The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-12 00:00:00

STAMP DUTIES.

Oa the question of going into committee on the Stamp
Duties Bill,
Mr. HUME deprecated the bill as regarded certain
enactments respecting bills of internal revenue and fo-
reign bills of exchange. Ho considered if this bill passed,
and they laid a tax on foreign bills of exchange, it would
do a vast mischief to the commerce of this country, which
was the depot for the money trade as well as the produce
of the world. lie should therefore move, when the house
went into committee, to strike out the clause which would
impose any tax whatever on foreign bills of exchange.
Mr. J. M`GREGOR objected to the differences made in
the schedules of this bill.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said as
this was a bill for amending the stamp duties, he thought
it would be for the convenience of all parties if the house
first went into committee, and then discuss the clauses of
the bill. (Hear.)
The SPEAKER then left the chair, and the house went
into committee on the bill.
On clause 3,
Mr. HUME said this was the dance he objected to, and
on which he intended to take the sense of the committee.
The CH A.NCELLORof the EXCHEQUER said it would
be much better to wait till they came to the schedules.
M • GLYN ;aid, though he might perhaps be • clined
to say that all taxes were nijturioounlidtocommercelnyet at
the present time be thought not be expedient to
ask the Chancellor of the Exchequerw to dispense with the
revenue which would be derlved`rom the tax ou foreign
bills of exchange. If this tax were to operate on the foreign
relations in commerce of this country, he should be very
careful to sanction it. But where could be the risk to our
commerce of charging is. per cent. which this bill would

impose on foreign bills of exchange ? (Hear.) He should
support -the clause as it now stood.
Mr. MASTERMAN expressed his dissent from the prin-
ciples of this clause.
Mr. W. BROWN next rose and was

LEFT SPEAKING.

CITY OF LONDON ELECTION.
(THIS DAY.)

MR. URQUHART'S ADDRESS TO THE
LIVERYMEN OF LONDON.
This afternoon, at four o'clock, Mr. Urquhart, who,
it is stated, is about being put in nomination against the
Right Hon. Lord John Russell, upon his re-election for
the City, consequent upon accepting office, addressed a
public meeting in the Common Hall.
Mr. Urquhart was attended by Mr. Francis Bennoch,
the chairman of his own election committee and two or
three others who are engaged in promoting his return.
The hall was very full, and in the galleries and
amongst the crowd were a great number of the Common
Councilmen, some ebulition of public feeling being anti-
cipated. There was a somewhat large body of police
stationed about.
Mr. URQUHART, who was received with considerable
cheering, said that be came before them a solitary man,
and threw himself upon the indulgence of those be-
fore him, and had come forward solely to rescue
the representation of the great city of London from being
the pocket borough of a Coalition Ministry. He wished
to know where was the man of great mind, a liberal sen-
timent whom they were told to elect for this great city.
(Groans.) He wished that groan to be reported, and
he would accept the charge of a calumniator if he at-
tacked a better man than himself. He charged
the Ministry with having caused the war, and they
were told to recollect Lord John Russell, because
he was part of that Ministry. There was no occa-
sion for wars—(groans and unanimous cries of " Yes")—
and if there was, he and his colleagues had caused it.
(No, no.) He then proceeded at some length to con-
condemn the Ministry. (A. voice—This is nothing but
abuse.) It was not. He charged them with grave
crimes. They had suppressed for years past the corres-
pondence relative to Russia and Turkey. The Turks
had already beaten the Russians ; therefore our troops
were not wanted. They had done nothing, and our
assistance was not called for. (Groans, and cries of
Yes, yes.) He then went into a detail of his Liberal
♦iews, and said he should go to the poll.
Several others, then, admidst much derisive cheering,
addressed the meeting, which had not broken up, and
was in most admired disorder when we left.

COMMITTEE FOR PRIVILEGES.

HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, JUNE 9.

This afternoon a Committee for Privileges assembled
for the purpose of hearing counsel aid evidence in sup•
port of the claim of several noble lords to vote for re-
presentative peers for Ireland.
The members of the committee present were—Lord
Redesdale (Chairman), the Lord Chancellor, Lord Broug-
ham, the Earl of Fingal], Lord Farnham, Lord Strad-
broke, and the Earl of Donoughmore.

THE SUN, LONDON, 'MONDAY EVENING, JUNE l2, 1854.

charge of them to Woolwich, for field-battery service.
A number of fine horses, sent up from various parts of
the country by Lieutenant-Colonel Wingfield, R.A.,
who is most indefatigable in his exertions to procure
suitable horses for the Royal Artillery, arrived in the
garrison on the evening of the same day, and the three
additional field-batteries, under orders for service in
Turkey, will soon be completed and ready for embarka-
tion.

The Monkey steam-vessel, Second-Master Synder-
combe, and the Widgeon steam-vessel, were ordered to
get their steam up yesterday morning, and embark 326
non-commissioned officers and men of the ambulance
corps for conveyance to Greenhithe, where they are to
be transferred to the Tynemouth steam transport vessel,
for a passage to Turkey, where they are to be employed
in connection with the hospital department at the seat
of war. The ambulance corps assembled in heavy
marching order, with their blankets in addition to their
knapsacks, and marched at ten a.m. on Saturday to the
dockyard, under the command of Captain Grant and
Captain Rickard, with two subalterns. On leaving the
garrison where the ambulance corps had been quartered
for some time, the Royal Artillery turned out, and
heartily cheered them, and similar cheers were given as
they passed the Royal Marine barracks, on their way to
the dockyard, the Royal Marines having been all on the
parade ground preparatory to marching to church. On
arriving at the dockyard, their baggage, which had been
brought down by the waggons of the Royal Artillery,
was soon put on board the Monkey and Widgeon steam
vessels ; and the non-commissioned officers and men
were soon embarked, under the superintendence of
Lieutenant Robertson and Mr. Mugford, master of the
Fisgard, acting master attendant of the dockyard during
the absence, on leave, of Mr. M'Donald, master atten-
dant. Brigade-Major Bingham, of the Royal Artillery,
accompanied the amulance corps, and was most zealous
in lending his personal assistance to seeing the men all
safe on board the steamers. It is said the Tynemouth
is to be retained as a floating hospital vessel in the
Bosphorus.

PIYMOUTII, JUNE 11.—Captain Sandon, Superinten-
dent of the Victualling-yard, has been directed to pro-
vide hay for another cavalry regiment about to embark
at this port for the seat of war.
DUBLIN, JUNE 10.--The first division of the gallant
27th Enniskilleners, consisting of five companies, will
leave the Royal Barracks on the 16th inst. The head-
quarter division follow on the 17th inst., en route for
Cork, preparatory to embarkation for India. The first
division of the 12th regiment will shortly embark at
Queenstown on arrival of the ship Camperdown, 993 tons,
from Deptford for Melbourne. The 12th reserve is
ordered home from the Cape.
Major• General Cochrane, commanding the Dublin
district, commenced his half-yearly inspection of the
Ist King's Dragoon Guards, on Thursday last. At
one o'clock the Major-General arrived in Portobello-
barracks, and inspected the men's dinners, necessaries,
and barrack-rooms ; after which he examined the re-
gimental books, hospital, and school, and the in-
valids for discharge. Yesterday the regiment assembled
on parade in the Nine-acres, Phoenix-park, at eleven
o'clock, when the Major-General arrived, and was
received with the usual honours. After marching past,
the regiment was put through several field evolutions,
which were admirably executed. The Major-General
was pleased to express himself to Lieutenant-Colonel
Spottiswoode as highly satisfied with the clean and fine
soldier-like appearance of the men, their high state of
discipline, and the general good order of all that came
under his observation.
KILICENNT, June 9.—The mounted portion of the sth
Dragoon Guards, remaining in Cork after the embark-
ation of the remainder of the regiment, will arrive in our
city to-day, en route for Newbridge, where the depot is
to be formed. We are gratified to find that the aug-
mentation of the army has caused the promotion of
Lieutenant Alastir Man M'Donald, eldest son of
Major-General M'Donald, and recently officially con-
nected with this district as aide-Lle-camp to his father, to
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