The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-06 00:00:00

FRIDAY

the county of Essex.—(A laugh.) The Hon. Member
had lately presided at a great meeting in the City on
this question, but the people there seemed equally di-
' vided, and many of the retail dealers did not care how
much adulteration was practised.—(A laugh.) There
would be a great disadvantage in entering upon a cru-
sade against all those who adulterated coffee with
chicory. The lion. Member (Mr. Stanley) had treated
this as a poor man's question, but he would consent to
take the vote upon that view of the case, and he said that
the mixture was the better article. Looking at his (Sir
J. Tyrell's) interest in as clear a point of view as pos-
sible—(Great laughter)—he should vote against the mo-
tion of his Hon. Friend the Member for Huntingdon.
Mr. WAKLEY regarded the vrrongheadedness of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer upon this qucetion as most
extraordinary. He had token under his especial care
and patronage the fraudulent dealers throughout the
country—(Hear, hear)—but for the honest trader he had
no sympathy. The Right Hon. Gentleman quoted the
fraudulent dealer everywhere, and he had told the House
to•ni4ht that, there were 3,000 of them encouraging him
to proceed. But, was it not an unfortunate thing that
the Government should positively go out of their way
to encourage fraudulent dealing?--(Hear.) See the
effect of it upon the once innocent Baronets opposite.—
(A laugh.) The Honourable Baronet the Member for
Lincolnshire had asked whether the House would stop
the trade in chicory without notice ? But, what people
complained of was, not that chicory was sold, but that
it was sold as coffee; and be thought the House ought
to set itself against that. But the Right Honourable
Gentleman found it convenient to fence with the ques•
lion, and had denied that chicory was unwholesome.
But this was not the time to settle whether chicory was
unwholesome or not. It was because it was used in a
system of fraud that he and the honest traders op-
posed it. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that
people preferred coffee with chicory in it. But what
was the fact in London ? When it became known
that certain coffee dealers behaved honestly to the pub-
lic their business had increased tenfold in a single
week.—(Hear, hear.) As soon as the public knew
where they could obtain genuine coffee they went
there to obtain it.—(Hear, hear.) The Chancellor of
the Exchequer ought to step in and protect the
honest traders.—(Hear, hear.) Many of them said,
" We cannot help ourselves, for our neighbours in the
same street sell their coffee 20 or 30 per cent.
cheaper, and we are under the necessity of adulterating
to maintain our trade." He asserted that the conduct
of the Government in maintaining the Treasury order
was producing the greatest pain and annoyance to the
honest trader. Chicory was a powerful medicine; it
was an active diuretic, and that the Hon. Baronet (Sir
J. Tyrell) knew perfectly well.—(A laugh.) Its influ-
ence upon the human organs when under the influence
of disease was very powerful, and it had a tehdency to
produce disease when constantly used by persons in
health. If the Government thought it right to tolerate
fraud he hoped the House would not give its sanction to
such a course of proceeding. Ho trusted that the
amendment would be carried, and he felt confident that
if it were lost to-night it would be carried in another
session.—(Cheers.)
Mr. HUME was surprised that his Hon. Friend, who
was against the interference of the Government in every-
thing else, should support this motion. Ho (Mr. Hume)
wished to abolish the Excise altogether, so far as was
possible, and leave the public to take care of themselves.
Sir W. JOLLIFFE had no doubt that these restrictions
were a great detriment to the interests of the country,
and it must be palpable to every one that if landowners
were prevented from growing chicory, they were also,
by the excise on barley and tobacco, restricted from
cultivating their land to the same advantage as those who
were not burdened in the same way. But he would put
it to the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he would
institute prosecutions against those who adulterated tee,
when he sanctioned, by a Treasury minute, the adul-
teration of coffee?—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. BASS could not sufficiently express his admira-
tion at the desire of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to
avoid any vexatious interference with those persons who
were connected with the Excise; but as the Right Hon.
Gentleman was so liberal to those who had the sale of
coffee, he wished to know whether he would extend
the same indulgence to the brewers—(Hear, hear, and
laughter)—and whether they might do anything they
pleased with their beer, and whether the Government
would continue to interfere with those.publicans who he
saw were fined by the magistrates for mixing their beer?
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the resolution ... 89

Against it •.• ••• ••• ... 94
Majority ... —5
_

Colonel SIBTHORP moved for, and obtained leave,
to bring in a Bill to prohibit the use of advertising vans
and barrel-organs in the streets of the metropolis.
The British White Herring Fishery Bill passed
through Committee.
The Farm Buildings Bill and the Prisons (Scotland)
Bill, were read a third time and passed.
The House adjourned at a quarter past One o'clock.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, THURSDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert and their illustrious
visitors went to•day to the Ascot races.
The Royal party left the Castle at half-past twelve
o'clock, in the following order:—
A landau and four, conveying her Majesty the Queen,
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha,
her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, and her Royal
Highness the Princess Alice.
A carriage and four, conveying his Royal Highness
the Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the Duke of
Saxe Coburg Gotha, his Royal Higness the Prince of
Wales, his Royal Highness the Duke Ernest of Wur-
temburg, and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of
Saxe-Weimar. _ _

A carriage and four, conveying the Duchess of Suther-
land, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, the
Duke of Rutland, and the Duke of Wellington.
A carriage and four, conveying the Countess of Eg-
linton, the Countess of Charlemont (Lady in Waiting),
the Duke of Norfolk, and the Marquis of Abercorn.
A carriage and four, conveying the Countess Grey,
the Countess of Jersey, the Earl Granville, and the Earl
of Eglinton.
A carriage and four, conveying the Lady Constance
Leveson Gower, the Lady Clementina Villiers, the Earl
of Jersey, and the Earl of Yarborough.
A pony carriage and four, conveying the Countess of
Yarborough, the Countess Granville, Earl Grey, and
Lord Seymour.
A pony carriage and four, conveying the Lady Alice
Lambton, tho Hon. Hermiono St. Maur, Lord Dufferin
(Lord in Waiting), and M. B. de Treskow (Gentleman
in Waiting on the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha).
A pony carriage and four, conveying the Baroness de
Wangenheim (Lady in Waiting on the Duchesi of Saxe
Coburg Gotha), the Hon. Mary Seymour (Maid of
Honour in Waiting), Mr. Birch, and Sir Frederick Ste-
yin (Groom in Waiting).

The Equerries in Waiting, General Wemyss and Col.
Bouverie, rode on horseback with the Royal party.
The Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and Col.
the Hon. Charles Grey, left the Castle at twelve o'clock
to precede her Majesty to the Royal stand.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Royal
cortege, returned to the Castle from the races at ten
minutes past five o'clock. His Serene Highness the
Prince of Leiningen then proceeded to Frogmore.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the
younger branches of the Royal Family, took their accus-
tomed pony and walking exercise to-day in the Home-
park.
The Qarien gave a State banquet this evening in St.
George's Hall, which was served on the magnificent state
service of gold plate. The company consisted of the fol-
lowing Royal and illustrious circle:—Lier Royal High.
ness the Duchess of Kent. their Royal Highnesses the
Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, his Royal
Highness Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg, his Serene High-
ness the Prince of Leiningen, his Serene Highness Prince
Edward of Saxo Weimar, the Duchess of Sutherland
and Lady Constance Leveson Gower, the Duke of Wel-
lington, the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Rutland, the
Marquis of Westminster, the Marquis and Marchioness
of Breadalbane, the Marquis of Abercorn, the Marquis
of Exeter, Lord Seymour and the Hon. Hermione St.
Maur, the Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford, Lady
Fanny Howard, Baroness do Wangenheina, Baroness
do Speth, the Earl and Countess of Eglinton, the Earl of
Cardigan, the Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady
Clementine Villiers, the Earl and Countess Grey and
Lady Alice Larnbton, the Earl and Countess Granville,
the Earl and Countess of Yarborough, the Earl and
Countess of Strathmore and Honourable Mary Bar-
rington, the Earl of Uxbridge, the Earl Grosvenor,
Viscountess Maidstone, Viscount and Viscountess Sea-
barn, Viscount and Lady Elizabeth Lascelles, Viscount
Anson. Viscount Enfield, Lord Stanley, Lord Burghley,
Lord Robert Clifton, Sic George Couper, Sir Thomas
and La(iy Louisa Moncrieff, Hon. Mrs. Villiers, Colonel
Hon. George Anion, Hon. G. Barrington, Captain Hon.
Henry Rous, Colonel Peel, Colonel Blair, Mr. Payne,
Mr. F. Villiers, Mr. Shelley, Captain Streatfield, Mr. E.
Lascelles, Mr. Standish, Mr. J. Leslie, Mr. Lyon, and
M. B. do Treskow.
The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards was
in attendance during the banquet, and performed the
following selection:—
Overture, Introduction, and Chorus,
"Antigone" .. Mendelsshon.
Waltz " Tony"
Selection, " Lucia di Lammermoor Donizetti.
Galop, " Frutlings fiere" eaa: Gungl.
Finale, " Ist Act, Marie de' Mohan"..... Donizetti.
Ardente, " Bth Symphony', Beethoven.
Her Majesty had afterwards nu evening party. The
following had the honour of receiving invitations:—
The Earl of Eustou, the Earl of Powis, the Earl and
Countess of Camperdown and Lady Llialbeth Duncan,
Viscount and Viscountess Duncan, the Earl of Granard,
Viscountess Forbes and Miss Seymour, Viscount and
Viscountess Einlyn, Lady Caroline and Miss Barrington,
Lady Isabella Wemyss, Admiral and Mrs. Sykes,
Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Airs. Phipps,
Colonel the Hon. Charles end Mrs. Gray, Lieutenant-
Colonel F. H. nod Lady Easily Seymour, Colonel and
Mrs. Bathurst, Mrs. Bouverie, Mr. J.. 11. Caulteilcl, M.P.,
Mrs. Vernon Harcourt, Mr. and Mrs. Granville Vernon
Harcourt, Mr. Birch, and Mr. Glover,
The Queen's private band was iq attendance in the
Castle after dinner yesterday (Wednesday) evening, and
performed the following pieces:-
1 Overture, " Die lustigen Weiber von

Windsoz" ' Otto Nicolei.
Sestetto, " Sold Solo."
Selection, " FideHo" Beethoven.
FSce io do Danse, " Bayac:e:-e"

A deputation, consisting of Mr. Sharman Crawford,
Mr. Edward Taylor, Mr. John Aehwood, Mr. John
Phillips, and Mr. William Simpson, had an interview
yesterday with the Chancellor of the t schequer at his
official residence in Downing-street.
The Oxford University Commission had a meeting
yesterday gt the residence of the First Lyra of the