The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-11 00:00:00

LON D ON. T UESDAY, = A 1 1

No. 5, . 87.

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h.c . COAdPUTATION of
TO LAND•SUIIVFYOIS AND ENGINIFER''
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..3.
ROYAL ACADEMY, TRAFALGAR•
SURVEYOR. '
of many years practice in the
A
SQUARE.
The EXITIYITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is NOW
OPEN. MAPS, begs leave to state that
SCALES MAPS at a very rethiced price pi r 100 acres.
Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven, One Shilling. . Pfayment rot required until the quantities have been approved
. o. by the 'Tithe Comm ssioners
Catalogue, One Shilling:.
HENRY HOWARD, R.A., Secretary .
.. First. class Map, and lughly-tinished coloured Plans of Es-
-- . fates, &won in k superior manner much under ilieu,ual-charge.
Also maps reduced.

THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
REGENT-STREET.
THE FIRST PUBLIC EXHIBITION of
MONSIEUR MOINAU'S PATENTED CLOCKS.
which are kept. in perpetivil motion, without. winding up ; also
the PATENTED CLOCKS, worked by VOLTA MC ELEC-
TRICITY. The DISSOLVING VIEWS, by C..HY, wi!lt
appropriate music, ale exhibited at One o'clock. Half-past Four
o'clock. and in the Evenings. after the MICROSCOPE, at
Ten o'clock. The PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, and
the numerous novelties in Working Model!, and other Works
which display eminent art, science, and ing,nuity. The Di-
ver,rDiving Bell, Popular Lectures, and Experiments.
Opens at Half-past Ten o'clock. Admission, One_ Shilling.

NEWH CA inoT t. he SOLD, and also
a new BIIITSCHK A ; or either of them to be Let on
job for any period required, with option to purchase. They
have barouche scats, rumbles, imperials, cap-ca.-es, patent axles,
and all the appendages usually attached to highly-finished car-
riages. Suited for ToAn or Posting.
May be seen at 43, Crawford-st eet, Bryanston- square.

DURSUANT to a DECREE of the WWI
IL. COURT of CHANCERY, made in certain Causes,
VASTELL v LEsLIE. WASTELL v. CAR lER WA•;..
TELL v. CARTER_ CAR IER v. LESLIE, CARTER v.
CARTER. CA!tTER v. CAR ER, WASTELL v. LES-
LIE, CARTER v. 11 RD, the Creditors of Sir JONATHAN
MILES, late of Hoxt.m House, Hoxt in, in the County of
Middlesex, Ki•ight, echo died on or about the 15th day of July,
IA21), are, fort It ith, to come in and prove their debts before.
NASSAU Wit.t.tAm Frtuoit, Esq., one of the Masters of the
said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chan-
cery-hue, London, or in defau:t thereof, they will be peremp-
tori:y excluded the benefit .3, the said Decree.
CHARLES FORD, 5, Blenmsbury-sytare,
Dad May 8, 1841. Plaint Solicitor.

'FUNERAL OF NAPOLEON.
GRAND DIORAMIC VIEW', of the PROCES-
SION at the INTERMENT of the REMAINS of the EM-
PEROR NAPOLEON, in which the principal figure are the
size of life, and every interesting incident of tt.is superb spec-
tacle is faithfully depicted. "In these paintings," says the
" the magnificence and bustle of the scene is well
conveyed to the eye of the spectator, and the whole has the
appearance of the actual ceremony ; while the general effect is
very much assisted by military and sacred music, which is ex-
ecuted during the Exhibition by concealed musicians."
OPEN DAILY from Ten A.M. to Five r.st., and from
Seven to Ten P.M., at the ST. JAMES'S BAZAAR, St.
James's-street. Admission, Is.

COPYHOLDS, HORSEBROOK, in the Parish and Manor
of BREWOOD, STAFFORDSHIRE.

9:10 BE l'Efi EMPTO !MY SOLD, pur,
vuant to an ORDER of the HIGH COURT of CHAN-
CE IY, made in a Suit of DODSON against CARELESS,
Wi!li the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Mas-
ters .)f the Court, at the Lion Inn, Brewood, in the county of
StaTord, on MONDAY, the 31st day of May, 1841, at roar
o'clok in the Af,ernoon precisely, in Three Lot..
TWO COTTAGE.; or DWELLING-HOUSES, with
Car lens attached. and Four Pieces or Parcels of excellent
Mea tow or Pasture Land situa'e at Horshrook in the said
Par.sh of 13rewoo4, c,ntaini:,gabout seven acres, iu occu-
alai= 0f,11.41;,,X5up,,Mr, Batotisiki4 Mr. Aston arid afters.

IMPORTANT TO
THE STATVIP RE
that THE WEEKLY
week a cumber more than eqn
4 Examiners, or
5 St. James's Chronicles, or
512- Spectators, or
.51 Mark Lane Expresses, or
5k Watchmen, or
John nu 44.50 .
56 Observers, or
56 Eras, or
6 Globes, or
6 Standards, or
7 Records, or
7 Patriots, or
The advantage to Advert
Office, 337, Strand.

ADVERTISERS.
TURNS for 1840 prove
CHRONICLE publishes every
1 to
7 True Suns, or
Britannias, or
8 Bell's New Messengers, or
9 Arguses, or
9 Evening Mails, or
11 t "
10 Planets, or
13 Ages, or
16 Shipping Gazettes, or
16 Evening Chronicles, or
29 Couriers, or
32 English Chronicles.
Isers is therefore obvious.

The prop,' ty i 3 within a short distance of the Great Wat-
ling-street• road, and is in good condition and well timbered.
Printed particulars, with plans annexed, may be had (gratis),
at the Master's (Mice, in Southampton-bui dines. Chancery,
' lane London ; of Messrs. Cuvelje, Skilbeek, and Hall, of No.
19, Southampton-buildings aforesaid ; of Messrs. Hicks and
Harris, No. 5, Gray's-inn-square, London; of Mr. William
Dean, No. 16, Essex. street, Strand, London ; of Mr. Richard
Palin, Solicitor, Shrewsbury and Wellington, Shropshire; of
Mr. Henry Turner, Solicitor, Wolverhampton ; and of Messrs.
Minshull and Son, Solicitors, 05westry ; and the property may
be seen on application to the Tenants.

PUBLICATIONS.

This day is published in Bvo., price 2s.
THIS COUNTRY MUST BE
GOVERNED. _ _

PEREMPTORILY to he SOLD, pursuant
to a DECREE and ORDER of the HIGH COURT
of CHANCERY made in a certain Cause of LECHMERE
v. LILLY, with the approbation of SAMUEL DucK.,
WORTH, Esq., one of the Masters of the said Court, at
the Crown Inn, Broad-street, in the City of Worcester, on
TUESDAY, the Twenty-fifth day of May, 1841, at Six o'clock,
in the evening precisely, in Four Lots,
A FREEHOLD and LEASEHOLD ESTATE, consist,
ing of several Messuages or Dwelling-houses and Prem'ses.
situate in the City of Worcester.
. Printed Particulars may be had (gra'is), at the said Mas-
ter's Chambers, in Southampton Buildings, Chancery-lane,
London ; t.f Mcssis. Crane and Son, Solicitors, 23, Bedford-.
row, London ; of Mr. George Hall, Solicitor, No. 11,
New Boswell-court, Carey-street, London ;. of Messrs. Hydes
and Tymbs, Solicitors, Worcester; of Mr. William Higgs,
Auctioneer, Worcester ; and at the place of sale.

James Fraser, 215, Regent-street, London.

Now ready, in 2 vols. sm%ll Bvo., with a Portrait after a
Painting by Maclise,
E. L.'S
L. AND LITERARY REMAINS.
Comprising F E
Comprising a Few Tragedy and upwards of 100 Pieces in varse
and prose, hitherto unpublished.
Edited by LANIAN BLANCHARD, Esq.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlhorough-street.

Now ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo.,
SOME ACCOUNT OF
M"Y COUSIN NICHOLAS.
. By THOMAS INGOLDSBY, Esq.,
Author of " The Ingoldsby Legends," &c.e.
" We have read this book without stopping, and have laughed
very heartily by the way,"— Examiner.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington. street.
*** To be bad at ail the Libraries.

A view of the premisfs may be had by applying to the re-
spective Tenants on the premises.
GRANE and SON. 3.3, Bedford-row ; for HTDEs and
TYMBS, plaintiff's Solicitors, Worcester.

This day is published,
BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW,
NO. XXIII. _ _

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size:, fitted with the new patent locks. A large assortment of
the above on sale by C. Chubb and Son, 57, St. Paul's Church-
yard London.

1. Russia—he'S Commercial Position and Prospects.
2. Anglo-Saxon Laws and Institutes.
3. Finance—The Sinking Fund.
4. Phrenology—Combe's Constitution of Man.
5. Poems by Rev. R. C. Trench.
6. The Lyric Drama.
7. Bojardo, and his Editors.
8. The Appellate Courts of the British Empire.
London R. and J. E. Taylor, Red Lion-court. Fleet-street.

Just published, price 2s. 6d.
APRACTICAL ESSAY on the DEBILI-
TI ES of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM, their Va-
rieties, Causes, Treatment, and Cure.
By a MEMBER of the ROYAL COLLEGE of SURGEON,

London, and Surgeon to a Metropolitan Infirmary.
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Just published, in royal 18mo., cloth, price 35..; and sent in
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6d.,
MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PRE-
MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for
ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to those suf-
fering fram the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence,
Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on the
TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORRHtEA, GLEET,
&c. Illustrated with Cases, &c.
By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY,
Consulting Surgeons, London.
Published by the Autkors, and sold by Ilalliere, Medica
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Paternoster-row • Pattie, 4, Brydges-street, Strand ;8,
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and to be had of all Booksellers.
The Work which is now presented to the public is the result
of very extended experience in a class of diseases and affec-
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" ROBERT StIAW, London," is engraved on the Stamp.
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Messrs. CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily at their
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—as to the duration of the complaint, the symptoms, age, ge-
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taken of their application ; and in all cases, the most inviolable
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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TA'rTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
The Derby betting yesterday was confined to a select
few, and without being. teavy, was marked by some impor-
tant fluctuations :—Nalph and Coronation were gnoted
at slightly improved prices, and in the early part
of the afternoon were in general request ; Scott's.horses,
however, and two or three others, were afterwards so
strongly supported that their friends " fought shy," and
during the last hour they were very seldom men-
tioned. Scott's two favorites were in great force, 7to 1
about Van Amburgh, 10 and 11 to 1 about Marshal
Soult, and 7 to 2 about the lot having been taken to a
large amount ; some thousands were also laid even be-
tween Van Amburgh and Coronation. Galaor, Belgrade,
and Ermangardis moved upwards, and had strong par-
ties ; on the other hand, Prince Caradoc receded eight
points, and from the feeling shown it is reasonable to
surmise that there is a screw loose. Sir Hans also gave
way, and Mongolian was put altogether on the retired
list.

The only Oaks bets we heard were 6 to 1 each against
Lampoon, Ghuznee, and Ermangardis in one bet (to 50
each), 12 to 1 to a small sum against Colonel Wynd-
ham's Norna Creina, and 500 even on her against Mr.
Treen's Una (Adela filly),; Potentia was reported to be
" coughing."

THE DERBY.
7 to 2 agst Scott's lot—taken.
11 to 2 agst Ralph—taken and afterwards offered,
15 to 2 agst Coronation—taken
7 to 1 agst Van Amburgh—taken.
11 to 1 agst Marshal Soult—taken
14 to 1 agst Galaor—taken
18 to 1 agst Prince Caradoc—taken.
18 to 1 agst Belgrade—taken
20 to 1 agst Ermengardis.
33 to 1 agst Joachim—taken
50 to 1 agst Finchley—taken
50 to 1 ngst Mustapho,
100 to 1 agst Mosque
100 to 1 agst Hereford.
1000 to 10 agst Mongolian

CHURCH-RATES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

TO SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAIN N. and OTHERS
Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents.
GRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the
Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, and the Lords of the Ti easury, is universally
recommended by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing dis-
orders incident to the Eyes and Head.
SIGHT RESTORED !—NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE

AND DEAFNESS CURED!
By the most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound !
Its mode of application is fraught with pleasure ; many thou-
sand cures have been accomplished by its use, at. a trifling ex-
pense, yet certain in its operation. If testimonies be necessary
to induce the sufferer to make trial, Kings, Lords, and Com-
mons have used it. The Lords of the Treasury have sanctioned
its use. Their late Majesties, the Duchess of Kent, the 'stoat
eminent Oculists, Medical Practitioners—with that gigantic
imlance, the Press—have eulogised Grimstone's celebrated
Herbaceous Compound. known as " Grimstone's Eye Snuff,"
for its efficacy in removing all diseases incident to the Eyes and
Head. G. J. Guthrie, Esq., F. R.S. See J. B. Lachfield,
Esq.'s Letter, Whitehall. Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls
it a national blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The
late Mr. Abernethy, with many others, recommend Grim-
stone's Eye Snuff, and call it " Man's best Friend," and the
" Student's Vade Mecum."—See the many thousand Letters
of Testimonies, of und6ubted medical authority, with others of
the first respectability.
Extract from the Second Edition of " Grimstone's Weather
Almanack."
"To W. Grimstone, Esq., Inventor of Eye Snuff,
39, Broad-street.
" The Marchioness de Broglio Solari presents her best com-
pliments to Mr. W. Grimstone, and has the pleasure to inform
him she has had the most convincing proofs of the beneficial
qualities of his Herbaceous Eye Snuff in many cases of its re-
storative power, both of sight and hearing.
" Mr. Grimstone, Sir, you are at liberty to make use of
her name."
" 46, Charlotte-street, Sept. 22, 188.3."
Observe the Caution.—W. GRIMSTONE is the sole in-
ventor, and the only genuine is prepared by him.
This Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of Herbs is sold in
canisters, at Bd., Is. 3d., 2s. 4d., 4s. 4d., Bs., and 15s. 6d.
each, by the Proprietor, \V. Grimstone, at 39, Broad-street,
Bloomsbury, and can be obtained in all the principal towns and
cities. A liberal allowance to shippers, owners, captanis, and
ail sendors of Grimstone's Eye Snuff. This celebrated Snuff
is shipped to all quarters )1- the globe, and retains its benign
qualities in every eliraate. 411 Snuffs and Cigars shipped on
t he shortest notice.

Sin,—On Friday, April 30, ten Church-rate seizures
were made in this town, and on Thursday last they were
offered for sale by public auction, but no buyers were
found, and the only auctioneer they could secure in the
town sooli abandoned the sale-room. And yesterday
more thal 400 summons were served throughout the
parish for non-payment of Church-rates,
Is not this the way, to bring Christianity into disre-
pute, and to make Infidels and Socialists ; and is it not
preparing the public mind for something like a civil com-
motion If the Government does not soon do some-
thing, the people in all probability will.
The very elements seem at war with the system, for
this morning the lightning struck the spire, and caused
considerable damage to it.—Your's respectfully,
Dudley, May 8. SAMUEL COOK.

LONDON UNIVERSITY EXAMI-

NERS.

We are quite at a loss to understand the principle on which the
office.beaters of the London University are,elected, Last year
Dr. Tweedie was set aside, without any one knowing why, and
Dr. Watson elected in his place. This year the former is re-
placed again, and the latter discharged, quite as unexpectedly as is
the former case! The impression naturally produced under ordi-
nary circumstances would bo that the party set aside had, in some
way or other, been found unfit ; but the chopping and chang-
ing which this season has produced,'shows that some other and to.
tally ebffrrent considerations have been at work.

Amongst those elected examiners oh the Bth of last month was
Dr. Ferguson, of King's College ; but he, staggered by the omission
of Dr. Watson's name from the list, has tendered his resignation,
as appears by the following letter:— , . •
" 9, Queen-street, May Fair, 16th April. 1841.

" My Lord,—As liesidest of the Senate of the University of
London, permit me to tender to your Lordship my resignation of
the office of Examiner in Midwifery, to which 1 had the honour of
being appointed on the Sth instant.
" The fact made apparent at the late election, that a faithful and
efficient discharge of the duties of an office may nevertheless be
fjhowed by dismissal, has competed me to withdraw myself from a
pn.itinn which, though honourable in itself, may entail on me also

eimplied censure of a rejection.
" I need not assure your Lordship, that could I have foreseen
heresuits to which I have alluded, 1 should have at once declined
the otter of those friends who did me the honour of requesting me
co serve as an Examiner. And I have only now delayed tendering
my res•goation a few days, that I might avoid the imputation of a
hasty decision in so Important a matter, or the slightest appearance
of disc expect towards that body of gentlemen over whom your Lord.
ship p. esides.
" I am, my Lord, your Lordship's obedient servant,
" ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D."

Th-se occurrences will render most persons—at least 'those who
are fit for the appointments rn question—rather chary about occept-
log them.—Medical Gazette.

SANDWICH E;.ECTION —[From a Correspon-
dent.. —SUNDAY EVENING.—Upon my arrival here I found
tsilt of e
lehtlu.tlei exerting themselves to the utmost to
ther candidate, and the Tories having
c .in promote
theu
rof both
ageby the success which attended their cirrupt
lefriendsel
courage
pr,etices at Canterbury during the late contest, now boldli and
unscrupulously endeavour by the same practices to achieve a
victory for their nominee, 111 r. Lindsay. 'I he snore hardened
in bribery, corruption, and intimidation have been brought over
from Coiiterbmv. Dover, and other places to secure the Tory's
return; but I t'hink the Reformers of this borough will he
true to themselves, and defeat their manceuvres. The nomina.
tion, as has been already announced, is fixed for to-morrow,
and there is scarcely any doubt but that the show of hands will
be in favour of Colonel Fox.

IMPERIAL. PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, Mcy 10.
ROYAL COMMISSION.
The Royal Assent was given. by Commission this day,
at Four o'clock, to the Xonsolidated Fund Bill, the In--
&minty Bill, the Metropolitan Improvement Bill, the
Whishaw and Colton Railway Blackwall
way Bill, the North Midland Railway Bill, the Eastern
Counties Railway Bill, the St. Luke's Chelsea Poor Bill,
the Annan Fisheries Bill, the Derby Gas Bill, the Har-
rogate Improvement Bill, the Britannia Life Assurance
Clon-,pany s Bill, and several Turnpike Roads Bill, several
Enclosure Bills, and a 'Naturalization Bill.
The Commissioners Avero the Lord Chancellor, the
Earl of Clarendon, and the Earl of Shaftesbury.

'nit, House then adjourned during pleasure.
Their Lordships re-assembled'at Five o'clock.
The Bishop of DURHAM presented a petition from
Durham against Sunday travelling on railways and
canals.

The Bishop of CARLISLE presented a petition from
his diocese for 1r better regulation of tithe composition.
CORN-LAWS.
The Duke of BUCKINGHAM presented petitions
from a great number of places in various counties against
alteration of the Corn-laws.
Lord HATHERTON presented six petitions from
merchants, carriers, anti. boatmen connected with the
Birmingham, the Severn, and other canals, against Sun-
day traffic on canals and railways. •
Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from North-
ampton against anv alteration of the Corn-laws.
Lord HATHERTON presented a petition from inha-
bitants of Newington-causeway, Surrey, for the extinc-
tion of tolls on the metropolitan bridges.
Messengers from the Cominons brought up.a number
of Bills, which were severally read a first time, but
their designations were not heard in the gallery.
CHURCH-RATES.
The Earl FITZWILLIA3I presented a.petition from
a place in Essex for the, abolition of Church-rates and
of Ecclesiastical Courts.

The Bishop of 1.1.4,1,N jp.FF presented petition from
a /liar(' in his ditie4si inst the abolition of Church-
rates. _ _

Lord KING presented a number of petitions in favour
of the Jews' Declaration Bill, and for the abolition of
C h u re h -rates,
The Duke of BUCCLEITCH presented petitions from
Melrose, Gordon, and other parishes in Scotland, against
alteration of the Corn-laws. •
The Earl of RIPON presented a petition from the
New-cut, Lambeth, for the abolition of the metropolitan
bridges tolls.
The Earl of MORLEY presented petitions from Dart-
ford for the repeal of the Corn-laws, and the abolition of
Church-rates.

The Earl of ALBEMARLE presented a petition from
the performers engaged at the Lyceum Theatre praying
praying for the extinction of the metropolitan bridge
tolls, which they said were a great injury to their theatre.
SIR ROBERT STOPFORD.
The LORD CHANCELLOR reported to their Lord-
ships that he had received a letter from Sir Robert
Stopford, acknowledging the communication which he
had received from his Lordship informing him of the vote
of thanks which had been passed to himself, and the officers
and men under his command, in which he states that he
had communicated the contents of that letter to the offi-
cers and men, and that they were equally grateful with
himself for the distinguished honour which had been con-
ferred upon them

CORN-LAWS.

himself a repealer, and would separate the two 'countries,
and so cut off this country from the supply of Irish corn.—
(Hear, and a laugh.) He feared that the falling off 1I the
e•krort of corn from Ireland was not occasioned by an in-.
creased consumption at home, but by the bad harvests of
the last few years.
After a words from Lord PonTmAN' and Earl RADNOII,
the petition was laid on the table. _ . .

The MarqUis of NORMANBY presented • petitions
against Sunday trading on canals, from several places in
Derbyshire. The Noble Marquis postponed till to-morrow
the Marquis of Lansdowne's motion on the subject of
Promissory Notes.
Lord MELBOURNE presented petitions from,vidous
parts of the country against Church-rates.
Lord YARBOROUGH presented several petitions
from Lincolnshire against alteration of the Corn-laws.
The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL presented a petition
from a medical body. in Ireland, against the vaccination
clauses in the Irish Poor-law Bill.

The Earl of FITZWILLIAM presented a petition
from Glasgow, Bolton, Hadley, and from several places
in the West Riding of Yorkshire for repeal of the
Corn-laws.

Lord RODEN presented a petition from Presbyterians
in the North of Ire'ani, against lay patronage in the
Church of Scotland.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act Amendment
Bill, went through a Committee ; and the House
adjourned at Seven o'Clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 10.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four

Certain returns were presented from the Treasury.
Mr. Pulman, the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod,
summoned the Speaker of the House to the bar of the
House of Lords.

On his return, the SPEAKER announced that he had
been to the House of Peers, where the Royal Assent had
been given by Commission to several Bills (for which
see Lords' Report.)
BRITISH PLATE GLASS COMPANY.

• -.Mr. BROTHERTON brdughf up' the RepOrt of the
Committee on the British Plate Glass• Company. •
• Mr. HODGSON Moved that the Report be taken into
further consideration that day six months. The Hon.
Member contended that as the custom of the House was
not to renew private Acts of this description, unless
some special circumstances were stated, the House could
not consistently renew the Act under consideration.
Mr. LOCH, as Chairman of the Committee, sup-
ported the Bill.
After a short discussion, strangers were ordered to
withdraw, and the House divided., when there appeared—
For the original motion 45
For the amendment 75
Majority in favour of the amendment —3O
Mr. MILNES presented a petition from Coventry,
praying for the continuation of the Gilbert Act.
Mr. GRIMSDITCH presented a petition from Mac-
clesfield, signed by 8,334 persons, praying for Church
Extension.

Mr. BROTHERTON presented eight petitions from
Salford, and other places in the neighbourhood of Man-
chester, praying for a reduction of the duty on Sugar.
Mr. THORNILY presented petitions to the same
effect from the grocers of Wolverhampton, of Hilston,
and of Wraxall ; also a petition from a BaOst congre-
gation in Staffordshire for the abolition of Church-rates,
and the liberation of Mr. Baines.
NOTICES OF MOTIONS.

Sir C. GREY gave notice of his intention to bring
forward a motion relating to the Corporation of New-
castle-upon-Tyne.
Mr. Sergeant JACKSON gave notice of his intention
to move for a return of the instructions issued by the
Poor-law Commissioners in Ireland, relating to the mode
of making valuations.
_ TIMBER DUTIES.

The Earl of ROSEBERRY rose for the purpose of
moving for certain returns with a view of showing the
operation of the existing Corn-laws. It had been stated
by certain Noble Lords that the present duty was merely
for the purpose of regulation, and its operation had
been contrasted, he thought, invidiously with -the opera-
tion of a fixed duty. Great misapprehension appeared
to exist on the subject of the operation of the pre-
sent Corn-laws. It had been stated that they imposed
no tax on food, while the fixed duty on corn, which had
been proposed in another House, had been stigmatised as
imposing a tax on the food of the people. For the purpose
of affording information on this important subject, he
moved that there be laid before the House an• account of
the quantity of wheat and other grain imported into the
United Kingdom and entered for home consumption
during the years 1838, 1839, and 1840, with the amount
of duty paid thereon in each year respectively.
Earl FITZWILLIAM considered the returns moved
for by his Noble Friend as of great importance, and cal-
culated to do away with great misapprehension. ' Great
delusions existed on the subject among both parties, but
more particularly did those delusions exist among that,
which, for want of a better name, had been designated
the agricultural party. If any Noble Lord was then pre-
sent who had been present on Friday last, he would recol-
lect that he (Earl Fitzwilliam) had expressed his opinion
that the ,tenants who were: now paying a fair rent as de-
duced from the averages of the last tell, fifteen, or twenty
years, would be able fairly to pay an equal rent during
the same term now commencing, under the operation of
a fixed duty, as proposed in the other House of Parlia-
ment, Since that period he had endeavoured to procure
fads in support of his opinion, from a consideration of
the averages during the period he had mentioned. He had
been unable to procure the averages for the last
two years ; but. from the year 1820 to the year 1838 the
average of the averages had amounted to 56s 4d ; and
supposing during the last two years the average to
amount to 70s, which he considered would turn out to be
about the trnth, it would make but a small 'addition to
the amount he had mentioned. The effect pro-
duced by the existing Corn-laws was very.:singular ;
because while during a time of distress and scarcity they
raised the price of corn considerably, during -a time of
abundance they depressed the prices in an equal degree,
thus inflicting a positive evil upon the fanner,
and forcing him, during those seasons, to accept
of a lower price than he would otherwise be enabled
to procure. They afforded another example of the in-
ability of human ingenuity to adapt, a priori, a
plan to circumstances which it was impossible
for human foresight to foresee. He • had said
that under the proposed system the tenant would be able
to pay as good a rent for the next 20 years as he
had fairly been able to pay under the old law.
By far the greater part of the lands of England are
held by tenants at will, and the landlords take the. time
which is most favourable to them for fixing their rents ;
and the object of the Corn-laws was to persuade the ten-
ants that they should have as high an average of prices
as that of the period in which the rent was fixed. The
law, he conceived, had been mischievous to all parties, but
• most particularly so as to the occupying tenant.
Lord BEAUMONT deprecated the incidental discus-
sion of so important a measure, upon the presentation of
petitions. He denied that this was a question between
the landowners and the community at large. "-The Noble
Earl (Fitzwilliam) forgot that there were a great num-
ber of landowners who lived on and cultivated their
own lands, which they would not do, if the price of
wheat was lower than fifty-five shillings a quarter.
The effect of the proposed alteration of the • Corn-laws
would be to throw out of cultivation all the poorer soils,
upon which the proprietors had expended large capital,
on the faith that the existing protection would be con-
tinued.—(Hear.) That would lead to the ruin of many,
and would drive vast numbers of the agriculturists now
employed on those lands into the towns, where they would
increase the competition amongst the manufacturing opera-
tives, whose wages would be at once lowered by the
operation of the Bill, even without such additional com-
petition.
Lord ASHBURTON said that the precise object of
the Corn-laws was to give a general average price of
555. or 56s.—never under that, and never above 60s.
If they had had that effect, the object of those
who had introduced them had been attained. Such
had actually been the result, • except only in two
years, in one of which the price fell below that ave-
rage, and in the 'other rose above it in consequence of
the season. He denied that any large portion of the
landowners of England were guilty of tricking. and trap-
ping their tenants in the way which the Noble Earl op-
posite supposed.
The Earl of RADNOR concurred in what had fallen
produced
fflaulcl
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st priceiab ol
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from his Noble Friend below him (Earl Fitzwilliam).
'cro hr enwhich Corn-laws
m'ashtal(ile
to fluctuation of price in the natural state of things,
Lord ASHBURTON explained. He had stated that
in the course of the twenty-five years which had passed
since those laws were enacted, the price had been re-
markably steady, except in the ten years to which he, had
referred.
Lord PORTA.IAN said that when the Noble Lord
(Ashburton)
.spoke. of a remark on the steadiness of
price,' he seemed not to have looked into the returns,
inriVhich it would be found that there had been first
seven years of an ascending scale, then seven years
of a descending scale. Then there had been years of the '
ascending scale, and now we were in the commencement
of the deseendino. scale. In the course of that time, wheat
had risen to 905., and had stink below 40s.—(Hear,
hear.) The average supply of wheat grown in England
was not sufficient for the subsistence of the inhabitants.
If his Noble Friend would compare the last census
of the population with the number of acres that could
be employed in the wheat cultivation, and the actual
quantity of wheat grown in the average of
years, he would see that we could not • do
without the assistance of other countries, to supply our
people with food.---(Hear, hear.) As we could not do
without that assistance. we ought to take measures
for securing it in the note and ad-
vantageous manlier, but he did think the pre-
, sent a fitting time for the discussion of those measures,
The Earl of HAM)INGTON said that if the prOdlloe
of England were not sufficient, the supply from Ireland
and Scotland made up the deficiency,(Hear, hear);
The Earl of RADNOR said that Scotland was not an
exporting country Af corn ; On the contrary, a large
quantity was impor4,4 thithey,--mear, bpar;) Ireland
did export corn to this country, but for 'ln eight
years in constantly diminishing, quantities,—(ltear.)
The Earl of FITZWILLIAAI thouglit it .was 'most
gratifying that Ireland was 3rA44411y ceasing to export
corn.—(Dear, hear.) It ,11/P-§ Tost desirable that al the
corn grown there should be c
• 91134111 ea at hOme.---(Hear,
'hear.) The fact that the quantity exported froM Ireland
had ben diminishing froni year to •year was evidence of
the improving 49iidition an 4
iPs a the people,
The JAirl of WICKLOW quid contend that the sup-
ply of the United Kingdom Was sn.f6cie_i
w for the sappy
of the population, unless, indeed thp:
'Earl avOwed

Mr. O'CONNELL presented two petitions from the
timber merchants of Dublin, and the ship owners of
Dublin, deprecating the proposed change of duties upon
foreign timber.—(Tory cheers.) Also 25 petitions,
praying for, a repeal of the Corn-laws.
SUGAR DUTIES.

Mr. SHEIL presented a petition from the Association
of Merchants of the City of London trading :into the
Brazils. They state that they did not coincide with the
political opinion of her Majesty's Ministers, but they
highly approved of the measure for the reduction of the
duties on foreign sugar. They thought a duty of 365.
per cwt. would sufficiently protect the colonial interests,
and secure the consumers from an excessive price—
that the Brazilian Government had adopted several
measures from the protection and improvement of the
slaves, and they were convinced that the illicit introduc-
tion of slaves into the Brazils would not be arrested by
any differential or protective duties. The petitioners
prayed the House to accept the proposal of her Majesty's
Government for the reduction of the duty on foreign

sugar.
Mr. E. TENNENT had a petition to present from a
body who coincided with her Majesty's Government.
It was from the East India Association of Glasgow, and
they stated that, in their opinion the proposed reduction
in the duties on foreign sugar would not realise the ex-
pectations of the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
but be seriously injurious to the West India interest.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a petition
signed by 27,000 inhabitants of Edinburgh, praying for
a repeal of the Corn-laws, which they considered to be
contrary to all moral, commercial, and political principles.
Sir G. STRICKLAND presented eighteen petitions
from different places, in favour of a repeal of the Corn-
laws.

Petitions -ware also presented by Mr. Wilbraham, from
Westbury ; by Mr. Easthope, from Blackfriars-road,
Hounsditch, and the borough of Southwark ; by Mr.
Grote, from various places ; and by Mr. Wood, from
Kendal and Manchester, against the Corn-laws.
Mr. BLACKBURN presented a petition from the
county of Lancaster, in favour of the present system of
Corn-laws.

Sir E. BULLER, presented a petition from Chester,
in favour of a repeal of the Corn-laws.
Petitions, in favour of the Corn-laws, were presented
by Mr. G. Palmer, from a parish in Essex, and Mr.
Fellows.

_
Petitions praying for the repeal of the Corn-laws were
presented—Mr. Busfield, 7, from Bradford ; Mr. C. Wood,
10, from Halifax and neighbourhood ; Mr. Aglionby, 15,
from Cumberland, many of them from agricultural districts,
and six from metropolitan districts ; by Mr. Labouchere,
from a public meeting at Liverpool, presided over by the
Mayor ; by Mr. Gisborne, 12; and Mr. Hume, 20.
Lord SANI)ON presented a petition from the grocers
of Liverpool, praying that the duty on sugar should be
further reduced to,3os.—(Loud laughter.)
Mr. CHALMERS presented a petition from Mon-
trose, in favour of the reduction of the Sugar duties.
Mr. O'CONNELL wished to know from the Noble
Lord the Secretary for the Colonies whether he had re-
ceived any despatches relative to a murder, which it ap-
peared was committed by persons armed with muskets,
who fired out on some individuals from an Orange lodge
in Canada (as we understood).
Lord J. RUSSELL made some reply, which was in-
audible in the gallery.
Mr. O'CONNELL was desirous of knowing whether
the Right llon. Gentleman the Secretary at War had
received any communication from the East India Com-
pany with respect to the spiritual wants and instruction
of Roman Catholic soldiers in India, and whether the
Right Hon. Gentleman had any hopes of procuring a
remedy for the evils complained of on this subject.