The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-02 00:00:00

BAKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.

John and George Hardy, grocers, Wisbech St. Peters,
Cambridge.

BANKRUPTS.

Leah Moss, tobacconist, Liverpool-buildings, Bishopgate,
London, to surrender Feb. 10, at one, and March 16, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official as-
signee; Carpenter, Union-court, City.
Charles Frederick Smyrk, builder, Lavina-grove, Wharf.
road, Feb. 12, and March 16, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Po-
cock and Poole, Bartholomew-close.
John Prior, tailor, Saint Blazey, Cornwall, Feb. 18, and
March 11, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman,
official assignee, Exeter; Carlyon, St. Austell; Bell and Co.,
Lincoln's-fields; Gidley, Exeter.
Thomas Bailey, printer, Wolverhampton, Feb. 11, and
March 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Foster and Gough,
Wolverhampton.

John Kirkman, wine merchant, Nottingham, Feb. 19, and
March 5, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Brown, Notting-
ham.

Thomas Skipworth, miller, Belton, Lincolnshire, Feb. 17,
and March 17, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Kynas-
ton, official assignee, Hull ; Bell, Bedford-row, London ;
Blackburn. Leeds.

Henry Johnson, merchant, Sheffield, Feb. 12, and March
5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official
assignee, Leeds ; Duncan, Featherstone-buildings, Holborn,
London ; Unwin, Sheffield.

Edward Smith, apothecary, Dursley, Gloucestershire, Feb.
16, at twelve, and March 16, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. llutton, official assignee, Bristol; Henderson, Bris-
tol; Bishop, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London.

1 MPERIAL PA RI lAMENT,
(THIS E VEINING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack
at Five o'clock.

POOR-LAW.

The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from
Rye union against the Poor Removal Bill, the petitioners
stating that it was both expensive and inconvenient.
They believed that the effect of this Bill would be, that
it would induce landlords to pull down cottages, and
thus large numbers of persons would be crowded into
the cottages that remained, and much immorality
must of necessity arise. He was disposed to move for
a select committee on this subject ; but he saw that a
Committee had been moved for in another place.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said there was no ob-
jection to the select committee.
The Duke of RICHMOND was glad to hear it.
DRAINAGE OF LANDS.
The NOBLE DUKE said that two years ago a Select
Committee had been appointed for considering the
subject of the drainage of lands, and it was supposed
that this drainage was not to be compulsory on the
landlords, and that it referred to Ireland more than to
England; but that was a mistake in both instances, for
it was actually more for England than Ireland, and the
Bill did net at all consider the consent of the land-
lords. From having a cold, he presumed he was
last night misunderstood, for ho was represented
as saying that he was desirous of reducing the
effect of the law of entail, whereas precisely the con-
trary was the case. He should move for the reappoint-
ment of the same Select Committee, with the addition
of Lord Langdale, who had paid much attention to the
subject.
Lord BROUGHAM hoped his Noble Friend would
urge the subject of entail on the Committee.
The Duke of RICHMOND would certainly make
that one of the earliest subjects.
The Committee was granted.
DISTILLATION OF SPIRITS FROM SUGAR.
Lord STANLEY presented petitions from the distil-
lers of the county of Wicklow, and other places, where
the proposed measures of the Government had created
much alarm, as it was believed that distillation from
sugar would materially affect the interests of the estab-
lishments in Ireland. Unless the measure were free
from the defects which it presented at present, he did
not apprehend any great good would arise from it. It,
however, it operated whether for good or harm, it must
materially. affect the British and colonial producers,
and those interested in breweries and distilleries. He
had no wish to prolong the discussion of the question
at present, but he rose only to express a hope that the
measure would not be proposed as a permanent one,
without the fullest consideration, and all parties having
an opportunity of fully stating their case, and having it
con.idered by their Lordships. There was one point to
which he wished at present to call the attention of the
Noble Lord, the President of the Board of Trade. It was
in reference to the Act of last session, by which the duty
on sugar raised in the colonies was reduced to 14s. per
cwt., and that on foreign sugar fixed at 21s. This was
a differential duty of 75., which was gradually,
year by year, to be reduced until 1851, when
they were to become equal. If sugar was
introduced into use in breweries until distilleries now, it
would be principally foreign that would be employed.
Now, if sugar at 21s. a cwt. could now be employed in
these works and compete with malt, what would
be the effect in 1851, when the duty was
equalised ? Would it not give the grower
*1 foreign sugar a great advantage over the home pro-
ducer. This was a matter to which he earnestly called
the consideration of the Noble Lord the President of
the Board of Trade. He would not say what
course should be adopted, but be submitted
that no measure of a permanent nature should
be agreed to, unless they were satisfied that the
various interests concerned were fully consulted and con-
sidered. They might adopt one of the two following
courses : they might alter the scale of duty of last year,
so as to keep the 21s. duty permanent, or they
might reduce the duty on malt, year by year, till such
time as the two duties were equalised. He would con-
clude by asking the Noble Lord, the President of the
Board of Trace, whether he had any objection to pro-
duce the report of the Commissioners' appointed to in-
quire into the employment of sugar in breweries and
distilleries.
The Earl of CLARENDON said he would state in a
day or two whether the report could be produced without
inconvenience to the proceedings of the Government.
With respect to the measures proposed, he assured the
Noble Lord that nothing would be done without full
consideration of all interests concerned.
IRISH POOR-LAWS.
Lord BROUGHAM rose to complain of what had
been reported of him the previous night, in the state-
ment he had made respecting the poor-laws in Ireland.
The newspaper press were generally very ac-
curate in their reports, but, at the pre-
sent time, when so much feverish anxiety prevailed
in Ireland repecting the proceedings of their Lordships,
it was right that the most accurate accounts should be
published. In the present instance words had been
attributed to him which he had never spoken.—(Hear.)
In presenting the petition from Liverpool he c trot ully
abstained from giving any opinion on the matter to
which it had reference. What he said was that a
proposition had been made that the support of such
Immigrants should fall on Irish mortgagees. Whether
it fell on the Irish landlord or not was an entirely dif-
ferent question, on which he avoided, as he had said,
giving any opinion, because if they were to
throw the expense entirely on mortgagees it would be
only a tax upon the landlords in the name of the mor
gagees.

BUCK WHEAT, &c., IMPORTATION BILL.:
Messengers from the Commons brought up this Bill,
which, on the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE,
was read a first time.

POOR-LAW (IRELAND) BILL.
Lord STANLEY wished to ask a question of the
Noble Marquis (the Marquis of Lansdowne) with refe-
rence to tke Poor-law Commission. Several Bills
had been recently introduced into the other House of
Parliament, which rould, no doubt, give increased
power to the Poor-law Commissioners, who were the
principal machinery in carrying out the Irish Poor-law
Bill. He, therefore, thought that the whole subject of
the poor-law settlement of this country and of Ireland
should be brought under the review of their Lordships.
He also understood that the Poor• law Commission was
about to be re-modelled. He, therefore, wished
to know whether it was the intention of the Go-
vernment to re-model that Commission, whether the
Irish Poor-law Commission would be independent of the
English one—and ,whether the way in which this re-
modelling was proposed to take place would be laid
before their Lordships before the Bill which would

confer those increased powers on the Commission.
The Marquis of LANSDGWNE was understood
to say that it was the intention of the go,
vernment to remodel the . poor-law commission.

but he could not state then, whether the management of
the poor-laws of both countries would be placed
under the controul of one Commissioner. The

to which the Noble Lord referred was not

of a temporary but of a permanent There was
not the same urgent necessity for thature. e
p
nagsing
of the
measure as of others. It would be before their Lord-
ships at the earliest possible period.
The conversation then dropped.
EDUCATION.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said on Friday, he
should lay before their Lordships a minute adopted by
the Committee of the Privy Council, and on that
day he would state certain alterations and additions
-which the Committee had suggested fur the purpose of
expending the funds voted by Parliament for the purpose
of national education. The Noble Marquis laid on the
table a copy of correspondence which had taken place
between this country and Austria, Russia, Prussia, and
Switzerland in 1845. Also a copy of the treaty concluded
between this country and the King of the Sandwich
Islands, which he was happy to state
made on had been
the best possible terms.—(Laughter,
INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGIIT.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid upon the table
of tl w
thouse i
ntlierncaonticoensasl copyright,io concluded betweenn of the King of Saxony to
the treaty of international