The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-20 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of CommoeseJ
TUESDAY. MARCIE 19.
SLAVE TRADE.
Motion made, and Question put, " That an humble Ad-.
dress be presented to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty
will bo pleased to direct that negotiations be forthwith
entered into for the purpose of releasing this Country from
all treaty engagements with Foreign States, fur maintaining
armed vessels on the coast of Africa to suppress the traffic
in slaves." The House divided :
MINORITY—AYES, 154.
Frewen, C. H. Meats, G. F.
Fuller, A. E. Naas, Lord
Galway, Viscount Newry, Viscount
Gaskell, J. M. Ossniston, Lord
Gladstone, W. E. Packe, C. W.
Gooch, E. S. Palmer, Robert
Gore, W. R. 0. Pilkington, James
Greene, John Plowden, W. H.
Grosvenor, Lord R. Portal, Melville
Gwyn, Bowel Prime, Richard
Hall, Sir B. Rendlesham, Lord
Hallyburton, Lord Renton, J. C.
Ilalsey, T. P. Hushout, Captain
Hamilton, J. H. Balwey, Colonel
Hutto, Alexander Sanders, George
Heneage, G. H. ScholeAeld, William
Henry, Alexander Seyrner, H. K.
Herbert, H. A. Sibthorp, Colonel
Hervey, Lord A. Simeon, John
Heyworth, L. Smith, John B.
Ilildyard, R. C. Smyth, J. G.
Hlldyard, T. B. T. Smythe, George
Hodgson, W. N. Smollett, A.
llornby, John &therm. T. 11. S.
Hudson, G. Stafrerd, Augustus
Hume, Joseph Stephenson, Robert
Jackson, William Stuart, Lord Dudley
Jocelyn, Viscount Stuart, H.
Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Stuart, J.
Seating, Robert Sturt, H. G.
Ker, Richard Sullivan, Michael
King, P. J. Tancred, H. W.
Knight, F. W. Taylor, T. E.
Knox, Colonel Thesiger, Sir F.
Langston, J. H. Thickness., Ralph
Lennox,;Lord A. Thompson, Alderman
Lennox, Lord G. H. Trelavrny, J. S.
Leslie, C. P. Trevor, G.
Lockhart, W. Tyrell,:Sir Z.
Lowther, Colonel Vane, Lord H.
Mandeville, Viscount Verner, Sir W.
Mangles, R.D. Waddington, H. S.
Manners, Lord G. Walmsley, Sir 3,
Manners, Lord J. Walsh, Sir J. B.
March, Earl of Walter, John
Masterman, John Wegg-Prosser, F.
Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Wood, W. P.
Meux, Sir H. Wortley, J. S.
Miles, William
Milner, W. M. TELLZILL
Molesworth, Sir W. Hatt, William ,
Mowatt, Francis Bailie, H. J. 1
Mundy► William

Aglionby, H. A.:
Aaldock, E. H.
Archdall, Captain
Bagot, William
Baldwin, C. B.

Bankes, George
Beresford, William
Berkeley, Grantley
Best, John

Bolder°, H. G.
Bouvurie, E. P.
Bramston, T. W.
Bright, John

Brr;adley, H.
Bulkeley, Sir R. B.
Buller, Sir J. Y.
Burroughes, H. N.
Cabbell, B. B.
Carew, W. P.
Castlerea ;h, Yls.
Cavendish, G. H.
Cayley, Edward S.
Charteris, Francis
Cliatterton, Colonel
Childers, J. W.

Christopher, R.
Cobb°ld, John C.
Cobden, Richard
Cocks, T. S.
Colebrooke, Sir T.
Coles, H. R.
Colvile, C. R.
Darner, Colonel
Deedes, W.
Denison, J. E.
Dick, Quintin
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Ducicwjrth, Sir I.
Duff, George S.
Duncan, Viscount
Duncan, George
Duncombe, A.
Duncombe, 0.

Dundas, Geprge
Du Pre, C. G.
East, Sir J. B.

Ellis, John
Estcourt, J. B. B.
Evelyn, W. J.

Farr ,e- James
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Fitzroy, Henry
Fordyce, A. 1).
Forester, G. C.
Fox, S. L.

MAJORITY—NOES, 232.
Abdy. Sir T. N. Freestun, Colonel Paget, Lord A.'
Acland, Sir T./D. French, F. Paget, Lord C.
Adair, It. Shaft° Goddard, A. L. Paget, Lord G. 1
Adderley, C. B. Gordon, Admiral Pakington, Str J.
Anderson, Arthur Grace, 0. D. Palmer. Bounden
Anson, Colonel Greenell, Gilbert Palmerston. Vis.
Armstrong, Sir A. Grey, Sir G. Parker, John
Armstrong, R. B. Grosvenor, Earl Pechell, Sir G.
Arundel, Earl of Hanmer, Sir J. Peel, Sir Robert
Ashley, Lord Harcourt, G. G. Peel, Frederick
Bagshaw , John Ilardcastle, J. A. Pelham, D. A
Bailey, Joseph Harris, Richard Perfect, R.
ltaines, M. T. Haste, Archibald Pigott, Francis
Baring, H. B. Batehell, John Pinney, W.
Baring, Sir F. T. Hawes, B. Plumptre, I. P.
Barnard, E. G. Hayter, W. G. Power, Dr.
Bellew, R. M. Headlam, T. E. Power, Nicholas
Berkeley, Admiral Heald, James rusty, Philip
Berkeley, C. L. Heathcoat, John Rawden, Colonel
Bernal, Ralph Herbert, Sidney Reid, Colonel
Birch, Sir Thomas Heywood, James Repton, G. W. J.
Blackall, S. W. Hobhouse, Sir John Reynolds, John
Blair, Stephen Hobhouse, T. B. Ricardo, J. L.
Blake, M. J. Hodges, T. L. Ricardo, Osman
Blakemore, R. Hogg, Sir J. W. Rich, Henry
Blandtord, Marquis Holland, Robert Robartes, T. J.
Booth, Sir R. G. Hood, Sir A. Romilly, Colonel
Bowles, Admiral Howard, Lord E. Romilly, Sir John
Boyle,Volonel Howard, C. W. Rumbold, C. E.
Brand, Thomas Howard, J. K. Russell, Lord John
Brocklehurst, J.; Howard, E. G. Russell, Edward S.
Brockman, E. D. Howard, P. H. Russell, F. C. H.
Brotherton, J. Inglis, Sir It. Sandars,-Joseph
Brown, Humphrey Jermyn, Earl Scully, Francis
Browne, R. D. Jervis, Sir John Seymour, Lord
Banbury, E H. Johnstone, Sir J. Shell, R. L.
Buxton, Sir E. Jones, Captain Shelburne, Earl et
Campbell, W. F. Keppel, G. T. Sheridan, R.B.
Cardwell, Edward Kershaw, James Smith, Vernon
Carter, John B. Labouchere, Henry Smith, A. J.
Cavendish, C.:C. Lacy, H.C.I Somerville, Sir W.
Cavendish, W. G. Lascelles, W. S. Spooner, Richard
Chaplin, W. J. Lemon, Sir Charles Stanley, R. H.
Chichester, Lord J. Lennard, T. B. Stanton, W. H.
Christy, Samuel Lewis, Sir T. Strickland, Sir G.
Clay, James Lewis, G. C. Stuart,•Lord J.
Clerk Sir George Lindsay, Colonel Talbot, J. H.
Cole, H. 'A. Littleton, E. R. Tennent, R. J.
Collins, W. Loch, James Thompson, Colonel
Corry, H. Lygou, General Thomely, Thomas
Cowan, Charles Mackie. John Towneley, John
Cowper, W. F. Mackinnon, W. Townley, R. G.
Craig, Sir W. G. • 31•Nagaten, Sir E. Towushend, Capt.
Currie, Henry M'Cullagh, W. T. Tufnell, H.
Dawson, T. V. M'Gregor, John Turner, George
D'Eyncourt, T. Mahon, O'Gorman Verney, Sir H.
Dodd, George Marshall, J. G. Toney, T.
Douglas, Sir C. Marshall, William Villiers, Charle4
Duff, James Martin, J. Wall, C. B.
Duke, Sir J. Martin, C. W. Walpole, Spencer
Duncuft, John Matheson, Colonel Watkins, Colonel
Dundas, Admiral Maule, Fox Wawn, J. T.
Dundas, Sir David Melgund, Viscount Wellesley, Lord C.
Dunne, Colonel Miles, Philip W.'.5. Westhead, J. P.
Ebrington, Viscount Mines, R. M. Willcox, Brodie
Edwards, H. Milton, Viscount Williams, John
Ellice, Edward Mitchell, T. A. Wil!yams, H.
Elliot, John E. Moffatt, George Williamson, Sir H.
Enfield, Lord Moore, George H. Wilson, James
Evans, Sir De Lacy Morison, Sir:W. Wilson, Matthew
Evans, J. Morris, David Wodehouso, E.
Evans, William Mostyn, E. M. Wood, Sir Charles
Fagan, William Mulgrave, Earl Wyld, James
Fergus, Jehn Norreys, Lord Wyvill, Marmadake
Ferguson, Colonel O'Connell, Maurice
!Miner, Sir E. O'Connell, M. J.
•Titzwilliam, G. W. Ogle, S. C.
Forster, M. Ord, W.
Fertescue, Chichester Owen, Sir J.

TILLEILL
Hill, Lord Marcus
ey, R. W.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THZ
BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION.
Sir,—On Monday the 18th, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer took a step into the right, by admitting the
principle of ad valorem taxation, or something as near
to it as convenient, into the levying of the Stamp
Duties. The value of an admission of this nature is
much greater than the mere present amount of the
changes induced.
In the course of the evening an amusing scene was
presented, by the zealous agreement of all parties of
Irishmen, in representing the utter inutility
and undesirableness of giving anybody (for to
that length it seemed to go) the suffrage
in Ireland. It was stated nemine coniradicente,
that a voter in Ireland was so beset by the landlords
on one side and the priests on the other,—by those
who, as Mr. Sheil naively expressed it, threatened
him with loss of substance in this world or pro-
mised him reward in the next,—that the Member for
Youghal rounded off the whole into a declaration that
the only remedy would be the disfranchisement of
Ireland. This was being sorely delivered into the
hands of those who saw an intermediate remedy in
the Ballot. And notice was consequently taken of
the facts, for the purpose of being used again on Mr.
Maurice O'Connell's promised motion for the intro-
duction of the ballot in Ireland, in the Committee on
Elections (Ireland) Bill.
At a late hour the Member for Sunderland asked
the Government what their intentions were on the
subject of returning the duty on bricks to those who
have lately paid it; and made something very like a
spocch on the occasion, though contrary to the regu-
lations of the House. The Member for Sunderland
is no great authority in political economy, and will
probably find the Government hold out against his
demand. It is not at all for the interest of the re-
ducers of taxation, to hold out that the Chancellor of
the Exchequer shall not be allowed to reduce a tax,
unless he can also make up his mind to refund the
receipts of six months previous. The real fact all the
time being, that when a tax is taken off, the amount
ii not deducted from the price by the holders of the
article, till they have sold their stocks on
hand ; and in the same manner when a tax is laid
on, the price is not instantly raised, but waits till the
holders of the articles have disposed of the quantity
which was previously in their warehouses un-
taxed. Scarcely anybody but must have heard the
assertion, that when a tax was taken off, for instance,
leather, here was no reduction in the price of shoes;
that is to say, there was nut the instantaneous reduc-
tion they expected to the amount of the tax. Whence
wiseacres were found inferring that there was no use
in taking off taxes at all ; there existing a decree of
nature, by which the consumer was doomed to
pay always the same, and consequently the
tax might as well be there for the be-
nefit of the ,tax-eaters as not. On all Which
kind of subjects, the Corn-law agitation has happily
made us wiser than our forefathers ; though the Wen•
tical fallacy described still holds its ground as a stock
argument on the Protectionist benches, where the
belief is as firm as with their grandsires, that there is
no use in taking off tax on Corn or Tea, because a
greedy foreigner stands by to put the amount into his
pocket without let or hindrance from power human
or divine. All of which is foolish enough, to cause
surprise even where it is. But it serves very well to
prevent the equally dark on the manufacturing side,
from trying to remove the two-and-a-half per cent.
duty on foreign corn, which they pay as quietly as
they would buy a pennyworth of gingerbread for their
child that asked for it.
On Tuesday the motion of Mr. Hutt for removing
the African squadron was negatived by 232 against
154, after a debate conducted with great spirit on
both sides. One of the most effective advocates
against the motion, was the Member for Livcrpoor-
a curious evidence of the change of times. The
Prime Minister put forth the strength which he keeps
for occasions that demand it. Sir Robert Peel did
not speak ; but voted with the Government.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
AN OLD REFORMER.
London, 20th March, 1850.

TEIE MARINE SOCIETY.—This society, established
f,r the equipment, maintenance, and instruction of dis-
tressed boys for the Royal Navy, the Indian Navy, and
merchant service, held its anniversary last evening at the
London Tavern. The Earl of Romney presided. The
sixty-fire boys educated by the society were introduced
in the course of the evening, and the best compliment
that can be paid them is to observe that we have seldom
seen sixty-five youths whom the enemies of their country
would less choose to meet. After it had been stated that
the Admiralty had, during the past year, taken twenty
boys frcm the society,
the result of the festival was an.
nounced to be a contribution of 500/. The musical sr-
' rangements of the evening were under the direction of
Mr. Gauge, assisted by Master
.Smith, Mr. C. Kenny,
Mr. Turner, and Mr. F. Smith. Mr, Higgs vise an
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THE ROYAL VISIT to IRELAND.—Messrs.
LLOYD (BROTHERS) and CO. have the honour to announce
that. in.consequence of the great desire evinced to view her Majesty's
PICTURE of the Departure of the Royal Squadron from Kings-
town Harbour, they will, by her Majesty's permission, retain it
until the end of the week, at their Gallery, 22, Ludgate-hill.
Cards of admission may be obtained on application to J. Cundall,
21, Old Bond-street ; E. Churton, 26, Bolles-street, Cavendish-
square ; Ackermann and Co., 96, Strand ; Clark and Melton, Regent-
street ; and at the Publishers.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
The First Appearance of 51r. Sims Reeves.
The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respeci
fully Informed that
A GRAND EXTRA NIGIIT
Will take plac3

TO-MORROW EVENING
being the Lest Night but One before Easter, on which occasion
MR. SIMS REEVES
Will make his first appearance in Verdi's Opera,
EIf.NANI.
Ernani. Mr. Sims Reeves ; Ruy Gomez, Sig. Belletti ; Carlo V.,
Sig. Lorenzo • Elvira, Madlle. Parodi.
After which will be presented an entirely new and original Grand
Ballet, by M. raid Taglioni, entitled
LES METAMORPHOSES.
The Music composed by Signor Pugni ; the Scenery (entirely new)
by Mr. Marshall ; the Appointments by Mr. Brmi vrell ; the Cos.
tomes by Miss Bradley and Mr. Cc.ornbes, Ander the superintendence
of Madame Copere.
The Sprite (under the forms of 1, a Page —2, a Rustic Coquette-3,
Will-of-the-Wisp--4, a Folie-5, a Domino—G, a Cavalier), Mdlle.
Carlotta Grisi ; Karl (a Student), M. rani Taglioni ; Ida (his be-
trothed), Madlle. Rosa ; Mornus, M. Charles ; Rives, Madlles.
ltosa, Ausandon, Julienne, Lamoureux, B. Pascales. and F. Pascales.
Subscribers desirous to attend this extra performance will have the
option of taking it in lien of a subscription night, by intimating their
intention in the course of This Day.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Ticket' to be made at the
Opera lie x-office, Colonnade, Haymarket.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.
The Directors of the Royal'ltalian Opera beg most re.pectfelly to
ISPormthe Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Pubis that
A GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place
TO-MORROW,
When will be pres...nted Weber's Grand Opera of
DER FREISCHUTZ,
With entirely aew Scenery, Costumes, and Appointments.
Agate, Madame Castel ati ; Annetta, Mdlle. Vera ; Una Paraninfa,
Milne. Cotti; Giulio, Signor Enrico Moroni ; Chiliano, Mons. Massol;
Cuno, signor Rommi ; trgo, Signor Lnigt 11 ei ; Ereinita, Signor
Gregorio ; Zonate], M. Doering; Gaspar, Ilc-r Formes.
Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa.
The Scenery ty Messrs. Grieve and Telbin : the Dresses by
Mrs. Bailey and Mme. Marzio ; the Appointments by Mr. Bla-
zers; the .klacidnery by Mr. Allen ; the Spectacle arranged by Mr.
A. Harris.
The Deers will be opened at Half-past Seven, and the performances

commence at Eight o'clock precisely.
Tickets for Boxes, Stalls, or the Fit, may be taken for the night
or season.
N.B. Subscribers for tke Season will have the option of paying
their Subscriptions in advance (as heretofore), or by monthly in-
stalments.
The terms may be obtained at the Box-ofliee of the Theatre (cor-
ner of Hart-street and Bow-street), which is open from Eleven till
F iv e o'clock.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON.
TO-MORROW,
Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants,
The Comedy of THE ELDER BROTHER ; or, Lon at First
Stgilt.. Lord Lewis, Mr. Diddear ; Miramount, Mr. Emery : Erisao,
Mr. Dayidge ; Charles, Mr. James Anderson ; Eustace, Mr. Mon-
tague ; ♦ngelina, Miss V andenhoff ; Sylvia, Miss A. Lonsdale.
To be followed by
♦ DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Madlle. Falser and Madame
Louise will appear.