The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-23 00:00:00

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)

BOULTOS V. MILES.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
The jury, after an absence of considerable length, returned
a verdict for the plaintiff for the sum of 59/. ls., as the
balance due upon twelve months' rages.

COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY.)

PHILIIPS V. NAIRN AND OTHERS.

The Court was occupied the most of the morning with this
case, whick was an application for a new trial, on the ground
of misdirection from the judge on the trial. The question
was between the owners and the underwriters of the ship
Broxbourneburg, which received damage in a severe storm
at sea off the coast of India, so as to be compelled to run into
Port Louis, in the Mauritius. The timbers of the vessel, when
she came to be repaired, were found incapable of refastenings,
and were many of them replaced, which increased the expense
of the repairs to about 8,0001. The defendants, the underwri-
ters, refused to pay more than 50 per cent. of this amount,
averring that the rest arose, not from perils of the sea, but
from the unseaworthiness of the ship.
Sir F. TILICSIGEL contended against a new trial, and had
not concluded his argument when the Court rose.

IMPERIAL PA RI lAMENT
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The Earl of SH4FTESBURY took his seat on the Wool-
sack at ten minutes to Five o'clock. Them were about
six Peers present.
CORN AND NAVIGATION LAWS SUSPENSION
, e BILLS.

Messengers from the Commons brought up these Bills.
The Marquis of LANSDO WNE said,—My Lords, I
move that you give a first reading to an Act to sus-
pend till the Ist of September all duties on the importa-
tion of corn.

The Bill was read a first time in order to be printed.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE again said,—l have
to move that you give the first reading to the Navigation
Suspension Act till the Ist of September.
This Bill being also read a first time,
The NOBLE MARQUIS gave notice that at the sitting
of the House on Monday next, he should move the sus-
pension of the standing orders of the House, with the
view of facilitating the progress of' these Bills through
all the stages.
Lerd STANLEY, who spoke in a conversational tone
over the table, said that if he rightly understood the
intentions of the Noble Marquis the course he proposed
to adopt had reference only to two measures suspending
the navigation laws and the laws which regulated the
importation of corn. He understood also that the objects
of these measures were merely temporary,and intended to
meet the exigencies of the time, and that therefore they
would not extend beyond the Ist of September next.
At the same time he could not help availing himself of
that opportunity to express his regret at the determina-
tion of her Majesty's Government—if really such was
their determination—not to make the measure with
respect to sugar used in breweries and
distilleries a temporary, but one of a
permanent nature. He confessed he should have been
very glad if this measure had been introduced, as
he believed it was introduced into her Majesty's
Speech namely, as a temporary measure, and
that it should have met with the entire una-
nimity of their Lordships, who could not have been
unwilling to have adopted such a step in order to meet
the exigencies of the present moment. It appeared
that there was a large quantity of sugar in hand, and
there was no reason to apprehend that there was
not a sufficient quantity to meet the demand
which the suspension of the penalties could not fail to
create. Therefore, when, instead of introducing the
measure as a temporary one, it partook of a per-
manent nature, the Government could not expect
that it would pass with as little discussion and•
as little delay as the other measures—namely, the
corn and navigation laws. Ifjt was to be a permanent
measure, in 1851 foreign sugars, owing to the equalisa-
tion of the duties, would come into competition with
home-grown sugars, and therefore home sugars would
not have the advantage of that protection to which they
were entitled. At any rate the details of the measure
would require some consideration. He did not know
what the ether House of Parliament intended to do, but
lie would throw out this suggestion to her Majesty's
Government before finaliy determining the permanaucy
of the measure, whether there would be any objection
to a Select Committee, not for the purpose of delaying the
passing of the measure, but for the purpose of inquir-
ing by viva voce evidence and by documents, as to the
probable effect of the adoption of the measure. If
such a course as he had mentioned were not adopted,
this would be a measure thrust forward by the Govern
went on the one hand, and opposed by the Members of
that House on the other hand, as a measure calculated
to alarm the parties interested, and seriously
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agricultural interest of the country. nwtarys. If
not to increapseo the
that the operation of this Bill
prices, or better the country, they ought to let the
farmers have the opportunity of seeing the facts in
it
a more detailed form than was possible for
them to see them in a mere reference to casual
debates in Parliament. Such a course would be a very
desirableirin one to pursue. He had taken the liberty of
throwing
out these suggestions to the Noble Marquis
and her Majesty's Government, with the view of induc-
ing them to take this question into their consideration,
and not with a view of creating a vexatious opposition.
He hoped that the Noble Marquis would explain the
course intended to be pursued with reference to this and
other measures —whether it was intended to give a perma-
nent effect to this and the other measures passed with a
view to the well-being of society in Ireland. The Noble
Marquis had also said that he should move for some re-
turns. He hoped that these returns would enable her
Majesty's Government to come to a satisfactory deci-
sion with regard to the state of Ireland. He had heard
it rumoured, and it was chiefly for the purpose of ascer •
taining if that rumour was correct that he ventured to
ask the Noble Marquis, after the statement he had just
made. if it were intended to postpone- any further dis-
cussion on his former motion until an oppor-
tunity occured at a later period, or of taking
the discussion on the bringing up of the
Bill from the House of Commons. If the bringing up
of the Bill were to be cousidered an opportunity for its
discussion, be thought he should be able to throw out
some suggestions which her Majesty's Government
would be, perhaps, desirous to adopt. Perhaps there
would be no objection to the Noble Marquis on Monday
next giving this information, so as to enable many Noble
Lords who were deeply interested in it to come to a de-
cision on the question.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was about to reply,
when

Lord BROUGHAM said the question before the
Rouse had not been disposed of.
The MARQUIS of LANDSDOWNE said that he
believed it had. The Bill had certainly been read a first
time. With regard to the questions put by the Noble
Lord (Stanley) he would endeavour to answer the sug-
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With reference to what was proposed with respect to
these two Bills, it was proposed to carry them through
the House with all possible dispatch. Then, with refer-
ence to the other Bill to which the Noble Lord had re-
ferred, allowing the use of sugar in distilleries, the Go-
vernment intended that to be a permanent measure. It
was a question which had occupied considerable atten-
tion on the part of the Government ; they had, how-
ever, finally considered that it would be much better to
make the measure permanent at once than, by passing a
temporary measure to have the subject brought again
under the consideration of their Lordships at a future time.
It had therefore been thought necessary to make the Bill
permanent rather than cause a reconsideration of the sub-
ject in the course of the session. That Bill, however, in
consequence of the varied nature of its details, would be
one which, in the opinion of her Majesty's Government,
would not be easily disposed of, and he would not there-
fore, under any circumstances, adopt a course similar to
that which he intended to pursue upon the other Bills to
which he had alluded, viz., to pass them through all their
stages at once. When that Bill came up from the other
House their Lordships would have ample opportunity
for affording to that measure their fullest consideration.
It would depend, however, upon the state of the Bill on
its arrival from the other House, and the degree of con-
currence which had been given to it, what course her
Majesty's Government would feel it their duty to
propose with reference to the progress of that
measure, and whether they would deem it
necessary to appoint a Committee of their Lotrhdshipesseontti
the subjeto ct, and he would be sorryto t upon e
occasion make any announcement heir Lordships
on the subject.
DISTRESS IN IRELAND.
Lord BROUGHAM—What course do you intend to
adopt on Monday next.?
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE bad stated upon a
former occasions that it was his intention to move
for the production of certain papers with
re-
ference to the subject of Irish distress. Those
papers would necessarily be of a very voluminous na thuirceh,
consisting, as it would, of the correspondence w
had taken place between the various members of her
Majesty's Government and the different functionaries
in Ireland. The effect of the production of those papers
• would be to put their Lordships in possession