The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-30 00:00:00

MR. WARNER'S INVENTION.

In answer to a quesiioi. from Lord IN GESTRE,
Sir R. PEEL consented to lay upon the table of the House
papers connected with the invention of Mr. Warner.
The Right Hon. Baronet laid theca on the table at once,
and ordered them to be printed.
RETIREMENT OF NAVAL OFFICERS.
The RIGHT HONOURABLE BARONET said, in answer
to a question from Sir Charles Napier, th he under-
stood that unless a certain number of officers applied to be in-
cluded in the regulation, the Admiralty would have the power
to deal with it accordingly. He did think it would be desira-
ble, when the House should go into a Cimmittee of Supply. to
take up the navy estimates first, and he would have no objec-
tion to such a course

COURTS OF LAW.
Captain POLHILL moved for a return of the number of
the writs of summonses issued out at the high courts of law,
namely, the Queen's Bench, the Com ton Pleas, and the Ex-
chequer, of pleas between the 10th day of November, 1845,
and the 10th day of May, 1846 ; and also, the numbers issued
out of the same courts in the parallel six months of the five
preceding years ; also, the Bil:s filed in the Courts of Equity
during the same periods of time, distinguishing each year.
Agreed to.
Lord G. BENTINCK said he would wish to a ask a question
of the Right Honourable Baronet, which at first, might seem
to impugn the truth of a statement made by a Noble Lord in
another place—he meant Lord Dalhousie ; but, however, he had
sineo, had such representations made to fnin as had entirely re-
moved the possibility of such an imputation. lie now referred
to the policy of this country as it affected the interests of the
Canadas The Noble Earl was understood to say that the
Canadians viewed with a perfect feeling of satisfaction the ge-
neral policy of her Majesty's Ministers ; and, so far from en-
tertaining any feeling of apprehension and alarm, he stated
that all they asked was, that the nominal duty of Is , which was
proposed to be retained on Canadian and other wheat, should be
reduced to one penny. This was the statement which was im-
puted to the Earl of .Dalhousie; and he (Lord George Ben-
brick) must say that he had heard the statement with his own
ears. Now, the question he wished to ask was, Whether or
not the Canadians had determined by a vote of their Legis-
lative
Assembly to address her Majesty against the measures
of her Ministry ? The first paragraph of that address was in
form something like this :—" hat the Hou-e viewed with the
most serious apprehension and alarm, and as detrimental to the
future peace and pri.sperity of the Colonies, the adoption
of the proposed principle of commercial intercourse now
under the consideration of the. Imperial Parliament."
That such an address had been unanimously voted he had the
best reason for knowing, inasmuch—( The Noble Lord was
here called to order. ) Well, then, the question he had to a k
of her Alajesty's Ministers was whether or no, when that state-
ment was made by a Cabinet Minister of the Crown, he
was not in possession of the information to which he Lord
George Ben'inck) had now referred ? He wished to know
ohs her that Minister was not in possession of the address
when he knew that it would be unanimously voted by the
Legislative Assembly of Canada, expressive of sentiments like
those which had been embodied in the paragraph he had read to
the House. _ . _

Sir ROBERT PEEL said that he would with pleasure lay
all the info. mation he was in possession of before the Noble
Lord. He had yesteiday made an appointment with the Sec-
retary for the Colonies fr r one o'clock this day, and when 'his
?tight Hon. Friend attended he showed to him (Sir R. Peel) a
letter from Lord Cathcart, containing the address of the Cana-
dian House of Assembly, which he was bound to acknowledge
expressed the apprehensions of the Assembly as to the conse-
quences that might follow the adoption of the commercial
measures of the Government. He understoo I his Right Hon.
Friend then to say that that communication had only reached
him in the course of the morning. He (Sir R Peel) did not
know that such a communication had arrived until two o'clock
this day. If even he had thought it possible that
Lord Dalhousie should have had earlier information than he
had, he had yet the assurance that the Net)le Lord
was aware of i he receipt of this communication at the period at
which he spoke last evening. When dispatches came, it was
impossible that all members of the Government should receive
the information simultaneously ; some time must elapse before
all the members of the Government were aware of the contents
In answer to a question put by Mr. CHRISTIE,
Sir J. GRAHAM said that the repast would be laid upon
the table after the recess.
POOR-LAW REMOVAL.
Lord J. RUSSELL wished to know when his Hon. Friend
who sat behind him (Mr. E. Denison) would make the motion
of which he had given notice in a more specific character ?
Mr. E. DENISON stated his intention to place upon the
Notice-book several notices which would have the effect of
making his motion more specific and more accurately defined.
He intended to propose that, in case of any pauper requiring
to be supplied with relief, the relief shall be administered in
the union, and not in the parish of such union ; and that the
amount of the ex; cute consequent upon this should be de-
frayed by a fund levied on each parish. and that these expenses
shall be borne in proportion to the expenses incurred in such
parish during the last five or seven years; and that the debts
already incurred, with interest due upon the same, shall not be
RUSSIA GIOI N suchERNMENT AND THE PORTE.
affected by
Dr. I.,IOee‘nVRING inquired whether any treaty had been
signed
bet
the Russian
foGreoi‘g'enrnnmaetni andnations, the Po!te, equal
ising the duties paid by under the existing
tite di-advantages under which Bri-
ciasPhsuuibleirta' andhave
removinglab ()il
ed.
Sirit
PEELthre°ll)llutistatnhastiihneisteexr.pected shortly to have an
hADDRESS FROAI CANADA.
of the address from
to the proposed al-
terations
of Canada, in reference
interviewthe Lelgli'i i
arvt
BurEeNTINCK asked. if a. copy
1 have not got the address.
Lord G.
Sir R. PEEL—
NICK said he had it with him, and would
the tariff had been laid on-the table.
Hon."'Baronet. (Considerable merriment
hand it to the Right
Lord Gin.
viEN,
eo wof the document in
hie the Right Hon. Baronet a 1 j
NI YORKSHIRE
was excitement from the Noble Lord stepping down and giv-
questlen.)
or the
return
itlr, LAWSON rose to move that a
THE PRICE OF POTATOES 1.
I e variousmarket
highest price of potatoes per bushel in " • s to May 23'
towns in Yorkshire fr r the seven months previiu
tts46 ; also, a similar return
Southwark and Westminster. He said he was fully aware
that this motion every Hon. Member,
was not palatable to • . .
ef the highest prices
still, as he had been deprived of the opportunity of milting I
on the previous evening, when it was down for pr posal. he 1
.iu Lood,e,rne,
was rieterm,, ed to avail him:elf of the present opportunity to
bring it forward.. He should then proceed to O'er to ,lie
House that exp:anati,in
er raN,vtier vindication, of a statement
tinhethuatouti,iutL, a
hhaedhsatdatmedadtoe
Ivo: in Yorkshire hail sent up
When on a former occasion he
potatoes to London and that 1:
turned to Yorkshire for want Of sale,r"
othawtas of erwards re-
received with incredulity, or he might say derision.a.sertion had be -n
time he had code the asset tion. he had had ari Since the
making an investigation such as was necessary toopicmoirity of
statement, and he did not rise then for the purpose ofri arlinei
t his
s,ny single word he had saiu, but he rose Ila arder to confirm r everyn g
single one et them, and he would say. confidently that he teas
prepared with alp dv-s and other things necessary to brig
under their consideration. He felt the' kindness of the
House in allowing him to pater - upon any j
isplaintipp? and he ohould therefore couarte himself 4trictl,