The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-31 00:00:00

VICTOR JULIEN, " THE FLYING MAN,"
at CANTERBURY HALL, Every Evening at half-
past Nine o'clock.

1.1 H E 0 X F O RD,
6, OXFORD-STREET,

Two Selections Every Evening alternately from " Ernani,"
" Lucrezia Borgia," "La Traviata," " Simon Boccanegra,"
"La Circassienne, ' tc., by the entire Company, Full Band
and Chorus.—Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Solos by Mr.
Viotti Collins (the great English violinist). And other at-
tractive Entertainments, the Comic portion by Miss Harriet
Coveney, Messrs. Sam Collins, Wood and Son, E. Marshall,
M. P. Foster, and W. Randall.
Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, is. ; Private Boxes, 10e. 6d.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, 2h. 47m.—Afternoon, 3h. 10m.
TO-MORROW. -Morning, 3h. 28m.—Afternoon, 3h.:46m.

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JANUARY 31, 1862,

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
51—highest since noon yesterday.
46—lowest tnis morning and during the night.
52—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.85.
WlND—Westerly ; variable, with fine weather.

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THE SUN.
LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 31, 1862.

A numerous meeting of the Manchester Chamber
of Commerce, on the affairs of India and America,
in their relation to English commerce, is entitled
to a moment's attention at least. The gentlemen
present may express right views or wrong, but
they at least know one thing better than any of Us
can do—the state of their own trade, and the direct
effect upon it of Indian and American wars or
tariffs, or both. If they have not much new to
urge upon the Government and the public, it is
worth observing whether after the experience of
another year they persist in pressing the same
demands as before.

In regard to India they do so. The great grie-
vance there is the protective duty of 10 per cent.
laid first by one of the arch-freetraders, WILSON
himself, on English manufactured cottons. As
factories had been built in India itself,
this was indeed a heavy bounty on native
manufactures. If the carriage to and from
England were reckoned at 15 per cent., here was
a bounty of 25 per cent. in favour of Bombay
manufactures. The danger was, that capital might
be directed by such a high protection into unnatural
channels, and that then vested interests might be
pleaded for the retention of the duty. The Cham-
ber had done its best both to dissuade Lord
STANLEY from imposing the 5 per cent. duty,
and Sir C. WOOD from the 10 per cent., but 'in vain.
And it now appeared that the military expenditure
was retained at such an excessive height, that no
prospect was offered them of the free trade they
desired with India. Lord ELGIN, we are, however,
informed, goes to India not only well instructed by
the Chamber, but having expressed his concurrence
with their principal views, and especially so in
regard to import duties and impediments to internal
communications. His Lordship relies for the pros-
perity of India on the combination of European
enterprise and capital with Indian industry.

The views of the Chamber on American ques-
tions will be looked at with much interest. What
do these men of business, with whom politics are quite
a subordinate consideration, say on things as they
are? They
say, first, that there is an enormous falling
a' in our exports. Lord PALMERSTON had only
joked with a deputation who told him a year ago
that the falling off in our exports would be ten
millions this year, but they had been very near the
mark—they had actually fallen off nine millions
sterling, and six millions of this were due to the