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

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

(From the -Votes and Proceedings of the House (1" Conunotss.a
TUESDAY. MARCH 19.
SLAVE TRADE.
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Motion made, and Question put, !‘ That an humble Ad-
dress be presented to ber Majesty, praying that her Majesty,
will be pleased to direct that negotiations be forthwith
entered into for the purpose of releasing this Country from
all treaty
engagements with Foreign States, for maintaining
armed vessels on the coast of Africa to suppress the traffic '
in slaves." The House divided:— . .
AILNORITY—AYES, 154. _.. . .
Frewen, C. H. .Mentz, G. F.
Fuller, A. E. Naas,Lord , •
Galway, Viseotmt Newry, VisCotnt
Gaskell, J. M. Ossulston, Lort .
Gladstone, W. E. Puke, C. W.
Gooch. E. S. Palmer, Robert
Gore, W. R. 0. Pilkington, James
Greene, John Plowden, W. H. •
Grosvenor. Lord R. Portal, Melville ~
Gwyn, Rowel Prime, Richard
Hall. Sir B. Rendlesham, Lord
Hallyburton, Lord Renton, J. C.
Halsey, T. P. Rushout, Captain
Hamilton, J. H. Salwey, Colonel
Hastie, Alexander Sandars,'George
Heneage, G. H. Scholedeld, Wllliana
Henry, Alexander Seyneer, H. K.
Herbert, H. A. Slbthorp, Colonel
Hervey, Lord A. Simeon, John
Ileyworth, L. Smith, John B.
Hildyard, It. C. Smyth, J. G.
Ilildyard, T. B. T. Smythe, George
Hodgson, W. N. Smollett, A.
Hornby, John Sotherou, T. H. S.
Hudson, G. Stafford, Augustus
Hume, Joseph Stephenson, Robert
Jackson, William Stuart, Lord Dudley.
Jocelyn, Viscount Stuart, H.
Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Stuart, J.
Keating, Robert Sturt, 11. 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. Thiel:nesse, Ralph
Lennox,' Lord A. Thompson, Alderman
Lennox, Lord G. H. Trelawny, J. S.
Leslie, C. P. Trevor, G.
Lockhart, W. Tyrell, Sir J.
Lowther, Colonel Vane, Lord H.
Mandeville., Viscount Venter, Sir W.
Mangles, R. D. Waddington, H. S.
Manners, Lord G. Walmsley, Sir J.
Manners, Lord J. Walsh, Sir J. B.
March, Earl of Walter, John
Masternian, John Wegg-Prosser, F.
Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Wood, W. P.
Yens., Sir H. Wortley, J. S.
Miles, William
Milner, W. M. TELLII3.
Molesworth, Sir W. Hutt, William
Mowatt, Francis Baillie, H. J.
Mundy, William

Aglionby, H. A.:
Aaldock, E. H.

Arc Wall, Captain
Bagot, William
Baldwin, C. B.

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

Boldcro, 11. G.
Bour,rie, E. P.
Brarnston, T. W.
Bright, Join

Broadley, H.
Bulkelcy, Sir R. B.
Buller, tslr J. Y.
Burroughes, 11. N.
Cabbell, B. B.
Carew, W. P.
Castlereagh, Vis.
Cavendish, G. H.
Caylcy, Edward A.
Charteris, Francis
Ctiatterton, Colonel
Childers, J. W.
Christopher, R.
Cobbold, John C.
Cobden, Richard
Cocks, T.

Colebrooke, Sir T.
Coles, 11. 14.
Colvile, C. B.
Darner, Colonel
Decdcs, W.
Denison, J. E.
Dick. Quintin
Duckworth, Sir J.
Duff, George S.
Duncan, Viscount
Duncan, George
Duncombe, A.
Duncombe, 0.

Dundas, Ge rge
Du Pre, C. G.
East, Sir J. B.
Ellis, John

Estcourt, J. B. B.
Evelyn, W. J.

FarreT, James
Fitzroy, Henry
Fordyce, A. D.
Forester, G. C.
Fox, S. L.

MAJORITY-NOES, t'32.
Abdy, Sir T. N. Freestun, Colonel Paget, Lord A.
Acland, Sir T.I.D. French, F. Paget, Lord C.
Adair, R. Shafto Goddard, A. L. Paget, Lord G.
Adderley, C. 11, Gordon, Admiral Pakington, Sir J.
Anderson, Arthur Grace, 0. D. Palmer, Roundel
Anson, Colonel t zreenal I, Gilbert Palmerston, Via.
Armstrong, Sir A. Grey, Sir G. Parker. John
Armstrong, R. B. Grosvenor, Earl Pechell, Sir G.
Arundel, Earl of Ilanmer, Sir J. Feel, Sir Robert
Ashley, Lord Harcourt, G. G. Peel, Frederick
Bagsha w, John Hardcastie, J. A. Pelham, D. A
Bailey, Joseph Harris, Richard Perfect, R.
Baines, M. T. Elastic, Archibald Pigott, Francis
Baring, H. B. II atchell, John Finney, W.
Baring, Sir F. T. Hawes, B. Plumptre, J. F.
Barnard, E. G. Hayter, W. G. Power, Dr.
Bellew, R. M. Headlam, T. E. Power, Nicholas
Berkeley, Admiral Heald, James Pusey, Philip
Berkeley, C. L. Heathcoat, John Rawdon, Colonel
Bernal, ltalph Herbert, Sidney Reid, Colonel
Birch, Sir Thomas Heywood, James Repton, G. W. J.
Blackall, S. W. llobhouse, Sir John Reynolds, John
Blair, Stephen Hobhuuse, T. B. Ricardo, J. L.
Blake, M. J. Hodges, T. L. Ricardo, Osman
Dial:elm:ire, R. Hogg, Sir J. W. Rich, Henry
Blandiord, Marquis Holland, Robert Robartes, T. J.
Booth, Sir It. G. Hood, Sir A. Romilly, Colonel
Bowles, Admiral Howard, Lord E. Romilly, Sir John
Boyle,lColonel 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 R. Sandars, Joseph
Brown, Humphrey Jermyn, Earl Scully, Francis
Browne, R. D. Jervis, Sir John Seymour, Lord
Bunbury, EH. Johnstone, Sir J. Shell, R. L.
Buxton, Sir E. Jones, Captain Shelburne, Earl of
Campbell, W. F. Keppcl, G. T. Sheridan, R. B.
Cardwell, Edward Kershaw, James Smith, Vernon
Carter, John B. Labouchere, Henry Smith, A. J.
Cavendish, C. ,C. Lacy, IL. C. Somerville, Sir W.
Cavendish, W. G. Lascelles, W. S. Spooner, Richard
Chaplin, W. J. Lemon, Sir Charles Stanley, B. 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, 11. A. Littleton, E. R. Teunent, R. J.
Collins, W. Loch, James Thompson, Colonel
Corry, 11. Lygon, General Thornely, Thomas
Cowan, Charles Mackie, John Towneley, John
Cowper, W. F. Mackinnon, W. Townley, R. G.
Craig, Sir W. G. 11'Nagaten, Sir E. Townehend, Capt.
Currie, Henry M'Cullagh, W. T. Tulbell. H.
Dawson, T. V. 31`Gregor, John Turner, George
D'Eyncourt, T. 3fahon, O'Gorman Verney, Sir H.
Dodd, George Marshall, J. G. Teeey, T.
Douglas, Sir C. Marshall, William Villiers, Charles
Duff, James Martin, J. Wall, C. B.
Duke, Sir J. Martin, C. W. Walpole, Spencer
Duncuft, John Matheson, Colonel Watkins, Colonel
Dundas, Admiral Mettle, Fox Wawn, J. T.
Dundas, Sir David Melgund, Viscount Wellesley, Lord C.
Dunne, Colonel Miles, Philip W.S.: Westhead, J. P.
Ebrington, Viscount Milnes, R. M. Willcox, Brodie
Edwards, H. Milton, Viscount Williams, John
Ellice, Edward Mitchell, T. A. Willyams, H.
Elliot, John E. Moffatt, George Williamson, Sir /1.
Enfield, Lord Moore, George 11. Wilson, James
Evans, Sir De Lacy Morison, Sir:W. Wilson, Matthew
Evans, J. Morris, David Wodehouse, E.
Evans, William Mostyn, E. M. Weod, Sir Charles
Fagan, William Mulgrave, Earl Wyld, James
Fergus, John Norreys, Lord Wyvill, Marmadeke
Ferguson, Colonel O'Connell, Maurice
Filiner, Sir E. O'Connell, M. J.
Fitzwilliam, G. W. Ogle, S. C.
Forster, M. Ord, W.
Fortescue, Chichester Owen, Sir J.

TELLZIN.
L•rd Mar=
G. ey, IL W.

TO THE SECRETARY OF TH.e.:
BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION.
Sir,-03 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 z.2alous agreement of all parties of
Irishmen, in representing the utter inutility
and undesirableness of giving anybody (for to
that length it teemed to go) the suffrage
in Ireland. It was stated nemine eonfradicente„
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
speech on the occasion, though contrary to the regu•
lations of the 'louse. 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
is 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, there was no reduction in the price of shoes ;
that is to say, there was not 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 thetax. 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 bas happily
made us wiser than our forefathers ; though the iden-
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 Liverpoor-
a curious evidence of the change of times. Tbe
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.

TILE MARINE SOCIETY.—This society, established
f)r the equipment, maintenance, and instruction of dis-
tressed boys for the Royal Navy, the Indian Navy, anal
merchant, service, held its anniversary last evening at the
Loudon Tavern. The Earl of Romney presided. The
sixty-five 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 vvas an-
nounced to be a contribution of 5001. The musical ar-
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 was an
i cfficient toastmaster

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