displayed ; nor do those powers seem to have lost anything of their former vigour. But the pacification of Ireland must be effected by other means, applied by other hands. We fear the danger increases. We believe and hope that brighter and better days will succeed to the dark and evil times that have fallen on that long-wretched coun try ; for we see no reason to apprehend a protracted term of office to those whose mal-administration of the Government has interrupted the civil improvements which Ireland had begun to put forth. But the time is not yet, although it may be nearer than the majority of observers seem to suppose. _ _ _ STANDARD.— Thedebate upon Lord Harry Vane's motion fur a Committee on the coal duties, extended last night to some length, but it scarcely possesses a corresponding public interest. The coalowners complain, by the mouth of the Noble Lord, that their coals are taxed 4s. a ton upon exportation to a foreign country. The Chancellor of the Exchequer. how ever, showed that, notwithstanding this tax, the trade is on the whole increasing, and Mr. Warburton and Alderman Humphery gave some explanations which must make the public a little indif ferent as to its increase or diminution. According to Mr. Warburton, the coalowners charge seventy per cent. more to the British consumer than they charge to the foreigner ; as it cannot be supposed that they sell to the foreigner at a loss or without a fair profit, this seventy per cent. is clearly extor tion. Now, it is scarcely modest of these noble men and gentlemen, who extort seventy per cent. from the public, to complain if the public imposes a duty of about i 0 per cent. upon their exportation, see ing that the foreigner will thus have the article 50 per cent. cheaper than the Englishman. Alderman Humphery's explanation of the manner of enforcing the extortion of seventy per cent. completes the picture of the whole scheme of iniquity. The poor sailors from the Tyne and the Wear are engaged at 4/. the voyage to bring coals up ; but they are fre quently detained the time of two, three, four, and even fire voyages in the river, iu order to keep up the market by holding back their cargoes, and though detained for the time of five or .six voyages, the sailors are paid but for one. Lord Harry Vane's motion was very properly refused. There is no class of the community from whom the coalowners are entitled to the least favour. Look to the Mines and Collieries Report. The same sys tem which yoked naked women and young girls to trucks—we cannot particularise the arrangement of the harness—is the same that charges the people of Eng land seventy per cent. more than the foreigner. We believe that both the truck yokes and the extortion are perfectly in conformity with the canons of political eco nomy, and happy illustrations of those canons they are, no doubt. THE IRISH STATE TRIALS.—Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, Q.C., and Mr. Austen, Q.C., have been retained by Mr. O'Connell and the other traver 'sers, to conduct their case on the Writ of Error in the Rouse of Lords. STATE OF TRADE.—There was a firm and steady market for yarn yesterday, and many of the shippers appeared dispose'l to offer contracts for future delivery. For goods, too, there was a fair demand. In some cases the buyers offered lower prices than before the holidays, but generally the market was tolerably firm.—Man chester Guardian of this day. ROCrIDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, JUNE 3. — The market to-day has been but thinly attended, and the business transacted upon a very limited scale, at prices much the same as those of last week. There has lien very little doing in the wool market, with no change in prices.—Manchester Guardian. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL. Mr. WALKER presented petitions in favour of this Bill. Mr. ENTWISLE presented petitions from several places in Cheshire, in favour of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Mr. AARON CHAPMAN presented several peti tions against the Bill. Mr. THORNELY presented petitions from members of the Established Church in Cheshire against the Bill. Similar petitions were presented from Suffolk by Lord Henniker ; from Nantwich, by Captain Berkeley; and `from a place in the north of Ireland, by Sir R. Fer guson. Lord ARUNDEL presented several petitions in favour Of the Bill. Lord WORSLEY presented several petitions from places in Yorkshire and Lincoln against the Bill. • Mr. HENRY BERKELEY presented petitions from the town of Berkeley, and other places in Gloucester shire, against the Bill. Mr. BROTHERTON presented petitions from places in Durham in favour of the Bill. Sir JOHN EASTHORPE presented petitions from several congregations in Stafford against the Bill. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented similar petitions from Kent. Mr. DUGDA.LE presented a petition from 5,000 persons in Birmingham against the Bill. Mr. MARK PHILIPS presented a petition from members of the Established Church in Lancashire, ex pressing their regret that the Wesley ans an d other,Dis senters, forgetful of the forbearance Which the Esta blished Church had shown towards them, Were desirous Of preventing Dissenters of a different denomination from enjoying the same rights. They prayed the House to pass the Dissenters Chapels Bill. Petitions against the Bill were presented by Lord Norreys, Mr. 'William Ross, Mr. Darby, Lord H arry Vane, and Mr. Humphreys. Colonel ROLLESTON presented several petitions in favour of the Bill. Mr. RICE presented a petition from some place in Hertfordshire against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Mr. WILLIAMS presented a petition from the Dis senting Ministers of Coventry to the same effect. Mr. WARBURTON presented several petitions in favour of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Among these petitions was one from the Roman Catholics of Kendal. Sir JOHN GUEST presented petitions in favour of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. ART-UNIONS. - Mr. T. SHAW presented a petition from the Royal Society of Dublin in favour of Art-Unions. SOUTHAMPTON IMPROVEMENT BILL. On the motion of Mr. GREENE, various amendments were agreed to on the Southampton Improvement Bill, andtheßill wasordered to be read a third time on Friday. AIRKENHEAD DOCKS. On the motion of Mr BROTHERTON, the Birken head DocknsißssillNT.Ens. passed. was read a third time and • CHAPELS BILL. • Lord ASHLEY presented Ue Dissenters' Chapel s mu. "7,1 petitions against Mr. E. TENNENT presented five petitions from Ire land to the same affect. Lord SA}CDON presented several petitions from Church and Dissenting congregations in Liverpool to the same effect. . Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY presented a petition from a congregation of Protestant Dissenters in Chel tenham to the same effect. _ . _ Mr. GREENE presented a petition from the mayor, clergy, and inhabitants of Manchester, to the same effect. Sir R. INGLIS presented several petitions to the same effect. Mr. Sergeant MURPHY presented a petition from the Roman Catholics of Dudley, in Worcestershire, in favour of the Bill. NCTICE OF MOTION. Mr. HUME gave notice that he would, to-morrow, move for a return of tho population of the British colonies. POOR-LAWS. Mr. 'WILLIAMS said he wished to know, from the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Home Depart ment, when he would bring forward the New Poor-law Amendment Bill. Sir J. GRAHAM said that he was unable to state on what day the measure would .be brought forward. The Dissenters Chapels Bill would come on to-morrow ; on Friday they proposed to proceed with the Scotch Parishes Bill ; on Monday they would proceed with the Sugar Duties Bill, and on Thursday he intended to proceed with the Bank Charter Bill. Mr. FERRAND said that the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department had been in the habit of postponing the Bill from day to day throughout the last session of Par liament. He was now adopting the same system in the present session. There was great anxiety abroad concerning the measure, and he should like to have a distinct answer from the Right Hon. Gentleman as to the precise day on which the Bill v. ould be brought for ward, or whether it was the intention of the Govern ment to press it forward at all during the present session. Sir J. GRAHAM said he could not give a snore dis tinct answer than he had already given. The Bill had been read a second time, end it stood at present for com mittal. As far as the Government was concerned it was their intention that the Bill should pass during the present session. IRISH REGISTRATION BILL. Mr. M. O'CONNELL wished to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman when the Irish Registration Bill would be brought forward ? It would be only fair to .inform Irish Members whether it would be necessary for them to remain to oppose the measure. Sir J. GRAHAM said the Government would state on Friday nest what was their in:cntions with regard to the measure. The Orders of the Day were then proceeded with. COURT OF CHANCERY (COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER) BILL. This Dill went through Committee without discussion; report ordured to be receivt , d this day fortnight. COMMONS INCLOSURE BILL. On the Order of the Day for going into Committee on the Commons Inclosure Act being read, Lord WORSLEY apologised to the House for having kept the Members so long in suspense with regard to this measure, in consequence of his indispo sition; but he was still very anxious to proceed with the measure, because several parties had been put to inconvenience by the delay. lie had that day, however, had a communication from the Government with respect to this Bill, and he found that though favourable to it generally, her Majesty's Government wished it to be materially altered. He would therefore suggs , st that those Hon. Members who were opposed to the Bill, would withdraw their opposi tion, and allow the . Bill to he committed pro . forma ; he would then fix another day for proceeding with it, after having communicated with the Commissioners of Woods and Forests as to the alterations that would be required. He hoped the lion. and Gallant Gentleman opposite would not feel it necessary to persevere in his opposition on the present occasion, but that he would permit the Bill to go into Committee proforma. Colonel SIBTHORP said that no one could regret more sincerely than he did the indiTosition of the Noble Lord. He had put down 46 clauses in this Bill, on each of which he was determined to take the sense of the House. He protested against the Bill as a measure calculated to en'ect serious injury on that class which the House was most bound to protect. But as the Noble Lord had expressed a wish to have the Bill committed pm forma, for the purpose, as lie understood, of expunging, some of the clauses—and among the m, perhaps, the 46 clauses to which he objected—he (Col. Sibthorp) would not object to the Bill being committed pro forma, if the Hon. Member for Montrose did not object. If, however, the Hon. Member for Montrose persevered in his opposition, lie (Colonel Sibthorp) should undoubtedly support him in it. Mr. HUME said it was not often that he arced with the lion. and Gallant Gentleman, but lie did so on the present occasion. This Bill had been brought in without due consultation with the public authorities of the coun try. The Bill would require a great deal of pruning before it could be made even passable. Such a measure as this ought to be a Government measure.—(" Hear, hear" from Colonel Sibthorp.) It was a Bill that would affect the whole country, and if passed it would be a great injustice to the labouring classes. Already had 2,000 Inclosure Bills been passed, and the only effect of them had been to give an additional quantity of land to the squirearchy of the country. No one could. be more willing than he would be to support any measure of the Noble Lord's (Lord Worsley's), be cause he knew the Noble Lord was actuated by the best intentions.—(Hear, hear.) But all the best land of the country had been already inclosed, and there was no necessity fur new powers to enable persons to enclose land which was worth cultivating. He hoped the Noble Lord would withdraw the Bill for the present session; and lie could assure him that the working classes throughout the country looked upon the measure with great suspicion. If there was any necessity for in creased powers of enclosure, let the Government take the matter into their own hands. Lord SANDON recommended that the Bill should be allowed to pass through Committee pro forma, and that the details might be discussed at a future stage. [LEFT SITTING.i REGENERATION OF THE HUMAN RACE. ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY VICTORIA, QUEEN OF THE BRITISH ISLES AND EM- FIRE. By ROBERT OWEN. MOST EXCELLENT, AMIABLE, AND BELOVED SOVEREIGN, Your memorialist, a man of seventy-three years of age, with extensive experience in ail the great depart ments of human life, an old friend of your Majesty's much valued father, and one who has devoted his life to discover the removable causes of human evil, and the permanent causes which will produce good to man— addresses your Majesty on subjects more important, be yond all comparison, than have yet been brought before the mind of any sovereign or people. Your Majesty has been placed by natural events to reign over an empire, made more powerful by a century of extraordinary discoveries and inventions, than the world has yet known. Theso discoveries and inventions have already created new and scientific powers for the use of man, sufficient, if understood, and wisely applied, to ensure the per manent progressive happiness of his race; and these im provements are yet but in their infancy, and are capable of indefinite increase. But in consequence of these new powers having been misdirected, there is now, among the majority in your Majesty's dominions, more ignorance, destitution, crime, and severe suffering than exist in any other nation of equal numbers—while, at the same time, there is more wealth and more power in the minority than can be found among the same number in any part of the world. But these evils are, from the same causes, gradually ex tending through other countries, and the growing ex tremes of wealth and poverty are creating a conflict be tween the rich and poor, which renders a change in the organisation of society, for the safety and prosperity of all parties, now unavoidable. Hence the change be comes necessary through all the departments of life-- a change now required to open the flood-gates of pros perity to the advantage of all the nations of the world. And the means have been discovered to effect this all important change gradually and with substantial perma nent benefit to rich and poor of every rank and condition, and to revolutionise all nations without any of the evils of former revolutions. The position of Great Britain, as its empire now ex tends, with the amount of accumulated and accumulating scientific power within it, gives the lead in this glorious change, naturally to yoiir Majesty's Government, if parties can be found with sufficient mind and moral courage, well and wisely to direct it. The undoubted immediate human causes of good and of removable evils are now known : the means of secur ing and making permanent the good, and of removing for ever the evil have been discovered ; all nations feel the necessity for, and desire this change ; but especially, is the necessity now felt by your Majesty's subjects, from the effects produced throughout the British empire by the extensive introduction of scientific power mis directed. And this change, from all that is evil to all that is good, may now be accomplished with order, in peace, and most beneficially for all within the empire. But should the Government he so unwise as to de cline to take the lead in this most necessary and most desirable change, the glory of the British name and power will pass over to the continent of North America, where the people are preparing to make this change, and to enter upon ft new course of existence, in which scientific power and knowledge shall be made subser vient to the population, instead of continuing to make the population subservient to this unreasoning and un conscious power. It is true, that to accomplish this change, the greatest of all human changes, the preju dices d er i ve d f rom t h e past i gnorance o f our inexpe rienced ancestors must be entirely abandoned in like n r o the n manner, as c i v ili se d nat i ons are now a b an d on i ng t h e o ld roads But fo w to changesystemew from a of railway complication travelling. of evils, which are daily becoming more and more severe and irrational, for a system beneficial to all, and which will daily diminish the evils, will prove to be great foresight and profound wisdom in your Majesty's Government; because it will produce permanent, individual, national, and universal good. _ ground less That which is now required i s t o k now how to effect this all-important change without alarming the fears of the uninformed , and of those who w first imagine that their individual position and interest will will suffer from it. The means, if they were wisely applied, superabound in your Majesty's dominions, to accomplish this change without permanent injury to any party, but with great safety and lasting advantages of the highest order, to all of every rank and station; and to delay now making this change will daily become more and more dangerous. For the people are intently engaged in learning the great truths 1. That the world has been hitherto governed by force and fraud, and most unwisely for all parties. 2. That ignorance, the original sin of the world, is the cause of all human misery ; and that this cause rtaj be now most beneficially removed from every populat ion, with the certainty of a law of nature. 3. That it is now the interest of all that ignorance should be universally removed. 4. That the means abound to remove poverty end all fear of it from every British subject, in a short period, and at no very distant day from the population of of. - ery. other country. It is either ignorance or injustice that maintains poverty in any part of the world. 5. That all crime, which is solely the effect of mov able ignorance, may be prevented at a far less coat than it can be punished or permitted to remain. 6. That the British Government possesses nth:, by the addition made to its scientific productive power, more than ample means, wisely applied, to remove ignor ance, poverty, and crime, from your Majesty's dominions . 7. That this effect can be produced only by a re organisation of society on principles in accordance with the well-ascertained laws of nature. 8. That this re-')rganisation may be gradually ;so in.. trocluced that it shall produce beeetit through ever step of its progress, without creating evil to any one. 9. That this re-organization will, of necessity, itt ange all the inferior external circumstances of man's cite ation for superior ; and man is by nature the creature o f the inferior and superior circumstances by which he is. sur rounded. 10. That with these superabundant means to r, without injury to any one, the present crying ad\re•rsity of the population, which endangers the existence of the present Government, and to establish permanen 6. in creasing prosperity, beneficial for all, it will hi: far worse than folly in the Government and people lo nger to permit the present disorder of public and pzivate affairs to continue. 11. That the change by a common-sense union cif the Government and people, under a wise application of the capi•al of the country, may be now gradually effected with ease and incalculable advantage to both Govern ment and people. 12. That the writer of this address, regardless the deeilly-rooted prejudices produced by errors of ..class, sect, party, country, and colour, has devoted a. long life to secure this great change for the human race ; that he has been most desirous to prepare the m sans to commence this all-glorious and important chap/ ;e in his native country, previous to the adoption of inz.meitires to extend its benefits to all other countries ; but vs ho is now about to enter upon his 74th year, and the c 0 in tinu a.nca of his life is therefore very uncertain, he p.!e rents this address to your Majesty, to ascertain whetem r the Briti,h Government is yet prepared for this peas sable change, and whether it will now afford him the in sans, easily to be obtained, to carry it quietly and grad sally into execution, fa- the permanent advantage and; high benefit of all ; or whether, as was the fate of Cohn abus, he must take his discovery of a new mental, more;', and practical world, into that new physical world ell' t Co lumbus was made to feel conscious existed, whici a did exist, and which it is not now improbable may bt des tined to be the immediate means to re-organise and rationalise the old disorganised and irrational world. 13. That these great fa-As far more deserve the: calm investigations and deep consideration of British states men and of the Government, than the petty mas cures which have so long engaged. and which now englg e the attention of the Imperial Parliament, and thus tcrini nate for ever, the childish party contentions about; taxes on corn, or any other taxes—about ten hours daily toil and labour, or any other period of labour--; about repeal of the Visit, or any other union —or, abou t the ignorant prejudices, forced into the mind in chile/4,100d, of any class, or sect, or party, all of which prejudices, it has been discovered, have emanated from ima'l,inary fundamental notions of our most ignorant and in xp sri enced ancestors, notions now demonstrated to be clip ,sed to nature's unchanging laws, and therefore most iti,uri oua to humanity. 14. That the excitement now existing, owing to the present 'anomalous and most inconsistent condition of society, calls for immediate inquiry into its cause ; that that being discovered, an eff,etive permanent remedy may be applied, and that your Majesty's reign nay be secured in peace, and made the era of the commeneenteat of a rational and happy existence for the human rock . 15. That the time for the present maintenance of ig norance, poverty, and division of feeling and interest, is rapidly passing, and cannot much longer ba cone used without violence—while violence will to now most inju rious to all. Your memorialist therefore prays that your IV:n;jesty will direct this subject to be fully investigated by 411,n of superior mind, high moral courage and extensive ex perience, none others being competent to the ta.slc; or by such other better means as may appear to your Majesty's Government to accomplish the great object of human redemption from unnecessary ignorance, poverty, and division—evils which are the bane of hap piness to the human race. And your memorialist will for ever pray. ROBERT OIAT.EN. Harmony Hall, Hants, May 7, 1844. ftft .btton ASCOT RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) (Continued from our Third Edition.) The Royal Hunt Cup, a piece of plate value 200 sovs., by subscriptions of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added, for all ages (two yrs old excepted); the winner of any handicap plate or stake, value 100 sovs., including the winner's stake, after the weights are declared, 71b extra. New mile. Lord Verulam's Robert de Gorham.. . 1 Lord Glenlyon's Ben-y-Ghlo s 2 Lord Exeter's Wee Pet.. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guiness ; three yrs old, 7st 21b ; four, 9st 21b; five, lOst ; six and aged, lOst 51b. To start at the New mile post and go once round and in. Sir R. Bulkeley's Bishop of Romford's cob . Colonel Anson's Attila.. Lord Exeter's Maria Diaz AN ACTIVE POLICEMA - N.-A poor young man and a girl, both very civil and apparently in great distress, called at the farm of Tyddyndu, near Lampeter ; who happened to be there but Davies, the policeman, whose station was then at Ystrad. He being in his private clothes, the man little suspected he was a policeman, and he asked for a trifle. Davies persuaded one of the residents to give him a penny ; they not being aware of the Vagrant Act, out of kindness, gave him a penny. The moment Davies saw the poor fellow receive the penny, he pounced on him like a tiger, and handcuffed him. The landlord and his daughter begged of him to release him, but it was of no use ; he said he had a duty to perform, and he was bound to do it. Off he took him to Aberaeron, before a magistrate, his sister crying after him ; however, the magistrate very properly dis charged him.— liWyhman. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. CROWN-OFFICE, Jurrie 4, 1844. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER.—SOUTHERN DIVI. SlON.—William Entwisle, Esq., in the room of the lion. R. B. Wilbraham, deceased. ___ DISTRICT OF BURGHS OF KILMARNOCK, &C.—The Hon. E. P. Bouverie, in the room of A. Johnston, Esq., deceased. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant and High Steward of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. J. C. Maxwell, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; W. Max well, Esq., to be ditto, May 9. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Westmoreland and Cumberland. Westmoreland and Cumberland Regiment of Yeomanry Ca valry.—H. Spencer, Gent., to be Cornet. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Bucks. The Taplow Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry.—J. Parton, Gent., to be Cornet, May 24. WHITEHALL. MAY 25. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Turner, of Wellington, in the county of Salop, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. TIMOTHY STEPHENS, umbrella manufacturer, New gate-street, to surrender Jure 14, at half-past one, and July 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Taylor, South-place, Fins bury-square. JOHN CL ARK, grocer, Abingdon, June 13, at half.past ten, and July 5, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, 11a$inghall-street Ashurst, Cheapside. RICHARD COLEMAN, and EDWIN ROBERT HALL, ironfounders, Colchester, June 18, and July 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewrp-chambers ; Tooke and Son, Bedford-row ; Philbrick and Co. CHARLES A LD ERTON, tailor, Brighthelmstone, Sus sex , June 15, at half-pa 't one, and July 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Wood and Fraser, Dean-street, Soho. WILLIAM LINE, builder, Ramsgate, June 14, at two, and July 12, at one, at the. Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, At:church-lane, Lombard-street; Williams, Coleman-street, City. EDWARD SEDGWICK, scrivener, Hythe, June 11, and July 10, at one, at. the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, dn. cial assignee, Basinghail-street ; bias, Copthall.buildings. WILLIAM HENRY BATES, factor, Birmingham, June 14, at one, and July 12, at half-past ten, at the Birming.. ham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Palmer and Son, Birmingham ; Fellowes, Dudley ; Austin ru.d Hobson, Gray's Inn, London. JOHN SMITH, wine-merchant, Warwick, June 12, and July 17, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bit- Heston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Heath, Warwick. BENJAMIN NORMAN and EDWIN BUCKMAN, ironmongers, Cheltenham, June 17, at twelve, and July 16, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Foster, Wolverhampton ; White, Eyre, and White, Bedford-row. LEWIS JONES, general dealer, Barmouth, Merioneth shire, June 13, and July 11, at twelve, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court. Turner, o ffi cial assignee , ; Clarke and Co., Lincoin's Inn-fields, London ; Owen and Griffith, Del gelly ; Green, Liverpool. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. J. Jenkins, painter, Praed-street, Paddington. W. H. Jones, cordwainer, Kidderminster. W. H. Plummer, slopseller, St. Alban's. It. Thomas, victualler, Hertford. T. Taylor, sen., brickmaker, Aston, Warwickshire. E. Maltby, Sneinton, Nottinghamshire. J. I. Mitchell, tea dealer, Gloucester. W. W. Bradly, clerk, St. James-cottage, Old Kent-road. E. Edwards, builder, Gravesend. J. Johnson, tobacconist, Coburg-place, Old Kent-road. J. Riches, printer, Norwich. T. H. Johnson, traveller, Shepperton-street, Islington. W. Blake, carpenter, Elizabeth-place, Upper Holloway. J. Townsend, jun., undertaker's assistant, Charlton. A. Norfolk, porter, Red-hill, Surrey. J. Huntington, builder, Liverpool. G. Habbijarn, jun., Cumberland-street East, Regent's. park. J. Price, jun., grocer, Cotton-street, Poplar. L. R. Mackintosh, Cleeve, Gloucestershire. W. S. Preston, broker, Rupert street, Westminster. W. Francis, farm steward, Llanelly, Carrearthenshire. T. Carter, shopkeeper, Walcot, Somerset:hire. E. Garnham, butcher, London-road. T. Paragreen, foreman, jun., Richmond -street, Maida-hill. J. Enoch, jun., upholsterer, Leamington Priors. J. Barker, baker, Richmond-buildings, Brighton. W. Roberts, coal merchant, Bangor. J. Rae, Toxteth-park. I'. Doran, Blundell-street, Liverpool. J. Thompson, innkeeper, Peterborough. T. Hall, butcher, Great Ashby, Leicestershire. J. P. Hillhouse, tea dealer, Bedford. J. Williams, silk weaver, Bethnal-green. J. Rees, manufacturer of pills, Leckhampton, Gloucestershire. J. S. Harvey, traveller, City-gardens, Islington. T. Lee, licence(' victualler, Millwood, Yorkshire. A. Gray, miller, Long Ashton, Somersetshire. E. Middle, jnn., butter dealer, West-by-Water, Somersetshire. W. Mace, victualler, Worcestershire. T. Dale, provision dealer, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. C. George, molester, Worcestershire. C. Cheet ham, hatter, Pimlico. B. B. Wilson, surgeon, Holme, 'Westmoreland. J. Mitchell, wheelwright, High-street, Vauxhall. W. Basford, engineer, Ratcliffe-highway. F. W. Cole, builder, Hammersmith. F. }linen, warehouseman, Shepperton Cottages, Islington. G. F. S. Gillard, grocer, Plymouth. SECOND NOTICES. 0. R. Windser, solicitor, St. Ann's -terrace, St. John's wood, June 10, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. J. Bunker, Northampton ' June 10, at half-past c lo ven , a t the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee. G. Sheppard, cook, Upper Stamford-street, Waterloo.rnad, June 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assic.nee. M. Prebble, tallow-chandler, Strool, Kent, June 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. J. Elderkin, b. er-shop keeper, Brook-green, Hammersmith, June 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. B. Vinter, Springfield, Isle of Wight, June 1 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnion, official assignee. J. Everitt, rope maker, Great Yarmouth, Jun e 11, a t one , at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. J. Wetenhall, stock-agent, Walcot-terrace, Lambeth, June 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. • J. Black, husban•iman, Horwich, Lancashire, June 10, at twelv., at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee. A. Aspinwall, cigar dealer, Manchester, June 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee. J. Young, auctioneer, Durham, June 10, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Ty-no Dish ict Court. Baker, official assignee. W. Barton, innkeeper, Darlington, June 10, at half-past ten, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee. J. Hall, labourer, Bubvcith, Yorkshire, June 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. 11. T. Jones, chemist, Oxford, June 27, at half-past eleven —D. Fowler and It. Green, merchants, Lime-streot, Juno 25, at twtive—R. Pinkerton, merchant, Mark-lane, June 26, at half-past one. In the Country. T. Norman, sail cloth manufacturer, Warrington, Lanca shire, June 25, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court— H. Johnson, grocer, Liverpool, June 25, at eleven, at the Li verpool Diatrict Court—T. Maguire, publican, Liverpool, June 25, at half-past eleven, at the Liverpool District Court— R. Phillips. chemist, Exeter, June 28, at ten, at the Exeter District Court—W. Bridge, jun., and J. Standring, timber merchant•, Manchester, June 28, at one, at the Manchester District Court—R. Cunliff, cotton manufacturer, Over Dar wen, Lancashire, June 28, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court—J. Wilson, warehouseman, Manchester, June 27, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. B. Vines, grocer, Pnole, June 26—G. Barnes, innkeeper, Portsea, Hampshire, June 27—J. Huggins, poulterer, York place, High-street, Portland-town, Jnly 2—J. Joseph, oilman, Richmond, Surrey, June 26—J. Metcalf, grocer, Liverpool, June 25—fl. Pountain, wine merchant, Derby, June 27--H. H. Wright, cattle dealer, Shiffnall, Shropshire, June Nall, grocer, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, June 25—J. Howarth, cotton spinner, Bacup, Lancashire, June 27—J. E. Bunker, merchant, Lower Shadwell, June 25—H. S. Hewitt, licensed victualler, Manchester, June 25—W. Chapman, surgeon, York-place, New-road, Alarylebone, June 25_T. Wainrnan, dyer, Leeds, June 25—J. Thameon, iron manufacturer, Stoke-upon-Trent, June 05—W. Smith, smallwareman, Not tingham, June 25—W. Thorpe, scrivener, Thorne, York shire, June 25—R. Beckley, grocer, North Audley-street, St. George's, Hanover-square, June 25. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Canet and T. Mason, tailors, Frith-street, Soho—T. Woodward and T. Urwick, mill manufacturers, Shrewsbury, Shropshire—F. A. Chowne, M. J. A. Hutin, and C. Gosselin, silk mercers, Regent -street (so far as regards J. C. Gosselin)_ J. G. and J. Sutton, bookbinders, Liverpool—T. Harwood and R. Gregory, accountants, Shrewsbury, Shropshire—H. Collins and W. S. Johnson, auctioneers, Soho-square—E. Dibb and J. Wade, corn millers, Calverley, Yorkshire —W. B. Best and C. Collins, woolstaplers, Kidderminster, Worcester shire—A. Saunders and H. Woolley, Regent -street—G. and W. Pollard, joiners, Whalley, Lancashire—J. Lamb and J. Tyson, soap manufacturers, Liverpool—J. W. Robson and J. Barrow—J. Foster and E. Griffin, irenfounders, Liverpool-- Rd. and Rt. Oxley, butchers, Beverley, Yorkshire—A. Strange and J. H. Dicks, farmers, Oxford—G. Hodgkinson and J. Knight, attorneys, Thorne, Yorkshire—S. Gordon and H. J. Rawson, butchers, Goswell-street—T. Pugs and J. Powell, hatters, High-street, Portland-town—D. Morris and S. A. Philbrick, surgeons Colche s t er . SCOTCH surgeons, ARTHUR. CRONIAII WATT, merchant, Aberdeen, June 10 and July 1, at twelve, at the chambers of A. and J. Webster, Aberdeen. _ DAVID KAY, baker, Edinburgh, June 10 and July 1, at one, at the chambers of R. Deuchar, Edinburgh. GEORGE RITCHIE, W.S., Perth, June II and 29 at one, at the George Inn, Perth. , IMPEitiAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 4. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Mr. WALLACE gave notice that he would, on the 2d of July, move for a copy of the pretest of the jury who tried Alexander Walker at the Glasgow Assizes. Mr. ESCOTT gave notice that he would, on this day week, move for a return of the fees paid to clerks of petty sessions and assizes. Mr. MACKINNON gave notice that he would postpone his motion on prison discipline till the 2d of July. Mr. 'F. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the Isle of of the i s l an d was und i sturbed. Guernsey, complaining o f th e disturbances that h a d t a k en p l ace in the island, and praying for interference. Sir J. GRAHAM understood th at considerable excitement E TRIALS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved f or a copy of the judgment and the committal of M r. O 'Connell and his co-tr aversvrs . had prevailed, but i t ß ha i t s t a hl esoiyAal Sir J. GRAHAM said he could assure tlae Hon. Gentleman that he was as anxious as he himself could be that this return should be presented as soon as possible ; but he trusted the Hon. Gentleman would not press the Government on the sub ject inconveniently. Mr. T. DUN COMBE said he was informed by persons fully acqu-inted with short-hand writing that the notes must have been furnished within three weeks after the trial. Sir J. GR A HAM said the short -hand writer was in the employment of Mr. Gurney, and being detached from the esta blishment here, of course he could not receive the same assist ance as he would have in town. He possessed the entire con fidence of Mr. Gurney, and he believed there would be as little delay as possible. COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA. Lord J. RUSSELL moved for a copy of a dispatch from the Earl of Aberdeen to the Earl of Westmorland, with respect to the commercial relations between this country and Prussia, with any answer to such dispatch from the Court of Prussia. Mr. GLADSTONE said that in the present state of the correspondence, he thought it would be highly inexpedient that the correspondence should be produced. It was still going on, and its character was somewhat changed. Lord J. RUSSELL said that if the correspondence was still proceeding. ONE GL A us h r said perhap s h e m i g h t as well state toe would not press f or i ts production. Al r the Noble Lord what would otherwise be stated in debate. With regard to what had appeared in the newspapers, he had no reason to believe that it was not substantially accurate; although the dispatch . of Lord Aberdeen had probably passed through a double translation—first into the German language, and afterwards into the English. There were subsequent com munications, however, which would be necessary to make in telligible what had found its way into the newspapers. But the ground upon which the Government did not think it ex pedient to lay those papers on the table at the present moment was,. that subsequent.- to the dispatch dated the 19th of. March, received from Baron Bulow communications had been received, which were con ceived in a different spirit, and tending to different results. With respect to the iron duty and other matters, it was thought best that the correspondence should be suspended until the final issue of the communication was known. The Govern. ment did not wish to be parties to the publication of a corre spondence which partook, he would not say of a hostile, but of an argumentative character.—( Hear, hear.) Ho would have no objection whatever to the production of the corre spondence when it was brought to a close. Lord J. RUSSELL then postponed his motion until this day fortnight. Dr. BO\VRING said, that not being aware of tke Noble Lord's intention with reference to this question, he had given notice of a similar motion; but he would now withdraw his mo tion, and leave the m a tt er in the hands of the Noble Lord. Sir C. N APIER said, seeing the Gallant Admiral (Admi ral Bowles) in his place, he wished to know if it had come to the knowledge of the Admiralty, t hat't he Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, had taken the mess place from the officers of the ward-room, and sent them down into the gun room, and had removed the gun-room officers into the cockpit, and taken the ward. room for his own accommodation ? Admiral BOWLES said he hoped his Honourable and Gallant Friend would give notice of this questisn.—(Hear. ) Being a young member of the Admiralty , and ha v i n g o nly sat for one we e k in the House, he hoped his Hon. and Gallant Friend would give notice of any question he intended to put to him. Sir C. NAPIER had only put a question on that which was matter of public notoriety. PARISHES OF SCOTLAND BILL. M. EDWARD ELLICE wished to ask the Lord Advo caul if it was intended to proceed with the Bill for the division of parishes in Scotland during the present session ; and if so, when he intended to bring it. forward? The LORD ADVOCATE said that the time when the meastre was to be brought forward must depend upon the progress of the publi c b us i n ess. He hoped to be able to pro ceed with the Bill on F r id a y, but it should be recollected that it had been originally put off at the req uest of Hon. Gentle men opposite. - - - - EXPORT DUTIES ON COALS. Lord HARRY VANE moved that this House do resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to take into con sideration so much of the Act 5 and 6 Vic., c. 47, as relates to an export duty on coal, with a view to its immediate. repeal. He was sure that the House would believe that there was nothing further from his intention than to take this motion out of the hands of the Noble Lord the Member for Sunderland. who had exhibited the greatest zeal with regard to this subject in 1842. His Noble Friend had also brought forward the sub ject in 1843, but having brought it forward twice, he scarcely thought it desirable to bring it forward the third time, and therefore he (Lord 11. Vane) had taken upon him self to direct the attention of the House to the sub ject. The circumstances were different now to what they had been when the subject was last before the House. Then there was a deficiency in the revenue, now there was a surplus. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had thought it right to propose reductions in the duty payable in other articles, and he thought that the coal trade had a claim upon the Government for relief. If he could prove that the coal trade was suffering under great depression, he thought that he was entitled to call upon the House to mete out the same measure of justice to that trade as to others. The fact on which he rested his ar gument was the injurious operation of the tax, not only upon the coal trade itself, but in the displacement of labour in the collieries, and in the effect which it had upon the ship ping interest. The returns which had been presented to the House showed that there had been a great diminution of the export trade in the last year, and there had been a consequent diminution of employment and wages. The decrease of exports had been more than 100,000 tons in 1843, as compared with 1842, although in the same period there had been an increased consumption of coal upon the Continent, and there would have been an increased demand for ours, if it had not been for the duty. The coal that was exported in that year consisted altogether of small coal, upon which there was no profit. But the effect of the tax was to prevent the exportation of large coal, upon the pro duction of which the greatest amount of labour was employed. In consequence of the duty there had been a great filling off in the exports, notwithstanding the great and increasing eemand for the article from the more general use of gas-lighting, the extension of railways and steam navigation, and the greater de wand that was found to have been created in the Mediterranean. In 1841 the export to Russia was 75,595 tors; in 1843 it was 114,605 tens, being an increase of :39.000 tons. But this in crease was owing to the treaty of navigation. The export to Nor way, in 1841, was 15,207 tons; in 1843 it was 18,233 toes, being an increase of 3.026 tons. This was owing to the establish ment of certain works; and this could, therefore, be only a casual increase. The export to Denmark in 1841 was 143,724 tons; in 1843, it was 134,425 tons, being a decrease of 14,195. The export to Prussia in, 1841 was 115,000 tons ; in 1843 it was 147,000, being an increase of 31,000 tons. But this was a special case. In Germany the export in 1841 was 160,000 tons ; in 1843 it was 147 ; 000, being a decrease of 32,000 tons. In Holland the export in 1811 was 171,000 tons, in 1643 it was 149,000. being a decrease of 24,000. The export to France in 1834 was E 9,632 tons; in 1841 it amounted to 451,000 tons, being an increase in 8 years of 39!,313 tons, or an increase each year of 43,000 tons. With regard to Spain, to Italy, and to Turkey, he would admit that there was a slight increase, but that was owing to accidental circumstances. Unless the duty were reduced altogether there could be no doubt but the export of coal would diminish every year. He would net trouble the House by entering more at large into statistical details. but he would state that he had received communications from persons well informed on the subject, from master colliers, finite the owners of mines, who declared that in consequence of the diminution of export which was occasioned by the im position of the duty it was out of their power to give full employment to the colliers, who were conse quently deprived of one day's labour in the week. He thought that he could claim the support of the Hon. Members for Newcastle, Gateshead, Tynemout h. and Shields, and others connected with the shipping interest. He had stated that there wag a considerable displacement of labour arising from the non-employment of colliers one day in the week. It must he recollected that this was a most hazard ous kind of labour, and that it demanded a high rate of wagea. '1 his duty operated most injuriously to the working classes in the collieries, and of course the injury recoiled upon other classes. Was it good policy to continue a duty which ope rated so prejudicially to the commercial interests of this coun try? They were bound to take into their consideration the suffering of the working classes in consequence of the depressed state of the trade, and by every argument of justice and of policy the Government was bound to take off the duty, and to give to the coal trade the same advantage which they had given to every other trade. The revenue derived frore this duty was so small, that there was no necessity for its continuance, whilst irremediable mischief would be inflicted it were not removed. He did not believe that it was the intention of the Government to continue it for more than one year, and was it worth while to continue a tax which was pro iuctive of such injurious effects? If the duty were removed, it would have a tendency to settle the unhappy differences which existed between the working people in the coal districts and their masters, by enabling them to give their work people employment. Or these grounds he trusted the Government would give up the duty, or, if they refused, that at least the House would give him a considerable degree of support. Mr. H U FT seconded the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought that whatever difference of opinion might exist on the subject, the house would agree with him that the Noble Lord need make no aiiology for bringing forward the subject, for he had never heard a more clear and lurid statement than that made by the Noble Lord.—( Cheers. ) It was, however, unfortunately, his fate to differ in opinion with the Noble Lord on the subject. It was not out of any want of respect to the Noble Lord that he should abstain from adverting to his argument on the state of revenue, and on the small amount which the duty brought into the Exchequer, because the same argument would apply to every other case in which the produce of any duty to the Exchequer was small. The Noble Lord had advocated the abo lition of the duty on the ground that it had had the effect of producing the displacement of labour in the coal districts of this country. Now he thought that if he could satisfy the House that the amount of coal raised since the imposition of the duty was equal to that which had been raised before its imposition, they would agree with him that the Noble Lord had not made out that the imposition of the duty had occa sioned any displacement of labour, and if the quantity of coal exported amounted to very nearly tle same quantity to which it had amounted prior to the period at which the duty was im posed, he trusted they would agree with him in opinion that the duty had not acted prejudicially. The Noble Lord stated that a diminution of export hail taken p!ace in 1810 as compared with 1842 ; but he admitted that an increase had taken place in 1843 as compared with 1841. Now, in 1842, in consequence of the announce ment of the intention of the Government to impose the duty an effort had been made and an immense increase in the export had taken place in the former half of that year, which as compared with the latter half of the same year showed an increase of some hundreds of thousands of tons. The fair comparison therefore was between the years 1841 and 1843, and in the latter year there had been an increase. In order to show that any diminution which had taken place in the ex port of coal, was not attributable to the imposition of the duty, he would bring the matter to this test. He would take those places in which there was no variation of the duty. The quantity of coal exported to the colonies wae, in 1841, 344,000 tons; in 1842, 353,000 tons ; and in 1813, 307,600 tons. The export of coals from Lend , n had in 1843 declined to a very large amount as compared with the two preceding years. The Noble Lord adverted to the depression of the shipping interest; of course the falling off in the exportation of coals would affect that interest, but in France, for instance, that e.cporta. lion had increased. The export of coal to France was greater s:neo 1842, than it had b,en in 1841. With respect to Russia, the coal trade with that country had considerably in creased ; the Noble Lord attributed this to the fact of coal having been sent to Russia in former years in foreign ships which had to pay a heavy duty, whilst lattei ly, in consequence of the reciprocity treaty, coal had been exported in British ships which had paid a lower rate of duty. The quantity of coals exported to Russia in 1842 was 83,000 tons, whilst in 1843 116,000 tons had been exported to that country. In 1842 we had sent abroad 148,000 tons of sma►l coals ; in 1843, 456,000 tons. The Noble Lord seemed to say that the depression in the shipping interest was confined to that department of it engaged in the coal trade ; but was there not generally a lower ing of all freights in all branches of trade ? And if that were the case what grounds were there for referring the de pression of the shipping interest generally to the duties on coal ? With respect to the colonial shipping interest, a greater quantity of coals had been exported into Canada last year than on any antecedent years. When he had the honour to submit to the House the financial arrangements, he stated to the House the grounds upon which it was impossible to extend the further remission of taxation during the present year. The propositions he then made were, he thought, received with ge neral and cordial concurrence by. the House ; and perhaps he might have made a better selection of articles on which duty was to have been remitted ; but, as regarded the coal duties, he must say that since the measure had been laid before the House he had received assurances from shipowners that the measure would be beneficial to that class. Fron► gentlemen extensively interested in the coal trade, he received assurances to the same effect. Although it was painful to him to resist any motion having for its object the relaxation of duties on so important an article as coals, yet it gave him some satisfaction to think that at present there was no need for further inter ference, and that the present measure was working beneficially for the country. Alr. GRANGER supported the motion of the Noble Lord. The Chancellor of the Exchequer went upon entirely different grounds from those upon which the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Government argued last }ear. That Right Hon. Gentleman said that he could not conceive a more 'legiti mate object of duty than the coals exported into foreign coun tries ; but the Chancellor of the Exchequer had abandoned that ground. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he would not discuss the question of the expediency of remitting the duty, but went upon the supposition that the duty was bene ficial. Would the Right Hon. Gentleman say, too, the Go vernment measure had raised the price of coals in foreign mar kets ?—there could be no doubt butthat the duty depreciated their price, for coals were lower in the markets of France and Russia. Then the fact was the duty had been paid by the coal owners and by the shipowners—those classes who were most able to bear it. The coalowner must export because his capital was invested in coal, and the shipowner must carry at a reduced freight because he had no other means of employing his vessels. In 1833, the quantity of coal sent to foreign countries was 449,665 tons; in 1841, 1,800,000 tons; anu if it were not for the injudicious tax imposed by the Government, the exportation would have continued to advance in the seine ratio, whereas, even according to the admission of the Right Hon. Gentleman, it had not increased in anything like the same proportion. He thought they might justly appeal to the Government: for the abolition of the duty on the export of coals, seeing that there was now a surplus revenue in the Ex chequer, and it was on this ground that he should support the motion of the Noble Lord. Mr. WARBURTON did not intend to defend this tax on revenue principles, although he thought it might be defended on those principles. What he contended for was this, that if the matter were fully inquired into, it would be found that only a certain quantity of coal existed, and therefore it was per fectly justifiable to regulate the sale of that article, so as to ensure the first supply of it to the inhabitants of this country. In a Committee of that House, a Mr. Taylor had stated that there was enough coal in Northumberland for 1,727 years' supply; but he (Mr. Warburton) believed that that gentle man had under-estimated the consumption; for he believed that more than twice as much was consumed, as was estimated by Mr. Taylor. (The Hon. Gentleman here read from the evidence which was taken before a Committee of the House of Commons in the year 1830, on the subject of coal mines, to show that many of the coal mires in the country would be exhausted in about sixty years from the present time.) These were the best coals, it would be remembered. On this evidence then, he contended that no facilities should be given up for the exporta tion of coal from this country. At present the foreigner could purchase coal at Newcastle for about les. a ton, while the home consumer had to pay at least 70 cer cent. more, or near 30s. per ton. Those gentlemen (the coalowners) did not come be fore the house with clean hands.—( Hear.) Let them do away with their own most odious, most extensive, and most oppressive monopoly.—( Hear, hear.) The best coal selling in London at 30s, a ton could be had at St. Petersburgh 50 per cent. less. If the monopoly could be removed a cheap bargain would be made for the country with coalowners. But until that could be effected he thought that the Government would act most wisely in maintaining the present duty, so as to equalise the price at which the best English coals could be had in English and in foreign markets.—( Hear, hear.) He should therefore give his support to the proposition for the- continu ance of the tax. Air. HODGSON HI NDE said that, in giving an opinion on this subject, he thought it right to state that he was not a coal owner. An Hon. Gentleman opposite -had stated that the coal field would:soon be exhausted unless there was some restric tion upon the exportation. The same argument would apply to the laving an additional duty upon the coatsupplied to Lon don.--( Hear, and a laugh.) The House should bear in mind that other nations were rapidly rivalling us in the production of coal, and the supply of foreign countries. It had been said that there had been as great a decrease in the export to the colonies, upon which there was no tax, as in the export to foreign States. But the decrease in one direction had been more than compensated by the increase in others, and where there had been a deficiency in the supply from England, that had been made up by coal from other countries. With regard tothe effect of the tax in depressing the shipping interest, that argument had been answered by an Hon. Gentleman opposite, by referring to the distress, d state of the shipping interest gene rally, without ref. rence to the coal trade. But he did not think that was sufficient to show that the distress of the gene ral shipping trade was not aggravated by the dirrini,hed em ployment in the export of coal. If the tax were continued to 1850, it would be an incentive to other nations to open up new seams of coal for their own uses, at whatever expense that might be done. He gave 11;s cordial support to the motion, and thanked the Noble Lord for bringing it forward. Mr. HUME looked upon the coal monopoly as Most dis graceful and pernicious. A few years ago (in 1836), he em ployed a whole year in endeavouring to expose that iniquious monopoly, but he understood that it was now as i owerful and as much combined as ever.—( Hear, hear.) He believed that the brokers of London were as much to blame as the coal-owners, for it was they that fixed the price at which coal should be sold ; and the consequence was that, at times 180 or 200 ships would be lying in the river until the coals should reach a certain price fixed by the brokers. There were, he understood, from 200 to 300 sail of colliers in the river, waiting until the price should rise, although, if they chose to unload, they would readily find a market.—( Hear, hear.) He had done everything to support the Ftockton and Tees, and other railways, with the hope that they would facilitate the supply of coals in London. But the fact was that the pro prietors of those railways had joined th e monopo li sts. I t h a d Leen proved that 4,00(t000 of tons. cold(' be raised annually, but the proprietors would allow no more to be raised than would be sufficient to supply London at a fixed price. And it was only against London that this monopoly was directed, for there was no restriction of the supply for the north of Scot land or the south of England.—( Hear.) There could not be a more detestable conspiracy than this, although it might not be so easy to obtain a conviction of the parties as it had been to convict O'Connell and his coaaljutors.—( Hear and a laugh.) However ; he had opposed the imposition of the duty ; and what he said at the time was borne out in the result. Before the duty was put on, the quantity of coal exported to France was 50,000 tons, and from 1534 to 1843 the slopping at the three ports of the Tyne, the Wear, and the Humber, employed in the export of coals had increased 2,703 ships • and now a large portion of those ships were rotti n g, an d other countries were supplying France.—( Hear, hear.) The commercial navy was the great defence and support of this country, and it was pain ful to him to see it so much injured by a Government which had the power to foster and improve it.—(Hear, hear.) He thought the Act ought to be repealed. Mr. F. BARING had seen nothing in the returns laid on the table that had changed his opinion of the extreme inex pediency of laying on the tax. Mr. LIDDELL concurred in the propriety of the tax, but trusted that it would be removed. At the present moment the pits were mot being worked, and the stocks were becoming exhausted ; the price of coal, too, it should be remembered, was still further reduced by the numerous tolls and charges to n hid' it was subjected in the port of London. It had been prominenily put forward this evenit g that the coal-owners had a monopoly of the article. They were charged with being monopolists; but it should be recobected that there was a constant competition in the market between the colliers of Northumberland and Durham, Scotland, Wales, and all the inland collieriee. What monopoly could be sustained in the midst of so much competition ? There were three kinds of coal known in the market, which were principally supplied by the collieries of Northumberland and Durham. The first was household coal, at en average price of 20s. and 21s. per ton ; steamer coal, which was from 15s. to 18s. a ton; and small ccal from 13s. to 15s, a ton. He did not think these charges were sufficient to justify the injurious expression of monopoly, when out of it had to be vaid the coat of all the raising, car riage, &c., to which it was subject. The House had the means of satisfying itself on this point; no disguise was attempted on the part of the coal-owners. They might summon all their agents to give evidence on the subject. There were, indeed, some regulations come to, by mutual uederstanding, for the governing of the trade, but these re gulations existed in other trades also. Yet it was not called. monopoly. Why, then, were they to say to the coal pro prietors that the, should not make such regulations? He was convinced that the snore this question was understood and examined the less foundation there would be found for the charge. He hoped he had in some degree answered the charge as to monopoly. There was another subject connected with this question, which he should not have thought proper to notice did he not see the Hon. Member for Finsbury present. The lion. Member had presented a petition yesterday, from the working men who had struck in the collieries, signed by 30,000 or 40,000 men, embodying certain representations. But, except by one feeble link, the subject was not connected with that before the House. The coal-owners, in the face of a declining trade, were loaded with an impost to which they had been unaccustomed. The men, in spite of the dan gerous nature of their occupation, had many comforts, and even luxuries, not possessed by the labourers in other parts of the kingdom ; and he hoped if they were not ill advised, that the time was not far distant when these un happy disputes would find a termination. He thought the lion. Member for Finsbury ought not to have presented such a petition without due notice, or without being prepared to make some substantial motion. The subject had been entirely exhausted by the Noble Lord who had brought it forward, and by the lion. Gentleman opposite who had spoken upon it. He should not, therefore, go further into details, but conclude by again conjuring the Government to give its attention to the subject, and not to persevere longer in attacks f 0 obnoxious and injurious; and he trusted those who did support it at a time when it was believed to be necessary, would not again sanction it with their support. Mr. T. DUNCOMISE said it was not his intention to have brought the prayer of the petition he had presented further before the House; but he must confess that there was one ob servation which had fallen from the Honourable Gen tleman to which he must allude. In trying to explain the causes of the present price of coal, he had said that it was enhanced by the roughness of the colliers.—( " No, no," from Mr. Liddell.) The lion. Member might not have meant to have used the phrase, but he certainly did do so, as he (Mr. Duncombe) had takers down the words. Now, looking at the number of men out on the strike-20,000 or 30,000—he thought there never was a set of mess who conducted them selves more peaceably, or in a more praiseworthy and meri torious manner. During the eight weeks the strike had lasted they had shown the utmost respect for property, and the rights of property. lie was not going now to bring the question of the strike before the Ilouie. He could well understand why the masters were not prepared to go into that question. He knew there had been greatmisrepresentations abroad with re spect to the men, and if the House were to go into the ques tion at all, he would unde.take not only to satisfy the House, but the public also, that the masters were the men who had struck, and not the miners. This had been no question of wages. The question had been entirely one relating to the personal safety of the men, which had been neglected by the masters. In addition to this neglect, certain bends had been introduced by the masters this year which had never been known to the men before. To these bonds the men objected, and he thought most justly ob jected ; and if they would read the petition they would find that the men'were ready to submit the whole points in dispute to the arbitration of honourable and disinterested men. Could there be a fairer proposition than this, and would the masters meet them on that point? If they would not, then were they in the wrong, and not the men.—(The Hon. Member here read the proposition in the petition, offering to settle the matter in dispute by arbitration.) The men also demanded that they should be paid by the weight of the coal raised, and and not by measure. The Hon. Gentleman said it was only a feeble link which connected the petition with the question before the House. Why surely this was a material portion of the whole question. He agreed that this was an interest much too important to be treated with levity in that House. There were 15,000,0001. of capital invested in the coal trade. There were from 35,000 to 40,000 employed in it, and they were out on strike. They mentioned that their demands were not exorbitant. They wanted protection, an d th ey as k e d to he paid for their labour by weight instead of measure. They stated that being paid by measure they were often defrauded and imposed upon by the masters. The measures given them often contained beyond what they were told they did, and alter working a certain time they often found that instead of raising twenty-one pecks of coals, for which they were paid, they found that they had raised twenty-six or twenty-seven pecks. Ile said then that they had a right to demand that their labour should be weighed. Coals were sold in the metropolis by weight. The Act of Parliament enforcing that regulation was passed to prevent the frauds that were discovered in the trade, and had proved a great protection to the public. Then he wanted to know wiry, if they sold coal by weight, they should not pay the miner by weight also. But this it seemed the mas ters would not agree to. The men asked for legislative inter ference, but they did not wish Parliament to fix what wages they should be paid. But they asked the Government to ap point inspectors of tie mines to see that the works were made safe. In consequence of the bad regulation of the mines suffi cient lights were not afforded them. The consequence was, that they were obliged to send up foul coal to the surface. For this they were heavily fined, se much so, that often after working a week or fortnight they found that instead of re ceiving wages, they were in debt. Now a better regulation of the mines would enable them to hare better light, and the foul coal would not find its way to the bank. There was another grievance under which the miners laboured. Their wages were not paid every week, but once a fortnight, and one week's wages were always kept in hand. Why not leave these points to the arbitration of disinterested men ? He wished to see an amicable arrangement made between the employers and the men, and he believed that an arrangement might easily be effected if the masters would not stand aloof, refusing to deal with any but the men belonging to their own collieries. Were not the masters in union as well as the men —in union not only against the men but the public, and com bined to keep up the price of coal to the detriment - of the con sumer ? There was the monopoly in the City of London, which the Lord Mayor was endeavouring to put down. The Lord Mayor would not allow more than three days for the col lier ships to unload, so that they could not wait till prices got high, and if they wanted to continue- longer they must go down the river and come up again. He believed the Lord Mayor would abate this combination of the masters against the public, and he hoped he would succeed. He would certainly vote for the re peal of the export duty on coal. He heard no reason advanced to induce the House to continue the duty. It was most inju rious to the masters, and consequently to the men, and it was injurious to the consumers. He did not think the duty was of sufficient importance as an object of revenue to induce the Chancellor of the Exchequer to continue it, and, therefore, he had the greatest pleasure in voting fur the motion of his Noble Friend. Sir G. CLERK would endeavour to recal the attention of the House to the real subject before it. It had been said that there was now no reason for continuing the tax, as the grounds upon which it was imposed no longer existed. Now he (Sir G. Clerk) denied that there was any change of the grounds upon which the tax had been imposed by his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He confessed that he thought there was a good deal in what had fallen from the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Kendal. The coal which was near the surface was o f a better quality than that which was deeper, and the expense of working it was less. As they went deeper the mines became more difficult to work, and therefore it was perfectly clear that in the course of time a rise in price must take place, and the consumer would have to pay more for his coal than he paid at present. A great increase had taken place in the export of coals, and though he did not agree with those who thought that their coal-mines would be exhausted in a few years, yet he thought it ought to he taxed, though not to such an amount as would prove prejudicial to the coal masters. His opinion was that the export of coals would con tinue to increase, though not in the same ratio as before the tax was imposed. If coals were exported at that rate, which some Hon. Gentleman seemed to suppose, it would be absolutely necessary to impose a check in order to prevent it. One object which the Government had, in imposing a tax, was that it would give an advantage to British vessels over foreign vessels, becau , e there was a differential duty of four shillings, in favour of British vessels which carried out coals. There was no injury' inffcted on the coal interests which should induce tha House to abolish the duty which had been imposed, as he thought most properly, on coals by his Right Hon. Friend. Lord HOWICK said that having, on a former occasion, fully stated his opinions upon this subject, he should not, on the present occasion, occupy the time of the House at any length. 13ut as he represented a constituency which was deeply in terested in getting rid of this tax, he thought it right to make 4 few observations ; and if he wanted a proof to show how much at a loss her Majesty's Government were for a defence cf this impolitic tax, that proof was clearly afforded ti the b a l consistent arguments of the Right Hon. Gentleman s'sb!,, " it 'ust sat down. The Right Hon. Gentleman, it appea reu els him, seemed, from the latter part of his speech, to be, ",'!. desirous to give time to his friends to come to the di viste h e ° (Hear, hear.) In the latter part of his speech he said t hat l ot tax inflicted no injury on the coal trade, while in the first t eo of his speech he said there was much fo rce in what had fa'lt.6o from the Honourable Member for Kendal os to s „ danger of the supply of coals being &all 7 51 , 1 Their argument must be one or the other. If they iloP e o d this tax to husband the supply of coal, then there was eTE I to the latter part of the Right Hon. Gentleman's speech. they rejected this argument, the question must then b e ee f,, sidered with reference to the effect of the duty o n the trade. t (Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman mus t have g re t 'd ' confidence in the gullibility of the House, to come fo swe d with the argument that the coal mines were in dang er / 0 r being exhausted.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Mernhe Kendal, who had a sort of monomania on this subject — f h d, hear)—was the only Member who to o k th a t ground. I° dition to the supply in the North of England, the best ; for logists told then that the Welsh field contained a sua l f I f 2,000 years ; and, besides this, they must not forget the col to be expected from Scotland and Ireland.—(lleal\ hr og ht Now as to the trade being injured by thi s tax, he really t " °- ` is that her Majesty's Government had confessed that the eas : e dif , against them.—( Hear, hear.) The fact was clear and j ° 1 ) 18 potable, that they had had a trade thriving beyond all exate e , , —a trade created by the repeal of an impolitic tax uP °6 O ,, I S ports. For eight years this trade was growing fast er the faster. The Government were warned what would be , of effect of imposing the tax ; it insta n tly cau sed a falling top the trade ; and Hon. Members knew that there was only e r „ t • e l between the fading off and a total stoppage in colin e c i - t i o s matters. His Hon. Friend, the Member for Kendal, h ad re , ferred to the regulation of .‘ vends," and had defended t hat o b , gulation. For his own part, be would only say that be jetted to all combinations, whether by masters or wor ks :o He was perfectly persuaded that great injury had i g • inflicted by the coalowners upon their own h a d terests by the injudicious course which they t i t ioa pursued. They had brought upon themselves the color, the y of the coalowners in the neighbourhood of the Tees, an" ts were now bringing open themselves the competition of Se e , land and Northumberland. Its Northumberland, a very do s t e r i i s et able coal field had been discovered, and the coal of that e rs would very shortly be brought into the market. They wasi, profiting by the mistakes which had been made by the, r t . t ee owners of other parts of the country. Large contracts 10 exportation of coals had, however, been thrown out in tbe itioo mediate neighbourhood of Northumberland by the W e ' s of this tax, and he contended that it was not just to pl o d on that account, those who were no parties to the reg " vends." Allusion had been made to the unfortunate su re , which now existed among the pitmen of the north. He a.• garded with the deepest anxiety the dispute between the lt!, et ters and those whom they employed ; but he must confess o ho he deeply deplored the circumstance that his Hon. Frien e bo d Member for Durham, and the lion. Member for Finsbury, thought fit in that House to discus's these painful differen,7o, He thought they had no right whatever to interfere inLo` matter, and, as the House had no right to interfere, he (frog Howick), as an individual Member of it, would abstain " - tot that doing so. He would only express a most earnest hope rw i. both sides there would be a strong desire for an amicable ' e s es nation of those disputes. With these few observat e ous e. begged most cordially to support the motion before the g' e d. Mr. Alderman HUMPHLRY said he should not haif o e• ulatiole dressed the House, if it had not been stated by the it h Member for Sunderland that it had nothing at all to e°, l' e r e the differences between the coalowners and their wor.lloo, A case had come before him, within the last week whie ll a le upon that question. There were 50,000 sailors emp lo i e eta' the coal trade ; a number of these men who had beendutot ployed in bringing coals to the port of London cornplain e they hail made an agreement with their masters for 'to r e voyage from New castle and back again. They arrived The last April, and had remained here up to the present daY• f t ee coals were not sold, and in looking at the charterpartY,eo re' masters and coalowners, he found that it raid, " if Y e i , main in Lend tn after three market dal s you," that o ket owners of vessels, " shall have lid. per ton for each 11 2,i v iag day." The owners were thus secured from loss by re,''?„..l l . 4id. a week. But the poor men who had cantracteo,4,o6 were placed in the position which he had stated to the L a, g He would be glad to know whether the House had ntall sto do with such a case as that'—( Hear, hear.) Wh et lies° become of these men, many of whom had wives and fael' to tle,' home with eight or ten children ? Now, with respe el oiesa l question before the House, he begged to say that the saui.opcs which in London cost 20s. per ton, could be bought in test for 15s. Why should the French manufacturers hav e tbal advantage over our own ?—( Hear ' hear.) He confess Ths he was rather for increasing than diminishing the thi t y' r tbal l Frenchmen, he concluded, should net have coals cbe e rb e doff ourselves.—(Hear, hear.) It had been said that, if were continued, Belgium would supersede our o ° ll „, e 7' owners. Why did she not supersede them in al - o eete' (Hear, hear.) He was anxious that the id cer_j went should not give way on this question—they 911°uoteriP tainly have his cordial support.—(Cheers from the ' i ' benches.) Goe s Mr. HUTT said that if the men whose case the 1 100 ' 0 etv, tleman commisserated found the terms in ques tion s e ws , favourable to themselves, they would take care not t° 'lOO to such terms in future. With respect to the question ed the House, he had hoped that this tax would have bee% s pil l in the same manner as the augmentation of the fr''therr duties. The tax was imposed in distinct opposition to t io re: commendation of the Committee ; and the argunten_ glet° Terence to the exhaustion of the mines had proved aid tee tbe fallacy. He must protest against what had been saw oot ell t Hon. Members near him on the subject of the t° ap ois o of the coalowners. They had attempted to raise a e l l o rkah l e that class of persons, and the author of that very I ,*e_, to s"; and entertainirg production " Coningsby," said to!'i ba e,r t ; upon popular feeling there was no better instrunien, fr e iesb, raise a cry.—( Hear, hear.) A monopoly created by letb soi o . F . : enactment was a gross abuse, and he would go as far a 7. no rti t T A in denouncing it. It was a robbery committed on o a t of the community for the fancied benefit of another. s' a i o etio t i ask the Hon. Gentleman if the monopoly of the °elect& arisie, was a monopoly of that description? Was it the s," special legislation ; or was it not rather a monopolYhospe.; from the very institution of private property ? The e° 3 o tile; had a right to dispose of their property in the best illa r o d he st could find ; they had a right to sell it when, wheree! , it , they liked, and they had a right to abstain from sel" e 'eetli e l to 0 1l i l a f 7 t , h e e! tehryough againstt -o p L e e e l o t a r o a w s n a er na q ct o s n t impolitic tbsta eo e u r: e tab; would ask why this cry was specially directed against " e% ist '- owners ? Did not the same species of combination „stes: every other department of trade? Did not the iroll;%, tb b assemble together in some large town, and agree to 3 : t o t t price of iron ? Pid they not hear the same staterner ve l . 1 0 regard to the manufacturers of copper, of tin, of soar' he il TheY various other articles, the produce of industry • t hel, el business to single out the coalowners in particular' asteoislind no right to denounce any of these parties. He wa s _ b e rs ° s e to find those who set up for transcendental phi los economists rnal.ing the coalowners the subject of atts oP„ e"' tb char M acter.---( Cheers, and cries of " Divide.") e r e r. HUME rose to explain. He would with regard]eltt, question of the coalowners' monopoly, refer his 11°,61fore to the evidence given before the Committece - s k 0 0re' Hon. Gentleman was interrupted by loud cries Of hie s. order ! " " Chair. chair 1") Na l° The SPEAKER said the Hon. Member Mus t cot self self strictly to an explanation. w ho this Mr. WALLACE agreed with his Hon. Friend eoo , of h a d been permitted to go on just now in his dentinciatjt, w d c ot monopoly, which was one of a most injurious kie s as tone:hiS been carried to the utmost possible extent. He wa d rat ie 'ess to find the Noble Lord the Member for Sunclerlane the gr . eg o Hon. Friend below him for laying before the 1 1 ° 5 1 'h o o. F r o ' antes of 30,000 of the labouring population. 111, t he °l o t° had done his duty by directing the attention to called pd that subject, and their interference was eertainlYtea wbe e • oci such a case as that which his Hon. Friend had st a .n a ego; parties were rich and powerful on the one sit' °;y his age d powerless on the other. The statement m a ' e we re P r :i n the ir Friend that this immense body of working iv" ire sso f the to submit the questions in dispute between then-0% 60 e ° o te masters to arbitration, was well worthy the ai le d io trod. e 0 10 Government, His Hon. Friend on his left ha o f (bl o t? , law for providing for the settlement by arbitrationmenefsbedo between masters and men in one branch , O rcer ted 1 ;0 . 0 but the meaning of the Act had been so t bo full o r lawyers in Scotland, that the people had not h ad be g be , of or or i c of it. As a representative of a considerable ou " o f this it die' owners he must protest against the continuance 0015,05 duty on coals as most unjust and injurious, ca es ,i the 800,000 tons of coal to lie wasting at the b s o n t dt t o olo ctutep.ooti t u e tt d bfa ' 74.eoo l , stead of being brought to the surface coal was not even suffered to be brought up sent to London, and that was one of the effe e , t , s o bje go He should cordially vote for the motion of the ''' oe s the Strangers were then ordered to WithdraWf divided, when there appeared— 74 For the motion ................................. Ito Against it reef Majority against the motion ..... THE COMMERCIAL MABiDtniiiteesitioef; Mr. LYALL then moved for a Select C°' ereia l ° O O P ot quire into the state and condition of the cornr i - re port e pt this country, and to take into consideration a „, e s i o best mode of eneouragizg and extending the "s British shipping. t O 0 1 Dr. BOWIUNG moved, as an addition to ° the ' f ill° e l lion, that the said Committee do examine int°_, d ell-F o g/ 0e taxes on the materials used in the building as s bjps , : te o British ships; alto into the effect on wages an % pen- 11° the e the o s our restrictions on provisions (in respect to far to vigating British ships), and to consider and ref; far as li t 41 on the expediency of removing the same, tn o e__ c or e . 0 0 be found to prevent the British shipowner fr ro , O i s e' t oo , te• cessfully with the foreign shipowner. . bet 0° too Mr. GLADSTONE supported the motion , the_ io to guard against misrepresentation of the wletee,f, eei:t!b a joir e - r e ment. It had been industriously circulated .°itig. sent that the reciprocity treaties were about GOO r`' n' oec e , 9-0 Now, so far from this being the case, the _web! the ; most anxious to adhere to them. It was ail s bo s iw g to adhere to them—there was no alternative, heat ) 0 to jo g war, which they must all deprecate.—( lle ! r e. oc urre ° Oles Sir C. NAPIER gave his cordial Fo. The f s ots motion of the Hon. Gentleman o pposite utobe r e ho pett o f interest had declined. In 184' the 5 4, out vessels registered was 77 ; in 18 41, only n W ith fully' Committee would consider the subje ct reference to party objects.—( Hear, hear. ) N wo r After a few words from Mr. CHA PAIAL ' i : that t he be e loc. Mr. II AWES proposed, as an ament . , e _ a ddeue fo to , ' I d "to inquire into the causes of distress, ,7, 3cy d p rop, the M w r o . r G ds L % e t ‘p ie S h T t O he N H E o d n ou A b i t e e ,n l b tl e se r e fo x r P e t a a l o ,' r e d e s t , ll tf lia io t a rtad ooil ic ht d :i n teres' s 's. _ for wouldint o th the leadm o tti o h eHe belief thought that r tl e i ( a i t pr t o h e e i the distress which existed in the shipplq, _ too bjeq, m oce t o lead the Committee into an inquiry into 2 1. !?! .ed t hesr,. Mr. HUTT recommended his Hon. V o " b y 1 . " s i t e Lambeth to withdraw his amendment'na_ „ p osit s Oto wished to ask the Right Hon. GentletO r on ei;;l it o d pot 17" - that a return relatinot to the tonnage duties, t3wtereatie,e / Ind er e JO' lof dif produced. ff re. c Mr. GLADSTONE said it required_,A:bose e. h e y VFW' t 10 foreign ports, which he had moved for last year.st deal „,031, to make the returns required. rsb' e ss'h as early as possible. would be dig; o s po - Sir WALTER JAMES said it as . u ,, __, dasio the Te o . 58 the inquiry before this Committee ,ae" tha t . p ._, jo e f oi s Mr. WAWN could assure the 11 . " th , ,' l ;b e 't,ruste ci r tb : be tie ef' t e t t ° c ° s ' et o g rri o s i n to es t iat y , f the r g - b ° e if inw w a h its i t c ei h en hy would o,aisdtg suggest el o l s i tr o a n sbo fi m u e r es t tr o actme r ,e e d p ay r n e dsi s o e e erb n ha_a ddi different caec 0 ci Lord PALMERSTON did not o would bc In an eb id re' troduced, the Committee w ducal a the not ociy t hat question of the policy of recip r ocity _ as obvious `heir der•elier,ed,. the proposition of his Hon. Frricepcoitllyti:acdtaties, ,0 ever, or to otlfetmhaonseetprpeoatsiietes: Hltehtandobue: i s a t i v, that if the words proposed b hisYblic out of do; t he CO!' c tete ir f sou be so y ohi t e el° ios that such was the in ofintkiethrere ld h o th' c oil ...a would st itt e e think o the t i h m o open that question. The Rightni:lectinie.:Gt Fie:rsda'y ,tiPiPed,todjis? the introduction of the words. m utton 6 f th t e t if Ile t he e Y re to s itlf was necessarily involved in the thought hey ecee Alt s N eniot o h w Cero l m i t e hm ( e L iCt o to r em d e P. did not think navY , ,y MU. t isleP into the state of the mercantile ,_ it. t t opposite. He (Lord Palmerston) an d t _s t of F tbm cause 1 t It appeared t: io4o ' ilotowehnactouwraasgethaend romQoie quireinquire THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1344. inq WO I th ki titre, t