The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-02 00:00:00

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MORNING
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CUSTOMS' DUT• k i.
An account of the imports of the prin t31910,A44,
foreign and colonial merehandize, and of aht• ep
duties received on them in the year ended • bald. ARV
1841, compared with those of the preceding year, has been
laid before Parliament. The articles enume aced exceed
a hundred, some of tlem producing to the revenue a
sum as low as 3/. annually. Tin, for instance, in
1840, paid a Customs' duty of 281., and, in 1841, 3/.
Copper Ore unwrought the same amount in 1841 ; Kid
Skins, undressed, 241 ; Cinnamor, 412/. ; Cochineal,
238/. ; and many others, v rying from 2,000 to such
small sums as those enumerated. About tviehe different
articles produce less than 1,0001. each. The following is
the amount of Customs Duties paid on the principal ar-
ticlos of revenue for the two yea-s

GROL4 AMOUNT OF DUTY RECEIVED.
1840.
Coffee
Wheat 631,698
Grain in gen, r 1 (inclu ing
Wh !at) 1,117,120
Mola-ses . 240,209
Rum 1,273,765
Brandy
Geneva 28,891
Sugar .
Te.t
Tcbacco, uumanufactured
Maiufacturcd, and Snuff BB 261
Wire—Cape
French lO9 763
Other sorts
Total a Wine 1,915,364
Total of Cotton Wool 417,045
Other articles

1841.

£922,862
725,045

1,170,815

200 631
1,154,544
1,259,769
18,162
4,465,020
3,473,951
3,525,956
90,105
64,778
102 332
1,705,000
1,872,110
650,635
752,761

Total Customs £23,278,089 £23,466,117

STEAM VESSELS AT SEA.

In consequence of what f;11 from Mr. Labouchere, the
Presiders of the Board of Trade, in tlic Hou e of Corn.
mons, on Thursday cvoning (in reply to a question put
by Viicount Sandon), that it was not tie intention of the
Government to introduce a measure for the better regula-
lion of steamers and other vessels at see, as the Trinity
House had already issued instructions to that effut, it is
important that mariners and others should become ac-
quaiotei with them. The following is a copy :

" NAVIGATION CY

" Trinity House, London, Oct- 39, 1840.
" Ti e atterviin cf ibis CorpoleVon having been di.
forted to tie num, r,us serene and, it, some instances, f.tel
accidents which have resulted from do collision of vessels
navigated by steam; and it appearing to be indispensably
necessary, i order to guari against the recurrence of
similar calamities, that a regulat]on sho_uld catablished
for the guidance and government of persons entrusted
with the charge of such vessels; add

" Whereas the recognised rub; for sailing vessels is that
those having the wind Itir shall give way to those on a

" Thlt when both are going by the wind, the vessel on
the tArbotird tack sh=ll keep her wine, and the one on the
board tack bear up strongly, passing each other on the
larboard hand ;

" That when both v:sst Is have the wind large, or a-
beam, and meet, they shell pass each other in the sense
way on the larboard hand, to effeJt which two las!-Ineu-
tioned objects the helm must be put to port;
" And as steam-vetse's may be considered in the light
of vfssels navigat:rg with afar wild, and should give way
to stating vessels on a wind of ei!her t; ck, it becomes only
necessary to provide a roll for their oboe vanco when meet-
ing ether steamers, or sailing-vessels going large ;
" Urdu r those considerations, and with the object before
sta'el, this Board has deemed it right to frame and pro-
mulgate the following rule, whi2h, on commutieatim with
the Lords Commissiepers of the Admiralty, the Elder
Brethren find has been air( a ly adowe I in respe t of :steam-
vessels in her Majesty's service; and 0 ey desire earnestly
to irtyress upon the minds ( f ell persons having ehvge of
st am-vessels the propriety and urgent necessity of a strict
adhe ence their to, vrz. :
" Rule—When stair.-vesse!s on eifferent courses must
it evi.ahly or necessarily cross so near th:t, by c3r.fneing
their respect;vc courser, there woul.l be a risk of th&r
coming is collisi each vessel shall put her helm to port,
so at always to pass os ltrboat d side of each other.
" A steam-vessel pissing another in a narrow charnel
must always leave the vessel she is passing en the larboard
hand.—By order, " J. HERBERT, Sec."

PRIVY COUNCIL ItEFORM.

(From the African Colonizer.)

TO THE HONOURABLE THE HOUSE OF
COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.
THE PETITION OF S. BANNISTER, BARRIS-

TER. AT- L AW,
Humbly Showeth,—That a Bill pending before your
Honourable Home for facilitating the Administration
of Justit e in the Hous of Lords and the Privy Coun-
cil, concerns a matter upon which your p, ttioner pre•
sumes to offer to the consideration of your Honourable
House, the result of much reflection and experience.
That the Crown }:as for many years past been used,
at its discretion, to refer to the Privy Council, divers
petitions upon subjects not cognizable in Courts of Law
or Equity ; being complaints hy, or against, Crown
officers and claims subject to the adjudication of the
Crown ; and at the like discretion, the Crown has also
long used to refe.e. or (Idly indefinitely the hearing of
such petitions, complakts, and cla:mn •

Thi.t by the 411,sectiohof e statntr, ktopitla-
iesty-Kirg ltttninisteritit jdttico
in the Privy Council, the reference of matters of this
sort to Cie Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
was left to the discretion of the Crown, and what was
before an uncertain and often urjutt practice, thus in
1 833 became a legel injustice.
That by t-,c 13,11 now before your Honourable
House the same cvil discretion is left uncoctrolled, and
thus by continued acquiescence a new sanction is given
to a system which unceasingly wo,ks great wrong. Ita
victims have tom known, under the torture of despair,
to commit suicide, and to kill a Minister of St ite ; and
the 6tfferings of many under the same system are often
deeper than those, which, in son-.c caws, lecd to suicide
or assassination. Besides all which, the usage of not
hearing such petitions, complair.ts, and claims is against
the ancient common law, which only requires good
guarantees by statute for hearing parties to be satis-
factory. _ .

That your petitioner subm!ts that this s'a'c of things
constitutes an intolerable grievance, and that especiaAy
in our c,,lonies, spread over many tcmote regions, it
is even more tnisch.evous to the public service than
c.ur! to individuals.

Petitioner therefore prays flirt there may be added
to the Bill aforesaid a prevision, enjoining Vie Judicial
Committee to brar and c'et rmine ccery petition pre-
ferred to the Crown by or against any public officer,
and every complaint or claim at present cognizable by
the Privy Council, only upon exprass reference by the
Crown.

And petitioner, as in duty bound, shall cver pray.
P resented by Mr. Hume.

SPORTING INTELI.IGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S--.YESTERDAY.

Taken altogefter the betting was languid, though a few
changes will be apparent from the subjoined list of the
oddF. Erirgo, in spite of the curb," maintained his
poEition, and was indeed backed freely in the early part of
the afternoon at 22 to 1. In Scott's stable, th-. 3 influential
" City Speculator" caused a decline of several points in
Knight of the Whistle, and a proportisnate advance in
Marshal Soulr. The position of Pren ler was long doubt.
ful at 17 to 1 on the field, übt:l an off.r to bct 600 to 500
on Coronation against Rosalie, vii.hout an acceptance, set-
tled the pciat of the outsiders ; Ermengardis and Knights-
bridge were most in demand.

TUE DERBY.
4 to I ag,t Scott's lot
40 to I agst Mr. Sadler's lot—taken
16 to 1 egst Mr. Rayslinson's Ceronatim
17 to 1 agst Lord Bruce's Rosalie colt
20 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Eringo
20 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Cameleon
22 to 1 agst Mr. Gteville'a Peaminon—taken
22 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Marshal Soult —taken
23 to 1 agst Prince Caradoc—taken
25 to 1 agst Knight of tLe Whistle--take.
33 to 1 agst Duke of Wellington
1000 to 30 agst Wahab—taken
35 to 1 agst Mongolian—taken
50 to 1 agst Ermergardis—taken
50 .o 1 agst Belgrade—taken
50 to I agst Morning Stir—..taken
50 to I agst DariJletta colt
2000 to 40 agst Knightslnidge—taken
and aft. offered
1000 to 15 agst Finchley
1000 to 10 agst Ben Brace—taken
1000 to 10 eg.t Defy—taken
asst Pain
non—taken
.s:on agst Rosalio
2000 to 8 agit Diversion
600
0 0 evento sOonp
on Rosalieai3l o
aand or
colt,B ag
and Camelcon—taken.

THE tivEATHER.

ROYAL GALLEROFSCIENCE, ADELAIDE-
YSTREET.

NOON. MARCH 1.
Barom
Therm°— g•
Highest 45
Lowest
Wind N. N. W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.
et:eter
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DARING 4URGLA Ry —On Friday
.last, or
early on &Wray morning, a most daring burglary was
committed in the house of Mr. 112s1-y, 15, Northampton-
square, Cosa-ell-road. The thieves effected an entrance
from the hack of the
premises,
enough to admit a man's hand an by cutting a hole large
and arm in the shutter of a
back kitchen window ; by thin means they were enabled to
draw the fastenings, and make their way into the lower
part of the house. After ransacking the kitchen, the rob.
bars had the hardihood to proceed to the parlours on the
ground floor, where they Were evidently disturbed, for
although they stole a valuable French clock, a silver
c cntet-
stand, great coats, &c. &c., yet they lift many portable
articles of plate uutoucbed. We are informed within
IYanightpasses without some
in thin immediate
tIl
atrociouselasttwcase
monthsof
i ussea scarcely
occurring
neighbourhood. Iu some cases considerable bulk has been
carried away, ye; no detections follow. We should be
join in any clamour against the police force, but
sorrythesto
these
tl,ings require looking after.
It would astonish the
authorities of SeutlaDd-yard if we were to publish a com-
parison of the number of house-robberies committed, with
the very small number nf
cases where the perpetrators are
brought to jus•ice through the instrumentality of this force.
There is something rotten somewhere.

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