The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-24 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1541.

EASE AND COMFORT IN WALKING.

WBADDELEY, of No. 130, Strand, begs
• to inform the Public that he has completed his new
mode of PREPARING LEATHER so as to render it soft arid
durable, possessing a degree of elasticity hitherto unequalled,
and manufacturing Boots and Shoes on a principle combining
elegance with ease. An extensive assortment of best made
articles always ready.
W. B. also announces tint the success and patronage he has
met with in the manufacture of his Waterproof Foots, has in-
duced him to make public the verfection of an article of such
importance for shooting, fishing, or general wear, and gu!ran-
tees any test that may be applied to prove their waterproof
qualities.
No. 130, STRAND, Corner of Waterloo-bridge, London.

WANTED a COMMISSION AGENT in
the MAP and BOOK TIRADE for London and its
vicinity. Security required.
Address to A. 8., at Mr. Deane's, Chemist, Clapham.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
REGENT-STREET.

MODi.:OF THE ARCHIMEDES
STEAM VESSEL at Work on the Water, with other
beautiful Models, showing the power of the Blade, &c. Ostler's
Anemometer. a Double Cylinder Steam Engine, and various
Models in motion. The Al,gnitied DAGUERREOTYPE
PICTURES, and the PANORAMA of CANTON ILLUMI-
NATED. Continual Novelties; Popular Lectures, including
the Electrotype; varied Experiments, Microscope, Diving Bell
and Diver ; and the Bode Light.
The Band of Music performs from Three to Five, and from
half-pact Eight to Half-East Ten o'clock. •
Admission, One Shilling.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MIMI 23.

The Eall of SHAFTESBURY tuck hi 3 scat on the Wool-
seek et Five o'Clock.

The Bishop of LINCOLN presented petitions from
ilcrtfordshire, against any public grant to the College of
Maynocth, and agrinst idolatrous worship in India.
The Earl of CLARENDON presented a petition,
pra)i7 g for an alteration in the existing Corn-laws.
The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE presented petitions
from paiishes in Antrim, Tyrone, Derry, and Monaghan,
prayirg for the abolitirm of Church patronage in Scotland.
Lord STRAFVORD presented a petition from Tyrone
r.gain,t the ii.t utiuu of miristers is the Church of Scot-
land.

On the motion of Viscount DUNCANNON, the
\lmlay Bill, and the Marine Mutiny Bill, were read a
third time and passed.
TITHE COMPOSITION (IRELAND).
Viscount DUNCANNON moved the further considera
t'on of the Report of the Tithe Composition (I cland) Bill.
After a f,•w obse-va.ions from Lord DUNCANNON
aid Ea .1 WICKLOW, the amcndraents to the clause were
agreed to, and tl-c Bill passed.
Lord DUNCANNON laid on the table certain corres-
pondence relative to the sl;se-trade.
TOLLS ON THE METROPOLITAN BRIDGES.

Lord REDESD A LE i_reseinted a petition from the in-
habitants of the Strand and its vicinity, praying the House
to adopt some means, by a duty on coals or otherwise, for
the purpose of ex:ioguishirg the tolls upon Southwark,
Waterloo, and Vauxhall Bridges.
Lord RO SE BE R Y presented a petition for the
abolition of Church patronage. The Noble Lord also
pre: eated a petition from the Bvtist Communion Church
in the borough of Cupar, county of Fife, imploring their
Lordships to take efficient measures for the abolition of
idolatry in India.

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sv.ied by
taxation for the treasury namely, an annual amount of
laws, but he thought that those exaggerated Clvioerliwnes-
would rather defeat than further the object of those
who were opposed to those laws, On the one hand, if
anything could tend to damp the ardour of those engage'
in the repeal of the Corn-laws, it would be telling them
they had to contend for so great a sum as 100,000,0001.,
while, on the other hand, nothing would tend to strengthen
the opposition to the repeal so much as telling the agri-
cultural interest that they had to contend for a prize equal
to tbat SUM. His Noble Friend had also adverted to the
question of the sugar duties. Upon that subject the ex-
travagance had been equally great ; for it had been said
that this was the greatest consuming sugar country on the
face of the earth, and that financial regulations had limited
and abridged the comforts of the population in the con-
sumption of sugar to a degree that was not to
be found in Austria or Russia. Nothing could be
more extravagant or absurd than all these statements.
He had stAted these tbiags, in order ih^t parties might cau-
tiously weigh and consider the subject., because, in the
ceent of their calculations not being confirmed, they would
be obliged to have recourse to a property tax or some
similar measure, in order to make good the enormous defi-
ciency of the revenue which would occur. He believed
that the priuci:•les laid down in the Report would be most
injurious, if generally adopted ; and at the same time he
was convinced that the principles of free trade, as they
were termed, were those upon which their great comme --
cial country could mainly rely for the extension of its
trade. He should decidedly object to the principles in
that Report being, generally adopted.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH expressed his great satis-
faction at the measure that had been introduced by the
Noble Marquis. It had come sooner than he expected,
but not sooner than he desired.—C Hear.) It was a mea-
sure of justice to India, but not a measure of injustice to
the West India Colonies. It would tend materially, in his
opinion, to reduce the price of sugar, which was extremely
high at present, and he did not think it would be desirable
t 3 introduce any measure wi h regard to the intro-
duction of foreign sugar at a lower duty, until they bad
Ascertained what would be the working of the present
Bill. He believed it 'Would be found eventually to obvi•te
the necessity cf any legislative measure as regarded the
introduction of foreign sugar. Ho would now call the
attention of the Noble Marquis to the 1311 itself, and it
appeared to him that the 31 clause of that Bill was
founded upon error. It was suppot.el by some of the wit-
nesses examined before the Committee that the Local
Act passed by the Indian Government f the prohibition
of foreign sugar into the Bri•ish setlements of India
would not be found practically to effect that object, and
from the warding of the clause any party who went before
the Privy Council and declared that that Local Act was
inoperative might prevent the introduction of rum, the
produce of the East Indies, from being imported into that
country. Now, he hoped the clause would be so amended
as to prevent the object cf the Government being defeated
in that way. There were other detail,, bet not of any
very great importance, which could be better referred to
when the Bill was in Committee.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE had no hesitation in
stating that the interpretation of the clause to which the
Noble Baron had referred was that which he wished to
have attached to it, and if any verbal alteration was neecs-
sary to make that more distinct he had no objection to
adopt it. He certainly never meant that the Privy Council
should have the power of putting a veto upon the inter-
tions of the Government, with rezpget to the introduction
of East India rum. All the Privy Council could require
was that it should be proved to their sati4action that the
prohibition of the importation of fore'gn sugar had been
legally carried into effect.
The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be
committed on Fri,la•'. _