The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-27 00:00:00

T ELE SUN,

male. them is not offered at any further decline; there is
however no tlecr,ase in supply, and the business concluded
ha, been small ; the better s arts meeting with least attention.
Sceetsd and Pekoe Teas are dull of sale, and rates tend
downwards.
t•PICES. - This afternoon prices declined for Ginga ; 212
casks Jamaica at auction selling at 314 s to 31 14s for common
to mid; and 53i bags export Bengal at 15s to 15a 6d.
Of Mace four casks Dutch were taken in at 2s
Id. Nutmege are not much in demand, and
at auction 13 casks were only in part sold at 2s 4d to 2s 7d
for ord and mid brown ; and at 2s 4d for fair Dutch limed.
Pimento is rather cheaper, and 150 bags at auction sold at
9:id to 48d for mid to good, and at 3d for inferior.
RICE.—To-day the private operations in East India Rice
were small, and there was no public sales. Of St. Vin-
cent's Arrowroot 164 packages at auction sold at 3%,d to
sd; and 19 casks Australian at 21 per lb.
SPIRITS —Only limited transactions have taken place in
Leeward Island Rum, although there are sellers at Is 5d to
Is bid per gallon proof. East India is cheaper, but a
good business has been done, and the sales are 0
hogsbeads at Is 3d proof. Demerarais
to 6d f2d per gal.
lon, and about 400 hhds have been sold at 2s 2a or
36 to 41 par cent over proot. Jamaica is yet purchased
with caution for all purposes, and rates incline downwards,
low to mid quality can be obtained at 2s 31 to 2s 6d for 30
to 34 per cent over proof; good mid to good 2s 7d to
for 3:: to 23 over, and fine 35 to 38 over 3s 44 to
4s 2d. On the part of holders a desire is shown
to sell Congou best brands of the vintage of 1850 at 4s 4d
to 4s 6d. 1849 ditto 4s 6d to 4s Bd, 1848 ditto 43 84 to 4s
10d, 1847 ditto 5s 3d to 5s sd, inferior 3s 6d to 4s, and Bout-
deaux 2s 24 to 2a 3d. For British made Spirit tho market is
dull at 9s 8d to 9* 9.1 nett cash, and Gin at 8s 2d to 8s 3d
for 22 per cent under proof. Only small orders have been
executed for Geneva at is 7d to is ld, and dine at Is 9d per
gallon.
SALTPETRE.—To-day the market for Saltpetre presented
a dull aspect., and of 850 bgs Calcutta at auction a small
part only sold at 27s for strong grey 5 per cent.
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sales of Guatinaala upon the whole went off quite as
well as might have been expected, and consisted of
1,369 serous, viz, very low Caries from is 4d to 2s 8d;
s rong hard coppery Cortes. 2s 9d to 3s .1c1; strong good hard
:sobres, 38 5d to 31 8d; soft and fine Sobres, 3s 10d to 43
10d ; a large portion consisted of low inferior and mid Cortes,
which went at a decline of 2d per lb, the mid and good at
par, and in some cases rather above; the proptrtion of fine
being comparatively small, previous rates were fully main-
tained.
TALLOW._Prices for fine Mellow Russian on the spot de-
clined on Thursday to 36s 6d at 36s 93, but have since ral-
lied to :',75 3d to 373 6d. For delivery few trans-
actions arc reported, and there are sellers at 38s to
38s 64 for last three months of the year. Home melted is
moderate in price, there has in consequence been a, good de-
mand at 36s to 36s 3d, net cash, but the market is well
supplied. Cf Australian 3io casks at auction were mostly
sold.

OILS.—The supply of Sperm Oil ha' become plentiful. At
public sale 240 runs went at 841 to 8615 s for good to fine Co-
lonial ; at 8 1 to E 3/ for ord, and bagged 100/ per
tan. Southern, at auction 60 tuns were in part
sold at 181 10s to 2'l 5s for ord to fine. Seal
pale is to be obtained at n 2/ to 32/ 104, and other sorts at 23/
to 31/ 1 a. Rape Seed Oil is to be obtained at 32s 6d to 335,
brown 31s to 324; and Refined Foreign 33s 6d to 33s 9d per
cwt. Cocoa Nut 27a to 3s. A lair home trade
demand prevails for Linseed Oil: exporter-, how-
ever still operate with caution, and the rates
taken are 303 6,1 to 31s. For delivery there are
few buyers, with sellers at 31s to 31s 6d. In Palm sales
have becu small, and the rates taken are 38s for flue; there
is however, no material in supply. Olive is operated in with
caution—Gallipoli 14 to be obtained at 39/. to 401., and other
sorts at 371 lOs to 38/ lOs per tun.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool
sack at Five o'clock.

PETITIONS.
The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from
Hull, praying for the enactment of a measure to pre-
vent the abscording of debtors.
Lord SAYE and SELE presented a petition from a
place in Wiltbhiro against Papal aggression.
The Earl of EGLINTON presented several petitions
from p'aees in Scotland with a similar prayer.
The E;rl of ENNISKILLEN presented several peti-
tions from places in Arnsagh, Wicklow, Cork, Water-
ford, Tipperary, sZleen's County, and other counties in
Ireland, to a similar effect.

PUBLIC-HOUSES (SCOTLAND) BILL.
' Lord KINNAIRD presented several petitions in favour
of the Public fiouses (e:cotland) Bill.
The NOBLE LORD then moved the second reading of
' this Bid which was substantially the same as the Bill
which had passed their Lordships' House:last session,
and had been sent down to the House of Commons, but
had not passed in consequence of the lateness of the
session. Scotland enjoyed the unenviable notoriety of
consuming a greater proportion of ardent spirits in pro-
portion to its population than any other country in
Europe, except Sweden. This consumption had decreased
among the upper and middle classes, but had increased
among the lower classes. Every grocer in Scotland
could sell spirits, and in consequence the servants of the
upper orders and the wives of the working men were in
duced to drink, and the money for spirits; was put down
to the account of tea and sugar. The respectable
grocers and the respectable inhabitants and artisans
were in favour of this Bill. These persons were licensed,
and if the licence was refused by the local justices,
there was an appeal to the sessions, and the writers to
the signet canvassed all the justices to overrule the deci-
sion of the local justice, and thus to gain the licence.
This Bill proposed that the court of appeal should be
composed, not of the whole of the justices, but of one
justice from each district. It was also proposed that
the district justices should state the number of public-
houses they thought necessary for their district, and thin
such number should not be exceeded for five years.
With regeri to grocers selling spirits they had three
years given to them to get out of the trade; within that
time they must cecide hesher they would be grocers
or spirit sellers. Tb Bill also gave the power to the
polioe to enter any houses authorised to sell refreshments
of any sort to be consumed on the premises. The Bill
bad been before the public more than a year, and he
hop'd their Lordships sould give it a second reading.
The Earl of MIN I:0 thought the Bill should be re•
ferred te a Select. Committee.
Lord KINNAIItD did nut see the necessity of a &lee'
Coremtree.

' The Earl of NIDITO considered that any measure of
' this nature, which t. laded to cast a s;ur upon the msgia-
trate. in quarter sessions assembhd, huuld be re.erred
;o a Select Committee, in order that all parties mie,ht
hsve an opportunity of being heard. He feared tnat if
the powers of the quarter sessions were delegated to a
committee of magistrates, it would open the coor to po-
leicel jobbing.
Tne Duke of ARGYLL entirely assented to the
principle ef the Bill, end tnought that the country was
greatly ind:•bted to his Noble Friend for its indroduc-
non; he only regretted that did not extend to large
towns and boroughs. He would in those cases give no
appeal at all. but would make the decision of the local
justices in towns and boroughs final. He hoped the
Bill would le come law during the present session of
Parliament. He would recommend that the time given
to grocers to get out of the spirit trade should not ex-
cted Lao years.
The Earl of EGLINTON supported the Bill. He
ceull hardly conceive a measure which less required the
supervieioa of a Select Committee than this, which ap-
plied a remedy to an acknowledged evil.
The Earl of ?ONTO explained.
The Duke of ItICi3MOND supported the Bill, and
agreed vvi,h his Noble Friend that three years was too
long a time to give to the grocers to get out of the spirit
trade; these shops destroyed some of the best labourers
in the country.
The Duke of BUCCLEUCH was favourable to the
principle of the Bill.
Lord KINNAIRD replied.
The Bill wag then read a second time, and ordered to
be committed on Friday.
The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and
their Lordships adjourned to Friday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAraLft took th© Chair a few minutes to Four
o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following Bills were read a third time and
paesad:—
Dee Standard Restoration.
Great Central Gas Consumers' Company.
REPORTS.
The-reports upon the following Bills were considered
and agreed to:—
Great Southern and Western Railway (Ireland).
Manehea.ter Waterworks. -•- ' Mar) port and Carlislo Railway.
Suttoeukrter
South Staffordshire Railway (Branches to join the
Liimingham Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley
Itaiheay, &o.)Midesbrough, Yarm, &c. Waterworks.
° 6 gold Lancaster Railway.
yvg 0 PETITIONS.
Larica.ire, OD presnt. d a petition from Burnley,
avour of secular education supported by
local rm.'s.
Mr. LITT LE;fo2;:a2tosented a petition from Walsall
against the tin..
Sir J. YOUNG spre; nt
against the Eeele„i„ues;rettil A petiticn from Ireland
petition from Glasgow in
favourr obtLaAn alteration 4PtriQuane no4l dtikaeeap it
petition
laws; also a
the metropolis • .4) the same
petiiion from artizaus in
effect.

Mr.
sumE
glaßLLEuticAle°tnNa?Ph°eLwro.uld, on an earl
day, inc,7o reboiaTion t 3 the tftloct that it was incum-
Y
the Ho ot an prd to the Bible monopoly.
ENGLISH PAUPERS.

- -
Mr. MILES tnovEd for a rt:turn of the number of
paupm ri:ceivii,g in and outdoor relief in 607 union;
and singlb piriblv.:3 in England and Wales during the
half'-yers ended at Ludy-day 1850 and 1851 respeu..
tivel); togother with the average prices of prolision,
contracted fur during the aforesaid respective periods by
of guardians for the different counties.
Agreed to.

CHANCERY.
Mr. AGLIONBY moved for a return of the total sum
Act
or paid for salaries and office expenses under the
Act 5 and 6 Vic., C. 103, since the passing of the Act;
Ad
alio of Cho total sum paid for compensation for loss
since the
of offices and. profits to officers, under the same Act,
ber 185
Pastan,. thereof up to the 25th day of Novem-
the,
late 0; a lee return of the total sum paid to each of
salary and sworn cl
tke
liCtrks appointed taxing masters, for
cotopensattou, colleetive
gi4c4)ljthe
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thereof; and also a return of the annual amount
of cocupensaiion awarded to each of thi. mad taxing-
masters under the bid Act, in the mar of their
ceasing to 11,.1d the said uflice, and of the annual runs to
be paid to the personal representatives of each of them
as compensation after their deaths, and for what num-
ber of years after their deaths such payments to their
personal representatives are to continue, and out of
what funds, and by whom, such payments for salary
and compensations are now made and to be made.

PETITION OF ERNEST JONES.
Lord DUDLEY STUART moved that the petition
of Mr. Ernest Jonee be printed with the votes.
Agreed to.

SIR JAMES BROOKE.
Mr. HEADLAM wished to ask Mr. flume whether
the withdrawal by him, on Tuesday last, the 20th day
of May, of his motion concerning certain proceedings on
the coast of Borneo, is to be considered as an abandon-
ment of the charges contained in that notice upon the
character and conduct of Sir James Brooke?
Mr. HUME denied that he had any intention to with-
draw the motion, but, on the contrary, since February
he had been anxious to bring it forward, and be balloted
for it until he succeeded in getting it placed No. 1 on
the paper. At the request, however, of several Hon.
Gentlemen who wished to make themselves masters of
the subject, and who were not terriers or bulldogs, like
the Hon. Member—(Cries of " Order")—he consented
to postpone it.
The SPEAKER said the Hon. Member must with-
draw the words " terrier and bulldogs."
Mr. HUME said the Hon. Gentleman ought to have
known from what had passed in the House that he bad
not withdrawn his motion ; and he, therefore, could not
help feeling that ho had been set on by somebody else,
but, nevertheless, he had no objcction to withdraw the
words. A second time he postponed his motion,
at the request of the Noble Lord ut the head of the
Foreign Department; and he therefore had a right now
to call upon the Government to give him a day to bring
it forward, In justice to Sir James Brook, and in jus-
tice to the public, Government were bound to assist him
so far, and the Hon. Gentleman might take this for his
answer, that so soon as he could get a day the motion
should be brought on.
After a few words of explanation from Mr.
HEADLAM, the matter then dropped.
WOODS AND FORESTS.
In answer to a vesicle', from rd DUNCAN,
Lord SEYMOUR, atdd that he should not brit g on the
Bill far the mausgiment of the department of Woods
and Forests until an opportunity offered when it could be
aiscuesed at length.
Lord DUNC AN gave notice that be should then move
a clatpie embodying the resolution which he had moved
oo the 11th March last, and which had been adopte
the House.

AFFAIRS OF CEYLON.
Mr. HENRY BAILLIE then rose to move the reso-
aid ei of whien he bad given notice on this subject :
" That this House, having taken into its conaid. ration
the evidence adduced before the Set et Committee ap-
pointed to inquire into the aff ors of Ceylon, is of opi-
nion, that the punishments inflicted during the late dis-
turbances in that island were excessive and uncalled tor:
that; this House is of opinion, that the execution of
eighteen persons, and the imprisonment, transportation,
and corperal punishment of one hundred and forty
ether persons on this occasion, is at vsriance with the
merciail administration of the British penal laws, and is
not calculsied to secure the future affections and fidelity
of her Majesty's colonial suej• cts: that this House is
of opinion that these severities are the more sincerely
to be deprecated as they were exercised after the suppres-
sion of the distui helices, during which none of her Ma-
jesty's troop. or public servants were killed, and only one
soldier slightly wounded. That this House is of opinion
that the conduct of the late Governor of Ceylon, in
keeping in force martial law for two months, after his
chief legal adviser bad recommended its discontinuance,
and during which period the civil courts were sitting
without danger or interruption, and also his refusal to
allow a short delay in the execution of a priest, at the re-
quest of the Queen's Advocate, who wished further inves-
tigationlnto the case, was in the highest degree arbitrary
and oppressive. That this House is therefore of opinion,
that the conduct of Earl Grey, in signifying her Ma-
jesty's approbation of the conduct of Lord Torrington
during and subsequent to the disturbances, was precipi-
tate and injudicious, tending to establish precedents of
rigour and sseerity in the government of her Majesty's
foreign possessions, and injurious to the cha-
racter of this country for justice and humanity."
He said he had to draw very largely upon the indul-
gence of the House in bringing forward this motion,
and he could assure them that it gave him no pleasure or
satisfaction in bringing it forward. He was impelled
only by his sense of public duty, as Chairman of the
Ceylon Committee, and by his belief that a very general
feeling prevailed on both sides of the House that the
question should not be allowed to rentaio where it was
left at the end of last session. It was no longer a
question in which the interests of one colony merely
were concerned, but all our colonies alike were
involved in it, as well as the honour and character of this
country. It was a question, too, to decide whether or not
a Committee appointed by that House had duly and pro-
perly discharged the duty intrusted to them by the House.
It was on these grounds that ho had felt it his duty to
bring this question before them, and in doing so he
should feel it his duty to divide it into two
parts: The first was to call the attention of the
House to the proceedings of the Ceylon Committee,
and afterwards to advert to the evidenee upon which he
grounded his present motion. Before he proceeded fur-
, ther would remind the House of the resolution with
which the Ceylon Committee bad been appointed—
a resolution which had been unaeimousty agreed
to, than which nothing whatever could be more
explicit or more, distinct, owing to the express interfer-
ence of her Majests 'a Government. In its report it had
Lot thought fit to report whether any grievances existed
in the islund or nor; nor, further, to recernmend whether
any measures should be adopted for the better government
of Cet lon. The question midst be asked, what had
induced the Committee thus to confine itself, and vir-
tually to defeat the intentions of the House in appoint-
ing it. It certainly had not thought fit to melte any
report upon the mental of the case, but a private under-
standing had been come to at the time with the
Secretary of State that Lord Torrington should be re-
called without any wound being inflicted on the amour
propre of the Celoniale ttioe; but in orderto prevent their
striking too forcibly on the a terition of the House it was
arrang-d that, the motive of this recall sh. uld be given
out to be a private misunderstanding, and the Under
Secretary of State pledged himself afterwards to
defend all the public acts of the Noble Lord.
The Committee came to the resolution not to present
heir report, to the House, hut to the Secretary of State
for the Colonies, whose conduct was under ievesigation.
thus commioing a direct breach of the privileges of the
House.--(Hear, hear.) The ground alleged for doing
this was, that several lettere of a private and Confidential
nature were brought in evidence before the Committee.
Oa these letters Mr. Webristie, the barrister, founded
his charges; he had received them from his constituents
in Ceylon, and at first objected to produce them, though
ItS offered to give the /James of the writers; but con
sidering afterwards that his veracity was in qeestien, he
agreed to present them to the Committee. The Under
Secretary ef State for the Colonies did not offer ant
objection to their production, but was subsequently very
indignant when it was proposed to publish them. The
Committee came to a resolution that the letters should
be adduced in evidence. Ho had considers dit necessary
to give this explanation to the House in consequedce of
the strong language used by the Uuder-Secretary of
State for the Colonies; and it would be for the House to
decide whether a public officer was to have his honour
and character blighted in this manner without a hand
being raised in his defence. With respect to the
course adopted by the Committee he believed was a
right and proper course. The Committee in adopting
that course was supported by the late Sir Robert Peel,
who consulted Sir John Jervis on the subject,
and that learned authority gave it as his opinion
that it was impossible for the Committee to
have adopted any other course than to compel
production of the documents.—(Hear, hear.) No the
w be
came next to the question of the evidence laid be ore the
Cenunittee. Tha House was probably aware, from the
papers which had been laid on the table, that the Secre-
tary of State for the Colonies gave his superior approba-
tion to the measures adopted by the Governor of Ceylon
in the year 1848. Hence a question arose of serious
importance for the consideration of the House, because
if the acts and proceedings of the Governor of
Ceylon, and if the manner in which mar-
tial law was carried into effect in the
colony had received the sanction and appproval of the
Government, and if by the vote they wore about to
give this evening it was, furthermore, to receive the
sanction and approbation of the House, it followed as a
matter of course that those acts and proceedings would
become precedents to be adopted on all future occasions
by those governors and British officers who might under
similar distressing circumstances fanny themselves (tailed
upon to proclaim martial law in the colonies which they
governed.—(Cries of " Hear, bear.") Now, coming
to the consideration of the question, it was nut
his intention to enter into any discussion with respect to
the advantages or disadvantages which the
colony
might have derived by a reduction of the duty upon cin-
namon and coffee.--(Hear) That question the Coin-
amittee was expressly precluded from inquiring into. Nor
would he call upon the House to decide questions that were
merely matters of opinion. For example, be would not
call upon the House to decide upon the nature of the
disturbances that took place in 1848, or whether they
had their origin iu the injudicious acts of the
Government.—(Hear, hear.) Those were matters
of opinion, and, referring to the evidence, it
will be found that upon those points moss important and
most competebt witnesses did not agree. For
exempt°, Sir Eater son Tennent, the Governor of
the colony, informed the Committed that in
his opinion the rebellion wits formidable in its
nature, while Mr. Anetrnther, who for fifteen
years was also the Colotoul Secretary, told the
Howe that it was ridiculous to call it a rebellion
at a!l.—(Hear.) It was only an ordinary riot,
nlagnifi,d into importauce by incompetent persons,
Again, they had the evidence of Mr. Woodhouse, who
to do so, hut'
me
for twenty years served in the civil service of the
cstolony. Ile did not express himself in the
Mr. Ansiruther because it would not have become him
would not ask thceallllou
for proclaiming aalelY'
came to the same conclusion as
that gentleman,
thatsto thereeci
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these
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questions,
isosni necessity
martial law.—(Hear, hear.) Now be
opinion on the otheurp
but he would
on them to express an
matter,u and to decide
whether the manner in
martiall Jaw was
carried into effect in this colony circumstances have been juttifieni k
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