The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-04 00:00:00

STARE TOLLS.

The following is the report of the select com-
mittee appointed to inquire into the origin of the
claim of the Government of Hanover to levy the
Stade tolls, to consider in what degree they are de-
trimental to the commerce of the United Kingdom,
and the effect of giving notice to determine the
treaty under which this country has assented to the
payment of such tolls for a limited period :
" 1. That the foundation of the claim of Hanover to levy
the Stade toll was a treaty with Denmark in 1719 A.D.,
and a further treaty with Sweden in 1719, by which, what-
ever right those countries possessed was transferred to the
Elector of Hanover.
" 2. That the proportion of Stade toll to freight in British
skips from Hull to Hamburg is at the present time on a
bale of spun silk 115 per cent.; on a bale of cotton goeds,
142 per cent.; and on a bale of woellen yarn, 36 per cent.
That the average annual amount of Stade tolls levied on
cargoes under the British flag has risen from £3103. per 100
tons British in 1847, to £4 Gs. 4d. in 1855.
"3. That the increase on British tonnage entering the
port of Hamburg has been 102 per cent. since 1849, while
the increase on Hamburg tonnage has been 248 per cent.
since 1849; and the foreign tonnage, exclusive of Briti4b
and Hamburg, entering the port of Hamburg, has, duriag
the same period, increased 99 per cent.
"4. That the Stade toll is injurious to the trade and
shipping of the United Kingdom.
"5. That the tax is specially prejudicial to the part of
our produce and trade which has to compete in foreign
markets with similar articles not subject to the tax, and
this is felt sensibly in the coal trade, and particularly in
the export of the less valuable descriptions of coal.
"G. That goods, the property of Hamburg citizens, and
carried in Hamburg ships, are exempt from the Stade toll,
and British ships are thereby exposed to an unfair competi-
tion.
"7. That the general trade to Hamburg, notwithstanding 1
the discouragement occasioned by the tax, bas more than
doublfd within the last 10 years.
"8. That the trade to flarburg, which is free from Stade
toll, has risen in a still more striking rale ; that of Bremen, 1
the El,fleth toll on the Weser having ceased, aed that of
Stettin (the Sound dues having been abolished), have also
increased in a very large proportion.
"9. That the Stade toll differs from the Sound dues, in-
asmuch as the Sound dues were a tax charged not only upon
attiele3 of expos t, but also on articles of general use im-
ported into the Unit, dßingdom ; but the Stade toll is levied
on exports ft orn end not on imports into the United Kingdom.
"10. That it. does not appear that any service whatever is
rendered by Hanover in return for the tax levied upon the
commerce of Great Britain.
"11. That if the treaty of 1844, by which the United
Kingdom is bound for a limited wriorl to assent to the pay.
meat of the Stale toll, were determined by notice pursu-
ant to ti,e terms thereof, but little injury or inconvenience
woad arise to the trade of this country.
"12. That it is expedient that notice should be given is
terminate the treaty of 1844 with Hanover."

THE FIRE IN THE STRAND.

.

Mr. Lewis returns his sincere thanks to his many past
and present pupils for their kind and solicitous inquiries
since the fire at the adjoining premises, and begs to inform
theta and the public that the Instituton for teaching the
Lew isir,n systems ,f writing, arithmetic, book-keepinz, and
short band, is now again ready for the reception of pupils.
" The Lewisian Institution."
113, Strand. 4th August.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the
official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in
Downing-street. The Ministers present were—The Eon)
of D..31)3', the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor,
the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwick°, Mr.
Secretary Wall??le, the Earl of Malmesbury, Sir E. Bulwer
Lytton, Gen. Pal, Sir John Pakinglon, Lord Stanley, and
Lori John MTnntri.

The Marquis and Marebionus de Labedoyere haVe
Id' the Brunvtick Itot,l, St. .I,:ntes'F, to attend on the
Etnpet or and Erpprtss t f tie French at Cherbou: g.

The Marchioness of Salisbury will leave Hatfield
Howe on the I:2th inst. for Bournemouth.

The Earl of Hardwicke has loft town for Cher-
bourg-.

Viscount Stro.tford de Itedeliffe goes with his
fain!!! to Conslarniatople, on the 20th instant, to tyke kayo
of the S+ ltan. llis lordship and Lady Stratford de Itedaffe
pro;,n,,e to niter in Rome.
Viecount Pala:erston will leave town in a few
days to visit I;is Estates in Ireland.

The Lady Augusta Fiennes gave birth to a son
yesterday, at Kensington-gore. We arc glad to announce
that her 11clys!..ip and the infant are going en vcr3- well.
Lady Dufferin has left the Clarendon for Cher-
bourr. The Count Wezela has left the same establishment
for Cheltcnha:a.

Lord and Lady .Foley will return to town on
Tuesday next, from visiting the Duke and .Duchess of Nor-
folk, at Arundel Castle, Strs.sex.

The Dowager -Lady Foley, who has been indis-
posed for some days past, is inuch better, acid will shortly
lease tuw•n for Brighton. _ _ _

Lord and Lady Camoys and family and Lord and
Lady ltuthven have left the Asliburnhant Hotel.

The Baron Schulenburg has left the Brunswick
Hotel, fur Gcrinany.

Major-Gen: Buckley, M.P., has left his house in
South Audley-street, for Cherbourg. Lady Catherine
Buckley and family remain in town.
Col. Sutton and Mrs. Sutton have arrived at
Fenton's Rote), from the Cape of Good Hope.

Mr. Le Roy and Mrs. and Miss Le Roy have left
Fentores ilotej, for Edinburgh.

Mr. and Mrs. Rudd have arrived at the Queen's
Hotel, Upper Nonvood.

- - -
ROYAL ITALIAN OrEßA.—Their Royal Highnesses
the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princes Mary, accom-
panied by their Rue' Highnesses the Hereditary Grand
Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, honoured the
performances at the Royal Italian Opera with their presence
last evening. Their royal highnesses occupied the Queen's
box, and were accompanied by Ewily Duchess of Beaufort
and Lady Geraldine Somerset and Count Chotck. Among
the fazhionable company present at the theatre we .remarked
—Their Serene iglunsies the Prince and PrincesS Edward
of Saxe Weimar, the Duke and Duchess of Wellington,
the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, his Excellency the
Russian Minister and the Baroness Brunnow, the Marquis
of Donegal', the Marquis of Ailesburyo the Countess of
Bradford and the Ladies Bridgman, the Earl Granville, the
E rl cf Lucan, the Countess Dowager of Essex and Miss
Johnston, the Etrl of Craven, the Countess of Tankerville, the
Earl ofCardigan, Viscountess Palmerston, Viscountess Dun-
gannon Cunt Louis Corti, Lcrd and Lady Ilarritt Ashley,
Lady Dufferin,' Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest, M.P., Gen.
the Hon. Henry Cavendish, Hon. Leopold Agar Ellis,
Major the Hon. E. K. W. Coke, Capt. the Hon. J. C. W.
Vivian, M.T'., Major the lien. S. J. 0. Calthorpe, Hon.
Mrs. Cust, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, M.P., and
Mrs. Smith, Hon. John Fortecue, Sir George Armytage,
Sir Alexander Bannerman, Sir William de Bathe, Sir
William Tophatn, Sir Charles Knightley, Admiral Rich,
C:l. Bigge, Capt. Turner' Major Mounijoy Martyn, Capt,
Nicholson Capt. Davvfon Darner, Car. Steel, Capt. BT.!,
Capt. Clayton, Capt. Blosse,Capt.Fat quharson,Col.Minchin,
Capt. Cast ace, Capt. Walrond Clarke, Capt. Ashlournham,
Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter, Mr. ausl Mrs. Uzielli, Mrs. Hugh
Wardrop,
Mrs. Shtllfy Avington), Mrs. Ogle Hunt,
Miss Byrne, Mr. Woodford, Mr. 11.11. Midinne, 3"r. M.sy-
nard, Mr. I'enney, Mr. IL 11. Wetisier, Mr. A. K. Ooru,,
Mr. Martineau, Mr. henry Greville, Alr. Baring, M.P.,
CHILD '
Mr. Pattent.am Alderson, Mr. C. C. Martin Mr. Clayton,
was held at hull on the Mbwo
aelyndoafy
ac
Mr. C. Greville, Mr. Bernal Osborne, M.P.,
infant ; andlijtah evening an
t the
very strong spins
mother, Mrs. Sarah Killington, n-ewly• hot female
a married woman, aged 28
years, stated to be highly coanect d •
de , but living apart from
her husband. The jury returned
guilty of the wilful warder
oft a verdict that she was
ha child.