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

of_the PUBLIC jotaticALs.. FEOM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. STANDARD.—The debate last night in the House of I Commons upon the sugar duties certainly presents the Whig-Radical party in no respectable light. The state of the case is this—the British colonies are untainted by shivery, but in getting rid of the taint they have become less productive, and in consequence they cannot supply a quantity of sugar adequate to the demand of this country. .The Government being thus required to open new sources of - supply, faithfully follows up the principle which led to the abolition of slavery in our own dominions; and proposes to take the supplemental import, in preference, from countries not tainted with slavery. The mode in which it is proposed to gisse.effect to this preference, is to reduce the duty upon sugar the growth of Java, the Manillas, and China, where slavery do& not exist, to 345. per-cwt., leaving still a differential • duty-of 10s. in favour of the British colonies. Lord John RuasellS: briefed long ago by those persons who have a present trade with Cuba and the Brazils, which they could fondly hope to augment instantly by open ing our ports to slave sugar—briefed long ago by the greedy gamblers, who are as indifferent to the future of their country as they are to the happiness of their contemporary human beings—Lord John Russell attacked the Ministerial arrange ment as false in commercial policy, and as hypocritical in its• alleged purpose. Now we are willing to meet Lord John Russell on both grounds ; and we trust to show that he . blunders in the first, and that the charge of hypocrisy, which he imputes in the second, recoils most disgustingly upon himself and his own party. Lord John's commercial theory is this—that we are always to confine ourselves, at whatever sacrifice, to the markets of which we are already in any degree possessed—a good rule enough for the few who trade in these markets, but what a doctrine for a great maritime nation Perish your prospects of an enlarged intercourse with China, or of the restoration of the commerce of the mighty empire of India, but nurse in your bosom all the abominations and -blood of a Cuban and Brazilian traffic, because you may, by doing so, gain a smartish improvement in the present cot ton " trade. Such is the pedlar policy of a IN hi -Radical political economist ; but such is not the policy by which Great Britain has grown great—it is by finding new and wider and more elastic markets, that a country must permanently enlarge the sphere of her commerce. Would that all the tropical productions received in this country, were received from the old world, or from our own American colonies. The old world is far more densely peopled, and the elasticity of .trade must always be in proportion to the density of population. The Brazils and China are both before us. With either of them we may now open a trade for sugar. Brazil may have a population of five mil lions, of whom not more than two millions wear any clothing to be spoken cf, the remaining three millions being negro Biasses in a state of primitive nudity ; China, on the other hand, has a population of three hundred and fifty millions of fully clad people. Which of the two affords a prospect of the better market? Oh, but, it will be said, the Chinese manufacture for themselves. So did the Indians, we answer, until they found the British manufactures cheaper and better. China alone is able to take all our manufactures twofold, and to pay us in produce that must enable us to command all the markets of the world. This is a trade worth looking after, though it does not hold out any promise to the Cobdens and the Brights, of a grand gambling sweep, that would place them in a condition to double their fortunes in a few months—the only thing that a Leaguer ever dreams of. Lord John's arguments, however, go all upon the hypothesis, that the produce of sugar throughout the world, and the demand for sugar, are fixed quantities. If, says he, you will not consume the slave-made sugar, others will, and they will discontinue to consume the free grown sugar, so that slavery will be just where it was. But what if we open new markets ?—what if we, by our demand, cause mere sugar to be grown in Java and the Manillas, and, above all, in China ; before long, too, we trust, in our free African colonies? The new mar kets will take from us new manufactures ; and they will either add to the amount of sugar grown, so as effectually to ruin the trade of the old slave countries, or to compel these countries to abandon slavery. To this it must come, if Great Britain steadily pursues the path that she is pursuing—a path which, besides its being the path of duty, must conduct her to boundless wealth by the way. The measure of Ministers, if rightly understood, is in deed a measure of really free trade, for it is a measure emanci pating our commerce from the trammels of interested exist• ing relations between a few traders and a few narrow markets—the worst imaginable monopoly. It is our firm belief that a total break up .of our American trade, of course still preserving the trade of our own colonies, would double the commerce of Great Britain in seven years. We propose, however, no such daring experiment : we state the proposi tion merely in illustration of the opinion, whether right or wrong, which we hold upon the subject of the Brazil trade. GLOBE.—Wa are irresistibly reminded of Lady Carolina Williehnina Amelia Skeggs, and her sister-virtue, in their scruples about admitting the Vicar of Wakefield's daughters without the most respectable references (" certi ficates of origin," &c.)—" there is a form in these things, my dear Madam, there is a form !"—when we hear the veteran Tory Tadpoles and Tapers assuming anti slavery proprieties. Why, you old demireps !—one is tempted to exclaim—where have you caught up all this exaggerotion ? It is, however, notorious that the loosest lives are sought to be atoned for by the strait est pruderies. The West Indians themselves must feel how much more securely their interests would have been founded on the common-sense view of their case which was taken by Lord John Russell and Mr. Labouchere, than on the hollow cant put forward by Mr. Goulburn and . Mr. Gladstone. They must feel those interests partially sacrificed, while affected to be upheld, and they Intuit feel what is left of them still 'more seriously compro mised for the future, by being placed on ground so preposte rously untenable in a commercial sense. If the West Indians were likely to be the only sufferers, we should compassionate tdem—but this impdlicy will affect larger interests. The same frankness, which would have claimed for the West Indians simply, the consideration their case, demands, and to which, in their transition-period to a free regimen, it must be deemed entitled—the same frankness (manifested in Lord John Russell's speech) would have avoided an unprecedented innovation in our commercial policy, not the less offenaive for wearing a most awkward aspect of hy pocrisy. For the first time in our commercial history we are about, it seems, to pretend to draw a distinct line between the products of different countries, according as we approve the internal rule under which they are raised. Now this is a maxim we believe to be totally new in commercial policy; we are sure it is utterly unsound; and we fear it is likely to prove deeply perilous. We' have never based our dif• ferentisl duties on any such moral pretexts. They were first adopted, not to protect free from slave labour, but to protect the sieve 1 ibour of our own colonies from the compe tition of that of foreigners. Our Goulburns, Tadpoles, Tapers, and Company, were then strenuous, not for moral distinc tions, but simply for monopoly, without its new moral garnish. And we must say, we wish they had never en tered a field where they are certainly not at home. We will give them credit for being capital monopolists—but we wish they would spare us their moral sentiments. We wish they heel seen the superfluousness of all this artifice to the inte rests of their own clients ; and its almost ludicrous incongruity 'with their pleadings, in former times, for the same parties. What a truly extraordinary access of prudery in the Tadpoles and Tapers, that they should now set about subjecting slave products to fiscal exclusion— they, who formerly had no other care than securing monopoly to our slave-pro ducts ! We have no hesitation in saying that we think this plea for differential duties by far the most indefensi ble that ever has been proprAed. We have a most un doubted right, without just ground of offence to any body, to protect our colonists, as far as can a n y wa y consist with our own well-being, in working out the experiment which we have imposed upon them. But, in our judgment, we have no right whatever to take cognisance of internal regulations in other countries. As a matter of fact, we never have done so ; we are not doing so at the present moment, as regards the most important articles we receive in the course of trade. We do not propose doing so in future, any more than in the past, as regards the great bulk of our imports. Well, what is it then ? what is it but a sheer, senseless, gratuitous insult to some of our best ens tethers—the only ones who have proposed dealing with us on equal terrns—customers with whom hitherto we have enjoyed at least equal advantages to those we are told it is so much our interest to pay dear for preserving in our colonies—wliat is it but a most uncalled-for insult to Brazilian and other slave-sugar producers, to launch this express inter dict against this one particular product of theirs ! If we . shrunk sensitively from all slave products, there would not be this pointed insult to these producers. But the fact of production by slave-labour is now for the first time a pretext for different treatment. This marked proceeding is the more extraordinary, as those who adopt it cannot deny that the demand for slave-sugars will probably be increased by just the amount to which we import free. But, then, forsooth, our hands will be clean of this. We shall free ourselves from the "opprobrium." N ow we sa y this is hypocrisy . or nonsense. The encourage ment our wants give to slave labour may be un fortunate; but it is inevitable. However • we legislate, it will be given, if we admit foreign sugar at all. it is puerile, therefore, and most offensive—a most gratuitous offence to slave-owning customers (whom we don't want to . quarrel with) —to make a n y g rimace about the matter. It we must take foreign sugar—to that extent we may lay our account with encouraging the prevalent mode of producing i it. All, therefore, that we have look to s the degree of con sideration due to our own colonists ; and that degree of con sideration should be afforded openly and above-board. How much more simple—how much more honest—to have ad mitted the impossibility of going to foreign markets for sup plies, without stimulating that mode of production, by which the bulk of those supplies is at present afforded. Directly or indirectly, if we buy foreign sugars, we cannot help enco9- . raging slave labour. We must ma ke u p our minds to this, • es we do to wearing slave-cotton, or smoking slave tobacco. . There is only one thing within our cognizance : the care or . forbearance due to our colonists. We have no legitimate . cognisance whatever of the internal regimen of other nations. RAILWAY BILLS in PARLIAMENT. The following is an account of the length, cost, and other • particulars of. the principal lines of railway now before Par liament : • Asturost, .STALSBRIDGE, AND LIVEBPOOL JUNCTION.— .. Length,, 6 7 miles; estimated cost, 150,0001.—The expected incolue is 13,336 L 10a. 11d., and the estimated annual expen -diture 40 per pent. upon the receipts. BLAen.nutot AND PnEsTon.—Length, miles and 5 9 chains ; estimated cost, 120,0001.—The anticipated total gross income is 17,666/. lls., and the annual expenditure 7,155/. BRIGHTON AND CHICHESTER —Length, 224 miles; esti mated cost, 285,0001.—The Brighton Company have agreed . to lease the line for ten years, from its completion, at a rent of 12,0 00/. a year—being 4 per cent. upon the estimate, di viding the net profits equally between the Proprietors of the two Conapanies. • BRICHITON AND 1-LisTiNGs —Length, 324 miles; estimated agreed , cost, 475,000/. —The Brighton Company . have to gu ll _ rantee 4 per cent. to the Shareltolders in . this line, upo n th e . capital, for ten ye ars next after time . opening together with a moiety of the pro fi t s which may be realised beyond such per centage. estim . ated cost, DUBLIN AND ClSHEL.—Length, 123 miles; 1,000,0001. —This is the first division of a lin . e of railway d room Dublin to the south and we st of Ireland. The propose is from Dublin to Cashel, with a branch to Athy and Carlow. d The estimated income is 182,0001 .; and the annual expen 1. tura, at 40 per cent., 73,0001. ' an UNlON.—Lenth, 16 miles 74 chains estimated cost, EAsTrc 200,000/.—The estim g ated income is 25,363/. 19s. Id., and the cost of working the line 40 per cent. on the traffic receipts. EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON.—LerigtII, 2 miles and 1 furlong ; estimated cost, 73,400/. Eraom AND CROYDON.—Length, 8 miles and 680 yards ; estimated cost, 170,6091.—A branch from the•Croydon Rail way, intended to be constructed by that Company, and to be worked by the atmospheric principle. The Committee of ' the House of Commons have recommended it in preteren.ce to tha branch proposed by the South-Western Company to • Epsom. Epsox Am) SoUTn-WESTEM—Length, 5 miles ; estimated cost, 60 ,000/.—A. branch from the Kingston Station of the South-Western Railway, by which Company it is proposed to be constructed. GAIINKIRK, GLASGOW, Aain COATBETOGE.—Length, 2 ones and 5 furlongs ; estimated cost, 100,000/,—The eastern extension proposed by this branch will Wed, a connectio4 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1844. with the Wishaw and Coltness Railway, and the western extension will bring the railway nearer to the centre of Glasgow. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE. —Length, 69 miles and 70 chains ; estimated cost, 900,000 L—Guarantees have been given by the Birmingham, the Grand Junction, and the North Union Railway Companies, for subscribing towards the line 100,0001., 250,0001., and 65,000/. Annual traffic has been proved to the extent of 107,625/. ; estimated annual working expenditure, 45 per cent. upon the gross receipts. MANCHESTER, BURY, AND ROSSENDALR—Length, 13 miles and 76 chains ; estimated cost, 300,000/.—This line runs from the Manchester and Bolton Railway, through Bury, to the Forest of Rossendale. NEWBURY, BASINGSTOKE, ANT) SOUTHAMPTON.—Length, 15 miles and 13 chains ; estimated cost, 200,000/.—The South-Western Company have agreed to pay to the pro prietors of this line a net annual rent in perpetuity, equal to 31 per cent. on the outlay ; and also to divide equally with the shareholders the contemplated profits, after payment of that rent, which, it is calculated, will raise the dividends to 5 per cent. Nowrit BraTtstr.—Length, 57 miles and 57 chains, with a branch of 4 miles and 686 yards; estimated cost, 800,0001. — This is one of the four railways proposed to connect Eng land with Scothind. The route is from Edinburgh to Ber wick; from which latter terminus it is intended, by another Company, to make a line to Newcastle—thus completing an uninterrupted chain of railways from London to Edin burgh. SALISBURY AND SOUTH-WESTEEN.—Length, 21 miles and 57 chains ; estimated cost, 240,000/.—A branch from the Bishopstoke station on the South-Western line, by which Company it is to be constructed. The estimated income is 26,453/. Os. 11d. and the annual expenditure, 10 , 5811 . SHEFFIELD, !A S HTON-UNDER-LYNE, AND MANCHESTER. — Length, 2 miles and 670 yards ; estimated cost, 91,0001. A branch to be made by the Sheffield, Ashton, and Manches ter Railway Company. SOUTH DEVON.—Length, 51 miles and 72 chains; esti mated cost, I,loo,oool.—The Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, and the Bristol and Gloucester Railway Companies have agreed to subscribe amongst them 400,0001. to this undertaking. SOUTH-EASTERN AND HASTINGS.—Length 25 miles; esti mated cost 2501.—A branch from the South-Eastern Rail way station at Headcorn. A Committee of the House of Commons have recommended the line from Brighton to Hast ings as a preferable one. STRATFORD AND THAMES JUNCTION.—Length 2 miles and 1,100 yards ; estimatad cost, 45,0001.—A branch from the Eastern Counties Railway to the Thames, for the purposes of enabling coals, &c., going inland, as well as malt and other grain consigned to water-side promises, to be put on and taken off the above railway, without any intermediate transshipment. WHITEHAVEN AND MARYPORT.—Length, 12 miles and 169 . yards; estimated cost, 100,0001.—Estimated nett income of this line, after allowing 40 per cent. for the working expenses, is 8,971/. 7s. 10d. YORK AND ScAnnonoucm.—Length, 42 miles and 10 chains, with a branch of 6 miles and 48 chains; estimated cost, 260,0001.—This line is to be constructed by the York and North Midland Company.—Railway Record. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of June 4.) SUGAR.-A reduction on former rates of is to is 6d per cwt having been accepted for West India Sugar, has caused a considerable increase in the demand. This afternoon new Barbadoes Sugar went off without spirit, and in some cases 6d per cwt under former rates ; fine yellow sold at 65s to 66s 6d, good 62s 6d to 63s 6d, middling 61s to 625, and low 60s to 60s 6d per cwt. In the West India market less business was transacted ; the demand for Grocery and Refining purposes was limited, although merchants submitted to a reduction on the rates of Friday of 6d per cwt. REFINED.-To-day Refined Sugar was less in request for home consumption ; Standard Lumps are 77s 6d to 783, and brown grocery 76s 6d to 77s per cwt. In Bonded Crushed Sugar there is not so much doing, and prices have declined from 25s 6d to 25s 9d for first quality. MAURITIUS.-This afternoon there was a large public sale, the principal part of which consisted of bright yellow descrip tions. Holders submitting to a decline on former rates of is to is 6d per cwt caused nearly the whole to be disposed of fine yellow sold at 63s 6d, to 66s good 60 to 62s 6d, middling 58s to 59s 6d, low middling 56s 6d to 57s 6d, fine brown 565, good 54s to 54s 6d, and ordinary to good grey 57s to 62s per cwt. EAST INDIA.--Madras in bond sold 2s to 3s under the general valuation ; low brown damp and washed went at 24s to 25s 6d, middling 28s to 295, low yellow rather bright 30s to 30s 6d, middling 32s to 32s 6d, and good 33s to 34s per cwt. For Foreign East India sugar prices are firm. This afternoon Bengal Sugar went is under former rates ; fine white at 64s 6d, good 63s to 63s 6d, middling 61s to 62s 6d, low middling 59s to 60s, middling yellow 56s to 57s 6d, good 58s 6d to 59s per cwt. FOREIGN.-White Havannah has brought full rates. Brazil has sustained the previous currency, and small parcels of brown and yellow have been sold, but in white little business has been transacted. MmAssEs.-For West India rather lower rates have been accepted ; Trinidad taken in at 26s to 27s ; Barbadoes 27s ; Antigua sold at 25s to 25s 6d for middling, and 24s for ordinary. East India is dull of sale ; Madras bought in at 9s 6d per cwt. Cocok.-British Plantation has been less in request ; Tri nidad middling red at 43s to 465, grey 42s to 445, sea da maged and repacked 303 to 34s per cwt. Foreign is wanted, and full rates paid privately for small parcels. COFFEE.-Importers of West India have supplied the mar ket freely, but submitting to a decline on former prices of 2s to 3s per cwt has occasioned the demand to be good. Holders of East India brought forward large parcels, and prices have fallen for all sorts. This afternoon Jamaica Coffee was in limited request only, and 137 casks of the new crop at public sale were sold at a decline on former rates of 2s per cwt; good middling at 96s to 975, mid 84s to 88s, low mid 79.3 to 83s 6d, fine fine ord 75s to 78s, ord 51s 6d, fine ord 60s 6d to 695, ord 50s to 555, triage 508 to 555. Mocha is to 2s per cwt under former rates; middling yellow went at 71a to 735, fine ordinary 69s 6d to 70s, broken 50s to 555, and sea damaged first class 63s 6d to 67s 6cl; the remainder was all taken in, good mid and good yellow at 75s to 78s, mid 725, pale rather broken 655, brownish ditto 68s, and sea da maged 51s to 71s per cwt, being the former value. Ceylon good ord at 47s to 47s 6d; 49s 6d to 51s for fine ord coloury, 61s 6d for fine fine ord, and 20s for triage. _ _ TEA.—There has been a flatness in The market for all de scription of Black Tea, and rather lower rates have been ac cepted ; but Green has sustained the former currency. To day importers of Black Tea were generally inclined to realise, and for Green prices were not so firm ; buyers were cautious in their proceedings. The quantity offered at public sale was large, amounting to 46,390 packages. There was a good at tendance of the trade, but they evinced little inclination to purchase, and the biddings were languid. Rum, BRANDY, AND Hor.wos.—Leeward Island Rum at 2s 21d to 2s 3d per gallon, proof strength. Jamaica 26 to 28 per cent overproof 3s Id to 3s 4d, 30 to 35 over 3s 5d to 3s 9d, good 3s 10d to 4s, and superior 4s 2d to 5s per gallon. Demerara, strong quality at 3s to 3s 4d. Calcutta Ruin at Is lld proof strength. For Brandy lower rates have been accepted. Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838 has been selling—hhds at 5s sd, puns 5s 3d ; ditto 1839, hhds 5s 3d, puns 5s Id ; ditto, 1840, hhds 5s 2d, puns 5s ; ditto, 1841, hhds 5s Id, puns 4s lld ; ditto, 1842, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d; mid and good middling qualities 3s Id to 4s 4d, and low 2s 8d to 3s per gallon. Geneva at is 8d for shipping, and 2s to 3s for good and fine for home consumption. English Corn Spirits at 108 2d per gallon, cash. To-day proof Lee wards at 2s 2d to 2s 2 jd, and Calcutta proof is 10-id to is Ild per gallon. Rice.—Bengal fetched Ile to Its 6d for poi middling bold white, lOs 6d to Its for middling rather broken, and lOs 641 per cwt for sea damaged. Madras and Java have maintained the former currency. Cleaned Rice is held firmly, Patna at 13s to 17s, and Carolina 2ls to 26s per cwt. SAGO.—Rather above former rates, and the market has al together a firmer appearance for the article. Sago Flour 19s 6d to 20. per cwt. Tapioca fetehed:4id to 44d, and Rio Arrow root 4d per lb. INDlGO.—lfolders of East India are more inclined to realise, and have submitted to a reduction on the rates of the last quarterly sale of 2d to 3d per lb. The market is quiet for Spanish, and prices are not so firm. OlLS.—Southern Oil fetched 271 5s to 321 5s for common to fine pale. In Seal Oil more business has been transacted, pale at 32/ lOs to 33/ on the spot, and 32/ per tun for arrival. Cod at 33/ to 33/ 10s.. Sperm sold at 71/ lOs to 75/ lOs for Oil, and 78/ lOs to 80/ per tun for Headmat ter. Linseed Oil has been taken sparingly at 25s 6d to 25s 9d per cwt on the spot; for delivery little business has been transacted. Rape is cheaper, pr.le 38s 6d, and brown 37s 6d per cwt. Palm 27s to 28s per ewt for fine. Cocoa Nut Oil tine quality at 29s to 30s. Olive has been taken sparingly, Gallipoli at 501 lOs to 511, Spanish 49/ lOs to 50/, and Bar bary 481 lOs to 49l per tun. This afternoon Cocoa Nut Oil at 26s to 27s 6d per cwt. TALLOW.—In Russian on the spot, prices at present cannot be quoted lower ; P.Y. Candle is 40s to 4tis 6d per cwt : for delivery at 41s 3d to 41s 6d, for the last three months of the year. In the value of American there is no variation. Town . Tallow at 388 6d to 395, nett cash. New South Wales at 41s for tine. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. CROWN-OFFICE, JUNE 4, 1844. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER.—SOUTHERN DIV'. slim —William Entwisle, Esq., in the room of the Hon. R. B. Wilbraham, deceased. DISTRICT OF BURGHS OF KILMARNOCK, &c.—The Hon. E. P. Bouverie, in the room of A. Johnston, Esq., deceased. FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 31. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Francis Reid, as Consul at Glasgow for his Majesty the King of the Belgians, 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 June 14, at half-past one, and July 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Comilla; Taylor, South-place, Fins bury-square. JOHN CLARK, grocer, Abingdon, June 13, at half-past ten, and July 5, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basine,hall-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 Jewr.r-chambers ; Tooke and Son, Bedford-row ; Philbrick and Co. CHARLES ALDERTON, tailor, Brighthelmstone, Sussex, June 15, at half-paq 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. is A iiig, l: l l aete l :.o l An N eb E ,c an b uild er,r acne7Rrat Lombard-streetmosfgaßtea,n kJ Bankruptcy. 71.4 W, Groom,ai t llia two, s Coleman-street, City. EDWARD SEDGWICK, scrivener, Hythe ' June 11, and July 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. ' Johnson, offi cial assignee, Basinghall-street ; Nies, 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 ; and Son, Birmingham ; Fellowes, Dudley ; Austin Palmer at.d Hobson, Gray's Inn, London. JOHN SMITH, wine-merchant, Warwick, June 12, and twelve, at tbe Birmingham District Court. Bit- July 17, at ; Heath, Warwick. tleston, officialanWd Ju l yit WILLI A M official a ssignee, Birmingham BENJAMIN NORMAN and EDWIN BUCKMAN, June 17, at twelve, and July 16, at ironniortgess, Cheltenham, . 2 1 at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, aim assigne e , e even, 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, official assignee, Liverpool ; Clarke and Co., Lincoin's Inn-fields, London ; Owen and Griffith, Dol. gelly ; Green, Liverpool. _ NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. J. Jenkins, painter, Praed-street, Paddington. W. H. Jones, cordsrainer, Kidderminster. W. 13. Plummer, slopseller, St. Alban's. R. Thorns!, victualler, Hertford. T. Taylor, ien., brickmaker, Aston, Warwickshire. E. Maltby, Sneinton, Nottinghamshire. J. 1. Mitchell, tea dealer, Gloucester. H. Dale, baker, Worthing, Sussex. 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, bulkier, Liverpool. G. Habhijam, 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, Carmarthensbire. T. Carter, shopkeeper, Walcot, Somersetshire. 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. P. Doran, Blundell-street, Liverpool. J. Thompson, innkeeper, Peterborough. T. Hall, butcher, Great Ashby, Leicestershirs. 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, licenced 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, maltster, Worcestershire. C. Cheetham, hatter, Pimlico. B. B. Wilson, surgeon, Holme, Westmoreland. J. Mitchell, wheelwright, High-street, Vauxhall. W. Buford, engineer, Ratcliffe-highway. F. W. Cole, builder, Hammersmith. F. Hillen, 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-pasti eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. J. Bunker, Northampton, June 10, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee. G. Sheppard, cook, Upper Stamford-street, Waterloo-road, June 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee. M. Prebble, tallow-chandler, Strood, Kent, June 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. J. Elderkin, beer-shop keeper, Brook-green, Hammersmith, June 11, at two, at the Co ur t o f B an k ru pt c y. Edwards, official assignee. Vinter, Springfield, Isle of Wight, June 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. J. Everitt, rope maker, Great Yarmouth, June 11, at 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, husbandman, Horwich, Lancashire, June 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee. A. Aspinwall, cigar dealer, Manchester, June 10, at twelve, at the Manchest er Di s t r i c t C ourt. Fraser, official assignee. J. Young, auctioneer, Durham, June 10, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District 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, Bubwith, Yorkshire, June 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basingball-street. R. T. Jones, chemist, Oxford, June 27, at half-put eleven —D. Fowler and R. Green, merchants, Lime-street, June 25, at twelve—R. Pinkerton, merchant, Mark-lan.-J.ltuse 26, at half-past one. uer46, In the Country. f 4 T. Norman, sail cloth manufacturer, Warrington, Lanca shire, June 25, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court— El. ohnson, 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 merchants, 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, Poole, J une 26—G. Barnes, innkeeper, Portsea, Hampshire, June 27—J. Huggins, poulterer, York place, High-street, Portland-town, July 2—J. Joseph, oilman, Richmond, Surrey, June.26—J. Metcalf, grocer, Liverpool, June 25—8. Pountain, wine merchant, Derby, June 27—H. H. Wright, cattle dealer, Shiffnall, Shropshire, June 27—J. 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, Marylebone, June 25—T. Weinman, dyer, Leeds, June 25—J. Thomson, iron manufacturer, Stoke-upon-Trent, June 25—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. Huti n , and C. Gosselin, silk mercers, Regent-street (so far as regards J. C. Gosselin)— J. G. and J. Sutton, bookbinders, Liverpoel—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, ironfounders, 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, Gosvrell-street—T. Pugh and J. Powell, hatters, High-street, Portland-town—D. Morris and S. A. Philbrick, surgeons, Colchester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. ARTHUR CROMAR 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 11 and 29, at one, at the George Inn, Perth. COURSE OF EXCHA] Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight l2 4 Rotterdam 2U. 12 6i Antwerp Elamburgh M.B. 13 14 Altona l3 141 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine 122 TGE.-(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar Leghorn 3O 45 Genoa 25 90 Milan Venice ........ Naples 39 Palermo, per oz ll7 Lisbon 54 Oporto 534 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars. £3 17 96 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9 Silver in ears 0 4 11 Petersburgh, 3 Us... 364 Berlin .... Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 953 Trieste, ditto Madrid 37 Cadiz Uilbao 36 Barcelona . Seville — CORONER'S INQUEST.—On Monday afternoon an in quest was held by Mr. Higgs, at the Wilton Arms, Kinner • ton-street, Wilton-place, Knightsbridge, on the body of Mrs. Sarah M'Dowell, a widow lady of independent fortune, aged 50, who died at her residence, No. 1, Wilton-place, under the following circumstances :—lt appeared that the deceased was rather penurious in her habits, and most eccentric in her manner. She occupied two houses —one in the King's-road, Chelsea, and the other as abovementioned, residing alternately at each for two or three week together. Sonic time since she made her will, appointing her brother-in-law and Mr. Win. Farren, the comedian, her executors. In this w ill s h e h as bequeathed portions of her property to his Royal Highness Prince Albert and Lord John Russell, and some trinkets to his Lordship's children. She also, a short time ago, sent a very handsome present to his Grace the Duke of Wellington, but which his Grace thought proper to return. This circum stance offended the deceased exceedingly, and she had fre • quently since been heard to express her intention of never doing anything for the Duke again. Jane Sherrard said she was in the service of deceased. On Friday last, about 12 o'clock she was ordered by the deceased to clean out the cistern, as the water was very dirty, and she added, "Mind you do not fall in, Jane, or we shall have a coroner's inquest on you." About half an hour after this, witness went into deceased's bed-room, and found her bathing the back of her head with vinegar. She observed that deceased looked very ill, and wished to fetch a medical man, but she refused to have one, saying, "It is only faintness ; I shall be better presently." Witness then left her, and on going up again some time after, found deceased lying on the sofa gasping for breath. After some delay, as she had no one in the house, she sent for a medical man ; and Mr. Henderson, of Bromp ton-row, attended, but before his arrival life was ex ti nct. Mr. W. Henderson, surgeon, of 13rompton-row, proved that when he was called in deceased had ceased to exist. 'raking all appearances into consideration, it was hip opinion that death had resulted from disease of the heart. The jury, after censuring the conduct of the female Sherrard for not having sooner gone for medical aid, returned a verdict of " Natural death." To TAME A SAVAGE BULL.—Erasmus Galson, of Loxton Manor House, near Cross, Somersetshire, has invented a most valuable, though, at the same time, simple instru ment to prevent savage bulls from injuring persons or ani mals. Mr. G. has communicated his clever invention to the Royal Agricultural Society, with the following remark :—" I turned a three-year old savage bull with a cow into a pad dock, and also turned a yearling bull with them ; in a few minutes the young bull found that lie was master and punished the old one severely; and I was shortly after able to take off the irons, and as long as I had him he never offered to hurt a person, although when I bought him he had tossed several persons, and was sold to me as incurable." The instrument is made of a small iron rod and chain, the chain end being fastened to a ring in the bull's nose, and the rod hanging on a pivot fixed in an iron cap on the bull's horn. The end of the rod projects some inches from the horn, and whenever the animal attempts to toss, the end of the horn coming in contact with any object is forced upwards or downwards, and the bull's nose drawn up, by which the ani mal- is severely punished, and incapacitated through pain, from committing mischief. Any blacksmith can make the instrument, and its cost is not above five shillings. EDINBURGH AND DALKEITH RAILWAY.—The lines of this railway, from Edinburgh southward by Dal • keith, and eastward to Musselburgh, have been pur chased by the Directors of the North British Railway, for, we are told, the sum of 113,0001 This purchase, we understand, became necessary in order to quash the powerful opposition t o th e N or th B r iti s h R a il way o f cer tain shareholders a the gainbur g h and Dalkeith. — Caledonian lflorsug. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 4. Their Lordships assembled at Five o'clock. The York and Scarborough Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. In answer to a question from Earl FORTESCUE, Lord WHARNCLIFFE stated that the papers relating to the appointment of Mr. Gray to the magistracy in Ireland would be shortly presented to the House. The Gold and Silver Wares Bill was read a second time. Messengers from the Commons brought up several Bills. TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY. Lord CAMPBELL said that, as their Lordships did not seem to be troubled with much business, he would take that oppor tunity of putting a question to his Noble and Learned Friend on the Woolsack, with respect to a Bill which he had intro duced at the commencement of the session, to facilitate the transfer of freehold property. He wished to know if the Bill was intended to be proceeded with this session? The LORD CHANCELLOR said the Bill was of a very eomplicated nature, and he had felt it his duty to submit copies of it to some of the most eminent conveyancers in the country, and several of these conveyancers bad not yet sent in their opinions upon it. As soon as those opinions were received the Bill would be proceeded with. PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES. The Earl of RODEN presented a number of petitions pray ing that Presbyterian mixed marriages might be legalised ; also petitions against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 4. The STZAYER took the Chair at Four o'clock. NEW WRIT. Mr. YOUNG moved that a new writ be issued for the election of a burgess to serve for • the borough of Enniskillen, in the room of the Hon. Arthur H. Cole, who since his elec tion had accepted the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hun. dreds. —Ordered. The Report on the Epsom and Croydon Railway was fur ther considered, and the Bill ordered to be engrossed. The Pulteney Town Harbour Bill was read a third time and passed. DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented petitions from various con gregations of Dissenters against the Bill. Mr. MUNTZ presented several petitions from congregations in Birmingham against the Bill, and one from the congregation meeting in Cork-street Chapel, Birmingham, in favour of the Bill. Mr. MAUNSELL presented several petitions from places in Northamptonshire also against the Bill. Mr. W. EVANS presented several petitions in favour of the Bill, but we could not hear the designations of the petitions. A great number of petitions both for and against the Bill were also presented, but in the confusion of the House it was impossible to catch the names of the Members or the petitions. Mr. BOYD presented five petitions from Coleraine and Antrim against the Bill. Mr. GitANTLEY BERKELEY presented several peti tions from places in Gloucestershire against the 13111, and two in favour of it. Mr. BERKELEY presented several petitions from Ber keley and other places in favour of the Bill. Mr. ENTWISLE presented several petitions from places in Lancashire against the Bill. Mr. DUGDALE presented petitions from Birmingham in favour of the Bill. Mr. B. Smith presented petitions from Norfolk ; Mr. Brotherton from Camberwell, and other places ; and Major Beresford from Armagh, against the Bill. Similar petitions were presented from Dissenters in Stafford shire, and other parts •f the kingdom, by Sir R. H. Inglis ; from North L ancashire, by Mr. W. Patten ; and from Northamp ton, by Mr. Vernon Smith. Mr. FOX MAULE presented thirty-six petitions against the Bill, the first of which was from the General Assembly of the Free Church. The HoN. MEMBER presented also a petition from a body of journeyman sawyers, praying for the imposition of a tax upon saw-mills.—( A laugh.) Lord A. LENNOX presented a petition from Chichester, which was, he said, signed by " some magistrates, some alder men, and some Lawyers"—(A laugh)—in favour of the Dis senters' Chapels Bill. Colonel ROLI.EST ON presented 110 petitions from places in the county of Nottingham, praying for agricultural pro tection. Sir J. EASTHOPE presented three petitions from Leices ter against the Dissenters' Chapel Bill. Mr. DENNISTOUN presented a petition against the same Bill, from Glasgow. Mr. ROSS presented a petition in favour of the Dissenters' Chapel Bill. Mr. WATSON presented a petition from Newcastle-on- Tyne, praying for the establishment of one court of jurisdiction in testamentary matters. Mr. HUME presented a petition, numerously signed, from the borough of Forfar, against the exclusive privileges of the trade guilds in the royal boroughs of Scotland, and complain ing of the conduct of the Guild of Tailors in Forfar, who had fined a poor tailor 10s. for having worked at his business for private employers to save himself from destitution. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from a private individual in Dublin, complaining that persons holding Government situa tions were allowed to be also directors of public boards, &c., by which they were prevented from giving all their time to the public, as they were bound to do. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from Yeovil, praying for the repeal of the Poor-law Amendment Act •, also a petition from the borough of Southwark against the heavy sentence pronounced upon Mr. O'Connell and the traversers in Dublin. Colonel WOOD presented several petitions against the In closure Act and the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Mr. STUART WORTLEY presented petitions from se veral places in Yorkshire, against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill; also thrse petitions in favour of the same Bill. Mr. MILDMAY presented a petition from Southampton against the Bill._ _ . Mr. M. PHILIPS presented several petitions from Man chester and its neighbourhood, against the Bill ; also several petitions in favour of the Bill. Mr. COBDEN presented petitions in favour of the Bill. Sir G. CLERK presented petitions from Stafford against the Bill. Mr. ALDAM presented a petition from Yorkshire, against the Bill. Lord DUNCAN presented a petition from Bath in favour of the Bill. Sir A. BROOKE presented petitions from Fermanagh, against the Bill. Mr. PATTISON presented petitions against the Bill. Mr. BROTHERTON presented six petitions in favour of the Bill. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented petitions from Kent against the Bill. ___ Mr. GLADSTONE presented nine petitions from Newark against the Bill; Mr. HUME presented a petition from Ip sw i c h i n f avour of the Bill ; also petitions from Bethnal-green, and other places, against the Bill. Mr. BARNEBY presented 28 petitions in favour of the corn-laws. 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 A ss i ut ,. 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. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the Isle of Guernsey, complaining of the disturbances that had taken place in the island, and praying for interference. Sir J. GRAHAM understood that considerable excitement had prevailed, but that the loyalty of the island was undisturbed. IRISH STATE TRIALS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved for a copy of the judgment and the committal of Mr. O'Connell and his co-traversers. Sir J. GRAHAM said he could assure the 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. DUNCOMBE said he was informed by persons fully acquainted with short-hand. writing that the notes must have been furnished within three weeks after the trial. Sir J. GR tHAAI 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 he would not press for its production. Mr. GLADSTONE said perhaps he might as well state to 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 toe 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.) He would have no objection whatever to the production of the corre spondence when it was brought to a clime. Lord J. RUSSELL then postponed his motion until this day fortnight. Dr. BOWRIN G said, that not being aware of tke Noble Lord's intention with reference to this question, he had given mo tion, e an o d f a l e s a i v m e i l t a h r e m m o t a i t o t n b e r ; n u t t h h e e h w a o n u d l n s d of o t w h e w N i t e h h da h lre L ord.ia mo - Sir C. NAPIER 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, that the 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 questi.m.—( Hear. ) Being a young member of the Admiralty, and having only sat for one week in the House, he hoped his Hon. and Gallant Friend would give notice of any question he intended to put to him. it 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 cate 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 measure was to be brought forward must depend upon the progress of the public business. He hoped to be able to pro ceed with the Bill on Friday, but it should be recollected that it had been originally put off at the request of Hon. Gentle men opposite. - - - - EXPORT DUTIES ON COALS. Lord HARRY VANE moved that this House de resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to tale 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 4ect in 1a43, but having brought it forward twice, he scarcely ' thought it desirable to bring it forward the third time, and therefore he ( Lord H. 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 ceal 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 fer 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 falling off in the exports, notwithstanding the great and increasing demand for the article from the mere general use of gas-lighting, the extension of railways and steam navigation, and the greater de mand that was found to have been created in the Mediterranean. In 1841 the export to Russia was 75,595 tons; in 1843 it was 114,605 tons, 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 expert to Denmark in 1841 was 148,724 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 169,000 tons ; in 1843 it was 147,000, being a decrease of 32,000 tons. In Holland the export in 1841 was 171,000 tons, in 1843 it was 149,000, being a decrease of 24,000. The export to France in 1834 was 59,692 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 48,000 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, from 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, Tynemouth. and Shields, and others connected with the shipping interest. He had stated that there was 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 wages. This 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 from 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 productive 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. On 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. HUTT 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 apology for bringing forward the subject, for he had never heard a more clear and lucid 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 vary nearly the 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 had taken place in 1840 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 was, in 1841, 344,000 tons; in 1842, 353,000 tons ; and in 1843, 307,600 tons. The export of coals from London 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 exporta tion had increased. The export of coal to France was greater since 1842, than it had been 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 latterly, 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 small 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. From 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. Mr. 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 year. That Right lion. 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 butithat 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 hear it. The coalowner must export because his capital was invested in coal, and' the shipowner must carry at a redused 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, 1,500,000 tons; and if it were not for the injudicious tax imposed by the Government, the exportation would have continued to advance in the same 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 surplu s revenue i n t h e Ex chequer, and it was on this ground that he should support the motion of the Noble Lord. Mr. NV ARB UR ON 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 it 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 1 - louse, 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 cf coal mines, to show that many of the coal mines 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 18s. a ton, while the home consumer had to pay at least 70 per 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. Petersbuigh 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. Mr. HODGSON HINDE 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 wouldlsoon be exhausted unless there was some restric tion upon the exportation. The same argument would apply to the laying an additional duty upon the coal supplied 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 coat from other countries. With regard to the effect of the tax in depressing the shipping interest, that argument had been answered by an Hon. 6entlem in opposite, by referring to the distressed state of the shipping interest gene rally, without reference to the coal trade. But lie did not think that was sufficient to show that the distress of the gene ral shipping trade was not aggravated by the dintini,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 his cordial support to the motion, and thanked the Noble Lord for bringing it forward. Mr. H UME 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 iniquitous monopoly, but he understood that it was now as powerful 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 Stockton 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 the monopolists. It had been proved that 4,000,000 of tons could 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 coadjutors.—( 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 1834 to 1843 the sh pping 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 rotting, and 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 not being worked, and the stocks were becoming exhausted; the price of coal, too, it shetVd be remembered, was still further reduced by the numerous tells and charges to hich it was subjected in the port of London. It hail been prominently put forward this evening that th- coal-owners had a monopoly of the article. They were c h arge d w i t h b e i ng monopolists ; but it should be recollected that there was a constant competition in the market between the colliers of Northumberland and Durham, Scotland, Wales, and all the inland collieries. 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 an average price of 20s. and 21s. per ton ; steamer coal, which was from 15s. to 18s. a ton ; and small coal from 13s. to lbs. a ton. He did not think these charges were sufficient to justify the injurious expression of monopoly, when out of it had to be paid the cost 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 understanding, for the governing of the trade, but those 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 they should not make such regulations? He was convinced that the more 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 Hon. 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 Hon. 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 so 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. DUNCOAIBE 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 Hon. Member might not have meant to have used the phrase, but he certainly did do so, as he (Mr. Duncombe) had taken 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 men 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. He was not going now to bring the question of the strike before the House. He could well understand why the masters were not prepared to go into that question. He knew there had been great misrepresentations abroad with re spect to the men, and if the House were to go into the ques tion at all, he would undertake 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 bonds 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, and they asked to be 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 after 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. He 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 why, 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 the mines to see that the works were made safe. In consequence of the had 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, so 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 have 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 tier 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 for 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 conti nu i ng th e t ax , as t h e groun d s upon which• it was imposed no longer exited. 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 of a butter 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 be 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, becatii.e there was a differential duty of four shillings, in favour of British vessels which carried out coals. There was no injury, inflicted on the coal interests v. hich should induce the House to abolish the duty which had been imposed, as he thought most properly, on coals by his Right Hon. Friend. Lord lIOWICK 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 Hou•e at any length. But as he represented a constituency which was deeply in terested in getting rid of this tax, he thought it ri : 4lit to make a few observations ; and if he wanted a proof to show how much at a loss her Majesty's Government were for a defence . , of this impolitic tax, that proof was clearly afforded by then consistent arguments of the Right Hon. Gentleman 14 1 71 just sat down. The Right Hon. Gentleman, it a ppear him, seemed, from the latter part of his speech, to be on desirous to give time to his friends to come to the divi sio e ( Hear, hear.) In the latter part of his speech he said that th_,a tax inflicted no injury on the coal trade, while in the first Pr o of his speech he said there was much force in what had f ah % from the Honourable Member for Kendal as to tu,, danger of the supply of coals being exhau stea d Their argument must be one or the other. If they imposeoi this tax to husband the supply of coal, then there was an a to the latter part of the Right Hon. Gentleman's s peech. _ they rejected this argument, the question must then be Ow sidered with reference to the effect of the duty on the trad e "; ( Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman must have en confidence in the gullibility of the House, to come fawn, with the argument that the coal mines were in danger being exhausted.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member, Kendal, who had a sort of monomania on thi s subject—(H a d ' hear)—was the only Member who took th a t ground. In s ee , dition to the supply in the North of England, the best g ot . logists told them that the Welsh field contained a supp l Y 2,000 years; and, besides this, they must not forget the suPPi to be expected from Scotland and Ireland.—( Hear, W r i t Now as to the trade being injured by this tax, he really thong that her Majesty's Government had confessed that the case s,`, l s , against them.—( Hear, hear.) The fact was clear and in le putable, that they had had a trade thriving beyond all esa i l,. —a trade created by the repeal of an impolitic tax upon `,l ports. For eight years this trade was growing faster ao te faster. The Government were warned what would be : of effect of imposing the tax ; it instantly caused a falling el ', the trade; and Hon. Members knew that there was only 31 .' 1 1 between the falling off and a total stoppage in comine el , matters. His Hon. Friend, the Member for Kendal, ha d ,„ ferred to the regulation of " vends," and had defended tha t ' b , - gelation. For his own part, he would only say that he jetted to all combinations, whether by masters or workt o 7 o He was perfectly persuaded that great injury had b . e ,. inflicted by the coalowners upon their own bad terests by the injudicious course which they . iOO pursued. They had brought upon themselves the competl'l4 of the coalowners in the neighbourhood of the Tees, and t were now bringing upon themselves the competition of SI , land and Northumberland. In Northumberland, a very vs able coal field had been discovered, and the coal of that di atr 'e would very shortly be brought into the market. They W s e ,j, profiting by the mistakes which had been made by the C O owners of other parts of the country. Large contracts for,, exportation of coals had, however, been thrown out in thel.':o mediate neighbourhood of Northumberland by the impositl, of this tax, and he contended that it was not just to Pa nis of on that account, those who were no parties to the regulati o n t e " vends." Allusion had been made to the unfortunate str re ,' which now existed among the pitmen of the north. H e "so garded with the deepest anxiety the dispute between the 01 ; t ters and those whom they employed ; but he must confess t he he deeply deplored the circumstance that his Hon. FriendL'a Member for Durham, and the Hon. Member for Finsbury,'"„ thought fit in that House to discuss these painful differenffrot He thought they had no right whatever to interfere in t r n d matter, and, as the House had no right to interfere, he Howick), as an individual Member of it, would abstain "" e0 doing so. He would only express a most earnest hope tha, both sides there would be a strong desire for an amicable tele nation of those disputes. With these few observations e, begged most cordially to support the motion before the o°7 o l, Mr. Alderman HUMP HERY said he should not hav e 11 0 dressed the House, if it had not been stated by the s ok Member for Sunderland that it had nothing at all to do 0 , the differences between the coalowners and their worknb'eore A case had come before hint within the last week which , upon that question. There were 50,000 sailors employea_to, the coal trade; a number of these men who had been e t o t ployed in bringing coals to the port of London complain ed they had made an agreement with their masters for 4 " 0 1 0 voyage from Newcastle and back again. They arrived in L e ies last April, and had remained here up to the present day f the coals were not sold, and in looking at the charterparty 0 iv masters and coalowners, he found that it said, " if Y ° • tl the main in London after three market days you," that lotto. owners of vessels, " shall have lid. per ton for each at itig day." The owners were thus secured from loss by recelr 41, 4d. a week. But the poor men who had contracted ~I°oo were placed in the position which he had stated to the r s ,„ to He would be glad to know whether the House had nolin tl i t; to do with such a case as that .) —( Hear, hear.) What s st become of these men, many of whom had wives and fares' the home with eight or ten children ? Now, with respect t r e osi question before the House, he begged to say that the salt, which in London cost 20s. per ton, could be bought in t bst for 15s. Why should the French manufacturers ha ve , bat advantage over our own?—(Hear, hear.) He confessed 00 he was rather for increasing than diminishing the duty . than Frenchmen, he concluded, should not have coals cheap e r 011 ourselves.—( Hear, hear.) It had been said that, if tn eo sl' were continued, Belgium would supersede our own 7/ owners. Why did she not supersede them in Fr an logo' (Hear, hear.) He was anxious that the 95 e er, 'pent should not give way on this question—they sh° u • t erio tainly have his cordial support.—( Cheers from the Mires benches.) • 6e o ' Mr. HUTT said that if the men whose case the Hon'_„ 0' tleman commisserated found the terms in question 7001 favourable to themselves, they would take care not to c°,,,foet to such terms in future. With respect to the q uestion,; s ted the House, he had hoped that this tax would have been in the same manner as the augmentation of the Irien4re• duties. The tax was imposed in distinct opposition to 7 0 r e , commendation of the Committee ; and the argunien t _ ro plet a Terence to the exhaustion of the mines had proved a e u ,„iba fallacy. He must protest against what had been said woJrpoll Hon. Members near him on the subject of the o °,o o of the coalowners. They had attempted to raise a cry In ts bia that class of persons, and the author of that very reins! s ot and entertaining production " Coningsby," said that s 0 to upon popular feeling there was no better instrument • s i s tig ° raise a cry.—( Hear, hear.) A monopoly created by leg' , enactment was a gross abuse, and he would go as far a° a n ' i .tioa, in denouncing it. It was a robbers committed on on_e,P; 00 10 of the community for the fancied benefit of another. 11 , 4 „ 0 erl, ask the Hon. Gentleman if the monopoly of the coaff ee t, was a monopoly of that description ? Was it the soi r oiod special legislation ; or was it not rather a monopolY, oiel s from the very institution of private property ? The eol' a t tbel had a right to dispose of their property in the best marke t 101 could find ; they had a right to sell it when, where, an u it 0 they liked, and they had a right to abstain from selling ;old all if they thought proper. It was a most impolitic proe ee to raise a cry aninst the coalowners on that account. eo s? would ask why this cry was specially directed against the. owners ? Did not the same species of combination .', every other department of trade? Did not the iron - It assemble together in some large town, and agree to ra i r f itb, price of iron? I.)id 'they not hear the same statemers'ttd regard to the manufacturers of copper, of tin, of soaPt us d various other articles, the produce of industry ? They tbY ba.l business to single out the coalowners in particular ; the} no right to denounce any of these parties. He was as Pri, to find those who set up for transcendental philosor_ o f tb economists mating the coalowners the subject character.-- ( Cheers, and cries of " Divide.") _A to Mr. HUME rose to explain. He would with regnkier, question of the coalowners' monopoly, refer his o° a ii er efi to the evidence given before the Committee. —( „pre Hon. Gentleman was interrupted by loud cries of order !" " Chair, chair !") nfin e The SPEAKER said the Hon. Member must en A a, self strictly to an explanation. of attaclfs Mr. WALLACE agreed with his Hon. Friend who aid oil tb o il been permitted to go on just now in his denuncia tion s monopoly, which was one of a most injurious kindt oot eid h a been carried to the utmost possible extent. He w as r atia, to find the Noble Lord the Member for Sunderland,„ gcl Hon. Friend below him for laying before the House tn . Feel; antes of 30,000 of the labouring population. His 11°13 140 ° , had done his duty by directing the attention of all ie d fnet that subject, and their interference was certainly ca d whe tt oO such a case as that which his Hon. Friend had state, noor,o, parties were rich and powerful on the one side air powerless on the other. The statement made ut pre Friend Friend that this immense body of working men wer _ so d t toe to submit the questions in dispute between themselves js masters to arbitration, was well worthy the att er ! tt t ° o o 7o o Government. His Hon Friend on his left had In r disP„ r e law for providing for the settlement by arbitration °'nfaet'oe between matters and men in one branch of nw i t :a bY but the meaning of the Act had been so perg r f a - 11 lawyers in Scotland, that the people had not had ti° of , s ,or t of it. As a representative of a considerable nuln e u e ihis owners he must protest against the continuance 0 ' a s!, duty on coals as most unjust and injurious, caus in e g t be 800,000 tons of coal to lie wasting at the bottom 0 ' rte . stead of being brought to the surface and e%P our d fac e loe coal was not even suffered to be brought up to the f thi s sent to London, and that was one of the effects i t) Gor d o He should cordially vote for the motion of the N°lsethe Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, an divided, when there appeared— 74 For the motion Against it ....... •. 1 , „, Majority against the motion ......••• THE COMMERCIAL MARINE' ie , . 0 e; Mr. LYALL then moved for a Select Cooo t ti oto r quire into the state and condition of the comm ere— o rt ° this country, and to take into consideration and ref;0000 best mode of encouraging and extending the el" y itf e British shipping. 14 4 1) 1 ' 1' ot Dr. BOWRING moved, as an addition to Mr• f pct. 4 tion, that the said Committee do examine into the o e u ipP i e o ° taxes on the materials used in the building an d ,!,, t ' o f British ships; also into the effect on wages and '""l,o ' ce ifo d p our restrictions on provisions (in respect to the ea t o th e n o ri L , vigating British ships), and to consider and report 5 9 th; ylie on the expediency of removing the same, in 5° f 3 r ap ed aneti4 be found to prevent the British shipowner from cook A'' cessfully with the foreign shipowner. t 05 0 0 Mr. GL ADS TONE supported the motion, but to guard against misrepresentation of the obje ct ' O corta'jdoe'c'e ment. It had been industriously circulated by a i ab s o, '`ors that the reciprocity treaties were about beitti^ Now, so far from this being the case, the Gov ergr' y most anxious to adhere to them. It was absolottella g o " to to adhere to them—there was no alternative h u e. ) s o e ,g, war, which they must all deprecate.—( Hear, h ea r ooe , Sir C. NIPIER gave his cordial collc ur oe % t el e motion of the Hon. Gentleman opposite. b of e j st it t o y interest had declined. In 18-1 , ) the non' e jle vessels registered was 77 ; in only 5 4 . with" Committee would consider the subject fullY, r jh reference to party ebjects.—( Hear. hear.), After a few words from Mr. CHAT'.' that the Mr. HAWES proposed, as an amendm ent, idet - . tro °ll° .t i to inquire into the causes of distress," be o f j° Mr. GLADSTONE doubted the expeclienp4b h a d J r ' o doe',J the words which the Hon. Member for Laat u t ` t if io' d o att o l,l into the motion. He thought that the wor :,:tieo Sg° would lead to the belief that reciprocity.trereo, the distress which existed in the shipping t rit „bject' ea iV,' u ti ) lead the Committee into an inquiry into that' d t he M ir h os t Mr. HUTT recommended his Hon. Frien, a (lk c o , Lambeth to withdraw his amendment. ." s ite o no wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman 13rit, that a return relating to the tonnage duties,ui:rt pa to e foreign ports, which he had moved for last y ea i of ." dea' produced. a great „ r , be e Mr. GLADSTONE said it required , bo o- o r to make the returns required. They Wolin to , 4 . 3 1) A s , e o as early as possible. the Sir inquiry\VA LT beforeE R o4iJAMESs Committeesaid fouullida:bdet ba ° as t e f s ; i ( ro. a s t_ r ei Mr. WAWN could assure the Hous which he had the honour to represent, the , m w Lt s toe i rend would uAl most tLi idEe suggest p a lo s deplorable .arsb(ol:neNes didtrae t m . e , endo a yt n d stoe er h e t hatrar t;_scidtojej,ifiet ret t t hrt • , : e : o ,l , t ro s:l 4; , the proposition of his Hon. Friend and I,,t t ,'_ .ese or ia to eo it i tleman opposite. It had been said that n . , d to p o, t bs q t r u o e d s u t icoend of, t h t h e e Commpolicy i o t f t ereecwi•opunlcl treat to eve utf odcd n of o those i t n r it a t t e i e es w . u l l i d e t t h h i u k g l i t i open that question. The Right Hon. ei Frieltd that if the words proposed by his lion. o , door , s s cota ri ,oo,. , either the Committee or the public out of door of the , ob jet',„ol that such was the intention of the proposue,d be a ny ,bet Now he (Lord P.) did not think there co e ', , 0 him tc,i e r ri t,', e ir!:, the introduction of the words. It appearf o o . ( f l t i ley thought tha t ‘ve re ce" ° l owpapsonsietcee.sslaireily( Lirmhiejadlminerthsteonm)ottii,oonu, t ai if they' el: of ne_. e into the statii of the mercantile n avy, nu a they tps" ti PieF quire how to encourage and promote it, inquire into what was the cause 0 the OP' w o ,, men to la and Of ti