The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-10 00:00:00

SUN, LOND'ON

for Birmingham yesterday whether they had ever heard
of anything being manufactured in Birmingham
for foreign consumption. They said often; and I
believe a large proportion of the manufactures of
Birmingham were of that kind which it is now
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expense of another, whose business it is to make
articles for foreign consumption.—(Hear.) Really,
then, I think that sufficient attention has not been paid
to this matter, or no one could ever have thought of
putting down one-half of the manufactures of the coun-
try to allow the other half to live.—(Hear, hear.)
After a tew words from Mr. ROBINSON,
Colonel SIBTHORP asked when the Budget would
be d?IIER gave it as his opinion that the
manufactures
the country suffered more from free-
trade than
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he begged to say a few words in explanation. He did
not consider this order in the view taken by the Noble
Lord opposite. He did not, however, consider it as a
matter for which _they were not to be grateful, or not as
a matter of great importance. Certainly it had not been
adopted with a view to injure other classes of the people,
still less was there any retaliation meant in reference to
the depriving the English workmen in France of their
employment. The case was more analogous to that of a
lady, who, living in the country, might have had her
dresses from London or Paris, and who living in a vil-
lage, and finding the villagers were in a distressed condi-
tion, should give orders that the materials should be
furnished by the inhabitants of the locality, instead of
their being brought from London or Paris. The Lord
Chamberlain, he believed, was not a Protectionist in
L opinion, but might have advised such an order out of
good feeling.
Sir W. MOLES%VORTH said this was a silly, foolish
' order of the Lord Chamberlain ; and he was informed,
on the best authority, that there was not the slightest
chance that it would be acted upon.
Colonel SIBTHORP said he should to-morrow (this
' day) again put the question he had put to the Noble
Lord, to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and that he
should then insist upon a reply.—(Hear.)
Lord W. BENTINCIi begged to ask the Under-Secre-
tary for the Colonies whether disastrous news had not
been received from the Mauritius, by advisee up to the
15th of February?
Mr. HAWES said dispatches had been received by
the Government by the Lady Smith, and it did not ap-
pear from those advises that there were any peculiar cir-
cumstances attaching to the state of the colony ; on the
contrary, the state of things was then more favourable
than usual.
The Marquis of GRANBY expressed his thanks to
her Majesty for having come forward on this occasion.
Such was the extent of distress in Coventry, that in seven
weeks 40,000 loaves of bread had been given in relief.

The motion was agreed to.
Mr. FORBES begged to ask the Hon. Member for
Dartmouth whether it was his intention to proceed with
the motion of which he had some time since given
notice having reference to the grievances of distillers?
Mr. MOFFATT, in reply, said that he had no inten-
tion of abandoning such a measure. The delay had
been caused solely and exclusively on the part of the
Government, they having declared their intention to
bring in a large measure of reform in the excise-laws.
lie would renew his noticwen the earliest possible day.