The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-08 00:00:00

tiONDON, WEIM:IANDA Y EVENING, Ji-LY 8,

FROM LAST EIGHT'S GAZETTE

CROWN OFFICE, JULY 7..

lurms.,,At RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAI.4IENT.
COUNTY op AVR.—John Dunlop, of Dunlop, Esq., in the room
of lliebard Alexander,Os*ald, Est„ Chiltern Hundreds-.

WHITEHALL, JULY' 6.
The King has been pleased to present lice Rev. Thomas David-
s3n to the church and parish pf. Salin, in the Presbytery and .Lle
of Mull, vacant. by the transportation of the Rev. Duncan M'Lean
to the church and parish of Kilbrandon.

THE TEA TRADE.

Yesterday i deputation, headed by Mr-Crawford, M.P.,
Mr. Horsley Palmer, Mr. Travers,• Mr. Sanderson, Mr.
Thompson, Mr.'Richard Gibbs, and other merchants and
brokers interested in the tea trade, waited upon Mr. Spring
Rice and Mr. Poulett Thomson, to represent to Govern-
ment that fresh difficulties had been thrown in the way of
conducting business by a recent order emanating from the
Commissioners of Customs relative to- the collection of the
tea- dutieS. The circumstances -which led to- the interview
between the representatives of the trade and Ministers were
these

Public sales . of, upwards of 60,000 chests of the new
season teas were announced to commence yesterday at the
Commercial Sale Rooms. As soon as the broker who bad
thv Management-of the first sale had as ended the rostrum,
Mr. SikecnunsoN said, before the eodes - proecedO4l-
- to:state, for the information of the trade, that en
order, had just been issued by the Customs, to the effect
t':: ,t all Fokein boheas which might be atethe nreSeut
sakes, as well as those heretofore sold andoindoratkl,
.he subjected to the -congou duty of 2s. 6d. per ib., 'such
tcasi the trade. being aware, only having lieretelbre best;
ehargeable with the duty of ls. 6d. per lb. The trade lee;
by-this decision been placed in a situatiOn of considenible
difficulty, and, under such circumstances, it would be im-
possible to proceed with the sales. He thought it would
be the most advisable step to proceed to Lord Melbourne.
at once; 'and* -represent to his Lordship the injustice that
the order refe dto would inflict upon'the trade, especially
those wl4apurchased Fokein boheas, under'the expec-e
tatinn that they would be liable only .to. the low duty.
Thor decisitm of the Commissioners of Customs was at .va-,
Hance with the compact entered into between Government
and the trade twelve -months ago, when it was directed that.
Fokien boheas should be liable only to the low duty. The
order in queStion had originated in the difficulties experi-
enced by one of the inspectors in affixing the proper duty
tn.this description of tea, some description of Fokein bo-
heas being superior to low congou teas. The result had
been that the order he had referred to had been issued by
the direction of the Commissioners of Customs.
After some conversation, the sale was postponed, and a
deputation was immediately named to- proceed at once to
Lord Melbourne, and about forty Gentlemen connected
with the trade Went up to the Treasury, but were informed
that his Lordship was not in:town. They sought and ob-
tained interviews with Mr. S, Rice, and Mr. P. Thomson.
Mr. Crawford,;Palmer, Mr. Travers, and Mr.
Sanderson, addressed these two members of the Govern-
ment on the part of the trade, representing the facts which
led to the interview, and pointed out the hardship Which
the order in question would 'inflict upon the trade. They
also represented the serious injury that would be dorie to
the merchants and shipowners who had engaged in the
trade to Chins under the new system, if the East India
Company continued to declare' 4,000,000 lbs. of tea for
their quarterly sales, until their whole stock was disposed
of. The Deputation represented, that so important was
the question at issue with regard to the duty, that the sales,
amounting to between 60,000 and 70,000 chests of tea, had
been suspended. They expressed i hope that Mr. Spring
Rice and Mr. P.. Thomson Would obtain an early interview
With Lord Melbourne, In order that the whole question
might be definitively settled, as it was next to impossible to
carry on the trade with the present uncertainty, relative to
the duties which might be levied on teas.
Mr. P. THOsisoN said lie would call the attention of
Lord Melbourne to the subject, and fixe-1 Thursday to
meet the Deputation upon the question relative to the duty.
With respect to the declarations of the East India Com-
pany for their
,quarterly sales, the Right'Hon. Gentleman
read a correspondence that had taken place between the
Board of Controul and the Court of Directors of the East
India Company. The Board of COntroul had sought to
protect the trade from the effects likely to be produced
upon it by the 'late declarations of the Company, and
lie (Mr. Thomson) had recommended that instead of
4,000,000 IhS. being put up, only '2,500,000 lbs. should be
announced. The court-of Directors, however, appeared
determined to continue their sales at the rate of 4,00,000
lbs. per quarter. If (es t!s• Right lion. Gentlemen
understood to say) the Court of Directors were eesolved
to continue their large declaratioeS, some measures would
be resorted to by Government to protect the trad
ftr.r some further conversatlon the deputation with
with the understanding that the whole question would be
considered by his Majesty's- Government before Thursday
next (to-morrow).
The sales of teas are postponed until Monday next.