The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-31 00:00:00

Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. I Qrs. Sacks
English •• •• •• 1,790 3,660 1,770 I 1,610 1,640
Irish •• •• •• ••

Foreign ......

2,490

Oats.

Flour.

1 7,200 i 1,230

BOROUGH BOP MARKET.
Our market continues to be very scantily supplied with
Hops„ yet the demand is heavy, and prices are barely sup.
ported.

WHITECUAPEL.
The supplies of each kind of meat being in excess of
demand, the trade ruled heavy, at drooping prices. Beef
Iron: 2s to 3s ; Mutton, 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Veal, 3s to 4s; Pork,
2s 4d to 3s 6d. per 81ba by the carcase.

SELLING TRADE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—Observing an article in your paper of this day on
.he subject of the bookselling business, we beg to inform
you that the question which you discuss has been for some
time under the consideration of Lord Campbell and several
other eminent literary men, and we wait to be informed of
their conclusions. In candour to yourself your informant
should have acquainted you with this fact before precipi-
tating a discussion which must shortly be settled by the
judgment of those to whom the question has been referred.
Permit us to add the following facts :
The association is not a publishers' association, but an as-
sociation of the book-trade generally, and originated with the
retail booksellers. As publishers we are no further interested
in it than so far as it has been supposed to promote the sol-
vency of the trade and the prosperity of literary specula-
tions. The sale of books by retail is so insignificant a part
of a publisher's business that in supporting the association
he cannot be actuated by a desire to obtain the double profit
to which you allude.
We are, Sir, your obedient servants,
LONGMAN, BROWN, and Co.
Joust Munnay.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

THE

March 3).

HOUSE OF LORDS, March 30.
DURATION OF THE PRESENT SESSION OF
PARLIAMENT.
The Earl of MINTO, seeing Lord Lyndhurst in his
place, csked him whether it was his intention to pro-
ceed with his Bill for enabling each House of Parliament
to take up in an ensuing session a measure which had
been passed by one of them in the preceding session?
He was induced, to ask this question as ho found that
there was a general impression abroad that we might
very shortly expect a dissolution of Parliament. It was
also said, that as a very short and hurried session would
follow the general election, many measures would be
passed in one House which there would not be time to
consider in the other. He suggested that some of such
measures might be proceeded with during the present
session, as their Lordships had at present a great deal of
leisure in their House.

The Earl of DERBY—Before my Noble and Learned
' Friend answers this question, I beg to correct a misap-
prehension under which the Noble Earl opposite labours
as to what fell from me some nights ago. Nothing has
ever fallen from my lips which could lead any man to
suppose that the present would bo a session of unusually
short duration. I never said anything that could justify
such a conclusion. I say further, that the continuance
of the session depends on causes over which I can have
no control. As tar as I can form an opinion, the next
session, so far from being a short and hurried session,
will commence at an early period, and will be of no
ordinary duration. The Noble Earl has done me the
honour to allude still further to what he supposes me to
have said. What I did say was this, that I thought it
advisable that the autumn should not pass over without
Parliament coming to a decision on certain subjects
deeply affecting the welfare and interests of the country.
But I did nct say anything which could lead the House,
nor did I intend to lead the House, to the impression
that there would be an early dissolution in the spring, to
be followed up by a short and hurried session in the
summer. On the part of her Majesty's Government
there was no such intention. As to the object of the
question now put by the Noble Earl opposite to my
Noble and Learned Friend, as to the expediency of pass-
ing a Bill to enable us to keep a measure hanging over
from one session to another, I have only to say, that
whatever may have been his intention or mine as to
enabling one House of Parliament to take up in a fol-
lowing session a measure passed by the other in a pre-
ceding session, I never contemplated a measure for
enabling us to continue in one Parliament a Bill com-
menced in another.
The Earl of MINTO complained that he bad. bee
nmisunderstood by the Noble Earl opposite, and exp_l
voice
what he actually had said, but in too low a tone of
to enable us to report him.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE—My Lords, Etl7_ Noble
under-
standing
t
is, that the present explanation of no
Earl (Derby) is not in accordance with that which I
with
understood to fall from him on a former night, nor
the understanding which other Noble Lords have of the
expressions which he then used, and which gained
approbation, nor with the general interpretation their
atien of
public. The Noble Earl has stated with
which he
greatcothre.
redness the latter part of she answer
then gave me; but the Noble Earl will not. I think,
tonplate an
deny that he also stat,al that be did e
early dissolution of Parliament, and that he t d_id not
think it rigt,t, consideripg the temper of