The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-21 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1850.

THE DUTY ON BRICKS.

EAST INDIA HOUSE.

TO THE

OF THE

Y a guarterly general coat of East Lath
Skeet was heM at the smapsay's home la
Several sourer of intim had been gins
hhp EINIMMI peeks. Mejer•General Sir A. GALLOWAY was
a lbe
The OILAIRILiN intimated that earfala sepsis wen laid
ea the WM. Me tithe of whisk we read by the chief
disk. AssobAstem was ems rel=ssethe lastruetions seat
loge kilo Me rahlost at apes the kypothe.
mem d end et .snideness from India; • nad the
Cheisinell Ohm soled upon Me ken. premien, whose
maim Mead eat la seder. •
Osplala PSTER GORDON remmeseed hy staliag that
at the last quarteriy open, he pro miles of two melons,
cm to the Ideal that her MOO, should be requested to
become the president of the sommay. Re Mil mot men
more thaa eats et these mottoes duly notified. Was the
other advertised ?
The CHAIRMAN said it was not. The Omni of Dine.
ton thought the character of the notice filth 111.006$
8.• • • • • •• • •
PIiu.IIISIOS IMPOSIIOIII.
Capiala GORDON would merges than kis right on the
maul motion " that the papers waning the ea-
raNsa of Captain Pete Gordon frees the district cur Madura
be prised fn the me of the members of this omit." Re
swami into a lon stateassat of his woe, maintaining la
strong terms hiss, akt to km it favestigatid. In the cad,
however, kis metisa was negatived.
Mr. LB WIN thee moved " That the Court of Direston
do lay before the Court of Provision all the papers mat-
nested with the dismiss! of hi. Venestarryloo, as notified In
the Fore ht. Gimp &nab of date 26th January, 180."
la doing whisk he skewed that this young man had been
in the essepsses series for ten or twelve years, daring
whisk tingle Md Ailed every tees wits evitht to hiseseL
lie kid hem dismissed area the series without the grounds
of the issesplaiat being made ksowa to Aim; his Mustily
had sever boss spegmlosed. (Rear, hear.) The peaish-
neat awarded to aim was to t3ll 411110k1104 0116 w rein, and
to bold ao other oNes for seven years, daring which tau he
had bees retuned to =distress. The same ill treated
young w now Owthis scant to demand an in-
quiry late the emu Olds dismissal.
Capt. GORDON had great pleasure la emending the
motion, in doing which the hon. proprietor complaiaed of
the mospeay not ailraitdag natives to the sink service.
There was one themes only he knew of, and that was the
sou of Rein Rehm ILoy, whose eon had been appointed to a
raj ahship. ( hear.) If the mart disqualified the
native from elks; of trust, let them refrain at least from
condensing them without tsW. (lieu, lieu, sad
altrelit LIBMAN pat the resolution, when it rewired
two ke
ived. nds ia support ; the motion was coasequatly
negat
Mr. LB WIN the* submitted the fellowieg reolutiou :
That the removal of the J edge of the Ootut of Beddow sad Foe).
darry dolawlut, by the government of the Nerves of 'neared/1a was
as tutoonstlediseal as We lardeldp's mildews as the Neilgherry
hills and perforasinee of sets of 10114111011114 whew esparated from the
couaral deeveeemesl, was in violation el net 39 & 40 Oeo. 111. cap
7."Lfter so. Ime °Marvelous' from Mr. Sot.rxraw, the motion
was put and negatived unsalmeusly.

la tie awn Oa Osman • dayabadea (as BMW
la yessorday's Awns, Miambd la Ms elks ot
Maas,Mar el tb• is Divalaitetnek_where
day VIM am 4 by LIM LINA 010111111111? A.P., AL Os.
bur, M.P., NAPA as.r., sad la Timms Bine,
M.P. Mrs Woos isma Md• dal% leas Waisted by
r. $9 ONTISIIIIII7. that** Isdkopodtba.
at terdiergraligiba Parinsiese readond it extremely
lassavadua for Mai to iseelmo iagge a deputation ; bat If
Ibe isadossa wad amide w bba (Ms. Harm) tk• na-
tured Sir Wiwi MINIM adirwards esauasakat• *en
Ito sbeCladesdat Mr Maaataat, mod liken urea.! the
•

Mr. RIRON Ibis prennlsi Se usubmiM to Mr. Raptor,
sod Meted ties Ibsout el Ws depaseloa vim to cow
phis et as see efleemlft they Mai wade be
.nieniitod by Se eemnsimni,ll they sepsis& the 457 os
tijejts, *See vas** ea So sock Saltd.
Tao east MMe sumeneenems, that tin &My Is ressetloa
wee atom ea be ebelibed, wee ass Semi ball bear s ear
Ilis Wok node, mad Is meld we Si
telloseriali4lll7 et the maw inessibenarers would Si
irretrievable mind as MOM, Inability to db.
pees MSS puma iNedt. (lb. MeretS) bowled's,
erg pawn site woe ergsia bulidlei kisses st tin
Smile WI was breuebt ibe Mese el C
bed suspended their verbs Se date is =
S. The nay remade Ise this soil meld be the
whisit it was the &deg et the presses deputation
ea ebbila.

Me. ILAYTBA laquired whether the semiffillbMums had
seniimed the spud= of deludes the repeal of the daty
he aelmespeekei. In order Met dig slit have en oppor-
tunity eidignity el their obit Inlaid
Semi pulism NOM Met peatpouteesat would.
lasesai et theta , lacunae the Injury of
whisk ey
Mr th
. OnirrirLL expelled himself in favour of the
daserheek.
Mr. WOOD, ef the Beard of amens whit sesseipaated
Kr. Barrer, eanwerated a variety of instinets In whisk the
goversasest had repealed tax( s, withest allowing a drew-
baek, althosgh they had sweated to entails estspeenwe in
fewer of the parties whose Worms was isasasdiately
iavelred.

Mr. OSIOW mill the sem of the brisk manufacturers
WIN MO el peralka bardebip, Mamma as many of them
had a very large 111111111111 at of mock on hood, end they were
lamp celled am ta pay the duty ist advance, that is
to say before their grads were ready fir &peal.
Kr. EIAMUZL HOLM2B, as esumilve masafaeturer
of Liverpeol. described the depressing eMet white the
mason had predased arm the brick trade is his
li
locality.l Macy cerpsaters sad builders were thrown com-
pletely out of work, became their employers could not
proceed with their aadertehisp until they should be
.asblsd, by the repeal of the daty, to obtain bricks at a re-
&tad rite. lie trusted that the government wculd Not pass
the immure ler the repeal of the brick duty, without allowing
to the 'masticatingre a drawback oa the stock ia hand,
•

others paw atemalastarses wean step to and rain
their Wane by wills, the article has el duty.
Lead RORZRT GROSVENOR improved ma *aim
that Wow of ilf• brisk offauffectunere woold h• one of

Calosel DICKENSON t►ea vas about to submit the fol-

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motion :
That the Court of Proprietors should mares their regret that the
Board of Cootrol should have proctodrd with ouch unnecessary Mato
to °alarm the COUnialiiolll the Ilindh mlnMgolity ; and that the
Board of Coatrol be moved to a rmostion of the ems of the
Ameers, la view to some suitable provivioo for the tiara princes la
their native land :

gr—ratTecurtio;irtitegevesinTeaTiiotirent iken;.-ti;
boos they desired.
Mr. JOHNSON, of Liverpool, said he owned about 12
Wilma of bricks, and he had not at this moment a single
esattenet, eeriest to the detensiaation of builders to sutpand
egurstiess, until they could gettheir bricks free of duty.
Mr. W. CUBITT pointed out the hardship which
would fall upon the smaller maaufacturers, if the drawback
were not allowed. Several gentlemen related their personal
'perique' of the injurious effects of the measure complained
of, and all =marred is the opinion that it would be better
that the duty should net be repealed at all, sale= the draw-
back were allowed.

but, after some consideration, withdrew it, end submitted
the following, of which he had alto gime nodes :
That the Coutt of Provision participating be Mote feelings of
regret of which there have tam will *aqua meidgwesoces os the
part ef the 11111101•WO sod .
Weston' at the ludo.
oilisest outlay ebb* hr bonsilirhsosorraiml Weston' for afford-
ing suitable mom to the ealleaveekg sod rehar more productive
patient of Ilte MOW territory, sad fel Ms dee develops, nt thereby
dile smenalmed mil west velwahla rossemem do most earnestly
reoimmimil ft the Court of Dlrestors Ow immedisto adoption of some
emptied", memos 41 1MM11.411,
_lismarsiestion therewith
from Ms merest river NM supremo( vraisk the district populations
plowally *OW elm reap a persiammt_berwlit. such a measure being
mtlemmOrd for by eassideratiorm of howesity toward. those most
classes of our native eutptsb, tho cultivator. of the
Z.:716.11rwd e engaged in the very idiom and dangerous transport
reies grebes, than tor the =intension pod iirovement of the
MY whereby Woe the iaweeragewased M this country
I Mr sales wool can in ordinary, much Ins is seewse of scarcity or
=wended inuocoures with Amer^ be aisquately met.

Mr. HUNT stated that there would be no difficulty in
distingniaktag the bricks upon which duty had been paid,
from thou which might be made after the repeal ; u the
goverment might employ their own deem In any way
they thought fix, with a view to obtain the information they
would deem.
After some further diecussion, three gentlemett—Hs., Mr.
Cabitt, Mr. Holmes, and Mr. Heron—at the suggestion of
Mr. Cardwell, waited upon the Chang nor of the Exchequer
in his print* room, for the purpose of explaining to him the
object in view.
Alter remaining with the right hon. gentleman upwards
of half an hour the three gentlemen withdrew, and the ge-
neral body of the deputation ware informed that the Chan
altar of tits Exchequer said he perceived the hardship com-
plained of, and was much disposed to meet it. He could
not, however, pledge himself to any definite line of policy,
but he would undertake to say that the gusernment would
allow the brick manufacturers some sort of compromise, al-
though it was impossible for him to stets to what extent such
compromi a might go. In the meantime, the course he
wolU suggest we., that is a day or two's time some gen-
tleman should put a question to him upon the subject in the
House of Commons, and he would then receive a definite
sneerer as to the intentions of the government.
The deputation then withdrew, highly saddled with the
result of their interview.

Yejor•Ueneral BRIOUS sessedled the motion, and urged
the subject of "'always, In all the presidencies on the eJurt of
three:arc

Tne CHAIRMAN said they had now gone into three clues.
tiona—one on roads, another on railways, and one on cotton,
on which they had heard some very good opinions, and cer-
tainly some very indifferent. (Ltughter.) As to the roads,
he nerd only refer to the reports of Mr. Davis, the collector,
to show the good ooxdition In which they were kept, in
proof of which he mentioned that the number of carts in
the province of lieroche was 1,474, being about 35 care
for
,each village. It wee also stated that the
roads were perfectly good for communication for
nine months in Wit year, and only In the rein,
season was there any difficulty which could of coarse not be
obviated. The convenience en the roads in India for the
conveyance of geode was, in his opinion, quite sufficient for
oogamercisl purposes. (Hear, hear.) What more could h:
expected, except the inhabitants of India travelled bj rail-
road; which he admitted would be a great Improvement ;
fur, in the time of rain, the omen was not transported.
Much complaint having been made on this occasion of the
directors not spendlog money in public works, be would
jest mention that, from the year 1837 to 1815. the Court of
Director. bad aoprzprtatra to :ha share 2,284,594/.—(hear,
hear) ; in addition to which 970,0001. was apportioned te
other public works and the Ganges Canal, making about'
3,000,0001., besides a million and a half which had been
assigned, though not expended by the government, in re-
tinues to a railway. It might be clamed with the other sums
expended, for it wee understood that if after all the thing
did not turn out a good speculation it was to be thrown on
the hands of the Seat India Company. (Laughter.) This
would make a sum of 4,802,0001. appropriated to public
works is nine yeam. The chairman went into the sub
ject of the cots.n cultivation, and said that as well as
the other subjects had always had the serious con-
sideration of the court of directors, for the indigenous
cotton of India could be grown profitably, and was equal to
all the rigid:meats of our manufactursrs. The chairman,
having stated that a shipment of cotton, the value of which
was only 1,4004 had left to the parties conoented, on being
sold at Liverpool, 6.501. of net profit (applause), urged the
hon. proprietor to withdraw his motion, on the ground that
the subjects therein mentioned had always received the meet
careful consideration of the directors.

Ca fain 001111 CTN;;; Lou to proceed to complain of
the chairman's illation to the roads and the MU of the
Earache, when
The CHAIRMAN ruptured to ask how long it was sines
the boa. proprietor bad been in India ? (Laughter.)
Captain GORDON—In 1826 I wee expelled.
Lieut.-Colonel SYKES (a director) confirmed the state.
mint of the chairman as to the attention paid by the di-
rectors to public works in India. He was really astonished
that so mush had Wan devoted to public works, looking at
he warfare in which the company was during Mem
fears—Quer, hear)--end when it wee dimcalt to rah* money
or the immediate wants of the *mammy.
Colonel DICKENSON then agreed to withdraw his
merlon, end the chairman than declared the court adjourned.

EMBEZZLEMENT AT MANCHESTEII.—A man named
William Mereland was brought up at the bLuichester Bo-
rough Court on Tuesday, charged with embezzling several
hundred pomade from hie employers, the Messrs. Blundell,
coal-merchants. Messrs. Blundell, who carry on business
under the name of Joaallan Blundell and Bons, have
an MEN is Oxford-street. Manchester, which some time ago
was under the miperiateadonee of the prisoner, whose duty
it was to obtain orders Yd NUM money owing to the Brm,
transmitting a weekly Mims of kis receipts to Mr. Wool.
fall, the chief masegor of IM Ilms, at their aloe is Liver-
pool. It is supposed that soma large sums of money so
collected he has ogpmprialod te his own use. Mr. Hamrick,
the chief soperkleadeat of polies at klanchester, Gelled Mr.
Howarth and Mr. Broughton, coal-merchants, as witnesses,
who deposed to having paid at different periods during 1847
and 1848, same amounting to 1741. 124. tattle prisoner on ac-
count of MOWS. Blundell and Co. Mr. Woollen proved that
the prisoner had kept back 531. 12a. of this amount; represent-
's' it as still owing to the dam by the perdu from whom ha
had received it Mr. Novick said—On the 10th January,
1849, the prieraa's loyus. having begun to suspect the
sietheanimmentoi. arm* at exploited= but the prisoner
abssowded and Mt the .gantry. ♦ w;rrant had been ob-
tained against him In February, 1849, but he was not
apprehended until very recently.—The prisoaer was com-
mitted to the maim, where It is expected several other came
of • similar character to the above will be proved a
him. The total amount of his defalcations, as state shove,
Is estimated at several hundred pounds.

DItiILDFUL AOCIDINT AT ST. VINCENT'S ROCKS,
Ciarrox.—Yestarday morning, at &boat 9 o'clock, an acci-
dent et a very shocking kind occurred at Clifton, Bristol, to
a young lady named Craven, the daughter of Mr. Craven,
eoll6tor, of the firm of Flapper and Craven.! It appears
that Mr. Craven's badly have been for loses time past stay-
ing at Clifton for the benefit of their health, and yesterday
earankag, at about 7 *Week, the young lady in quatioe,
who was about 17 or 18 years old, was called by her maid,
and was then In her usual heath. Afterwards she went
out, as was her eustotat, for the purpose of taking a walk en
the Downs, from whisk na all who have 'We" the neigh-
bourhood mast be aware, an @Missive view of the rivers
Avon and Severe, and of the month of the Bristol Channel,
is obtained, Mee Crania, who is nadentood to have
' been near4ighted, unfortunately approached Is. near the
edge of the cliff and the turf, in eansegasnee of the resent
continuance of dry weather, being ezosed4ly dry and
slippery, she missed hie footing, and after sstalkiing against
three or fear projecting poise, of the did was pre-
cipitated to the bottom, • depth of near three-
hundred feet. A woman, who lives in • cot.
tags below, and two men, all of wham saw the
unhappy young lady la the set of falling, leseeediately
hastened to the spot, In the hops of rendering her esme
assistance ; but, of coarse, all human aid was unavailing.
Herskull oa the right IMO WM driven in, her limbs fractured
and her body altegetkeesissekingly mutilated. This made
the fifth or math asides{ the kind which hes occurred
✓ear the same spot Emig the last six or 'even years. Only
about twelventoatle slam the Bev. Mr. Ricks, • clergyman
of the church of Beglited, met with his death by falling
from the Limee Heed Point, in the same way ; and, still
more recently, a yang lady was peesiphated ever the tacks
and killed on the spot. The saissysd ameards, las are
lords of the manorhonse, owed boards to he ormild at dif-
ferent points, cautioning 14912919 of the danger of walking
too near the edge ; but it is evident that 20019 more effeativ•
measures should be taken.