The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-18 00:00:00

Arcusr 17.

STOCK Excxeisoe.—The sales are— Blackturn, Darwen, and 80l
ton, 77 —Ditto, New, 1,4 (Hs— Boston, Stamford, and Birm ngham,
1 Is. —Cheltnstord and Bury, 12s.—Eastern Counties, York Exten-
sion, 214 —Glasgow and Dumfries, 31s —Great Eastern and 1% ester.,
2 f 9. Hull and SelV, Halves, 39Y2 —Leicester and Bedford, 10s. Gd.
Leicester and T.ouwortit, 345. Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston,
314 p.—North British, Ilalves, 1114 cash .-Dit'o, Car;isli: Branch,
848. 62.--North Staffordshire, 3N p.--North Western, Ss. Gd. p.—
Shrewshury and Birmingi,am, 31. 3s. 92.—South :111d1md, 15s. p.--
West Riding Union, 51. ss. Gd.—York and North Midland, Eat, and
West Rim ng, 135g—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, lus.
YORK, AUGUST 17.
STOCK Excnama.—The sales are - Grand Union (Nottingham
and Lynn), —Leicester and Bed6ird, 10s. Gd.--Leicester, Tam-
worth, &e., 11. 135.—London and York, 21. U.—Newcastle and Her-
wick, 23% —North British, Half Shares, 1454—Ditto, Carlisle, Ex -
tensi.i.n, 41. 3s.—North Western, 11. !U.—South M,diand, 21. 13s. Gd.
—West Riding Union, 51. 25.-- York and Carlisle, V, —York and
North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 13%.

IMPERIAL PAH.LIAMENT.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, August 17.

GREAT BRITAIN AND THE SPANISH COLONIES.
On the order of the day for going into a Committee of
Supply,
Lord G. BENTINCK rose, and said, he had to apologise
to the Noble Lord for having returned from the country to
trouble him on that occasion, and he sincerely sympathised
with the Noble Lord toiling at that season of the year, and he
waslsoiry to increase his labour. But he was sure he would be
borne with by the Noble Lord, and the House, in calling the
attention of her Majesty's Ministers to the trade between this
country and the colonies—a motion of the greatest importance.
It was a grievance of many years endurance, a matter on
which the merchants of Liverpool had continually remonstrated
for twelve years. In 1835, they applied on the subject
in vain, and in vain complained to the Duke of Wellington,
then Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. They made
frequent remonstrances to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
and after changing the Whig Government, from 184'2 down
to the present time, it had been a matter of repeated and con-
tinut.l complaint with the merchants of this country that by
the regulations of the Spanish Government—by the. nonte-
reciprocity of that Government to the free competition
which they had admitted their ships into the ports_ _
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Majesty's Government to exert themselves under the Spanish
Government, to see that justice was done to British interests.
It would be with more than his usual imperfectness that he
would address the House on this subject, because, in the short
time since the request of the merchants of Liverpool, he had
not been able to go through those returns connected with this
subject, and which he should have preferred to have laid before
the House. But he thought that, for the purpose of calling
the attention of her Majesty's Ministers to this subject, it
would be sufficient for him to lay before the House the infor-
mation which regarded former years, whilst he stated that
there had been no change iu the circumstances connected with
this carrying trade. He would begin then by stating to the
House what the difference was in the charges on goods carried
in British ships and those carried in Spanish ships,
and having pointed out to the House the great difference in
the amount of duty, and to the restriction of the British carrying
traoe he would show to them what were the effects of that sys-
tem. He held in his hand a statement—it was one that was
laid before his Grace the Duke of Wellington eleven years
ago, but it remained good up to the present time—it was a
statement of the amount of duties that would be charged upon
the merchandise and cargo sent from the port of Liverpool,
and the goods that were sent from the ports of Spain. The
value of the goods exported from the port of London was
19,075/. It consisted of 1,000 bales, valued at 1501.; of 1,000
yards of cloth, valued, at that time, at 1001. ; of 1,000
yards of linen cloth, valued at that time at 1001. ; of 1,000
pieces of other fabric, valued at 800/.; and a quantity of other
goods. Upon the vessel reaching the Havannah the distinc-
tive duties levied were 21i per cent. on goods imported in
Spanish ships, and 30* per cent. ad valorum. upon goods
landed from British ships. To make up woof claorLo
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