The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-16 00:00:00

NEW WRIT.

On the motion of Mr. F. MACKENZIE, new writs
were ordered for the borough of Dungannon in the room
of the Hon. Mr. Knox, who had accepted the office of
ono of her Majesty's Grooms in Waiting, and for the
borough of Coleraine in the room of Mr. Boyd, who had
accepted the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds.
PRIVATE BILLS.

The following lids were reed a se3ond time, and
ordered to be committed:—
Aberdare Market and Slaughter-house:.

Belfast Harbour.
Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway

(Powers to lease, Scc. )
Bramley and Ridgewick Road.
Cambridge to Ely and other Roads.
Glamford Briggs Waterworks.
Kingston and Sheetbridge Roads.
Leeds Waterworks.
LONDON CORPORATION REFORM BILL.
On the motion for the second reading of this Bill,
Mr. HUME opposed the motion. This Bill related
to much too vast: any interest to be disposed of as a
private Bill. The Bill ought to have been made a public
measure.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. W. WILLIADV knew nothing of the object of
the Bill, but he agreed that it ought to he made a public
measure, .
Sir JAMES DUKE said, all that the Bill proposed to
do was to relieve the public of the obnoxious tax known
as the City toll, which yielded now something like
6,0001. a-year. Another provision in the Bill would
give all the rate and tax-payers the right of
voting at the election of all their corporate officers, in-
cluding the Lord Mayor himself.—(Hear, hear.) A
third object of the Bill was to repeal thn law which made
it compulsory upon a man to take up his freedom before
he could commence business within the City. In future,
all that would be required of him would be that he
should have resided a year c,nd a day and tenanted some
premises for that period, within the City.—(Hear.)
Mr. ROEBUCK submitted that this could not b
treated as a private Bill, it was essentially a public mea-
sure,er-deilalyeaar.) private Bill;
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After a few words from Sir DE LACY EVANS, the
Bill was rend a second time
com-
mitted, as were also the following'and ordered to be
Bills:
North-Western Railway.
St. Helen's Gas.

Shropshire Union Railwayss and Canal (Branch Canal to
LINCOLNSRI3
On the motion for the second
connect Canal of Shro
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that the
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rose to oppose it, and
thi this amendmentday second readingbe postponed
After a • • ,mtpoorbededausbatinl
brief discussion, the amendment was agreed to
and the Bill withdrawn.
CANALS.
Mr. SPOONER moved the following resolution:—
" That in cases of Bills affecting canals or navigations
forming, part of any general chain or system of inland
water communication, the proprietors of any other canal
or navigation forming part of such general chain shall
be entitled to be beard upon any petition which they
may present against any such Bills before the Com-
mittees to which such Bills shall be referred."
Mr. HENLEY opposed the resolution. If canals
were allowed the right, how could they refuse to concede
it also to railways?--(flear, hear.) In his opinion the
' remedy for the evil contemplated by this resolution was
to meet each special case with separate legislation.
After a short discussion the resolution was withdrawn.
i PETITIONS.
) Admiral BERKELEY resented a petition praying
for the repeal of the post-hporse dity.
Mr. SCULLY presented a petition from a place in
Ireland in favour of tenant right.
' Sir G. CLERK presented a petition from Dover in
i favour of the Pharmacy Bill.
Mr. W. WILSON presented a petition from Mr.
Rigby Wason, relative to the Westminster Improvement
Bill, and praying for inquiry (as We understood):

S.
Mr. J. WILSONUGAR wish DUTIE43
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Baronet the Secretary for the Colonies what course he
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Sir J. PAKINGTON would answer the question in a le et
words. He felt it his duty as a member of the Opposition t‘r
press upon the then Ministry what he believed to t 5
the disastrous effects of their own acts.—(Hear, hear.)
lie referred to the Act of 1846, modified by the subse-
quent Act of 1848, regulating the duties upon sugar. AS a
members of the present Government, which were ac-
knowledged to be in a minority in that House, he con-
ceived it to be no less his duty to tike whatever course
he might think best for promoting the objects which
the present Government had in view, and they did
not think that it would tend to relieve the West Indian
distress if they were, daring the present session of Par-
liament, to press forward views and plans against
which there were recorded majorities upon several
occasions daring the existing Parliament.—(Loud
cheers.) They. further thought that theta
was nothing the question of the sugar
duties. sufficiently special or sufficiently excep-
tional to justify, them in making it an exception
to that intention on the part of the Govern-
ment, which had been announced in another
place by his Noble Friend the Prime Minister,
nemely, not unnecessarily to press upon Parliament during
eleispresent session those controverted questions of com-
lhereial policy,which they thought it better to reserve for
the judgment a another - fierliageant,(Ministerial
cheers.)
,For these reasons it was not his intention durin
the present session to bring forward the motion to which
the Hon. Member for Westbury had referred.—(Opposi-
tion cheers.) But hemust beg leave to add one word more.
The opinion which he had expressed upon this subject,
whether in relation to the egeots of the sugar Acts
upon the British colonies, 'or in relation to their effects
upon the great question of the slave trade, had
undergone no change whatever.—(Ministerial cheers.)
distress receiving
which almost
existsda y
the On n themost contrary,
painful
o rofs wa
of
amongst the British planters, but the Government had,
proofsnow
we
nevertheless, determined that this question, like others of
the sumo nature, ought to be reserved for the
considerationh of a future Parliament—(Renewed cheers)
—reserving distinctly to themselves the right hereafter
to deal with those questions, if they ahould'be in a posi-
tion to do so—(oh)—in such a manner as they thought
would best meet the justice of each case, and what was
required by a due regard to the interests of all classes
of society.—(Cheers.)
Mr. J. WILSON hoped then it was not intended to
disturb the sugar dutiekthat would come into operation
on the sth of July ?—(Hear, hear.)
Sir J. PAKINGTON said it was not, and in reply
to another question, he etated that the Beer Bill had
been taken up by the Hon. Member for East Kent.
KAFIR WAR.

Mr. ADDERLEY asked the Secretary for the Co-
lonies whether any instructions would be sent by the
mail going out to the Cape of Good Hope on Tuesday,
thb 16th, to General Cathcart, to suspend or alter the
instructions given him by Lord Grey, to lay down a
scheme of future policy for this country to undertake
as to the defence of the frontier of that colony ?
Sir J. FAKINGTON said he had not thought it his
duty so immediately to send out instructions to
Major-General Cathcart, either to suspend or to alter
that portion of the instructions of Lord Grey, to
which his Honourable Friend had adverted—(Hear)—
but he begged to add, that the present condition and
the future government of the oolony would be subjects
which would receive the earliest and anxious conside-
ration of her Majesty's Government.—(Hear.) In
answer:to the latter part of the question, he begged to say
that a statement had arrived by the last mail from the
municipality of Cape Town, complaining of unnecessary
delay on the part of the Legislative Council in passing
the constitution ordinance, and also complaining that
they had been devoting their time in passing other
ordinances of a general- nature. He had, therefore,
thought it his duty to send out a dispatch by
the present mail, pressing upon the Legislative
Council the necessity of considering the consti
tion ordinance as soon as possible, and suggesting
that they should reserve all questions of legislation
which wore not of an urgent nature for a future Par-
ham eat —(lean)
In reply to Sir DE LACY EVANS,
Sir J. PAKINGTON said that though the Govern-
ment had received most gratifying, intelligence from
the Cape, it did not go the length of stating
that the war was concluded; but the Government had
reason to hope that the war would be concluded at no
distant period.—(Hear,)
INCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND).
The MASTER of the ROLLS asked the Chancellor
of the Exchequer whether it was the intention of her
Majesty's Government to introduce, in the present ses-
sion, any Bill for the purpose of continuing the Commis-
sion for the Sale of 'numbered Estates in Ireland.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said a
communication had been received from the Lord Chan-
cellor of Ireland on -the subject, but as the Attorney-
General for Ireland had only arrived in Englend to-day,
he had not had an opportunity Of consulting with him
in reference to that communication. He suggested that
the Learned Gentleman should put the question on
seine other occasion.
PROPOSED DUTY ON COALS.
Mr. HEADLAM asked the Chancellor of the Ex•
chequer whether it was the intention of her Majesty's
Government to impose a tax upon coals?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said—l
believe questions of this kind, addressed to the Chancellor
of the Exchequer before he has made his financial state-
ment, are not considered in general very fair. Perhaps
the lion. Gentleman will allow me to avail myself
of the privilege. of official reserve, under ordinary eir-
curnstanes, not to give a categorical reply to
an inquiry ; but I am perfectly willing to make this
case an exception to the general rule, and I can
assure the Honourable and Learned Gentleman
that no such intention exists on the part of her Majesty's
Government; but if the proposition is calculated to
obtain the favour of the constituents of the Hon. and
Learned Gentleman, I can assure him it will receive
on our part the most respectful attention.—(Loud
Laughter.)
FOREIGN REFUGEES.

In answer to a question from Mr. M. MILNES,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
until the correspondence between her Majesty's Govern-
ment and foreign Governments now proceeding was
finished, her Majesty's Ministers did not think it proper
to lay any part of that correspondence on the table,