The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-05 00:00:00

REGENT'S CANAL COMPANY.

This Company's half-yearly meeting was held on Wednes-
day, at the establishment, City-road Basin, J. E. D. Bethune,
Esq., in the chair. The report of the directors stated that
the agreement as to the project fir transforming the Regent's
Canal into a railway having become void in consequence of
the required amount not having been subscribed, the sum
of 5,0001. deposited as caution money by the committee of
that scheme, became the property of the Regent's Canal
Company, and that the same had been transferred to the ac-
count of the reserve fund, thereby increasing the amount of
that fund to 13,8351. 18s. 2d. The committee had borrowed
of this amount 2,6051. 17s. 3d. to pay fur a portion of the
property required for the new entrance to the Limehouse
Dock. The tonnages in the six months ending the 31st
of May, amounted to 528,865 tone, producing a return
of 18,934/., and the profit for the half year ending 31st of
March last, amounted to 13,057/. 16s. 9d., making with
393/. 4s. 6d., an amount of 13,451/. ls. 4d. to be carried to
the profit and less account. A deduction of five per cent•
on the net profits of the half-year was suggested as a remedy'
for preventing the reserve fund sinking below 10,000/., the
amount agreed upon for that fund before a dividend be de-
clared. In conclusion, the committee suggested a dividend
out of the profits of 12s. per share, leaving a balance of 6001-
towards the next account. After the reading the report Mr.
Green and Mr. Mayhew were rather vituperative against
some of the directors for jobbing in the shares of the com-
pany, which led to a long discussion, in which the Cbairman,
Mr. Alderman Wilson, Mr. Hitchirs, Mr. G. R. Robinson, the
solicitor, Mr. Lyon, and others took part. The transfer-
book was ordered to be produced by the Chairman; but, 01
examination, for the last twelve months no shares were fora
to have been disposed of by the directors, which explanation
seemed to be satisfactory. A proprietor asked if the Cora;
pany had come to any understanding between the East and
West India Dock Railway Company, in respect to the canal?
The Chairman said he could not at present publicly state
what had transpired, but they might rely on the committee
being quite alive to the interests of the proprietors. After
a deal of discussion on various topics the report was aclol3-
dP
when the committee and auditors were elected, and a vote
of thanks baying been passed the chairman, the meetingseparated. titte

COLONIAL MONOPOLY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Strt,—Can you or any of your readers assign to me a sound
reason why I, who am denuded of all protection en the core
I grow and sell, should be required to support the colontal
monopoly, by paying a protected price for the sugar, coffees
&c., I may require for myself and family ? It was surely
always undetAood that when the differential duties on COra
were abolished (the trifle which remains for three years_
being little more than enough to pay the costs of registra-
tion), the differential duties on all other articles were to be
abolished also.—l am, sir, &c.,
A TENANT-FARMER.

We are requested to state that Mrs. Jameson's nel'f,
work, " Memoirs and Essays on Art, Literature, and Social
Morals," will be published by Mr. Bentley, New Surlington-
street, on Friday next, the sth inst
SUICIDE OF A YOUTH.—Wednesday an inquest Wes
held before Mr. W. Baker, jun., deputy-coroner, at the Ship,
in Finsbury -square, on the body of John Treacher Hall,
aged 17 years, who committed suicide by swallowing an
ounce of arsenic. It appeared from the evidence that the
deceased was the son of a respectable hat• manufacturer, of
No. 6, Finsbury-square. For some time past the deceased
had been in a low and desponding state of mind. He was
subject to repeated bleeding at the nose, which appeared to
alarm him and prey on his spirits. He was very absent in
conversation, and there was no doubt his mind had become
affected by his infirmity, which he concealed from his
family. On Sunday morning the deceased's brother, Mr.
Arthur Hall, left him in bed awake. Shortly afterwards a
noise was heard in the room by one of the servants as she
was passing the door. Mr. Hall immediately proceeded to his
brother's apartment and found him lying on the bed in a
state of great exhaustion and pain. Medical assistance was
sent for directly, and Dr. Pervia was soon in attendance. He
found the deceased vomiting and in a state of collapse. He
prescribed for the deceased, and when he was restored to eon.
sciousness Dr. Pervia asked him what he had taken. The
deceased replied he had taken arsenic The deceased air
informed Dr. Pervia that he had obtained the arsenic sib
months ago from the warehonse of his brother, who is
wholesale druggist, and that he had come to the detertnill4-
tion of committing suicide, as there was no object worth living
for. The deceased expired at one o'clock on Sunday, three
hours after he had taken the arsenic. On a post martens ei;
amination of the body, Dr. Pervia found a large quantity
arsenic in the deceased's stomach. The jury returned a yel
diet "That the deceased committed suicide while in a state
of mental derangement."
FARRINGDON GENERAL DISPENSARY AND LYING-
CHARITY.—The annual dinner of this institution was held
on Wednesday evening at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street.
Alderman Copeland, M.P., who had consented to presides
being by reason of a family affliction prevented from attend'
ing, Sir James Duke, M.P., the Alderman of the ward, tor'l‘
the chair. About thirty gentlemen sat down to an excel-
lent dinner provided by Mr. Clemow, which, with the
gave great satisfaction. Mr. J. Galsworthy, the secretary;
read the report, from which it appeared that the number 01
patients relieved during the last year was 3,133. The o°-
mittee announced the removal of the dispensary to much
more commodious premises in Bartlett's-buildings, nol
an inspection of which they invited. It appears that
rt`
ate
limited income of the charity is by no means comineusn,sed
with the calls upon it, and the greatest desire was exPree'sent
to free the institution from the debt of 300/. which at Pf,rei,
hampers its efficiency. A donation of 30/. from the f the
te
dent, Lord Denman, was announced amid the cheers 0 _.Gb,
meeting, and a list of further donations, amounting
was read by the treasurer, Mr. Deputy Bedford. Armand.,
ments were made for bringing the claims of the charo..co of
the great amount of good effected by it under the noti.,or
the wealthier inhabitants of the ward by means of a del:sen
tion, and also for insuring more harmonious action bet,_vv, it
the committee and medical officers, the latter of whom' it
appeared, claimed a vote in the proceedings of th 287np
mittee. Since the establishment of the charity, in 18 beea
to the cemmencement of the present year, relief hes r
afforded to no less than 53,590 patients, of whom at sneed
one-fourth, inclusive of midwifery cases, have been atten
at home. fc
FATAL ACCIDENT ON DOARD HER MAJESTY %
CALEDoNIA.—PLYMOUTIL JUNE 2.—On Sunday, thot on
tilt., at sunset, when lowering the maintopgallant
board her Majesty's ship Caledonia, 120, Captain S'em_l4,
ly
11. Dixon, lying in Hamoaze, the lizard unfortunatelYrT'As.
way, and the mast fell on the deck and killed three pe_suiLdn,
It appears that the top-gallant-yards of this ship—fore,'",se.
and mizen—are usually sent down at sunset; but, in ';'_nd
quence of the Admiralty order for examining her
lower the
rigging, instructions had been given on board 1
ivioneaYr
more forward for commencing work the next day
top-gallant. masts, in addition to the yards, so as to he, s
At the time of the accident, Captain Dixoe,
tenants (including Lieut. Jones, the officer
The lizard, unfor-
tunate] most of the crew, were on deck. I
the man at the
tunately, Has not securely stopped, and when
he sung out,
mast-head found it slipping from the mast e 2 „A
werer") from forty
as usual, "Stand from under." Theresird out of danger'
fifty hands underneath, who r:ft, and not in a dangerous
The sufferers, who were more tohf e ler ewe
watch),
ci Lieu)-
At
from the mast-head the to
position, unhappily
under the mast. Int.%
rigging,
canted, and fell horizontallY
mast caught in hfollowedthe others, and thus came right
Lamb assistant clerk, lam Slane a marine'
Mr. C. P. '
widow and five children, and Thomas B. Herbert,
leaving a Charles Pomeroy a boy, across the deck. Three. petrsonswlevre.ikrilledsoi n the spot,
first-class boy. s
dislocated, and was otherwise severely injured. The calamity
has deeply affected Captain Dixon and the officers, and °lel.,
have evinced their sympathy for the widow of the marine ks
a subscription in her behalf. The Captain has given 21-• r;
wmeasr itnaeksente volunteeredt
he Boy
al
Navalday's
Bone, purser, U., and the other officers in proportion.
an inquest is to be held thiplisa had his shoulder
those who were killed. The Caledonia is deficient of alt.
of. her best hands ; 40 are lent to her Majesty's „,,,all;iisPoed;
oyesvpeeiantacmill,g. at
eTSnht oetnhbeehoyorueFsme°,:winhese - fross-t.
Vincent, 120, Captain Sir Richard Grant; 40 to the disc
and others are on detached service. She is now nearl3:arid.
mantled; and fore, main, and mizen lower masts only star
ing, and they are almost stripped, and there is a doc),A
lighter alongside, taking away the rigging, some of which
very defective.
day much
LEOPARD HUNT AT BATTERSEA.—We.anes
excitement prevailed near Wandsworth and Battersea,
leopard
consequence of its having become known that t
bethoughtat largenea
tr thebe common md
dog,
n b.
to secure
he found his mistake, and ran off vons
utAongrhaivseal
the interloper, and information was giy
-.ertaineu
dpirgogeeerhionabgsetrvheetZsai
to some travelling

_-,erioper,
menageries at the fair held near, ;hen it was ase,..._ A
that a young leopard had escaped from one of the vans,
In
a
the owner of the missing animal set out in search of it. Di
very short time he was Joined by a large number of persons,
who went in pursuit of the fugitive. The furze was
beat?,
and the common was scoured, but without success. The
huntsmen were then apprised that their " game" had
in
pro-
ceeded towards some cottages near Battersea. The
but tile
creaseds,
p
men, the number of whom had considerably
leopard was disinclined for further chase, and takin
his abode in a cart-shed, quietly permitted his keep
secure him.
BIRMINGHAM TO BE ERECTED INTO .A GREAT GEN"
TEAL MII START DEPOT.--It has been stated in Birmingham
this week, in quarters likely to be well-informed, that Go-
n,
then came up, and the " view hallco" was give g uP
er to
vernment intend to erect the military station there into a_
grand central depot, and to remove to it the greater part ot
the troops now stationed at Weedon. The central position
of Birmingham, communicating as it now does by railivaY
with all the principal ports in England, has, it is thought,
suggested the propriety and advantage of making it the seat
of a central depot, inasmuch as at a moment's notice
OMII troops
might thence be disatched nd landed in a fewhn
fin,' nart of Scotland. p Englanda,
ar Iroland.

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THE SUN) lAONDON, FRIDAT MORNING) JUNE 5, 1846.
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Company had line,h
, IMPERIAL PARL /AMEN T. Noble lerd, he would not thus enter upon a discussion been 19,600,000!. In the year 1843 there was a reduc- ' agriculture. This was an unfair distribution of the (-•_°:1- iM. Ar-ExewoEn. interrupted the Learned Counsel by ob- -
fsorexaafmewini3n,agrdtshaet ws‘i:ninedssonwith respect to the
HOUSE OF LORDS, June 4. As, however, he had not had an opportunity of ex- tion of 17,000/. in the export duties, but the revenue templated reduction of duties, and he should certevily J:n;or,lhi,riagfretcoteldii
ardvlaierin thhtetulaunpd
ehaerloanugdienxgatuolithat company was
rressieg his sentiments in the previous debate which had was 20,200,000/. In the year 1844 there was a reduc- oppose it.
Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. token pleo'e, he would defer whet he had to say until tion of 286,0001., and in the year 1845 the customs were Earl GREY conld_
respect to the whole pro'ectpalthough they were GREAT NOR HIERN RAILWAY. the motion for going into Compri:tee, when he would reduced 2,418,0001., making a total in these two years of see any disiact principle laid down. If protective duties
for a few yards, and quotedl the case of ntleteweSi
air Tiroeres PHILLIPS contended that .the G
another
T hevai
tnudess distant
Nva
s partfu rthoefr
The Duke of RICHMOND presented several peti- not, in the Bill before the liaise,
rfoeonnaueittsyhseasfl,e IWales,
Westerntief
idi
refer to what had fallen from the Noble Lord-(Hear,) uwards of 2.700,000 L; yet the customs' duties in the were, unsound in principle, the best way for thecoGnsoiletirnng-
lions from the county of Aberdeen in favour of this Esrl GREY, like the Noble :Jeri; ," had • tsat year 1344 were 21,000,0001-, and in the year 1845 the ment and Parliameat to pursue would be to abandon
aao (just
undertaking. (horn, did not wish to raise a debate that night, but, revenue had fallen, not to the amount of 2,700,0001., but those duties altogether. He entirely agreed that Protoc
its
crursosu-teex.
~ _ - e e the course of examination should be pursued.
which was proposed to cross the Severn by a tunnel, but
FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. after the speech of the Noble Lord ( Stanley), he only 600,000 L, the revenue of that year being 19,800.0001. five duties were entirely wrong. He was, however: at a which was thrown out, because it interfered with property in
Lord COTTEN lIAM presented a petition from some From the year 1843 to the year 1845 there had been a
meant. The rable discussion the Committee decided that
could not allow the subject by without
to pass one re-Prue Church inhabitants of Paisley, praying their Lord-loss to comprehend what those half measures,
After conside
mark That was, that though he had seen the. address reduction in the customs' duties of 2,21000/ , and not- of half protection
andand half free_ trade,
ships to pass a measure to enable them to purchase sites marls. That •
cross-examined after which the
to which the Noble Lord alluded, and he believed the withstanding this, the customs' revenue in the year duties on sugar, on some other articles, Pr
for the erection of churches.
CL,aErElisDleS:.Tu3.
Cs. p
-1, .
Lord CAMPBELL presented eight petitions to the spirit of it was fairly represented, still the fact could 1345 was 19,800,000/e while in the year 1842, it was Committee . adjourned until 12 o'clock to-morrow.
large revenues tel the Treasury. He believed that no.
'A 011
apt bs doubted', that, on the original debate on the I oreY only 19 699,09°1. ; thus showing, that while tbi7ng • id tend more to injure these interests than the
same effect from different parts of Scotland. oth,,r Majesty's Go,,ernment on the opening ofthe As em you have reduced upwards of 2,000,0001, of duties perpetually meddling with the protective duties. A sys-
q Leeds and Dewsbury,
Earl STANHOPE presented a petition, praying their RAILWAY SII ,s, RE MARKETS.
. bit of Upper Canada, there was no tone of despondency or during the last four years, the revenue from the customs
and West Riding, 10%p..-- Branch,Chelms.ford
Lordships not to pass the Corn Bill until a full inquiry -. " • the but, the contrary, there for the last year was 200,000/. larger than the year in commerce and trade. He would, however, accept the
alarm respectine measure, ontem of alteration was of all things the most injurious to
Was made into the present monetary system of the
Midland, Gs. his.
-LeicesteLrord,oinßedford, 45.. Gd. p.
tosini,a 1.2a0h5,. ldsi.s.t.:ol;:rLtl
die.-North
don
was a lively and encouraging tone manifested on the oc- which you commenced these reductions. Now, he was present Bill as an instalment for the future, and would
It2o:::4:::lsooisc:::a.l_sddtxl;x,:irc.,nata:,;,,seisi:Bo:l.eiiti.ir--;:l.:allieidseAleisreadia•eil-etfl
jpluu.-idid:teie:lse_iira3a..Nmoria.srnTtidlhi,inisilsr-kab,ine,,Nrc,:laceieiss,.-t:
country. casion. On that occasion also, a motion was carried by not at all inclined to lead their Lordships to suppose willingly give his silpport to the second reading.
, North;,lsts:i.
Lord CAMPBELL presented petitions from Greenock a considerable majority, agreeing to co-operate with her that he was inclined to trace the increase to the reduc- Ler',l ASHBURTON objected to the Bill, because the aliatene, East
and other towns in Scotland in favour of the Ministerial Mejesty's tsoverojnient in carrying the measure into tion of the customs. But that which he had a right wares of labour would be diminished, and the commerce
measures. eff.-ct. Having had no opportunity- of entertaining the to contend for was, that it had not been injurious to the of the country paralysed, if the measure were carried _Lincoln, York, and Leeds, 18s. 6d. Ws.-
CORN-LAWS. character of the subsequent discussion on the sitcom- revenue, which had increased 400,0001. in two years; into ofred. If these alterations were allowed to be Pro- and York Gs. Gd.
Lord STANLEY presented petitions from different stances that may have led to a change of opinions- and if it were not traced entirely to the former cause, it „eded with, no man could tell what crotchets her Ma- (u
21s.
1).2.)11(111.11,-d3,111nirschrtz;nl,11.1x.ton, Matlock, and Midland,
t(}:::la's-tLrli'ac°lll:lt°slil.ii r:e turd
Junction, places in the counties of Wilts and Cornwall against perhaps it was an echo of the alarm exhibited here-he should certainly be admitted thatit might be traced to the jestx,, Chief Minister might next propose. Any Person
the repeal of the corn-laws. He would now beg to give would not venture to pronounce an opinion. Still the improved condition of the people. And then,how was the who has observed the progress of things in this country North Wester:!, Gs. p.-West Riding Union, 4/. 16s. 6d.hire' 4 p,-
the
that he would, tomorrow, ask to have placed fact remained, that, on the first debate of the Canadian assertion answered, that these reductions of the customs would be made aware that all the changes were traceable e
ThielUsiat JUNE
~iorth
on the table of the House copies of any addresses which A
sessembly, it approved by a large majority of the reso- would have an injurious effect upon the population? lie to obvious causes, from 1825 down to 1837, and siTOCK EXCHANGE.-
1 1 14 -MU., Carlisle, 31s. 6d.-Axholm-e, 30s. 6,113. rilrehri,yHaailifdS(llaairnes,
May have been received from the Legislative Assemblies lution to co-operate with her Majesty's Government on was quite aware that some of their prosperity was to be 1839, and 1842, when the administration was borough, its.-East Coast, 16s. 31.-Grimsby, Louth, and Horns--
of Canada upon the subject of the corn-laws, the measure in relation to the repeal of the corn-laws. traced to bountifill harvests, but that prosperity was also changed, which were ail periods of great distress. castle, 23a. Gl7llO and Barnsley- iT;iurriincLiorlri, 275., 3d.-Leicester and
The Earl of DALHOUSIE said, that in meeting the Whether this apprehension still remained he did not to be traced when they were not blessed with bountiful The prosperity of the country had been great in former : • s
in''-'.dintr•odrtli26's2usi.-LLicoe,is eandaYork, 2 -3glalatio4i; aSisr.cl-1!1'r?flell eettlerJuan'c'd
arguments that had been used en the last night their know, but of this he was satisfied that within a very harvests ; and while lie was quite ready to admit it at years, as well as in the present. The prosperity then then, 445. 9d.-North Staffordshire, 6/. 25.-West Riding man,
Lordships had sat, against the present Government mea- time all short time such apprehension would be proved to be the proper time, he was also ready to deny it was to be was not owing to the free trade measures of a Govern- 41. 15s. 6d.
sure affecting the corn-laws, he endeavoured to contro- unfounded, and lie was convinced this measure would be wholly attributable to it. It was a review of the meat, and in like manner he contended that the present HUDDERSFIELD, JUNE 3.
vent them to the best of his abiiiry, and in productive of the best effects both as regarded the effects of the reduction of the customs which led her prosperity of the country was not owing to the late aits- STOCK EXCHANGE .-The sales are-York , . and North Midland
doing so, quoted an address which had been re- coloni .1 and the commercial interest of the country. . •
Majesty's advisers to propose that she should suggest rations in the commercial policy of the country. I)isap- ior isla No
xtnsion, 33%-lludderstield and Shetlleld 'lliac. 1 , ~ . rth
British, New, 11 -Great Eastern and Western 20s. 6c1.--Manches-
ceived from the Legislative Assembly of Lower The subject then dropped. from the throne a further reduction, in order to proving of this measure, in consequence of the effect it ter, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby, 225. 6d.-North Staffordshire,
Canada, and he founded the arguments he had used The Duke of RICHMOND presented several peti- produce similar beneficial effects. The Government now
prese would have upon the condition of the labourer of this '
1 p.- London and York, 2/. 65.-Direct .Northern, 365.
i upon the statements contained in those addresses ; for YORK, JUNE
tions against the proposed Bill for the abolition of the proposed that the duties should be removed from all country, he could not consider it consistent with the dis- a, , -, 3.
• , and Bury, 6- Leices-
the Government had no reason to believe, from the na-
. corn-laws. the articles of food of first necessity-and they f&t at charge of his public duty if he did not oppose the further ter and
STOCK EXCHANGE.- .ee sal arc-Ipswich
Bedford, 1/. Gs.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle
tore of the contents of these addresses, that the Canadian
RAILWAY LEGISLATION. the same time, that when they did so that it would not be progress of the measure. Junction, 21A -London and York, 21A-Mallon and Drillicld Jane-
Government were adverse to this measure. In what he Earl FITZWILLIAM gave notice that tomorrow fair not to reduce them on others. The duties are to be Lord MONTEAGLE considered it the duty of the Newcastle
snd€(l.ll!"l"lVie2srt,eiri, Bitsixton, Matlock, and MidlarEalx,t3e-
Was now about to state, he would make no allusion to any- he should move a resolution to the effect that the third removed from all articles of cotton and woollen manufac- Government to endeavour to reconcile as much as pos- 93Q-Northsio7l British,rc Cailisle'eataes,
itslieona,ls/sDaricli iotrgtthon
Stafford-
thingr- that had been said out of this House, by which reading of railway Bills should be postponed till all the ture. He would state the amount of the duty which sible, by means of a judicious system of taxation, the shire, 6/. ls.-Welsh Midland, I/. 35.-West Riding Union, 47. IGs.-
he would be infringing any order of their Lordships' railwa Bill, before this andthe other 11-of Pat •I' to be repealed the several articles of
3 - was proposed on two conflicting points with judicious system
d regard to custom duties,
York and North Midland, New (East and West Riding), 11%.
House. But he would endeavour so to allude to a state-
ment came before their Lordships in that stage. The cotton, woollen, and linen. The quantity of these namely, duties levied for the sake of revenue, and those
tient which had been made elsewhere, as that their Noble Lord had (as we understood) said it was also his articles imported last year, with the amount of duty on which were levied for the sake of protection. He thought PRIVATE BILLS.
Lordships would understand by the implication what he move, that when the Bills reached is them, was asfollows .- cotton,
intention to this• - • Ofthe amount ina- the measure before their L dh'
or s ips a step in the right Return of a List "of all the Private Bills applied for during
meant, •
nt, without committing any breach of any order of
their
Lordships' House. What he meant was this, that .
stage they should be referred to a Committee, to deter- ported was in value 39 000/.; of this quantity the duty direction, and ewould not, therefore, stop to
h
.
i '' shouldandwhichshould
mine whien mills pass
and
i d,A:Bia,
itill:
would be removed on 35,3001.-retaining the duty on the small faults with it ; here, there, and everywhere, he tion Contract, or undertaking in lieu of a subscription con-
Upon the day after the debate in this House
SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS ON value of 3,600/. Of woollen goods the total quantity- knew the difficulty of dealing with such an immense in- tract, has been deposited in the Private Bill-office, classi-
a question was put to the first Minister of the Crown in SUNDAY. imported was in value 162,000/. The duty proposed to tercet as that of the customs' duties of the country, and tied according to the nature or object of the work; stating
reference to that debate, which would have the effect of The Bishop of NORWICH presented sixty petitions, he repealed on 158,000/., leaving the duty to be retained considered that, although the present prosperity was the Amount of the Estimate for each work, of the Capital
casting an imputation upon the truth-telling and fairnesstock to be raised in each case, and the Sum authorised
signed by 50,000 persons, earnestly praying her Ma- on 4,0001. Respecting. linen, he could not give the Sc-ac- not entirely owing to the removal of restrictive duties,
of a Noble Lord, a Member of their Lordships' House, • to be Borrowed over and above such Capital Stock, and
est3's Government to take into consideration the' pro- count of the quantity imported very accurately, but he he still thought, as regarded the reduction of the duties
and that that Noble Lord was the Earl of Dalhousie. jerrit'y of diminishing as far as possible the sale of in believed the amount entered was about 12,4531, of which nn raw material, an iMmense benefit had been bestowed showing the Total Amount of the Estimates, Capital and
And the effect of that imputation was that ioxlic-titin liquors Money, to be Borrowed for each Class of such Works."
g on the Lord's day. He believed their the duty was to be retained on 9,900/. His might here both on the trade and commerce of the country. The
at the time that ,he had mentioned the ad- Lordships would recollect that in the year 1834 there observe that the articles on which the duty was to be Noble Lord then proceeded to pass some strictures on SUMMARY.
dress he had now alluded to he was aware was a Committee of the House of Commons, and retained were articles of luxury, such as cambrics, the late measures of the Government, with reference to
of another address having arrived from Canada of a Money
from the evidence laid before them on the subject French lawns, and bordered handkerchiefs. This would the timber and sugar duties, and contended that in both Estimate
nature contrary to that of the one he had been ,Capital authorised
it appeared that the greater part aerate in England was be an answer to the statement made respecting the prin- instances their measures had signally failed of being pro- Description of Bills. of
speaking of. Now he should confess, rued he was not Stock, to be
owing to intoxication. In the year 1839 he believed the ciple of the Bill, that while it was proposed to remove ductive of benefit either to the revenue or to the b • Expense.
ashamed to confess it, that he did feel pained ion he. Borrowed.
Noble Lord .rho sat near him (Earl Stanhope) brought agricultural protection, it professed to do the same with pHe was prepared to rove that England was one of the
at any question having been put respecting him in...._
in a Bill to limit the sale of intoxicatinge liquors from regard to manufactures, but failed to do so. This would
, highest taxed countries in the world, and that labour' X. I X. .
such language, for he was able to say that he had never
Saturday evening till one o'clock on Sunday afternoon. show that such was not the fact. The duty was retained was cheaper also in it than in any other country in the 1. R • I
259,329,450;254,050,760 90 472 095
done anything in his life, either public or private,Railways
By that Act much d had b ' th l• d b -tl t" les named were articles
goo been produced in eon linen goo. s, because ie ar re world d h f h • -" 950 170,000 '226,600
; an , t ere ore, t ere was no necessity for the 2. NavigationandCanals i‘,
Which could merit such an imputation.-(Hear, hear.) - '
metropolis, Manchester and Liverpool, but the opera- of luxury ; whereas the duties on cotton and woollen fears of the Noble Lord with respect to what might he 3. Waterworks 1,786,251 1,950,600 901,433
But he could not but feel annoyed that such a statement
tions of that Act were limited to certain great towns, goods were proposed to be removed because it would effected by cheap labour on the Continent. In 1820 the 4. Ferries and Docks 3,427,183 1,650,000 2,033,000
should have gone forth to the country unexplained by • • • was2,ooo 294,933
and the object of the present petitions that ~ le •classes. llnext to the duty • favour ''
and Harbours 531,627 27
selit the poorest e came
merchants of London petitioned in of free `static, ri. Piers
tim, for it must have had the effect of making an un- 130,000 ... ... 60,000
the operations of that Act might be extended to the on silk. That would come before the House in ase and that petition wes presented by his Noble Fileid (1).• 6; Bridges
favourable impression aeainst him. N , . Now he would a5k22,367
Loads .
otherof England.l
great towns
form, and he wou no en er in(Lord Ashburton),and a more complete ' •
poaite
their Lordships, would it be worth his while to suppresse-
' Miscellaneous
these petitions were of a very singular character. He but he would state briefly the proposed alteration. ment of the principles on which free trade were founded ''''
I,uch a fact when he knew that it would be perfectly ' of it ex- • -
be in the H •
had looked over all them, and was an While the duty now professed to 30 per cent. ; was never yet made to House ; and with respect to 265,842,386 258,370,8 94,270,561
well known to the public the very next morning?
Total
I; . • • it was traordinary fact that there were no marks instead consequence of the alteration made in the tariff of 1826, the fear expressed with regard to Irish linen, he .-.....
ut he begged to assure their Lordships that it was
or mines subscribed to them. Ths• showed that all the it had been found that the silk duty*, instead of being 30 would SST there was no ground for the existence of any
impossible that he could have been aware of • •
physically SUGAR.
the dispatch in question at the time he made this stete- of ' d ' . were not had often ranged from 100 to 300 per cent. apprehension; that trade had flourished in pre ortion as
petitioners were persons e ucitoon. `they
connected with any partieuiar party whatever, for In the Bill he now submitted to their Lordship', the tariff, they withdrew restriction, and had withered whenP pro- The following is an Account of the Quantity of Foreign Sugar
aaent to the House. lie had applied to a private quarteradmitted into consumption in this country, from the 14th
Churchmen, Dissenters, magistrates, clergymen, corpo- with respect to silk was altered, and the duty was now tected ; and he was able to state that the great linen
he felt humbled in having been compelled to do so- day of March, 1845, to the sth day of April,lB46,distino-f
rations of cities, all came fiaeverd to join in the prayer calculated at 15 per cent. or half the orignal duty. In producers felt no apprehension on the subject themselves,
a(Ct toers)-and he had ascertained from that source the guishing that admitted under certificate. as the produce .
of the petitioners ; and he need not say how desirable like manner the Bill dealt with articles of manufacture fle would call their Lordshiles attention to the method
eamer which brought the dispatch arrived at Liverpool . •tree labour, and that which has been admitted under the sti-
when it in such iron, lead, endtin. In 184%) the duty in whichthe present system of finance was
it would be that their prayers should be granted, -
treaty:-
after their Lordships had met on Thursday evening; thepulations of the
dispatch forwarded to the P • rrwhere'
. was Post-office, we, it ht. Id find that when they came to
was known that in London alone upwards of 50 per was 20 per cent , it was now reduced to 10 per cent. conducted. They won _
Admitted under certificate as the produce of .
cent. ofthe • - were owing to drunkenness, and that Indeed he might state that the ruling figure in this renew the income-tax, they would he called upon to pay
crimes
•... ... 91,692 cwts.
rived at o'clock on Friday
their 6 morning„ shortly after
there had been 50 per cent. diminution in the crimes was tariff was 10 per cent., in the same manner that the a fine.-(Hear. hear.) They would be called upon to
Lo '
,rdships had concluded their sittings, and at 10 .
,Admitted under the stipulations of the
eure o thetariff
ofthe operations ofthe Ellof his Noble ruling fie f
in consequence
0 clock that Monung it reached the Colonial-office bytreaty ... ... ... ... ... 396 ~
the ordinary
deliviery of the Post-office; and he himself Friend. The Bill also propesed to reduce the duty upon two the moment ;in fact, he looked upon the whole system --
NoLord DENMANpresentedseveral ft' to awhich entered largely the consumption of
re 1 ions .e articles
as not aware of its orrival until informed of the fact byproposed towas then withdrawn, and the consumption ... .. ... ... 92,088 ~ •
his Honthe Secretary of the Colonies.
, Honourable Friend . . same effect. the poor, namely, butter and cheese. They The amendment
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition reduce the duty upon articles of food, censumPtion, and was read a second time. .
No one, he was sure, could pessibly be aware that the
from almost all the inhabitants of a town in the north clothing., and it would be unjust indeed if the tariff did On the motion of Lord DALHOUSIE, the Bill was
address was 'existencein the course of the debate of
en, in . 'MEETING OF MEXICAN BOND -
h -
of England (the name of which did not reach us), in not include the two articles he had just named. The ordered to be committed on Monday week.
;knursday. Therefore, in that place, as a Peer, and on favour HOLDERS.
his honour, he assured their Lordships that he was not of the Ministerial measures. Bill would reduce the duty on brandy and foreign EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES.
A meeting of Mexican bondholders was held -ester
Earl GREYpetition effect. presented a to the same At present the duty was 225. per gallon, and sprits. The Explosive Substances Bill went through Com- g - -ester
honour,
of the arrival of the mail at the time inday at the London Tavern, at one o'clock, G. C. Robin.
Lord DENMAN presentedpetition from lady, the consequence was a large quantity of brandy and •t
a a
.tee.
Question, or of any intention of the Legislative . I- ' . son, Esq., in the chair, when there was a large assene
praying for relief from their Lordships under the fol- foreign spirits found its way this country through
into
The House then went into Committee on the Bill re-
Assembly of Canada to form any opinion on lowing
the policy of her Majesty's Ministers contrary circumstances._ She had been confined in other channels than the custom-house. They proposed hatingto Friendly Societies, and having gone through
.
. contempt of Court, inasmuch . as' she rein prison
give freduce duty, • hthe view of •
sell to therefore to the not with - Committee, the report was orderedto be brought up
to that which was upon record, and which he believed. for the last meeting, which he stated had been so interrupted
evidence in a certain Case. upon the ground that she creasing the consumption of these articles, nor did to-morrow.----The House then adjourned. that he did not conceive that a right conclusion, and

CORN-LAWS.
Lord STANLEY presented petitions from different
places in the counties of Wilts and Cornwall against
the repeal of the corn-laws. He would now beg to give
notice that he would, to-morrow, ask to have placed
on the table of the House copies of any addresses which
may have been received from the Legislative Assemblies
of Canada upon the subject of the corn-laws.
The Earl of DALHOUSIE said, that in meeting the
arguments that had been used en the last night their
Lordships had sat, against the present Government mea-
sure affecting the corn-laws, he endeavoured to contro-
vert them to the best of his ability, and in
doing so, quoted an address which had been re-
ceived from the Legislative Assembly of Lower
Canada, and he founded the arguments he bad used
Upon the statements contained in those addresses ; for
the Government had no reason to believe, from the na-
ture of the contents of there addresses, that the Canadian
Government were adverse to this measure. In what he
was now about to state, he would make no allusion to any-
thing that had been said out of this House, by which
he would be infringing any order of their Lordships'
House. But he would endeavour so to allude to a state-
ment which had been made elsewhere, as that their
Lordships would understand by the implication what he
meant, without committing any breaco of any order of
their Lordships' House. What he meant was this, that
Upon the day after the debate in this House
a question was put to the first Minister of the Crown in
reference to that debate, which would have the effect of
casting an imputation upon the trutia-telling and fairness
of a Noble Lord, a Member of their Lordships' House,
and that that Noble Lord was the Earl of Dalhousie.
-And the effect of that imputation e as that
at the time that ,he had mentioned the ad-
dress he had now alluded to he was aware
of another address having arrived from Canada of a
nature contrary to that of the on he had been
speaking of. Now he should confess, and he was not
ashamed to confess it, that he did feel pained
at any question having been put respecting him in
such language, for he was able to say that he had never
done anything in his life, either public or private,
which could merit such an imputation.—(Hear, hear.)
But he could not but feel annoyed that such a statement
should have gone forth to the country unexplained by
lain], for it must have had the effect of making an un-
favourable impression against him. Now, he would ask
their Lordships, would it be worth his while to suppress
such a fact when he knew that it would be perfectly
well known to the public the very next morning?
lint he begged to assure their Lordships that it was
Physically impossible that he could have been aware of
-the dispatch in question at the time he made this state-
anent to the House. He had applied to a private quarter
he felt humbled in having been compelled to do so—
(Cheers)—and he had ascertained from that source the
steamer which brought the dispatch arrived at Liverpool
after their Lordships had met on Thursday evening; the
dispatch was forwarded to the Post-office, where it ht.
rived at 6 o'clock on Friday morning, shortly after
their Lordships had concluded their sittings, and at 10
O'clock that morning it reached the Colonial-office by
the
ordinary delivey.y of the Post-office; and he himself
as not aware of its errival until informed of the fact by
;2 Honourable Friend the Secretary of the Colonies.
411-1_ one, he was sure, could pessibly be aware that the
Tddress was its existence in the course of the debate of
iiihursd. Threfere, in tht place, as a Peer, and on
8 honouay e r, he assured their Lordehips that he was not
aware of the arrival of the mail at the time in
question, or of any intention of the Legislative
Assembly of Canada to form any opinion on
the policy of her Majesty's Ministers contrary
to that which was upon record, and which he believed.
contained the sentiments of that assembly on the
question. He should not, however, further comment
Upon that. If it had been necessary to put this gees-
-41
lon, he wished it had been put by some Noble Lord
etthat House to his (Lord Dalhousie's) face. He re•
niusttecl' also that it was put at a time when a week
and when elapse before it was possible for him to reply to it.
he might have had an opportunity of vindicat-
ingauee himself from the charge. He felt it due to himself
he trusted
to their Lordships to offer this explanation, which
tr"ted was satisfactory.—(Cheers.)
Lordknew STANLEY said he was sure every one who
his Noble Friend considered that any statements
m w
made in another place, or elsewhere, which threw any
aspersions ripon his character were without foundation—
(eheers)--lhe was quite sure, that it was out of the
Power of any human being to cast any aspersion on the
personal honour of his Noble Friend. He (Lord Stanley)
was not aware there was any intention to put
the question to which the Noble Lord referred.
He received a copy of the dispatch the fol-
lowing morning, and it was not until in the course
of the next afternoon that he learned that the question
had been put. He was sure the character of the Noble
Lord, both in that and the other House of Parliament,
rendered i 1 unnecessary for him to occupy a single
moment in exculpating him from such charge, which,
if it had been true, would have involved a charge of
neglect of public honour and of public duty. However,
bwas not until that moment that a reply could be given
the Noble Lord that it was the intention of the
U
nder Secretary of the Colonial Department to the
dispatch on the table of the House, and he trusted
that their Lordships would bear with him for a few
moments evhilst he made some observations upon it.
'''e would take that opportunity of saying a few words
on
a serious objections which had been entertained
point
the policy of her Majesty's Government on this
i:it in Canada. He had availed himself of that oppor-
tunitythere to assert that serious objections were entertained
the , not only as that policy was likely to affect
particular interests of the Canadians themselves
letitalso on account of the commercial and political ef-
fects that were likely to arise from the measure then
undero the consideration of their Lordships. They not
their complained that it would, if adopted, prevent
taking British manufactures in return for
their
colonial produce, but it would have the
result
of throwing away the whole of the
capital expended in improving the course of the St.
Lawrence, which is the natural outlet for the produce of
the provinces. He had warned the House that this
policy would be likely to have the injurious effect of
dissevering the tie which held the Canadas to this
country, and induce them to seek an association with
the United States. He would not say that his remarks
had been treated with inattention, but he could not help
recollecting that an assertion had that night been made
that the Canadas were altogether in favour of free trade.
He felt that it would not be right to treat this merely
as a free trade question, but that its commercial
and political bearings ought also to be taken into
account. And whatever might have been thought
of his anticipations, their Lordships would recollect
that within twelve hours after they had been uttered,
and before the recorded opinions of their Lordships
could be made known to the country, an unanimous ad-
dress from the House of Assembly in Canada had been
brought to this country, containing precisely the
same views and apprehensions which he had
himself entertained—echoing. precisely the same
objections in almost the very words which
he
had used. Their Lordships should know that the
House of Assembly was one of the most divided comma-
tities in the world—divided in interest, divided in
character divided in country—consisting of Canadians,
'-,,,.117,10-Canadians. Gallic-Canadians, and men from the
'Llited States ; and yet this divided assembly had
come to an unanimous conclusion against the policy
of the Government. He would read only a very
few words from that address. His Lordship then read
a paragraph from the address, complaining of the inter-
ference of the Ministerial policy with their interests, and
injuring the trade in their produce of grain and timber.
The address then went en to say that the proposed mea-
sure was calculated to retard the progress of agricultural
improvement and check the rising prosperity of the colony.
and would seriously
of Canada to impair the ability of the inhabitants
Britain. They purchase the manufactured goods of Great
mothuerther went on to thank the Parlia-
ment of the r
oe_o entry for the loan of 1,500,000 L
for the purpose
L promoting the public works
in that colony, but
oieonsidered that the proposed
alterations in the law
n protection would so reduce the
prosperity of the canals
proeer public works, as to
render them comparatively
on to state that a check would til)ess.
of agricultural productioennl The address went
placed on the encou-
a:ld also that it would
ragement
prevent the influx of emigrants from
and consequently that the inhabitant: mother country.
benefit of their capital and skill. And, Ivould lose the
that it was next to be feared that shoutrl?i; e it stated
inhabi-
tants of Canada find, in consequence of the withdrawal
all protection, that they could not compete with
ie
h
United States in the only market open for them, the
tey a
ie
would materially begin to doubt if their remaining
portion of the British empire will be of that permanent ad-
vantage which theyhave hitherto found it to be. The Noble
Lord went on to say that these were considerations of
very grave importance as well to her Majesty as to the
people of the province. The dutiful inhabitants of the
provin • ce stated in their address that they should be
sorry if any measure was passed calculated to weaken
the ties which had for so many years bound
them to the parent state. They cOnsidtied it
the greatest evil that could possibly hefal
them, Their Lordships would remember the time when
this address was sent, to whom it was allressed, and the
strong, yet loyal and e.ffectienate terms in which it was
couched. It would, he thought, give a satisfactory
vindication of the apprehensions he entertained. He
deeply regretted that it did not arrive before their
Lordships decided upon the second reading of
the Bill. Ile trusted, however, that it was not
yet too late to remove these apprehensions. Their
Lordships would bear in mind the loyal and dutiful ad-
dress unanimously agreed to by the people of Canada.
Lord LYTTELTON laid on the table several papers
from the colonies, and among others the address from
Canada, which the Noble Lord who had just sat down
alluded to. The papers included several addresses on
the subject of the Ministerial measure, viz., the corn-laws,
which had already been laid on the table of the House of
Commons, In regard to the general observations of the

been 19,600,000!. In tl.e year 1843 there was a reduc-
tion of 17,000/ in the export duties, but the revenue
was 20,200,000/ In the year 1844 there was a reduc-
tion of 286,0001., and in the year 1845 the customs were
reduced 2,418,0001., making a total in these two years of
up+-rads of 2 700,000 L; yet the customs' duties in the
year 1844 were 21,000,0001., and in the year 1845 the
revenue had fallen, not to the amount of 2,700,000/e but
only 600,000/, the revenue of that year hein 19,800,000/.
From the year 1843 to the year 1845 there had been a
reduction in the customs' duties of 2,214,0001, and not-
withstanding this, the customs' revenue in the year
1845 was 19,800,000/, while in the year 1842, it was
only 19 600,0001. ; thus showing, that while
you have reduced upwards of 2,000,0001. of duties
during the last four years, the revenue from the customs
for the last year was 200,0001. larger than the year in
which you commenced these reductions. Now, he was
not at all inclined to lead their Lordships to suppose
that he was inclined to trace the increase to the reduc-
tion of the customs. But that which he had a right
to contend for was, that it had not been injurious to the
revenue, which had increased 400,0001. in two years;
and if is were not traced entirely to the former cause, it
should certainly be admitted thatit might be traced to the
improved condition of the people. And then, how was the
assertion answered, that these reductions of the customs
would have an injurious effect upon the population? He
was quite aware that some of their prosperity was to be
traced to bountiful harvests, but that prosperity was also
to be traced when they were not blessed with bountiful
harvests ; and while he was quite ready to admit it at
the proper time, he was also ready to deny it was to be
wholly attributable to it. It was a review of the
effects of the reduction of the customs which led her
Majesty's advisers to propose that she should suggest
from the throne a further reduction, in order to
produce similar beneficial effects. The Government now
proposed that the duties should be removed from all
the articles of food of first necessity—and they f&t at
the mine time, that when they did so that it would not be
fair not to reduce them on others. The duties are to be
removed from all articles of cotton and woollen manufac-
ture. He would state the amount of the duty which
was proposed to be repealed on the several articles of
cotton, woollen, and linen. The quantity of these
articles imported last year, with the amount of duty on
hem, was as follows:—Of cotton, the amount im-
ported was in value 39 000/.; of this quantity the duty
would be removed on 35,3001.—retaining the duty on the
value of 3.600/. Of woollen goods the total quantity
imported was in value 162,000/. The duty proposed to
he repealed on 158,0001., leaving the duty to be retained
on 4,000/. Respecting linen, he could not give the ac-
count of the quantity imported very accurately, but he
believed the amount entered was about 12,4531., of which
the duty was to be retained on 9,900/. Ho might here
observe that the articles on which the duty was to be
retained were articles of luxury, such as cambrics,
French lawns, and bordered handkerchiefs. This would
by an answer to the statement made respecting the prin-
ciple of the Bill, that while it was proposed to remove
agricultural protection, it professed to do the same with
regard to manufactures, but failed to do so. This would
show that such was not the fact. The duty was retained
on linen goods, because the articles named were articles
of luxury ; whereas the duties on cotton and woollen
goods were proposed to be removed because it would
benefit the poorest classes. He next came to the duty
on silk. That would come before the House in a sepa-
rate form, and he would not enter into the subject then ;
hut he would state briefly the proposed alteration.
While the duty now professed to be 30 per cent. ; in
consequence of the alteration made in the tariff of 1826,
it had been found that the silk duty, instead of being 30
per cent., had often ranged from 100 to 300 per cent.
IN the Bill he now submitted to their Lordship:, the tariff,
with respect to silk was altered, and the duty was now
calculated at 15 per cent. or half the orignal duty. In
like manner the Bill dealt with articles of manufacture
in metal, such as iron, lead, and tin. In 1842 the duty
was 20 per cent , it was now reduced to 10 per cent.
Indeed he might state that the ruling figure in this
tariff was 10 per cent., in the same manner that the
ruling figure of the tariff of 1842 was 20 per cent.
The Bill also proposed to reduce the duty upon two
articles which entered largely into the consumption of
the poor, namely, butter and cheese. They proposed to
reduce the duty upon articles of food, consumption, and
clothing, and it would be unjust indeed if the tariff did
not include the two articles he had just named. The
Bill would reduce the duty on brandy and foreign
spirits. At present the duty was 225. per gallon, and
the consequence was a large quantity of brandy and
foreign spirits found its way into this country through
other channels than the custom-house. They proposed
therefore to reduce the duty, not with the view of in-
creasing the consumption of these articles, nor did
they think it would has • that effect, but to de-
feat the operations of the smuggler. The first
article to which he would direct their Lordships' at-
tention was one. the reduction of the duty upon
which would be felt as a great benefit—he meant the
article of timber. It would he in their Lordships reedl
lection that, in the year 1842, a reduction was made in
the duties both of foreign and colonial timber ; the duty
on colonial timber was, in fact, reduced to a nominal
duty of Is., and the duty on foreign timber was reduced
from 555. to 355. The returns which had been laid be-
fore their Lordships would show what the effect of that
reduction had been. The quantity imported had in-
creased from 342,000 in the year previous to the reduc-
tion to 757,000 in the year 1845. There had also been
a great difference in the price of timber since the reduc-
tion. In 1842 the price of Canadian yellow timber was
from 3/ ss. to 3/. 15s. ; in 1843 it was from 21. 15s. to
3/. 15s. ; in 1843 it was from 2/. 15s. to 3/. ss. ; in
1844 it was from 2/. 15s. to 3/. 55.. but on the 6th of
January, 1846, the price was ranged between 41. 7s. 6d.
and 4/. 12s. 6d. Since the reduction of duty on timber
there had been a vast demand for that article, both co-
lenial and foreign, and her Majesty now proposed to
make a further reduction, so that the duty, upon the sth
of April, in 1847, upon foreign timber, should be from
255. to 20s. ; on the sth of April, 1848, from 20s. to
159.; the colonial timber to be liable to the usual nominal
duty of Is. He now wished to say a few words as to
the principle on which the measure was founded. Upon
the first reading of the Bill it was stated by Noble
Lords, as an objection to the measure, that it left undone
many things that it ought to have done—that as it was
a free-trade measure, it should be carried out on pure
free-trade principles. Now he disclaimed any such cha-
racter for this Bill. The principle of the measure was
that which was recommended to their Lordships from
the throne, namely, the removal of prohibitory, and
the reduction of protective duties. He did not profess,
in submitting this measure to their Lordships, that there
were not many inconsistencies and anomalies in the tariff,
as it at present stood. There were many considerations
which made it necessary that it should be so. He sub-
mitted this measure to their Lordships, simply as a
measure for the removal of protective duties ; and he
would now state to their Lordships that which he had
said on a former evening, namely, that her Majesty's
Government believed the principle of protection to be
unsound of itself—(Cheers)—but that, at the same time,
they reserved to themselves the right of carrying out the
remission of those duties gradually, cautiously, and
slowly, as the exigencies of the times would permit ; and
that while they were desirous of reducing those protec-
tive duties upon various articles, they would do so, not
without reference to the effects it would produce upon
any particular system ; and, above all, not without re-
ference to the effects it would produce upon the revenue
itself. On these grounds, therefore, he commended this
measure to their Lordships, not under the nick-name,
if he might be permitted to use the expression, which had
been given to it, but as a measure, the principle of which
was the removal of the prohibitory duties, and the
gradual removal of protective duties, for the benefit of
the consumers, without, as her Majesty's Government
believed, injuring the produce ; and he trusted that their
Lordships would see no reason for withholding their
assent to it.—(Hear, hear.)
The LORI) CHANCELLOR having put the question,
The Duke of RIC El NIOND said he should move that
the Bill be read a second time that day six months, on
the very grounds that had been urged by his Noble
Friend, namely, because its object was the removal of
protective duties.—(Hear, hear.) And in doing so, he
contended that it was unconstitutional to make use of
her Majesty's name in the manner in which his Noble
Friend had used it.—(Hear, hear.) It was in direct vio-
lation of the principle of that House to say, in support
of that measure, that it had been recommended in the
Queen's speech ; for what was the Queen's speech but
the speech of her Ministers ?
Lord DALIIOUSIE explained that he did not make
use of her Majesty's name in the manner imputed to him.
The Duke of RICHMOND then went on to say that
he was glad to find his Noble Friend admitting that it
was unconstitutional to make use of her Majesty's name
in support of any measure laid before their Lordships.
His Noble Friend had not told the House the value, at
the present moment, of the articles which he meant to
abolish. Now he said that he was about to recommend
the reduction of the duty on butter and cheese. He be-
lieved they would find these duties were increasing
duties, and any reduction on them was contrary to the
policy of the constitution ; and the reduction was no
reason for the removal of the duties on matters connected
with the agricultural interests. The Government had
also removed many of the duties on manufactured
cotton. His Noble Friend sitting behind him, had said
that the cotton manufacturers had declared that they
wanted no protection, and that by their skill and in-
dustry, and heavens knows what, they were rendered in-
dependent of any protection whatever. If the principle of
the present measure were to be acknowledged, why not
carry it out with fairness and liberality ? He did not
see why the labourer's and farmer's wife should not
have a cheap and a good dress, as well as the Minister's
lady. His only objection to the taking away of protec-
tion was, that it employed foreign labour instead of the
labour of this country. Foreign paper might come in
at a cheap price ; hut let it not be at too low a price, to
g at present were earning on the average
supersede English. labour. He believed the artizans in
to earn. Then as was not too much for an ope-
rativespirituous liquors ; he thong
sufficient means of
find that the Custom-house possessed
paper-staining
aatue-ek, and
that
to the reduction on silks and
preventing smuggling to any injurious extent. ht hi.soNusoebxleteFnrtl.enldtac'oouulldd
one quarter of the smuggling that was carried
other
twenty years ago. After the division on the
tie found, that at the present moment there ch.ddnoont
some
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sl lt
fio
ind ai
np rdeevtiaoiuosi n night,tb
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hi
longer than to enter his most distinct protest against the
let et
tdeni dt
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no t of htlki elitre
Bill, and against the principles of theßill. He did move that
the Bill be read a second time that day six months, and
Lshoordulsdbibpes
at the same time he could not help expressing his firm
conviction that the employment of foreign labourers
should
The not be preferred to their own.
the
meaEsuarrel owfas7t that
there existed WICKLOW said .the
an anomaly graenatobajley in notctionto
carrying out the principles to all. The Bill as it stood
showed a system of injustice, inasmuch as all classes
would not be benefited by the contemplated reduction of
duties. He found that there were 48 items included in
the list, and out of that number 22 were connected with

Friend. -
Lord DENMAN presented several retitions to tl.e
same effect.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition
from almost all the inhabitants of a town in the north
of England (the name of which did not reach us), in
favour of the Ministerial measures.
Earl GREY presented a petition to the same effect.
Lord DENMAN presented a petition from a lady,
praying for relief from their Lordships under the fol-
lowing circumstancesi—She had been confined in prison
for contempt of Court, inasmuch as she refused to give
evidence in a certain case, upon the ground that she
had a religious scruple against taking an oath,
and the consequence of her contempt was that
it had cost her one year's income. While upon the
subject he begged to say that a short Bill was about to
he introduced affording a remedy in such cases.
Lord REDESDALE presented several petitions
against a breach of the gauge in the formation of rail.
ways.
CUSTOMS' DUTIES (TARIFF) BILL.
The Earl of DA LHOUSIE, on rising to move the
second reading of the Customs' Duti presented
several petitions praying that this Bill, now before
Their Lordships, be passed. In doing so, he begged to
say that, as this was a Bill composed almost en-
tirely of matters of detail, he would not enter
at any length upon the reasons which had in-
duced the Government to introduce this measure.
In 1842 the Government proposed to your Lordships
that there should be an entire revision of the tariff, with
a view, principally, to the removal of prohibitory duties,
and the removal of those which were simply
protective. The proposition then adopted was
not for the first time, as it was merely fol-
lowing the example of the commercial policy
of this country for twenty years before, and it was but
an advance in the same -direction to which that legisla-
tion tended. lie would not call their attention further
back than 1819, when many of their Lordships would
recollect that reductions were made in the custom duties.
Between 1819 and 1826 still more numerous and larger
changes were made. It must be in the recollection
of all their Lordships, that very great changes were made
even in the navigation laws; in our colonial commercial
policy; that large reductions were made upon nearly all
the principal articles imported into tliis country, and
with respect to some of them the duties were repealed
altogether. But when her Majesty's Ministers
approached the consideration of the tariff in 1842, a
mass of duties was imposed upon different articles regu-
lated apparently by no principle whatever—no one
principle pervaded the whole. Under the superinten-
dence of the then President of the Board of Trade and
the Secretary for the Colonies, an entire revision of the
tariff took place—the articles were classified and the
charges regulated upon a fixed scale. The principles
which were applied to that tariff were these:—That as
far as possible there should be a duty on raw materials of
20 per cent., and on manufactured materials 10 per cent.
That principle aas applied to the law, and upon that
principle it was adopted. There had been laid upon
the table of the House a list of the principal articles on
which changes had been made—they amount
to nearly 600 on which reductions were made
amounting to nearly 1,300,000/. In the fol-
lowing year still further reductions were made in
the customs' duties. In 1843 reductions were made in
seven different articles. In 1844 reductions were made
in four articles producing a great amount of revenue; and
in 1843, alterations. were made in 112 articles, 54 of which
were totally repealed ; and in that year a very large
number of articles producing a large amount of revenue
were expunged from the tariff, as far as the duties were
concerned, although their names were retained for the
purposes of registration and statistics. Now these
reductions were effected in the firm belief that

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(YESTERDAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
GROUP 1.
LONDON AND YOWL (TEE EASTZE,N

COUNTIES).

The Committee met again this day at eleven o'clock ; the
Earl of Lovelace, chairman.
Upon the Committee having called on the parties to pro-
ceed,

Mr. AUSTIN rose and addressed the Committee in support
of the preamble for the Eastern Counties line. The Learned
Counsel proceeded at great length to lay the favourable
points of the case before the Committee, laying much r,Z.ress
upon the fact of the engineering merits of the Eastern
Counties' scheme over that of the London and York.
Mr. AUSTIN was all day engaged in addressing their Lord-
ships. The Learned Gentleman went into the traffic on both
lines of railway, and contended that the coal traffic of the
London and York was made out on a false estimate, inas-
much as coal was to be had cheaper in London than that which
would be brought by the London and York Railway. This he
sought to prove by comparing the returns of coal brought by
the Eastern Counties line with the assumed returns of the
proposed London and York line. The Learned Counsel con-
cluded by calling upon the Committee to declare the preamble
of the Eastern Counties' Bill proved.
The Committee wished to learn whether the parties on
both sides were ready to make any arrangement with the
landowners.

The following is an Account of the Quantity of Foreign Sugar
admitted into consumption in this country, from the 14th
day of March, 1845, to the sth day of April, 1846, distin-
guishing that admitted under certificate as the produce of
free labour, and that which has been admitted under the sti-
pulations of the treaty :
Admitted under certificate as the produce of •
free labour ... ... 91,692 cwts,
Admitted under the stipulations of the
treaty ...

day at the London Tavern, at one o'clock, G. C. Robin-
son, Esq., in the chair, when there was a large assem-
blage of the proprietors of this stock.
The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by alluding to

the last meeting, which he stated had been so interrupted
that he did not conceive that a right conclusion, and
he trusted, therefore, that no such interruption would
now take place. Mr. Robinson then read the corre-
pondence with Mr. Slider and with the other agents of
the Mexican Government, the substance of which was that
the Mexican Government, feeling itself unable to meet
its engagements, had determined to propose a consolida-
tion of the debt into one general stock, after the follow-
_ _

Jig portions :—the whole debt, amounting to 10,241,650/.
to the purposes of the active debt ; 5,961,6511.
to the debentures on debt created sth March last,

4,650,0001. The means to be provided would then be
applied to the active stock, 5,032,4851., and 3,074,4001.,
to the deferred bonds. The amount of the redemption
fund, for the purpose of satisfying the hypothecations
on the tobacco revenue, would be 2,134,7651., but on this
latter revenue there would also be the charge of the

political expenses of the State.
The report then went on to state that, considering the
present position of Mexico, the Committee did not hesi-
tate to recommend that this proposition for the Mexican
Government should be accepted. but with the under-

Mr. AUSTIN said that there had been no proposition made
to his clients by the landowners.
Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM said that his clients were wil-
ling to do everything towards an agreement with the landed
proprietors. They would be willing to place the case in the
hands of Mr. Edwin Lascelles, who would settle the amount
of compensation without going to a jury.
It was then announced that Mr. Sergeant Wrangham
would address the Committee, in reply to the whole case, at
eleven o'clock to-morrow.
The Committee then adjourned.

standing that this was to be a final arrangement, and
that no circumstances whatever should hereafter inter-

tere with the application of the state revenues to the
satisfaction of this debt ; with respect to the

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP XVII.

MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON AND
SOUTH WESTERN (ROMSEY AND RED-
BRIDGE BRIM CH.)
The Committee re-assembled this morning at twelve
o'clock ; the Hon. E. Yorke in the chair.
Mr. HILL, QC., before proceeding with business, com-
plained that the promoters had prevented them from obtain-
ing copies of the formal proofs put in on Friday, as on each
application at the Standing Orders'-office, which applications
had been renewed again and again until this morning,
they found the promoters busily engaged in making copies,
and therefore found it impossible to obtain copies.
11Ir.
thrown any obstructions in the way of the opponents of the
Then were
rie)EvaryQ.c.,
line.
voluminous, and the copying of them
required time.
The CHAIRMAN considered that the Committee could not
interfere, as the documents were in the custody of the officers
of the House of Commons, and were open to the parties.
After considerable discussion,
Mr. ALEXANDER stated that the whole of the documents
would be at liberty in the course of an hour.
The CHAIRMAN then intimated that they were ready to
hear the opening of the case on behalf of the

application of the several portions of the revenue
to the active and deferred bonds ; considering

that an equitable sacrifice was to be made, the appro-
priation was as fair as possible. With these observa-
tions, the Chairman would conclude with stating that he
was quite ready to answer any questions that might be
put to him.—(Cheers.)
Mr. CARD then addressed the chair, contending that

it was unfair that the claims of the active bondhOlders
should come on the 20 per cent. revenue. The speaker
continued amid much interruption, till at -length
the Chairman obtained a hearing, and he concluded by
moving that the proposition be accepted.
•
The motion having been put,
A SHAREHOLDER stated that he would have no objec-
tion whatever to accede to the proposition, provided
Baron Rothschild, Mr. Baring, Mr. Thornton, or any
other parties, would become security for the half-
yearly dividends.—(Laughter.) But when he recollected
that precisely the same premises had been made twelve
or thirteen years ago, then he saw that one-fifth of
the revenues of Vera Cruz and Tampico were to be
applied for the payment of the interest, and this he be-
lieved a very insufficient proportion of the whole reve-
nues of the country. When he recollected espe-
cially that the population of the country was
eight millions, and the revenues upwards of
5,000,0001., he thought that it was no reply that
there had been a war between Mexico and Texas, for

ya.a.o& •• ....., ... .
that was a bloodless and inexpensive war. It was a
paltry sum to apply only 460,0001. a year out of the
tobacco revenues for such a country as this; and he
thought that some better agreement than this ought to
be made. He should, therefore, oppose any such settle-
ment as that which had been moved. _

the removal of the duties upon various ar__
Iles, and especially those protected, were beneficial
to the consumer and to the manufacturer also.
The object was to effect a reductilea on the raw material,
and those articles of consumption which contributed
largely to the revenue, in e
operatectation that the in-
crease of the consumption wouledxsPoc.prevent
the revenue from suffering at all from the acsh to
would take a few articles by way of showing what had
been the effects of this measure. In 1842 and 1844
there had been large reductions in the duty on cotton
in the first instance from Is. 3d. to Bd., and then to 40!
In 1843, the amount imported was upwards of
30,000,0001b5. ; in 1844, it was 31,300,0001b5. ; in 1845,
it was 33,200,0001b5.; and since the returns there had also
been a large increase. The next article he would take
would be sugar. There had been a large reduction of
the duty on sugar in 1844. In that year the importa-
tion was 4,000,000 cats. ; subsequently, and before the
end of the year, it had increased to 4,100,000 cwts. In
1845 it was 4,800,000 cwts. It should be recollected
that sugar was an article which induced the CCM-
sumption of other articles, and accordingly them
was a great increase in the importation of tea
between 1841 and 1844, and again between 1844 and
1845. In the article of currants, which, however in-
siguificant it might appear, yet contributed largely to
the revenue and to the comforts of the people,
there had also been a great reduction of duty.
Between 1844 and 1846 the increase was from
There 2,300,had
000
to 2,845,000 and to 3,209,000 pounds.
also been a large reduction on the raw ma-
terial for linen, with a correspondent effect.
It was not merely in the imports of one particular article
that their Lordships were to look for the effect of the
reduction in the duties, because by a reduction in one sr-
' tiele, a stimulus was given to various other branches of
manufacture. Their Lordships would find, upon look-
ing to the imports of the last four years, there had
been a large increase in the amount of imports. From a
document which he held in his hand, it appeared that
the
imports, in round numbers, were in
1841
1842
1843
1844
71,000,000
1845
having risen from the year 1841
to 1845 Bfrom,2ootoh,eoosOom
of 59,000 0001. to 82,000,0001, The same effect shows
itself as regards the The real and declared
value of the English and I
rish was in
1840
1841 £51,000,000
1842
1843
52,000,000
1844 • 58,000,000
1845
having risen since the year 1840 from 51,000,00
60,000,0001., showing an increase of 9,000,000/woith n
to
this period. He would now direct their Lordships' atten-
tion to the effects which these reductions had had on the
revenue. He would not trouble their Lordships with a
detached estimate of the whole revenue, but only with
that part of it including the customs. n the year 1842
a reduction was made in the customs' duties of
1,338,000/. The net produce of the customs, ex-
clusive of corn, for the year 1843, was 19.600,000/.
Notwithstanding this reduction of 1,338,000/. in
the year 1842, the revenue from the customs had

An amendment was then moved that the recommenda-
tion of the committee should be agreed to, provided
a full payment of the three last dividends could be made
in stock, which would have the effect of substituting for
every 1001. 3 per Cent. coupon an amount of 971. lOs.

stock.
It was then stated by . a bondholder that he appeared
for a very large proprietor, and he wished to know
whether the recommendation of the committee was
unanimous ?
Mr. CABEL stated, before the news of the war between
Mexico and the United States arrived the committee
had been unanimous.
A BONDHOLDER wished to know whether there was
any guarantee for the safety of this proposition ; whe-
ther, in fact, there was any surety that the amonnt of
tobacco hypothecated would be paid. For his part he
would rather that there should be a reduction of interest
rather than of capital. •
To the question proposed the CHAIRMAN replied that
whatever might have been the violations of their engage-
ments by individuals, those of :the Government had
always boen respected. By the Bch article it was stipu
lated that 96,875 dollars should be applied to the de-
fraying the 1,162,500 dollars annual interest, and 20,833
dollars to the 200,000. As regarded the probability of
their being any power of a British Minister to interfere
in the event of the Americans seizing upon the revenues
of the country, he could not say, but he might remind
the meeting that according to the agreement these sums
would be paid monthly into the bands of Manning and
Marshall, who are British subjects resident in the coun-
try, and who are agents of the country, so that inter-
national law would appear to be in favour of such a
right.
To this remark of the Chairman Mr. CABEL replied
by stating his belief that the security was not sufficient;
and as circumstances might arise which would alter the
state of the case materially, he should, therefore, suggest
that the meeting should adjourn till after the arrival of
the next American packet.
It was decided that this suggestion could not at pre-
sent be entertained, and a conversation ensued as to the
value of the stock; but nothing ensued that the effect of
the change would be on the value of the bonds.
Mr. WARING protested against any supposition that
they were come there to fight a battle, but to entertain
the recommendation. of the Committe, and to do justice
to all parties, whether they be Active or Deferred Bond-
holders. Had not the news of the war arrived, he
should have voted for the resolution, but as no evil
could arise from delaying the advices to Mexico until
after the 19th, when they would obtain direct informa-
tion from Mexico, and be in possession also from the
United States, he thought it would be better to wait
until then.
A BONDHOLDER stated that, calculating the over-
due coupons of the active debt, he found the value of the
stock to be at the rate of 1151., and on the deferred debt
921. 10s.; the proportionate value then would be for the
former 901., and for the latter 721. If the meetfng as-
sented to this proposition, they would be making a sa-
crifice of the large sum of 2,139.765/., as the Mexican
Government would immediately sell again that sum in the
market, and thus the bondholders would be shorn of this
portion of their capital without obtaining any additional
security for the remainder. He would, therefore, sug-
gest that the amendment should be withdrawn, and that
for adjournment come substantively before the meeting.
The amendment was then put, but it was opposed by
Mr. T. D. Poles, who expressed his opinion that the de-
lay would be of no service. In the event of the Ameri-
can war being continued, and the &amities of the Meal-