The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-19 00:00:00

MINES LEAS:

HOP DUTY BILL.

On the motion for the second reading of this Bill,
Mr. FREWEN said that before the Bill received the
approval of the House he hoped it would consider deli-
berately what it was about to do. He had received seve-
ral deputations from the growers of hops, and from the
representations of them all he found that the law was in-
jurious to every class except those who were most im-
mediately benefited by it. Whether their representa-
tions were correct or not, it was plainly evident that the
hop duty was oppressive and unjust.—(Hear, hear.)
That duty was imposed as a war tax during the last cen-
tury, and an expectation had always been held out that
it should in the time of peace be remitted altogether.
With respect to the imposition of an excise duty he
would say but little, but what he would say was that
where there was a difference made between one part of
the country and another, the tax imposed was evidently
unjust and must of necessity be injurious. He did not
hesitate to say that it was to the operation of this duty
it was owing that the growth of hops had been reduced
from 56,323 acres, in 1837, to 43,125 acres
during the last year. In Herefordshire there had been
a reduction from 10,603 acres, in 1837, to 5,125 acres, in
last year. In Sussex the reduction was from 12,068
acres to 11,7811 acres. In Essex a great breadth of land
devoted to the cultivation of hops had been reduced to.
125 acres. In Lincolnshire the acreage had been re-
duced from 607 to 260; in Wiltshire, from 1,222 to only
5 acres; and in Worcestershire the reduction was from
1,888 to 1,031 acres. In fact the only places where
there had been no reduction was about Farnham and in
Kent, where the growers enjoy peculiar advantages. He
did not mean to say that if a man took a good sample
into the market he should not get a good price for his
goods, but the advantages were altogether on one aide,
and as the law as it at present stood was not only op-
pressive but calculated to encourage trickery—(Hear,
hear)—he trusted that the House would take some mea-
sures to protect the public. In order therefore to minis-
ter to that object he should move the second reading of
the Bill before the House.
Mr. DEEDES said that the Hon. Gentleman below
him (Mr. Frewen) bad complained of the unequal ope-
ration of the hop-duty. He did not mean to defend the
imposition of an excise duty on hops, for he himself had
frequently waited with others upon the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, with a view to obtain a remission of the
duty; but his Hon. Friend had mixed up two subjects of
a totally different character. It he had divided his Bill
into two parts, he should very gladly have supported
him ; but tho Bill as it now stood was altogether injurious,
and would practically work great mischief. He stated
that his object was to protect the public. Now it should
be remembered that hops, when prepared for the
brewer, were a very delicate article and required
much judgment to distinguish a superior from
an inferior quality, and, therefore, every assiatatice
ought to be rendered to the public, in order to ascertain
the quality. The best guide that they possibly could
have was the amount of duty paid upon the article.
For this reason he should move that the Bill be read this
day six months.
Mr. H. DRUMMOND bad
.very great pleasure in
seconding the amendment. Everybody knew that Farn-
ham hops were the best in the country, and that Sussex
hops were the worst.—(Hear, hear.) It was utterly im-
possible to protect the public without some legislative
interference. Ile had no objection to the Hen. Member
for Sussex getting ,up a little Parliamentary capital in
the face of a general election, but he did protest against
imposing his own advantage on the shoulders of the
public, and he should therefore vote for the amendment.
Mr. FULLER said that, seeing the great opposition
which the :Bill had met with, and was likely :to
meet with be should advise him to withdraw the Bill.
Mr. BASS said that being a large buyer of hops he
might be permitted to say a few words on this subject.
—(Elear, hear.) He merely wished to observe that
hops were an article which it required great judgment
and experience to estimate. There were many hop mer-
chants who knew very little about beer, and many a great
brewer who knew very little about hops, so that he was not
surprised to see this Bill in the House; but he hoped
that this would be the last they should ever hear of it,
for he was quite sure that the public required every pro-
tection that it could obtain. No greater facility could
be afforded to the ignorant and inexperienced than the
amount of duty paid and the marks which were placed
upon the several bags; and he should, therefore, vote
against the Bill.
After a few words from Mr. HODGES,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that
without wishing to throw any imputation on his Ho-
nourable Friend the Member for Sussex, he could not
help saying that it appeared to him that the Bill was
brought in to serve ens object, while it in effect
professed to aim at another. With regard to
the remission of the hop duties altogether, he
thought that a fair subject for discussion, and when the
proper time came he should be ready to enter:into it; but
this was altogether a matter of a different character, and
feeling that no Bill ought to be brought into the House
in the way in which this Bill had been introduced, he
should vote for the amendment.
Mr. PLUMPTRE said that if the differential duties
were equalised no reliance whatever could be placed on
the marks on the bag, and, therefore, they would be-
come perfectly useless.

Mr. CUM EIS said that the Government bad already
lost much of their popularity in his part of the country,
and he warned them that their opposition to this mea-
sure would tend greatly to increase the dislike with
which they were regarded.
Mr. FREWEN, in reply, repudiated the charge of
unfairness which had been thrown out against him, and
stated that the hop.growers in different parts of
the country ought to be placed precisely in the same po-
sition as the growers of wheat. Each took his sample to
market, and let each in like manner depend for his price
upon the quality of his goods.—(Hear, hear.) There
was no reason for showing more favour to one grower
than to the other, and he should, therefore, notwith-
standing the taunt of seeking for popularity, persist
with his Bill.
Mr. A HOPE having briefly supported the_ Bt inlol
to
the ground that the growers on poor lands ough
be placed at any disadvantage,
The House divided, when there appeared—.
For the Bill ...
131
Against it ••• ••
--122
• Majority .• • •••
••
The Bill was consequently lost.
SUNDAY TRADING
PREVENTION BILL.
Mr. B. WALL presented a nuuiber of petitions against
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this Bill.
tithsheconstituents, but as
this
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HlS'o'lLhaLdlAnnMdeSrtmahoevned
Oho Bill of last session, he
ir: qwucess trooafteariaglrleyatthneusinambterao:
trading was passed in the reign of
should not go at length into the details of it. The first
Act to prevent Sunday h
: offor that Bill was
vidence which
the Commit-
teeresent Bill. The e
Charles the Second,
much the same as the p
disclosed a state of circum-
autdhet
seupbrjieicictipbl
had been taken on
stances which called for some legislative interference.
of the Lords
There were many shopkeepers who did not open their shops
,
by their own will, but were forced to it by the competition
within
• neighbours, and a few hundred yards of
of their no
that House there were no less than 7uo shops opened
on a Sunday, and that not for the common necessaries of
life. It had been acknowledged by every age and nation
that an intermisaion of labour at least one day in the week
was absolutely necessary for the moral, physical, and social
welfare of mankind, even in countries and times where
the Christian religion was not known, and where the
Sabbath was not a Divine command. It was not his
intention to go into the provisions of the Bill, and if the
Hon. Member for Salisbury would consent to the
second reading of the Bill he (Mr. Williams)
would propose that the Bill should go into a
Select Committee and all its provisions be thoroughly
considered. With regard to the principle of the Bill, he
could not see the slightest objection to it; any one who
read the evidence which had been taken on the subject
would see that this system of Sunday trading entailed
upon its victims a slavery mole rigorous and severe
than any other which could be imagined. His object
was not so much to secure the religious observance of the
Sabbath as to allow a day of rest to an overworked popu-
lation.
Mr. BARING WALL thought the Hon. Gentleman
who had just sat down had treated the matter in a very
fair manner, but he contended that be had
made out no case for legislation. He did not
place much reliance on the number of petitions
which had been presented, because he knew how they
were manufactured, and they proceeded most from
people who really had not the deepest interest in the
existence or non-existence of Sunday trading. But
if they legislated for London, why should they not le-
gislate for the whole country, if Sunday trading was to
be prevented?

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

The Council of King's College, London, have
elected Mr. Rickards, the counsel to the Speaker, to the Pro-
felsoubip of LAW in that college,

SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.
NKw jußy.—This morning the panel for new jurors for the
ensuing quarter wzis called over, and the Learned Secontial
was vccupied in hearing several excuses against service.. In
ore case a person appeared, and stated that the party sum'
t he
moned resided at Shf.ffield,- and was a magistrate of
county, and only carried on business in London by an agent.
The Learned SECONDARY said that was no excu,O, and
the party must attend on another jury or he might baput
on ne at the Central Criminal Court. His being.a inagu._l9n"
trate might entitle him to be put on the grand jury,
cf
every one who held a place of business in the City was boo
to serve, although he did not attend or reside there. •
In a second ca e the excuse was that the party was only
lodger, and did not carry on any business—he was only a
collector for one of the gas companies.
The Learned SECONDARY said that was no excuse; be held
an office from which he gained prodts, and by which be
gained his livelihood, and was,therefore bound to seret. The
secretary of a company was also liable.

MIDDLES 1::X SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
Nary Ann Bure, for stea LO yards of calico, the
property ofJacobk
Bell, fromlin hisg shop, was sentenced to.sit
month? hard labour in the House of Correction.
SURREY SESSIONS —(THIS DAY')
„aced
The March sessions for the county of Surrey coin
this morning, at the Sessions House, N e w ington- causeway,ates be'
fo'e Thomas rookie, Esq., and a full Bench of Magistr.
doper.
The calendar contained the names of twenty-three pris
for felony, and two for misdemeanour.
Daniel Washbrunk, 19, was found guilty of stealing apiece
of mutton from the shop of Mr. Legg, a butcher in Su'
New -cut. , ur at
The CouRT sentenced him to three months' hard ntoo
Brixton House of Correction. _ _

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY,)
Mr. Thomas O'Shea, a retired officer, in the enjoyment
of a pension, was charged before Mr. Henry with committing
an outrageous assault upon Daniel Sullivan, a little boy under
ten ears of age.
The complainant stated that last evening, as be fraa lc
turning from school through Wyld-street, the prisoner, ils
passing him, took off his cap and struck him with it on the
head. The prisoner then put the cap into his own hat, and
proceeded into Queen-street. The boy followed him into
Holborn, crying and praying for bis cap. In 11°Iberin'
Thomas Hicks, 66 F, who recognised the prisoner, ;
terposed, and, hearing the child's complaint,
prisoner to give up the cap ; but he bad no sooner done
.9
than he struck the complainant a frightful blow with I;til.,
chiselled fist upon the face, which bore severe marks of 1
violence.
of a parcel of " blackguards" compelled the
The prisoner's defence was that the complainant, wsci,ff asailf
n"ing• him as he passed through the streets, and be was pe
fectly justified in chastising him. is al-
Mr. liflßMY—i will teach yu that you are not to b
lowed to beat a child of th to tz in such a brutal manner.
who were in the habit r
r.
You shall pay a fine a shillings, to
Hof forty shillings, or go
teen days. prison for fonr•

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY')
CORN
The arrival: of grain up to last evening were 1111,1" the
morning's market was thinly attended, but towei.es of
close we experienced rather more demand for fise queetl last.
Foreign Wheat, which realised thefull prices a monde
In English we observe no alteration. All dericriptions
t;
spring corn are held 1, mly at our quotations. Fil3ur rnee
DNSDIIA• thltie
rather an improved inquiry, but cannot be quoted higher.
ARRIVALS TR'S WEEK.

ARRIVALS TR'S WEEK' pearl
Wheat. LlarleLy.
........_____Ostr:
...........--•00
• Oa •
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Q '
WO 440
English ...... MO 1,360 2.530 sa
Irish •••• •• ••
....._ 2
sso
Malt.
2,710 1)4
Foreign •• • . • • 830 2,040

EASTERN COUNTIES RA
ILwAY
•
(THIS DAY.)
STATE OF THE POLL AT ONE O'CL°CiL
Margrave *** 3'185
80yd... 342

Smyth
Geach

Waddington...
Whalley ...

2,625

3,067
497

f-4 btrb Vattion
WARWICK RACES.

(THIS DAY.)
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPO4

The Castle Stakes.
Knight of the Thistle ...
Souffli

... ...
Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each.

Hazy ...
Captain Parry ...

1
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Two-Year•Old Stakes.
A dead beat between Poetess and Mr. Grerille's SIS"
filly.

Sunrise ...

Warwickshire Handicap.

Bushranger ... ••'
BETTING AT LEAMINGTON—TUESDAY NIGIIT'

WARWICK HANDICAP.
3 to 1 agst Mark Tapley.
5 to 1 agst Clothworker.
5 to 1 agst Unity.
6 to 1 agst Sunrise.
6 to 1 agst Zadoc.
CHESTER CUP.
30 to 1 agst Nancy.
DERBY.
6 to 1 on the geld.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sia,—Your leading article of this day alludes to mid
having rpoken on the Papal Aggression Bill on hi° the
night. I beg to assure that I have not spoken at all 19r1
question. I am, Sir, &c.,
HENRY KER SEVIER'

Carlton Club, March 18.

General Sir Charles Napier arrived in London this worn'
ing at a quarter-past one o'clock, having travelled fror
Dover by the South-Eastern Railway. On arriving it .1 di
London-bridge terminus the Gallant General was recet/ers
with three hearty cheers from the railway officials, Whcs Ire
drawn up to receive him. , be-
FigEs YEsTEllDAY.—Yesterday tnorninms, •se a
tween four and five o'clock, a fire broke out in the prein%ric.
belonging to Mr. Frederick Richard Boulter. licensed
'
tuad trade,
er, the Bell Tavern, situate at No. 5, Leiceeter• street,
Leicester-square. Mr. Boulter's premises, stock ,a i. The
furniture, and wearing apparel were nearly all destroya! a.,
premi,es of Mr. W. Addis, ironmonger, are also seriensiY__"_r.
triaged. The property of Mr. Medlicott,:coffee-housel7s,.
was likewise damaged. The cause of the fire i auri
known. Fortunately Mr. Boulter was insured in the
ks?.t.
Fire-office, and the building, which belongs to Messrs. WP.I„.
bread and Co., the brewers, was insured in the Hind
Hand Fire-office; Mr. W. ddis was also insured ; but ,°:
fortunately Mr. Medlicott was not. In the course of the
morning, the family of Sir George Beresford were grestif
alarmed, in consequence of a fire breaking out in his resr,
deuce, No. 5, Beaumont-street, High-street, Marylebone. P.,
commenced in the third-floor front room, and was occasioned
by a person reading in bed, when a spark flew from ash hten
candle and set the bedding in flames. Timely a.sa,l
having arrived, the fire was soon extinguished, but not Olt
the bed and furniture were destroyed, and the building mine
dam aged.
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tTi:l,,
iEnTshtEea nAvtße,
Lordshi venerable
Goa
brrleeatE MEATHarlMalvern,of3 _—Thes 1e anhgeiland
np/ Vdi.
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p *as in Lis 80th year. The Noble Earl Is `,...
ceeded in his title and estates by his eldest son, Lord Bre'"
son, now Earl of Meath." Lora
OFFICIAL APPOINTMENT.---Lord Truro, the
eu,e.
Chancellor, and the Marquis of Salisbury, the Lord-Lri
oia.
nant, have appointed Donald Nicoll, Esq., one otb.eriir of
c
0 sty's Commissioners of Lieutenancy, and late ii`caltiti
London and Middlesex, to be a magistrate for the
of Middlesex and liberty of Westminster. rt
' th Aulerisk
The project of the European and Is, or Nrti ev"` '
Railway appears to excite much interest in Nar
~.d:passed
and the Bill to incorporate the company hAs already wbich
of this '. 11
the Colonial Legislature. The completion Nov Scotia, will
is to connect New York with Halifax and .
,ween the New
effect a great saving of time in the transit Doe!'
~,Azot ficent harbour.
and the Old World. llalifax, pith its "--1 ble diverted to it
must feel the benefit of the traffic which wil
should the line be completed. when it WWI
MOULTING OF THE CANARr•—• t, according
" moults," which is generally in July or AugaBto keep bird,
to the heat of the weather - all you need do is,i,
lively bird.
quiet and free from draughts. Being a cheerfu
not let hint
there is no need to have him covered up, but do
city ot "Vi
be unduly excited. Give him a very small quail a week;
beef, scraped, and moistened with cold water, once_ow and
occasionally, a little yoke of bard boiled egg ; and " iii full
then a piece of sponge-cake, and ripe chi .kweuerupt
with
lower. Nature will do the rest; and present yo
nee," and
a handsome new coat, that will keep him " BPwrben they
last him a full year. Mind and trim his clavi. _ever. la
are too long. Use sharp scissors always; a knfle:_'thst your
handling him, let him lie as passive as possible; little buds'.
tof hi' 1, arid
hand may not operation, nduly on any par ,1 *bout I
After the first he will understand a, iialp ii-idd, ifs
cheerfully submit to be so " trimmed.'*--- Wil
the Gardener's Chronicle.
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On the 16th inst , at radon Clari.
BIRTHS.
OF X
- house,
Mrs. Conrad H. Pinches.
On the 16th inst., the wife of the Rev. R. Parnell, assis ' tant
minister of the Hon. East India Companys Chapel, POI'Ir.
or A DAyonTsv..
On the 15th inst., f 31•11 ttl e wife of tti© Rev. Pr'
a. 1 airs , 1
Bayiy. e, iiennington-road,
MAREJ.ED. Sear..
On the 12th inst , at St. Philip's, Dalston, John T.
borough, of Grange-villas, Da.bnon, to Louisa, eldest (laugh"
ter of T. I.ing, Esq., of btonebridge-house, Kinglatl•

PIED •
On the 15th inst., the lion. Selena Childers. aged 77.
On the 13th inst., at Montpelier-cottage,'
l'wickenbarn,
J. Norris, of Richmond, Surrey, aged 78.
On the 15th itt-1., at Gloucester-gardens, Hyde-park, Janet.
Ellis, widow of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Dih 0
the none 1% I. C. Service, Madras Establishment.
On the 15th inst., Mr. John Roberts, ot Rotherhithe, late of
Bermondsey, aged 81.

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