The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-18 00:00:00

TUTS :DAY EVENING,

Sir CHARLES LEMON moved the appointment of
a Select Committee to inquire into the effects of the
existing duties on the importation and production of
copper ores.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHN,UER resisted
the motion, on the ground, which he had Held down by a
reference to the imports of this and other countries, that
the manufacturer and workman of this country bad a
direct interest in the increased importation of foreign
copper, which increase he was anxious to effect by a
reduction of duty, notwithstanding that the revenue
might at first be diminished in consequence. He showed
that while the importation of copper from Chili into
France, ay.d Hamburgh, had increased since 1842, it
had decreased in this country; and that smelted copper,
instead of being imported from England, was now im-
ported from Chili, and that consequently while the ex-
ports from this country had fallen off, they had increased
from Chili. He corroborated this statement by a refer-
ence to the exports of England to France, which in
1845 were 7,000 tons, and in 1847 only 3,700 tons, while
the importation into France from Chili of the same de-
scription of copper had increased in 1845 200 tons, and
in 1847, 1,100 tons. He also referred to a letter, dated
last December, from Mr. Petre, our consul at Philadel-
phia, and who had been a Member of that House, in
which he stated that already two large smelting compa-
nies had been formed there, and that others were talked
of. He was, therefore, anxious to do in this case as had
been done in that of foreign wool, to which he thought
it parallel.
Mr. LABOUCHERE contended that the reduction
of these duties would give a great impulse to one of the
most valuable trades of this country. As to our own
copper miners, employers and employed, they would
always enjoy a most efficient protection in the heavy
freight of copper ore from foreign countries.
Mr. ROBARTS supported the amendment.
Mr. CARDWELL could not understand what object
could be attained by a Committee. He strongly advo-
cated the proposed remission of the duties on articles
which formed material ingredients in some of our most
important exports.
Mr. MUNTZ advocated the entire remission of the
duties.
Mr. WYLD said that the copper trade in England
was a complete monopoly, and the sole smelting-place
was the coal field of Swansea Basin. The reduction of
duty would only increase the monopoly that already
existed amongst the copper companies and by no means
benefit the Birmingham workmen; and, entertaining
this opinion, he should support the motion for a Com-
mittee.

Mr. SCHOLEFIELD would vote for the proposal
of the Right. Hon. Baronet the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer.
Mr. GLADSTONE said, that however zealous and
earnest particular individuals might be in advocating
the principles of free trade, they always found their own
pursuits in trade or commerce to form exceptional cases,
and the present discussion afforded more than one proof
of the truth of this observation. If any branch of trade
was exempt from the general class; of objections urged
against free trade, it was that which was carried on in
metals by England, and in his opinion this trade would
suffer less than any other from the reduction of protec-
tive duties, for it was a pursuit eminently adapted to the
genius of Englishmen. It was, in his opinion, the best
course to adopt without any alteration the proposition of
her Majesty's Government.
Lord G. BENTINCK opposed the proposal of the
Government, because it was one of a bad gang of
measures, because it proposed to admit into competition
with native produce the produce of other countries. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer was about to sacrifice
40,0001. more of the. revenue under a deficiency of
4,000,0001. And this sacrifice was to be made in favour
of copper ore, the product of slave labour in Cuba. The
admission of foreign ore for smelting into England at
a low duty would throw out of employment twenty-one
thousand families. Although he needed no Committee
to prove the impolicy of the free trade proposals of Go-
vernment, yet as he had not the option of meeting the
motion before the House by a direct negative, he should
certainly vote against the motion of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer.
Mr. TURNER supported the motion of the Right
Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer, be-
cause it was necessary to get rich ore from abroad to
mix with the poorer ore of this country, in order to
obtain such an article as was wanted for manufacturing
purposes.
Mr. RICARDO said that in 1839 foreign copper ore
was allowed to be introduced into this country, and to be
smelted in bars free of duty, and the result was that more
English ore was used than in previous years. The
amount of ore raised in England in 1842 amounted to
11,235 tons ; in 1843, to 11,593 tons ; in 1844, to
11,850 tons ; while in 1839 it amounted to 12,468 tons.
He did not attribute much, therefore, to the argument
that persons would be thrown out of employment. The
arguments used in the present case were similar to those
which they had heard with respect to wool, and he pre-
dicted the result of a reduction of the duty would be the
same in both cases.
Mr. HENLEY would support the motion for a Com-
mittee. The inconsistencies of the Hon. Gentleman
who supported the motion of the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer proved to him that a Committee was desirable.
The Hon. Member for Birmingham admitted that the
admission of copper had ruined his constituents, and
because that was so, he turned round on the Cornish
miners, and said that he would ruin them.--(Laughter.)
He (Mr. Henley) would not act on any such principle.
He thought there must be some influence behind the
curtain to induce the Chancellor of the Exchequer to
throw away 40,0001. at such a time.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. WILSON said, that if the average quality of fo-
reign ere was 21 per cent., it would be impossible for
this country to compete with foreigners, because the
average of Cornish ore was only 8 per cent. It should
be recollected, also, that there were many branches of
industry into which the consumption of copper largely
entered, and it would belbeneficial for them to have the
duty removed. He should, therefore, support the
motion.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the motion lO2
Against it
Majority
—67
The House then went into Committee.
Mr. GLADSTONE said Oita he had a motion of
some importance to offer to the House with reference to
this question, but should defer it until the Committee
on this Bill. Meanwhile, he wished to know whether
Government would be prepared to take a similar course
to that now proposed with reference to tin?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had
therefore,receiv
ed no
nyimmediatonecessiotly tin,fo nd
r such
a reduction.

Lord G. BENTINCK moved that the Chairman re
port progress.
The Committee dividcd, when there appeared—
For the motion
Against it
Majority .
The resolutions were then agreed to, and the House
resumed.

ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL.
In answer to a question,
Mr. ANSTEY stated his intention of proceeding as
far as possible on Wednesday with the above Bill.
GRAND JURY CESS (IRELAND).
Sir W. SOMERVILLE obtained leave to bring in a
Bill to remove difficulties in the appointment of col-
lectors of grand jury cess in Ireland in certain cases;
and to remove doubts as to the jurisdiction of the divi-
sional justices of the police district of Dublin metropolis
relating to the recovery of poor-rates, and other cases.
LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND) BILL.
Sir W. SOMERVILLE moved that the Select Com-
mittee o❑ the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Bill con-
sist of twenty-one Members, and to name the said
Committee:—Sir W. Somerville, Viscount Castlereagh,
Sir R. Ferguson, Mr. Pusey, Mr. Clements, Lord
Courtenay, the Lord Advocate, Mr. M. O'Connell, Mr.
French, Sir J. Young, Mr. 0. Gore, Mr. G. A. Hamil-
ton, Mr. P. Scrape, Mr. Drummond, Mr. Napier, Major
Blackall, Mr. W. Fagan, Mr. Monsell, Mr. Adair, Mr.
M. J. O'Connell, and Dr. Power.
The motion was agreed to, and the House adjourned
at one o'clock.

THE EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN
FRANKLIN.—The Herald, 26, Captain Kellett, C. 8., was
at Point Chirambira, above Panama, on the 25th of
February. A letter from her of that date says :—" We
have just received orders to proceed to Behring's Straits
in search of Sir John Franklin and party. We proceed
first to Petropolski (a Russian settlement of Kam ts
chatka). We are not to run the risk of being "pinned
for the winter," but when that commences are to victual
and store the Plover for the year, and to come away
south with intelligence to Panama, where we expect to
arrive about December. We are particular in this (off
Panama) portion of our survey, as numerous rivers de-
bouch on this coast which take their rise in mountains in
the back ground. Similar rivers descend the eastern
side, rendering a passage across the isthmus possible at
this point. In fact, we have met men here who assert
that the river San Juan runs to within a quarter of a
league of the Atrato, a river on the opposite side, navi-
gable for large boats. Should this be found correct, the
new road in this direction (across the isthmus) would
soon supersede the one at Panama, as the anchorage at
Chagres is so unsafe."
THE SPITAL SERMONS.—The Lord Bishop of
Chichester has consented to preach the annual sermon
before the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the city of
London, at Christ Church, Newgate-street, on the occa-
sion of the assembling of the royal hospitals on Easter
Monday. The Lord Mayor and Corporation will again
assemble at Christ Church on the morning of Easter
Tuesday, upon which occasion the sermon will be
preached by the Rev. Richard Hooper, 8.A., of Trinity
College, Cambridge, the Lord Mayor's chaplain.
Yesterday, according to ancient custom, the Easter
bounty money of Queen Ann was distributed. at the
Alinonry-office, in Middle Scotland-yard. Upwards of
600 poor and necessitous persons, male and female, of
the respective ages of at least sixty-five year') (the
majority being widows), of good character, and resident
in thp.metropolis, were the,4eipients. Each jadivicluai
received ss. in new half-croWns.

UNIVERSITY IN TELLIGENCE.
CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 14.—At a congregation holden
this day (the last day of term), the gentlemen whose
names were printed in this correspondence on Saturday
last as M.A. Inceptors, proceeded to their M.A. degree
in their usual course.
F. Jackson, of St. John's College, was admitted to
the degree of B.A.
PREVIOUS EXAMINATION—LENT TERM, 1848.
Examiners—J. Hulbert Glover, M.A., Clare Hall ;
Wm. Castlehew, M.A., Emmanuel College; Wm. Bur-
bury, M.A., St. John's College; James Rickards, M.A.,
Sidney Sussex College.
Out of 450 candidates the following 380 have been
" classed" by the examiners as having passed:—
FIRST CLASS.
Addams, Trinity liff, Trinity
Aitkens, St. John's Irving, St. John's
Alison, Trinity Irving, Emmanuel
Alsop, Trinity
Amos, Trinity Isard, St. John's
Ansley, Caius
Jacson, Trinity
Jameson, Caius
,
Ayre, Emmanuel Jenkins, St. John's
Baddeley, Jesus Jones, Queen's
Baillie, Trinity Kelly, Emmanuel
Balleine, Trinity Kemp, St. John's
Bankes, Trinity Hall Kindersley, Trinity
Barker, Clare Kirb, Queen's
Barrett-Lennard, St. Peter's Kirbyy, Jesus
Barry, Trinity Kirkland, St. John's
Basset, Caius
'
Beamont, Trinity Knight, Queen's
Bell Clare Kirkman, Queen s
Bedwell, St. John's Leeson, F.C., St. Catherine's
,
Bence, Emmanuel
Bennet, Catherine
Besant, St. John's
Birchen), Caius Lovell, St. John's
Blacker, Trinity I,LL joev: egii Lethbridge,sdg 0, riTrinityt.
'TrinityJSot .hn,s John ' s
Lowndes, Trinity
Blanchard, Trinity Lyon, H. W., Trinity
Bliss, Trinity Lyte, Christ's
Blomfield, Trinity MtcDonnell, Magdalen
Bloemfleld, Clare Mackenzie, Trinity
Blunt, Pembroke Mackenzie, St. John's
Boddy, St. John's McLorg, Queen's
Boden, St. John's ' McPherson, St. Peter's
Bond, St. John's Maltby, St. John's
Boothby, Jesus Melton, Trinity
Bourne, Queen's
Bouverie, Trinity
Bowring, Trinity 34
Boys, Corpus Christi 34:
Bree, Caius • Mottle Corpus Christi
Brenton, St. John's Mountfield, St. John's
Brett, Caius Mousley, Sidney. Sussex
AMltaavrrnrdtsiiosn,n,fie,l St.eSdi ai Trinity
Peter's seothenr:s
s
Brooks, St. John's Munn, Emmanuel
Browne, Queen's Newby, Christ's
Bruce, Hon. T. C., Jesus Newman, Emmanuel
Burnett, St. John's Newton, Pembroke
Butcher, Emmanuel Nixson, Clare
Buttemer, Emmanuel Oldfield, Christ's
Butterfield, Trinity O'Neill, Christ's
Butterworth, St. John's Owen, J. Trinity
Cann, Christ's , Padley, St. John's
Capel Christ's - ' Parr, Trinity
Carmichael, St. Peter's Patterson, Caius
Carr, Trinity Payne, Emmanuel
Carroll, Christ's Payne, Corpus Christi
Cautley, Emmanuel
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Trinityc
Cheetham,
Tr
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Trinity
Pellew, Trinity
Pemberton, Trinity
Penrice, Trinity
Porowne, Corpus Christi
Pickering, Corpus Christi
Pilkington, Queen's
Pinney, Christ's
Childers, Trinity Plummer, Trinity
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ult., Trinity
Clark, Trinity Potter, St. Peter's
Claxton, Trinity Powell, St. John's
Clay, Trinity Prestcott, Trinity
Clegg, Trinity Hall Probyn, Trinity
Clement, St. Peter's Raper Trinity
Clements, Caius Reynolds, Trinity
Clover, aius Rote, St. John's
Coates, St. John's Roget, Trinity
Cobb, C. F., Trinity Rowley, Magdalen
Cobb, Christ's Sale, Emmanuel
Collett, Clare Sainsbury, Magdalen
Collins, Christ's Scott, Caius
Colt, Trinity Sedgwick, Trinity
Cort, St. John's Shedden, Trinity
Coryton, Trinity Simpson, D., St. John's
Craig, H., Trinity Simpson, Caius
Craig, St. John's Simpson, W. H., St. John's
Crooke, St. John's Simpson, Catherine
Crookenden, Downing Slater, t. John's
Coulthurst, Magdalen Sleep, Trinity
Dalby, St. John's Smart, Sidney Sussex
Daniels, Queen's Smith, Camas
Daniel, Corpus Christi Smith, Queen's
Davies, Caius Smith, F., St. John's
Dingle, St. John's Smyth, Jesus
Dobree, St. Peter's Stephenson, Caius
Drake, Jesus Story, Trinity
Durrant, Emmanuel Stuart, Pueen's
Eddowes, Magdalen Stuart, Trinity
Erle, Trinity Suter, Trinity
Ferrier, Pembroke Tatham, St. John's
Fisher, St. John's Taylor,Corpus Christi
Frere, Caius Taylor, St. John's
Frost, Queen's Thorp, Emmanuel
Gatliff, Trinity Thurnell, St. John's
Geddes, St. Peter's Tierney, Trinity
Gilder, St. John's Tidcombe, St. Peter's
Gill, Trinity Turnbull, St. Peter's
Glendinning, Caius Turner, C. C., Trinity
Glynn, Trinity Turner, J. A., Trinity
Goodier, St. John's Valpy, Clare
Greaves, St. John's Walker, A., Trinity
Greenwoood, G., Trinity Walker, St. John's
Gabbins, St. John's Wallis, Caius
Hadfield, St. John's Walters, St. John's
Hague, St. John's Walton, Trinity Hall
Hale, Emmanuel Waterhouse, St. John's
Hall, St. Peter's Watson, C. K., Trinity.
Hamilton, Trinity
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. , St. John's WWWaaattttsssoo,nnT: CHrion.riWptyu.: Ts Crhirinisttly
Hayman, St. John's Wentworth, Corpus Christi
Hayward, G.A., St. John's Westlake, Trinity
Hayward, R. 8., St. John's Whalley, St. John's
Henley, Trinity White, Corpus Christi
Heywood, Trinity Whitehead, Emmanuel
Hill, Emmanuel Whiting, Caius
Hilton, Corpus Whitmarsb, Queen's
Hoare, Trinity Wh Y leY
vir ' Trinity
Hockin, St. John's Wilkinson, St. John's
Hodgson, T. E., Trinity Williams
Holland, Trinity Williams, H. St. John's
Holroyd, Trinity Willoughby, 'Queen's
Hort, Trinity
Wiltshire, Trinity
Howse, Christ's Wing, St. John's ,
Hubbard, Caius Wolstenholme, St. John s
Hustler, Jesus
Woodhouse, St. John's
Hutton, St. John's Wyvill, Trinity Hall
Williams,
Q., Trinity
Iggulden, Emmanuel York, Queen's

Acton,SECOND CLASS.
Emmanuel Jeddere Fisher, Trinity
Allen, Trinity Jenkins, Magdalen
Anstiee, St. John's Jenner, Trinity Hall
Badger, Queen's Jenyns, Emmanuel
Bateman, St. John's Jonas St. John's
Beecheno, Queen's Kearney, St. John's
Birch, St. John's Law, St. John's
Blathwayt, Trinity Laycock, Catherine
Bones, St- John's Ledsam, Trinity
Borradaile, Trinity Lee, St. John's
Bresher, St. John's Lees, Christ's
Burroughes, Trinity Lee, Warner, St. Peters
Burton, Clare Lewis, Christ's
Calvest, Trinity Locock, Trinity
Capron, St. John's Locket, Magdalen
Chadwick, St. John's Lofty, St. John's
Chapman, Catherine Longhurst, Queen's
Chataway, Clare Lugger, Christ's
Cholmeley, Catherine Maddy, E, D., Trinity
Cholmondeley, C., Trinity Maddy, If. W., Trinity
Colquhoun, St. John's Mansel, Trinity
Cranke, Queen's Matehett, Emmanuel
Darrell, St. Peter's Melvill, Trinity
Davis, Emmanuel Metcalfe, Corpus Christi
Davison, Jesus Moore, Trinity
De Lisle, Trinity Morley, St. John's
Dugmore, Trinity Murray, Caius
Dumergue, Caius Owen, St. John's
Every, Clare Pearse, Sidney Sussex
Fairbairn, St. Peter's Pechell, Trinity
Farrell, Downes Perfect, St. Peter's
Fish, Caius Pollock, Trinity.
French, Trinity Pope, Catherine
Gedge, Christ's Potter, St. John's
Grasett, Trinity Reid, Queen's
Green, St. John's Richardson, Trinity
Greenwood, Catherine Ritisside, Clare
Gresham, St. Joha's Robberds, Trinity
Griffith, Clare Salt, Trinity
Gurney, St. John's Sandford, St. John's
Gurney, Trinity Shipman, Catherine
Gyles, Christ's Shipton, Magdalen
Hales, Christ's Smith, C. H., Trinity
Hamond, Trinity Smith, D., St. John's
Hardman, Trinity Stallard, Trinity
Hardy, St. John's Stokes, Caius
Harkness,-St. John's Tucker, St. John's
Harper, Corpus Christi Weston, St. John's
Harris, St. John's Weston, Trinity
Hawker, Trinity Whish, Caius
Head, Corpus Christi Whitley, Queen's
Holden, Trinity Williams, E., St. John's
Howard, Downing Williams, Christ's
Hutchinson, Corpus Christi Willis, Jesus
Hut, Caius Wilson, Catherine
Jackson, Trinity Yorke, St. John's
HEBREW SCHOLARSHIPS.-The Vice-Chancellor has
given notice, that the examination for the Tyrwhitt's
Hebrew Scholarships will commence on the second Wed-
nesday in May next; the candidates are requested to send
in their names to Sidney College Lodge on or before the
Ist day of May.
There will be congregations on the following dale, of
the ensuiug Easter term :—Wednesday, May 10, at
eleven; Wednesday, May 24, at eleven; Monday, June
12 (Stat. B.D. Com.), at ten; Wednesday, June „
1 at
eleven; Saturday, July 1, at eleven; Monday, July- '
3, at
eleven; Friday, July 7 (end of term), at ten.
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