The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-19 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
TUESDAY, APRIL 18.
CROWN AND GOVERNMENT SECURITY BILL
Order for Third heading read ; Motion made, and Ques-
tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read the third time :"
—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now,' ;and at
the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six
months ."—Question put, " That the word now' stand part
of the Question." The House divided:—
MAJORITY—AYES, 293.

MINORITY-NOES, 40.
Adair, R. Shafts Jackson, William Scrope, G. P.
Blake, M. J. Keating, Robert Scully Francis
Bowring, Dr. Kershaw, Jam( s Smith, John B.
Clay, James Lushington, Charles Sullivan, Michael
Cabbell, 13. B. ' Mogan, 1% . H. Thompson, Colonel
Crawford, W. S. Martin, Samuel '1 hompson, George
Devereux, J. T. Moleswortb, Sir W. Trelawny, J. S.
Duncan, George Mowatt, Francis Walmsley, Sir J.
Evans, J. Muutz, G. F. Williams, John
Fox, Richard M. 0 Connor, Fears is Wood, W. P.
Fox, W. J. Pechell, Captain
Gardner, Richard Pilkington, James TILLERS.
Greene, John Reynolds, John Ilume, Joseph
Henry, Alexander Salwey, Colonel Bright, John
Hindley Charles Scholefleld, William

MINORITY IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS ON THE
SECOND READING OF THE ELECTION RECOG-
NIZANCES BILL, ON MONDAY.
Lord Chancellor Lords Lyndhurst Lords Campbell
Earls Zetland Brougham Sudeley
Stratford Denman Milford.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION.

_ -
Sir,—On Monday the 17th was a debate of con-
siderable interest, on the reduction of the duties on
foreign copper. The Protectionists, joined with a
number of the Cornish Members, put the question on
the old footing, of the injury done to British industry
by the introduction of 52,000 tons of foreign copper.
It is wonderful to me, that nobody stood up to say,
that these 52,000 tons were just as much the produc-
tion of British industry, as any that are raised in
ornwall. For is not the fact, that you at
Bradford, or your neighbours at Leeds, make
this copper when you make what it is
got in exchange for,
dribbled out from one e as truly .asif it
ends of your machines ? And
are you not as good as Cornish much right to live ? This then men, and
leading point
and have as
for reply ; and why the manufacturing interestshould not make this answer as often
tionists put forward the other proposition, is a sec et
I cannot penetrate. All absurdities re er-
quire a
severing opposition before they are dropped from p
the
thoughts and conversation of the public. To this day men look blank when the salt is spilled, and shiver when a coffin bounces from the fire. And it
is only because a set has been made against such
follies, that they:have lost the hold they had upon our
forefathers. Protection to British industry, must in
the same way be talked down into the class of old
wives' theories.

Mr. Gladstone evidently wished to carry the matter
further, and to institute an inquiry into the effect of
what is called the " nominal duty." And here I
cannot help believing that he is diving into matter of
great importance to the commercial classes. If the
leaders of trade and commerce would set themselves
to calculate the actual detriment to them arising from
being shackled with what is pettingly called a
nominal duty, and how it operates on them under
circumstances of competition with other countries, I
cannot help thinking they would be surprised by
the result. And another point to which I wish they
would direct their attention, is the glibness with
which when a duty is to be laid to their disadvantage,
it is talked of as if duties were pure presents from
heaven to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and
nobody paid them. Surely the fact that when a duty
is paid, somebody pays it, is a reason why it should
not be spoken of as an unbalanced good, or be con-
sidered as anything else than a painful sacrifice to a
melancholy necessity.
Tuesday was principally notable by the conclusion
of the " Crown and Government Security" Bill ;
which was carried through its last stage in the Com-
mons with a majority of 295 against 40.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
T. PEI RONET THOMPSON.
Blackheath, London, April 19, 1848. I

BE WDLE Y ELECTION.
BEWDLEY, TUESDAY, LIALF- PAST 1 p.m.-The poll
commenced this morning at eight o'clock, and has con-
tinued with spirit up to this time.
Lord Mandeville's friends rushed early to the poll, and
at ten o'clock he had a majority of nearly one half, the
numbers being as follow:-

llande';ille (Conservative)
Lyttolton (Liboral)

Majority
The friends of the Hon. S. Lyttelton now came to the
poll, and reduced the majority a trifle, so that at twelve
o'clock the poll stood thus:—
Mandeville 144
Lyttelton

Majority 2B
During the next hour only ten were polled at Bewd-
ley, and these diminished the majority of Lord Man-
deville by two, but the return from Stourport had not
been received. The numbers at a quarter past one
o'clock were—
Mandeville

Lyttelton

122

Majority for Mandeville
The majority is too great to admit of its being over-
come at this late hour. The numbers polled at the last
election were—for Mr. Ireland (Conservative), 160; for
Sir Thomas Winnington, 158. The number of electors
on the register is about the same as last year.