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THl4', SUN; LONDON. FRIDAY, MAY 14; 1841.

Mr. G. PALMER said the Government had endea-
voured to impress upon that House and the country the.
useful state of the finances of the country, and had
pointed out the manner in which they proposed to make
good the deficiency by. making some alteration in the
differential duties. They had, however, touched very
lightly upon the effect of these measures upon the tract.;
and resources of the empire, which, in his opinion, would
be seriously affected by them. Attempts had been made
to create division on his (Mr. Palmer's) side of the
House by insinuating that if the Right Hon. Baronet,
the Member for Tamworth, was in the position of Mi-
nisters, he would bring forward similar measures. He
was satisfied, however, that in that they would be en-
tirely mistaken, and that, so far from there being any
division of opinion on his side of the House, on the con-
trary, he believed that many Hon. Membars on the other
side would divide with them:—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. CLAY said that the Hon. Gentleman who had
just sat down had complained that while Members on
that side of the House • had strictly confined themselves
to the question of the sugar duties, which was the one
immediately before the House, Hon. Gentlemen on the
Ministerial side .had digressed to the other propositions
of her Majesty's Government on the subject of the im-
port duties, to which that of the suiar duties was only a
prelude. It was perfectly intelligible to him (Mr. Clay)
why Hon. Gentlemen on that (the Opposition) side of
the House should wish to confine their attention strictly

to the question of the sugar duties—that they should tie
desirous to look at one part. only and not at the whole of
the plan of her Majesty's Government. It was with re-
ference to the sugar duties principally that those strange
and heterogenous elements of which the alliance formed.
against the present measures of Government was com-
posed could be best disguised, and he could easily
understand that those Hon. Gentlemen should wish to sink in
the war cry of charity and freedom to the slave, the less accept-
able watch-words, privilege, exclusion, and monopoly. The
charge of digressing from the point under considei atien Was
made, as he had said, against Hon. Gentlemen on the Minis-
terial side ; he would then confine himself as much as possible
to the question of the sugar duties. The obj ?ct of the Govern-
ment plan was to mak good the deficiency in the revenue,
by imposing sueh duties on sugar as would lead to an increase
in the consumption of that commodity, and thereby to an in-
crease in the revenue, sufficient to make up the deficiency.
He (Mr. Clay) had no doubt that there would be a consider-
able importation of sugar from the East Indies, but they could
not reckon upon the supply generally equalling that 011840.
Mr. Larkin, in his evidence before the Import Duties
Committee, said that he believed there could not be
a large. importation' of sugar into this country from
the. East Indies, except at very high prices. Now he (Mr.
Clay) could not see the wisdoni of encouraging the growth of
sugar, which could only be introduced into the country at mo-
nopoly prices. It would be far better not to encourage the
outlay of capital on the production of a commodity, the con-
sumption of which would only tend to support the monopoly.
Some years before the termination of slavery in the %Vest In-
dies, those colonies produced a surplus amount of produce. It
was certain that must have met foreign sugar, and have been
brought to the acfual test Of value. The Hon. Member -for
Beverley (Mr.. Hogg) said the saccharine value of foreign'
Muscovado sugai was greater than the saccharine value.
of British sugar, but he (Mr. Clay) beFeved the fact
he directly the revere. At the present moment, as
the House was aware, there was a large trade in England of
refined foreign sugar in bond. •. This was not admitted to home
consumption, but was all sold abroad, and, the fact was, under-
sold Havannah sugar. Therefore, while protected by no duty,
our refiners took these sugars, refined them, and sent them
abroad, and yet competed with the sugar c,f Havannah—a suf-
ficient proof that a duty of 6s. protection was more than eutli-
cient. The sugar refiners in London told them they were
not afraid of the competition of slave sugar with our own.
He thought the Hon. Niember for Beverley did not correctly
understand saccharine value. 9,128 cwt. of raw sugar would
produce 6,696 cwt. of refined sugar ; and the fact was, that
it was far better to buy foreign Muscavado sugar and refine it,
than to pay the extra duty of Fs. on slave sugar. He thought,
also, the Hon. Member for Beverley did net sufficiently at-
tend to the encouragement given by, differential duties to the
slave trade. When it was represented by the Noble Lord that
the people of this country paid 2,400,000/. a year for the pur•
pose of restricting the us-' of slave; grown sugar, he thought it
could not. be wondered at. if they began to think that they had
made sacrifices enough for that purpose.—( Hear. hear.) Ho
was much of opinion that West India suear could successfully
compete with any other, and that the price could not be less
thaw 3.55. The Hon. Member had highly eulogised the views
in the speech of the Noble Lord (Lord Sandon), but he
thought the country would not receive the Noble Lord's
counters for the bullion of the Ministry. The House was
divided on this subject into two great parties, the motto of the
one being freedom of trade, of the other protection
of vested interests and monopoly.—( Hear, hear.) The Noble
Lord's speech indicated these principles, though the Noble
Lord entitled them protection. He was much inclined to think
that our merchants, who had be ii forced by the Corn-laws
into a gambling trade. would perceive a considerable difference
between the principle of protection as understood by Hon.
Gentlemen opposite, and by those with whom he had the
honour to act. He had seen with great satisfaction the party
to which he belonged announce their determination to act on
the principles of free trade—( Hear, hear)—and as on
former occasions had been delighted to see them put
themselves at the head of the movement for Parliamen-
tary Reform, so he was now rejoiced to see them
proposing a reform which he thought was yet more important,
a reform in our Commercial Code. He believed it certain
that at no distant period a reform of this description must. take
place, and that when it did so it would promote the comforts of
the people of England, and the progressive prosperity of the
empire.— (Cheers. )
Mr. A. CHAPMAN said he objected to the measure of
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, believing that its ten-
dency would be to destroy the shipping, colonies, and
commerce of the country.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He was
an enemy to slavery in any shape. He did not know
what the Tories might do if they come into office, but of this
he was certain, that if the persons who sat now upon the Oppo-
sition benches were in office, they would look to the general
good of the country. ( Hear, hear.)
Sir E. L. BULWER said that, representing an agricultural
constituency, he was bound to state to the House that the pro-
posed duty of Bs. was not a sufficient protection to the agricul-
tural interest. Still he was in favour of a protective rather
than a prohibitive duty.
Mr. HUME said that many Hon. Gentlemen opposite
seemed to look upon the present question es a mere subject for
party triumph. fhe Hon. Member for Kilmarnock had can-
didly admitted that. the debate was of very little importance in
his eyes, unle,s it ended by placing his party in power, and re-
moving the present Ministers, as incompoient to manage the
public business.—( Hear, hear, from the Oppot Rion benches.)
Other Hon. Gentlemen opposite had entered into details
as to the course which it would be advisable to
follow under the present state of the country—(Hear)—
and among others the Hon. Member for Cambridge, had ex-
pressed his opinion upon the snhject, but that opinion was
merely to stand still and do nothing for the country. He
showl.l observ• that, in his opinion, no measure of so much im-
portance as the present had ever been introduced into Parlia-
ment during his (Mr. IluMe's) experience. Much as he valued
and earnestly as he had supported the Reform Bill, still he was
persuaded that the question then before the House, if carried
out to the extent of which it was capable, would produce to
the mass of the country advantages greater than any
individual who had not attentively considered the subject
could even anticipate. He therefore co, plained that the No-
ble Lord who had introduced the amendment had in reality
blinked the great question submitt..d by her Majesty's Govern-
ment, and limited it to the narrow point of slave-grown sug..r,
and how far they ought to abandon the Emancipation Act by
admitting such sugar for consumption into this country. For
his part, he was not d•sposed ta confine himself to so narrow
a view of the subject. 1 here was, in reality, no part
of the world which might not be sail to be
more or less intimately connected with the com-
mercial policy proposed by the Governme-t. In all that
Hon. Gentlemen opposite had said, they seemed to forget,
in their anxiety for staves abroad, the miseri s endured by
the white slaves at home ; and it was because the plans of the
Government would diminish the misery, and because they
would extend commerce, and, by affording employment to
the labouring population, put an end to their distress, that he
(Mr. Hume) supported those measures. He had been
surprised at the line taken by the Right. Hon. Member for
Cambridge, and the Noble Lord the Member for North
Lancashire, on the present subject. He had expected to find
that those Hon. Members would admit that if there
was one question which was more important than
another, it was the faith which' should be main-
tained with the public er editor, and that the expenses of
the country shoUld be liquidated. He would not enter into the
sources of those expenses; no one lamented more than he did
that course which had changed a surplus revenue into a defi-
cient one; but it was the House in general, and not one s de
only or the other, that had urged on these lavish undertakings,
which had led to our present difficulties. He would take that
opportunity of noticing what had fallen front some Hon. Gen-
tleman opposite, who blamed her Majesty's Ministers for
the deficiency which had taken place in the Post-
office.—(Cries of ,‘ Hear, hear,") It was quite evident
that those Hon. Gentlemen were ignorant of the facts. The
penny-postage bad been brought forward without causing any
reduction in the revenue of the country.—(Heir, hear, and
laughter, from the Oar osition Benches.) Why the revenue
was higher last year than during any of the three preceding
years by the sum of 675,0001., taking into account the Post-
ofke also.—( Hear, hear.) Hon. Gentlemen opposite did not
seem to know what an aggregate account wss; they seemed to
thihk that because this was a reduction in one account, it
could not be made up in another.—(Loud laughter. )
Before he sat down he would show them that there was a defi-
ciency of the revenue in sugar to the amount of 1,000,0001. in
consequence of the prohibition of the article. Yet such had
been the elasticity of the country that that which was lost in
one article had been more than compensated for in another.
He would venture to say that no reduction of taxes could be of
so much value to the country at large as a revision of our com-
mercial code in a commercial, moral, or scientific point
of view.—(Hear ) Honourable Gentlemen opposite did not
perhaps know that under tl.e reduced system of postage one
hundred millions of letters more had passed than under the
former system ; and he would ask theta whether it was possible
that such an increase in communication could take place with-
_ out great benefit to the nation in every way. It reflected great
discredit, in his opinion, on the House, that it allowed the re-
venue to be exceeded by the expenditure during the
last three years. The deficiency amounted to 6.000,0001.,
and he did expect that under such circumstances
the Right Honourable Member for Cambridge and the
Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire would
admit that the time was ccme for considering how that defi-
ciency was to be made up. He had also heard with regret
the taunts directed against the Government fer having
changed their sentiments on the question then under the con-
sideration of the House. He (Mr. Hume) looked to measures,

and cared not whether they were the result ot the deliberations
of a day, or a week, or a yea-. Wl,en the Right Honourable
Baron-t the Menther for Tamworth assisted, much to

his honour, although contrary to his previous convictions,
in bringing forward the Catholic Emaneipatun Act, he (Mr.
H.) had never blamed the Right Hon. Baronet becau e he
had yielded to the preFsingeme,gency of the time. The charge,
however, against Ministets had been mainly insisted on by the
Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire, who should have
been the last man to bi ing forward a charge of inconsistency
against others. No Member of that House had varied
more in his political life than the Noble Lord him-
self. But he (Mr. Hume) did not blame the Noble Lord
for that; he blarnedhim, however,for censuring others for doing
what be had done himself.—( Hear.) Hot,. Gentlemen oppo-
site had charged Ministers with brinv.ing forward these mea-
sures at an improper time. But some means should now be
ailopted for meeting the deficiency in the revenue; and there
never was a period when our manufactures and commerce were
in so perilous a situation. That was the milk of tiro false
toolicy pursued by the House; but after having caused these,
calamities' they re used to allow our labouring population the
means of retrieving their losses by increased employment,
and cheaper articles for Consumption. The Lte" Governor'
Of the Bank of England (Sir John Rae Reid) had denied
last night that the country was in a state of
tintisital depression ; but at the same time the Hon. Baronet
Ind admitted that in the City there was neither buying, torselling,
selling, and that no money was invested in 4.113, way, Surt.ljej
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way that the interests of the country were to be main(tained. protection ; let -them' do .ie gradually, if they pleased.
He therefore said that considering the state of the country i but let them - get out . of .a . . bad system, . and
the time had come for the measures proposed by Ministers. j into a good one, and adopt those measures which
If they had, at the commencement of the Session, been as well would promote and extend the commerce of the
acquainted with the difficulties of the country as they now were, t country. The Ministers were fortified in the course they
he did not doubt but that they would then have come down svere taking by the opinion of practical men and the
with thee measures to Parliament—(Cheers)—but now that opinion of the country at large.—( Hear, hear.) Various
they had brought forward these measures for meeting the finan- manufacturers had testified their willingness to abandon
cial difficulties of the country and for removing the causes all protection for their own interests. provided our
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which had produced the present existing state of distress, he coin mercial code was revised. He wouldrevert to anthought they were entitled to praiie.—( Cheers.) The Oppo- obsei•vation which had fallen last night from the Noble
sition had never attempted to say how these difficulties were to Lord the Member fer North Lancashire.—( Hear.) The
be met—they had merely made this a pretext for turning out Noble Lord had. said that the seed which the Government
the Alinisters and leaving the question to itself.—(Cheers.) He had sown would, produce its fruit of bitterness, and would be-
did not doubt but that the Right Hon. Baronet the Member come a subject of discord for many years. He (Mr. Hume)
for Tamworth would, in accordance with his speeches of last differed from the Noble Lord ; and he begged to assure him
year, declare for free trade, as most of those who had taken that he would find that famine was not to be restrained.--
a part in the present debate had done. He entirely agreed (Laughter.) Hon. Gentleman oppOsite seemed to think little
with the definition of free trade given by the Noble Lord, the of the wants of the people which they themselves had created.
Member for North Lancashire, that free trade consisted in the With regard to the Government measure he would
power of baying at the cheapest market, of selling where best tell the Ministry that though they had begun late
they could, of having no taxation, except for the purposes of ' they had begun well, and that they should persevere in
revenue, and that the smallest possible amount of taxation only the cause they had undertaken. Let them admit ,of no corn-
ought to be placed on articles of the first necessity, such as promise. Our people were now ground to the earth, and it
food; he considered that taking money by taxation from any was the duty of Ministers to come to their assistance. Let
one class of of the community to place it in the pockets of any them discharge their duty towards the people of England.
other class, was unfair and unjust. Now, what had the Noble ;Let them do justice to the millions, and take away
Lord, the Member for North Lancashire, said? After admit. the fetters which bound their industry. ( Hear, hear. )
ting these doctrines of free trade, he had said that the landed He had always been anxious for Reform, but had always been
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interest was in a situation of difficulty, that it required some willing to accept of a compromise by way of instalment. .On
protection, and he knew nothing more. And he must say those who now called out for no compromise, let the respon-
that the Noble Lord had been rather unfair in taunting sibility rest. It was impossible we could continue long in our
the Government as free traders. Ss. a quarter duty upon wheat present situation, with a discontented population,. which could
was not free trade, it was only an approximation to it. The only be kept down by an enormous military and police force.
plan of the Noble Lord was only for the reduction of high —(lronical cheersfrom the Opposition.) If Hon. Gentlemen
duties to a small amount. " The Government was not entitled opposite doubted what he had stated, let them try the experi-
to the merit of having brought forward a measure of free ment of calling a public meeting in any of the large
trade.—( Hear, hear.) But a• the same time the Noble Lord towns in England and Scotland.—( Cheers.) He had
the Secretary for the Colonies, had made so candid an expla- been told that the Noble Lord and the Government would be
nation on the subject, that he was surprised that the Noble beaten in that House ; but let him not be alarmed—(Cheers)
Lord the Member for North Lancash re, had not recollected it. —let the Noble Lord stand by his own words, . and he had
The Noble Lord had said that he did' not bring forward his nothing to fear. the Noble Lord had said that the Cabinet
measures as a new proposition. He said that he was merely were intent on these measures of commercial reform ;
following out the plans of Mr. Huskisson, and that he would that they had done their duty by proposing them
be content to allow all the merit to Mr. Huskisson and his to the House ; and that, if the House rejected them,
colleagues, if the House would but pass the measure.—(Loud on the House would rest the responsibility—(Loud cheers )
cheers.) The plan of the Noble Lord had not been Let the Noble Lord not recede from that declaration; let him
fairly dealt with. The Noble Lord himself, in nail his colours to the mast, and there would then be no cause
a speech which had been properly described as for alarm.—(Cheers.)
a masterpiece of eloquence and philosophy, had described the On the motion of Mr. P. HOWARD, the debate was ad•
objects which the Government had in view to be to raise the , journed till to-morrow (this day).
revenue to the amount required without the addition of any The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the
new taxes—without having recourse to any loan, and that. he House Adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'Clock.
hoped to effect this by a revision of the tariff, by a reduction
of the duties, to promote increased consumption, and then to
add to the comforts of the people, while at the same time the
revenue would be increased.—(Cheers.) There was nothing
about free trade there. He wished there had been, for he was
satisfied they must come to free trade at last.—(Cheers.) He
would request the Noble Lord to study the view which Hon.
Gentlemen opposite took of protection. He held in his hand
a document well deserving of attention. It was an address to
her Majesty from the Colonial Assembly of Jamaica, declaring
that, should the prohibitory duty, be reduced—and he begged
the House to mark that they admitted it was prohibitory, and
that the Hon. Member for Antrim the other night had declared
that prohibition, and nothing but prohibition, could satisfy the
West Indians, and in that he was borne out by this
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claration of the Jamaica Assembly—that- should the
prohibitory duty on foreign sugar be reduced, all
competition on their part wth the slave-grown sugar .of
foreign colonies must be hopeless.—(Cheers.) . The Hon.
Member for the Tower Hamlets had, the other evening, stated
the Same thing; but nn reason had been given, and he challenged
that Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman to give a reason for
his change in opinion on that subject. It was but
last year that Exeter-hall had rung with his speeches
on the subject of the superiority as to cheapness of free labour
over slave labour.—(Cheers.) What had occurred since March
1840, to induce him to change his opinion? At that period the
Anti-slavery Convention had come to a resolution that it had
been satisfactorily established, as a general .axiom, that free
labour was morn profitable and considerabls cheaper than slave
labour, and that of all kinds of slave labour that of recently im-
ported slaves was the most costly and the least productive.—
(Cheers.) What now became of the Hon. Member for New-
ark's position of the advantages possessed by Brazil and Cuba,
in the labour of newly imported negroes ?—( Loud cheers. )
His new ally and Exeter Hall were against him.—( Cheers. )
The lion. Member for Newark had not a foot to stand upon
for it had been taken from under him by his new ally the
Right Hon. Member for the Tower Hamlets. He said,
therefore, that some most important change must have taken
place to produce the change in the Right Honourable
Member's mind, because he was one of the Committee who
drew tip the resolutions. The new ally of the Hon. Member for
Newark had sunk the Hon. Member and his speech together,
and he wished him joy of him. •But, perhaps, he was acting
unjustly in saying that the opinion of the Right Hon. Member
fur the Tower Hamlets had been so strangely changed, but he
must confess it appeared to him an infatuation, and he could
not account for it. He (Mr. Hume) had received protests
from five Slave Societies against the conduct of the Right Hon.
Gentleman.—( Hear, hear.) In what situation were they now
placed ? Ministers had not come forward to make this ques-
tion a sugar, or timber, or corn question, but they had not told
them what they intended. He could not tell what the Presi-
dent of the Board of Trade had been about. He admitted
that the tariff contained items that ought to be
altered, and he (Mr. Hume) hoped that they intended
to strike a good many of them off. He hoped the Right Hon.
Gentleman, before the debate closed, would state what he in-
tended to do. The Government had said they intended to go
into Committee; if they did so, he (Mr. Hume) had no doubt
he should not agree with these propositions, either with re-
spect to sugar, or timber, or corn, as he did not think they
went far enough. What situation did they stand in on both
sides of the House? The Government said they meant to
raise the 700,000/. without taxation, and on the other side they
said all they wanted was protection. , Now, what was
protection? It was a tax upon the consumer—
upon the community, not a tax for the revenue,
but a tax to ge into the pocket of the party who' was
to be benefited at the expense of the people of the country.—
(Mr. Hoeg here entereJ the House.) He was glad to see the
Member for Beverley come into the House, as he had only
waited for him coming for the purpose of showing the absur-
dity of his proceedings.—( A laugh.) He had declared man-
fully that he wished to see the price of all articles low, but: he
had taken an Irish way of showing it, because he wished to
keep on a high tax. He thought the conduct of the Hon. Mem-
ber was most inconsistent when he wanted to place the people of
India on a more superior footing to the people of England.
The Hon. Member for Aylesbury had stated that if they wished
to have cheap labour they must have cheap corn. In every
year when corn had been low, trade had flourished, and the
working men of this country had then both good food and
comfortable lodging. '1 he Blue Book, to which so frequent
allusion, had been made, showed that every man who consumed
a quarter of wheat paid a tax of 23s.—not to the State, be it
remembered—not for the general purposes of the country
but for protection to the landed interest. Now he did not blame
those who benefited by the protection, he blamed the law. We
had a wealthy aristocracy in this country, and they said they
were deeply concesned for the condition of the poor. One of
them the other night had cried out—" God forbid that you
should tax the bread of the people"—yet that Noble Lord, as
well as Hon. Gentlemen opposite, could not deny that the pro- '
tection afforded by the present laws took a large, an enormous
sum of money out of the pockets of thepsople and put it in those
of the landlords. Five millions of men were suffering great
privation—they were not even represented in that House, but
they were taxed for the support of the rich. It was clearly
proved that the landed interest took from the people as much as
the whole taxation of the country—even at las. the protection
cost no less than fifty millions annually. It - had been said
that, in forrrier times, the bones and sinews of the negro were
ground into the pockets of the planters—he would say that the
bones, and the sinews, and the muscles of the poor in this
country were ground into rent for the landowner. The
Hon. Member for Newark now professeda great sympathy for
the negro—it was rather late to express it now, but had he no
sympathy for the poor of this country? But the country was
beginning to see through the system ; even the farmers now
foun -I that when
.high prices were maintained, and their leases
fell in, taeir rents were raised. He would ask when the people
were called upon to pay so much to support private monopolies
could they be so able to meet the demands of the Chancellor
of the Exchequer ? High prices was the cause of the failure of
the Budget of last year, and he could assure the Hon. Gentle •
man opposite that increased taxation would not now be pro-
ductive. He. had . shown that protection meant n dhing
more nor less than taxation, and he trusted the country would
be informed of the fact. The plan of the Government, if car-
ried into effect, would be extremely beneficial to the best in-
terests of the country. In the last year, a tax upon sugar and
coffee alone amounted to six millions sterling, and it was not
surprising that the manufacturing districts Of the country
should be in the greatest distress when they were obliged to
pay that sum in addition to the fifty millions upon corn. It
appeared that while the price of colonial sugar was
51s. 6d. per cwt., the price of foreign sugar was only 215.,
making. in round numbers, 30s. per cwt. What, then, be-
came of the Noble Lord's argument, that they. were contend-
ing for the infinitetessirnal fraction of a farthing per pound ?
The people of that country were paying
.at least 3d. per pound
over and above the duty to the West Indian proprietors. The
duty upon molasses amounted to 196,0001., being at the rate
of 14s. 6d. per cwt. The duty on coffee, at 6d. per pound,
amounted to 700.000/. ; making an aggregate upon these three
articles of sugar, corn, and molasses, of 6,315,0001 ,
which the people of Englind paid by way of protection
He had not introduced-the article of timber, which would add
a million or 1,500,0001. to the amount. He wished to show
the House how the weight of taxation had fallen upon the con-
sumption of sugar. In 11621 the consumption of sugar amounted
26;000,000 of pounds, and in 1640 it amounted to 30,000,000
of pounds. In 1821 the quantity of coffee amounted to
7,500,600 pounds, and in 1840 it was 8,700,000 pounds. The
aggregate of tea and coffee in 1821 was 33,973 pounds, while
in 1640 it had increased to 60,000,000 of pounds.
'l'here was .an increase of eighty per cent. in the
articles of tea and coffee, whereas the increase in
sugar amounted only to 15 per cent. In 1821 the popula-
tion being eleven millions, and the duty on sugar '2os. per cwt.
the quantity consumed by each individual was calculated at
28bs., whereas in 1840 the population being twenty-eight
millions, the quantity consumed by each individual in conse-
quence of the increased duty was only 141bs. He would there-
fore press upon the House the necessity of reducing the duty
upon these important articles of consumption. In order to show
the advantages of such a step, he need only remind the
House that the amount of duty Irum coffee had greatly in-
creased of late, in consequeace of the admission of foreign coffee
at a reduced duty, if no foreign coffee had been admitted the
revenue would have been deficient 700,0001. In 1840 the
consumption of colonial sugar had been 18,000 tons leas
than in the preceding year, and if those 18,000 tons
had been allowed to be supplied by slave grown
sugar, as they allowed slave grown coffee to come into
the market, they would nut only have the required re-
venue but also 5,272,0001• in addition. If that plan were
adopted there would be no deficiency in the revenue whatever,
and therefore it was that he held the Government
were warran'ed in taking the course which the Chancellor of
the Exchequer now pointed out.. By advises from Demerara
and several of the West Indian islands, it appeared that the
supply of sugar in the present year would be two-thirds less
than in the preceding )ear; now how was that deficiency to
be made up? The price must tiece,sarily be raised in conse-
quence of the limited supply, and it was for the Governinent to
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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. -
The betting was confined to a small number of Derby
horses, and in three or four respects varied from the New-
market quotations of Wednesday night. Ralph was first fa-
vourite at the commencement of business, bat the Van Am-
burgh partly rallied about five o'clock, and both were backed
freely at 6to 1, with offers from the takers to go on. Mar.
shal &tilt was also in great force at 12, 10, and lastly, 8 to 1,
leaving off third favourite, 84 to 1 having been laid and after-
wards offered against Coronation. Prince Caradoe was backed
for 150!. at 14 to 1,. and Galaor and Belgrade at 1,000 to 60
and 17 to 1, the last biddings exhibiting an improvement iu
each. Sir Hans was entirely out of . favour, and the offers agst
Eringo and E. 0. did not sustain the Newmarket prices.
Nothing done on the-Oaks.•
" - Minn". • •
6 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Van. Amburgh—taken
6 to 1 agst Lord Albermarle's Ralph—taken
8 to 1 ag!t Lord Westminster's Marshal Soult—taken
84 to 1 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation—taken
14 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Prince Caradoc—taken
16 to 1 agst Mr. Goodham's Belgrave
16 to 1 agst Mr. Vansittart's Galaor
22 to 1 agst Colonel Crawford's Ermengardis
35 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Sir Hans
50 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Eringo
100 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's E. 0.
700 to 200 agst Van Amburgh and Marshal Soult—taken
1200 to 1000 on Ralph and Coronation agst Van Amburgh
and Marshal Soult—taken
NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING.
(FURTHER PARTICULARS or WEDNESDAY.)
Suffolk Stakes.—The three started nearly abreast and kept
so to the plantations, where Bob Peel fell astern ; the other two
went on and made a fine race, Langolee winning by a head.
Plate.—Joujou made running to the end of the T. Y.C.,
whore Jeffy went in front, and made strong play, Joujou and.
E. 0. lying up ; Jonjou declined at the cords, and E. 0. chal-
lenging Jeffy, a few strides from the chair. defeated him cleverly
by a length. The third and fourth were beaten off.
BETTING AFTER THE RACES :
DERBY.
3 to I agst Scott's lot
4 to 1 agst Coronation and Marshal Soult—taken
11.0 2 agst Lord Westminster's Van Amburgh
6 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Ralph
8 to I agst Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation—taken
10 to I agst Lord Westminster's Marshal Soult • •
14 to 1 agst Mr. Goodman's Belgrade - • •
16 to 1 agst Mr. Vansittart's Galaor
25 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Sir Hans
50 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Potentia
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Thornbill's E. O.
Offers to back E. 0. agst' Cameleon, and to take 50 to 1
about Eringo
2000 to 1000 on Sir Hans agst the Duke of Wellington
500 to 400 en Mongolian apt Eringo
1000 even on Sir Hans agst Eringo and Duke of Wellington
OAKS.
17 to 2 agst Mr. Batson's Potentia
ST. LEGER.
9 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Van Amburgh—taken
500 to 30 agst Mr. Bell's The Squire—taken

NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING.

THURSDAY.-Mr. W. S. Stanley's Minx,2Bst 71b (Robin-
son), beat Lord Exeter's Syria, Bst 11b. First half Ab. M.
501. 5t0•2 on Minx, who made the running, and won by a
length.
Handicap Plate of 501., given from the Town Racing Fund,
for three yrs old, &c. T.Y. C.
Mr. Petit's Langolee, 3 yrs, 7st 71b
801. Peel's Hawk's-eye. 3 yrs, 7st 61b . ... 2
Mr. Beresford's Bob Peel, 4 yrs, Bst 10th
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr W.
Ridsdale's. Yaratilda, 3 yrs, Est 61b ; Mr. S. Cooper's Cuiras-
sier, 3 yrs, 6st 71b; and Mr. Stephenson's Blanche, 3 yrs,
6st 101 b.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Langolee, 3to 1 agst Hawk's-eye, 3to
1 agst Yaratilda, 3 to 1 agst Bob Peel, and 4 to 1 agst Blanche.
Won by three parts of a length.
DERBY. —The only bets we heard during the morning were-
-16 to 1 Pgst Prince Caradoc (taken). 25 to 1 agst Ermengar-
dis (taken), 30 to 1 agst Sir Hans (taken), and 1100 to 800
on Soult agst Galaor (taken).

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