The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-23 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.

ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE
STREET.

NOON, Fen. 22
Barometer 30.42 In.
'Thermometer
Highest 39
Lowest
Wind S.E. by E.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

THE INUNDATION AT BRENTFORD•—•The
fifth and last day's inquiry into the circunetances con-
nected with the death of the lad Spruce at Brentford took
place on Thursday. Af er a very long i ,quiry the Jury
retired, and on the following morning, alt. r having been
locked up for eleven hours and a half, they returued
special verdict to the effect, as we read it, that the loss of
life was calsed by the weak and defective state of the
walls of the reservoir belonging to the Regent's Canal
Company. It begins in the folloc.,;rg strLia :—" \Ve find
that William Spruce being then and there on board a cer-
tain barge," &c., and repeats tight times the said words
" then and there" in the verdict.

NARBETII.--ClauttcH-RATEs.—No Church-
rate has been made in this parish for the last eight years,
and it ought to be recorded, to the honour of the worthy
Rector and his congrega•iat+, that the necess..ry expenses
have b( e❑ defrayed by themselves. It now appe rs that
the fabric of the Church stands in need of repair. and a
subscription has been entered into for the purpose of pay-
ing the expenses, to which the Dissenters are contributing
liberally'. This is as it should be; and were the example
of Narbeth generally adopted, Church-rates would die a
natural deo.* and the contenti )ns and animosities which
they never fa 1 to engender would only be known as a
matter of history.—Welshman.

CHANGE OF CAVALRY QUARTERS.—The
folowing changes of cavalry quarters will take place in
April next :--The 2d Dragoon Guards will move from
Piershill to Sheffield ; the 3d Dragoon Guards, from
Sheffield to Nottingham ; the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon
Guards, from Leeds to Piershill ; the sth Dragoon
Guards, from Manchester to Ireland ; the 7th Dragoon
Guards, from Nottingham to Norwich; the Ist Royal
Dragoons, from Glasgow to Leeds; the 2d Royal North
British Dragoons, from Bi mingham to Brighton ; the 6th
lolii,killen Dragoons, from Ireland to Birmingham ; the
tith King's Royal Irish (Hussars), from Norwich to Man-
chester; the 9th Queen's Royal (Lancers), from Houns-
low to Dorchester; the 10th Royal Hussars, from Co-
ventry to Ireland ; the 11th Hussars, from Brighton to 11
Hounslow ; and the 17th Lsncer!, from Ireland to Glas-
gow.— United Service Gazette.
The Right Hon. the Speaker gave his third
Parliamentary dinner on Saturday evening, in Eaton-
square, when the following Members of the Hausa of Com-
mons dined with the Right Hon. Gentleman :—Viscount
Clements, Mr. Wm, Evans, Mr. Tuffnell, Mr. Edward
Horsman, Mr. Thos. Hobhotve, Mr. Maurice O'Connell,
Mr. P. Mildmay, Mr. Leader, Mr. D. Dundas, Mr.
Pryme, Mr. Wyse, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Denuistoun, Mr.
French, Mr. Brotherton, Colonel Salwey. Mr. Barnard,
Mr. Redington, Mr. Tancred, Mr. James, Mr. John Jer-
vis, Mr. Hutt, Mr. Etwall, and Mr. Fitzpatrick.
ROTTEN BOROUGHS.—Neariy all the small
places in Cornwall that were disfranchised have mate-
rislly improved since they were placed in Scedule A;
but the most striking instance is Callington, which ap-
pears to improve in appearance and prosperity every day,

DUTIES ON IMPORTS.

I.3IPORTANT PARLIAMENTARY

MEETING.

At a meeting of Members of the House of
Commons, held at the Thatched House Tavern,
St. James's-street, on the ‘2oth of February, 184],
Joseph Hume, Esq., in the Chair, the fol-
lowing Resolutions were agreed to :
Moved by the Right lion. Edward Ellice,
M.P. and seconded by Peter Ainsworth,
Esq., M.P.

First Resolution.—That it is the opinion of this
meeting, consisting of Members representing
many of the most important commercial and ma-
nufacturing constituencies of the United Kingdom,
that the present restrictions and prohibitions in
the Commercial Code of the British Empire and
its dependencies, and the operation of the exist-
ing Tariff of Import Duties, present the most se-
rious obstacles to the extension of the trade of
this country.

Moved by James Morrison, Esq., M.P., and
seconded by Archibald Rastie, Esq., M.P.
Second—That the Report of the Committee
of last Session on Import Duties has strength-
ened the opinions previously entertained, with
reference to the evils of the present restrictive
system ; and has shown that, besides the taxes
paid by the people for revenue purposes, they
are charged an enhanced price upon many neces-
sary articles of consumption, beyond that paid
by the people of foreign countries; and that
encouragement is thereby given to the establish-
ment of rival manufa.cturing interests abroad.
Moved by Edward Strutt, Esq., M.P., and se-
conded by Robert Hutton, Esq., M.P.
Third—That notwithstanding the addition of a
considerable per tentage to the existing taxes in
the course of the last Session, the amount of re-
venue has decreased, whilst, during the same pe-
riod, there has been a great increase in the pub-
lic expenditure—that to meet this deficiency one
of the following alternatives becomes necessary,
either to raise money by way of loan, or by new
taxes, or to increase tht revenue by a revision of
the Import Duties ; by the former course, trade
will be impeded, and the burdens of the people
augmented—by the latter, commerce will be ex-
tended, and the comforts of the people increased
—therefore it is the decided opinion of this meet-
ing, that the financial difficulties of the country,
and the wants of the consumer, will best be met
by a general revision and reduction of the duties
on imports.

Moved by Benjamin Hawes, jun., Esq., M.P.,
and seconded by Thos. Thornely, Esq., M.P.
Fourth—That a copy of these resolutions,
signed by the Chairman, be transmitted tb Vis-
count Melbourne.

Moved by Henry Warburton, Esq., M.P., and
seconded by Robert Steuart, Esq., M.P.
Fifth—That a Committee be appointed to su-
perintend the printing and circulation of these
resolutions, to invite the co-operation of Mem-
bers of Parliament of all parties, to call meetings,
to report from time to time ; and, generally, to
further the objects of this meeting.
Moved by the Right Hon. Edw. Ellice, M.P.,
and seconded by William Ewart, Esq., M.P.
Sixth—That the Committee consist of the fol-
lowing Members, with power to add to their
number :—Joseph Hume, Esq., 11/.P., Mark Phi-
lips, Esq., M.P., Edward Strutt, Esq., M.P.,
lion. C. P. Villiers, M.P., Thomas Thornely,
Esq., M.P., and Benj. Hawes, jun., Esq., M.P.
JOSEPH HU ME, Chairman.