The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-01 00:00:00

TELLERS,

Duncombe, T. S --Finsbury
Hawes, Benjamin—Lambeth

—NOES, O.
Perceval, Colonel—Sligo Co.
Reid, Sir J. Rae—Dover
Richards, Richard—Merionethsh,
Round, John—Maldon
Sandon, Lord—Liverpool
Sibthorp, Colonel—Lincoln
Somerset, Lord G.—Monmoutlish,
Wood, Colonel T.—Brecon

TELLERS.
Inglis, Sir It. 11. —Ox. University
jirainston, T. W.—Essex South

FRESH FRUIT.

The Committee appointed to inquire into the complaints
of the fruit growers has presented the following Report,
which puts an end for the present to all hope of again
increasing the duty :
That on and before the 16th of August 1838 the duty
on apples was 4s. a bushel, the duty on Pears 7s. 6d. a
bushel, and the duty Oil Cherries 18s. Bd. the cwt.
2. That from and after the 16th day of August 1838
the aforesaid duties ceased, and a duty of 5/. per centum
ad valorem, was imposed in lieu thereof.
3. That after the abundant crop of 1837 there were im-
ported 337 bushels of apples into the port of London, and
the average price for the season of 1837-8 was 2s. 3d.
4. That after the deficient crop of 1838 there were im-
ported about 120,000 bushels of apples into the Port of
London, and the average price of apples in London for the
season 1838-9 was 4s. 9d.

5. That when the crop in this country is abundant, im-
portation of Foreign apples, from the numerous charges
incident to it, to wit, original cost, price of cases, expense
of packing and shipping abroad, freight, removal from
quays to market, and commission on sale, cannot take place
to any material extent ; and when the crop is deficient,
importation of foreign apples, from the same causes, as well
as the higher cost of the fruit abroad, cannot reduce the
value of home-grown apples below a reasonable price.
6. That it therefore follows that the natural impedi-
ments to the importation of foreign apples, in addition to
the duty now payable, constitute a sufficient protection to
the home growers, regard being had to the adequate sup-
ply of the public, and more especially of the middle and
poorer classes of the metropolis, in an important article of
domestic consumption.
7. That the importation of pears and cherries is, and
must continue, of so small an extent, as to produce little
or no effect on the markets of this country.
12 July, 1839.

POOR RATES.:—OiI Saturday, at the Kensing-
ton petty sessions, no less than 700 of the inhabitants .
the parish of St. Mary Abbott, Kensington, were sum-
moned before the bench of Magistrates, sitting at the board-
room of the workhouse, at the instance of the poor-rate
collectors, to show cause why they had refused or neglected
to pay the various amounts assessed on them for poor-rates,
for the half year ending at Midsummer last. Most of
the defaulters pleaded poverty, while others objected to
the amount of the rate assessed on them. In the
ormer cases time, varying from a fortnight to a month,
was allowed the applicants ; and in the latter, where
it could be equitably done, the assessment warsiiraemduecnetadr.;
PARLIAMENTARY PRINTING.—It appears by
a return laid before the House of Commons thatletshseallsoun:
ourable House has expended for printing pa
papers, within the last eight sessions only, no
thans
9 •2
cHAI, 373,1161.
TRAVELLING—DEAR POSTAGE.--
E
A gentleman residing in Perth wrote, the other day, to a
porson in Edinburgh, regarding some matter of business ;
and the individual to whom the letter was addressed, in-
stead of replying through the same channel (the post-office),
cameinpetrososnevte-
onPpeiee
Perth by the steamers the fares of which
amounted
would have cost awhile the p stage of a letter
halfpenny
more I ! !—Perthshire Ad-
vertiser.