The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-26 00:00:00

SCOTCH BENEFICES.

Mr. lIUME, seeing the Lord Advocate of Scotland in
his place, begged to ask him when he proposed to pro-
ceed with the Scotch Benefices Bill ?

The LORD ADVOCATE said he had postponed the
Bill till after the 30th of April.
THE EASTER HOLIDAYS.

Sir R. PEEL said, he last night gave notice that he
should move the adjournment of the House for the Eas-
ter Holidays on Wednesday next. But he found that
last year he had moved the adjournment on the Tuesday
evening, and unless he had reason to believe that his
moving it on the same day would cause inconvenience
to Hon. Members, who had Bills to bring forward, he
proposed to move the adjournment on Tuesday next.
TURNPIKE TOLLS.
Colonel WOOD moved torlParn fn ilrinfr in ~ Rill 4, to
exempt lime from toll conveyed on any turnpik road in the
Principality of Wales." In stating the nature of the
measure he should not detain the House at any length.
He wished the Bill to stand on its own intrinsic merits.
Every description of manure, excepting lime, was ex-
empted from toll. In some districts the amount of toll
was double the cost price of the lime. It was argued, in
favour of the toll, that without it many roads could not
be sustained. By Act of Parliament every description
of manure, except lime, was exempted from toll. He
considered that every road was a parish road, and being
such, he considered it ought to be kept up by the parish.
He thought he should be able to show that roads
might be kept up without a toll upon lime.
The Commissioners admitted that in England manure
was exempt from toll, and the reason they gave for such
exemption was, that the great proportion of articles
used as manure were seldom transported to any dis-
tance ; that they were most frequently merely taken
from one portion of a farm to the other. Now
what would all the farmers round London say, if they
were told that their exemption from toll was a
occupation of exemption. If that was the only reason
the Commissioners could find for this exemption they
took a very short-sighted view of the matter. Lime,
the Commissioners stated, was of a different character ;
it was very valuable, and could be profitably transported
to great distances. Now they had heard a great deal
of Guano, that was brought from a great distance, and was
very valuable, so was Aberdeen waste, so was coal-dust,
and yet all these were exempt from toll under the pro-
visions of the General Turnpike Act. Lime was the
only manure subject to toll, and lime was the
only manure within the reach of the Welsh farmer.
He entreated the Government to concede the boon of
exemption of lime from toll—a measure which more than
any other would secure the tranquillity of the country.
Colonel POWELL seconded the motion.
Mr. HUME rose for the purpose of opposing the
Bill. He dissentel from the principle of allowing
' such exemptions at all. They had been made
from time to time in consequence of the House being
composed of agriculturists; such exemptions ought not
to exist. Whatever they might exempt was a relief to
the farmer ; whatever was a relief to the farmer
was a benefit to the landlord. He did
not see why they should be relieved from
what other people were obliged to pay. The
turnpikes had been established, and their own Commis-
sioners told them that the money that had been embarked
in them conld not be repaid unless the tolls were exacted.
He objested to the Bill, therefore, in both points of view,
but his chief objection was the one of principle. He did
not see why the landlords should enjoy these ex-
emptions.
Mr. MANNERS SUTTON supported the Bill.
Mr. Ald. THOMPSON said that the whole system
of local administration in Wales required amend-
ment. He had hoped the Government would come forward
with some comprehensive and adequate measure to relieve
those grievances of which the people of Wales
so justly complained. If the Bill proposed by
the Hon. and Gallant Member was to be
the only panacea, he (Colonel Wood) hoped
the House would reject it. For his part, he would op-
pose it to the utmost of his power, unless it was in..
tended to be accompanied by some more extensive mea-
sure on the part of the Government.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir CHARLES MORGAN believed that however
desirable it would be to relieve farmers from the pay-
ment of toll upon lime, yet in several dis-
tricts it would be found impossible to do so
without abandoning the road. The Commission issued
by the Government had had a gie at effort in calming
the minds of the people ; and as he boded that some sa-
tisfactory measure would be proposed by the Govern-
ment, founded upon the report of the Commissioners, he
would recommend that a partial measure, such as that
of the Gallant Officer, should not be persisted in.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MArten 22.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord
Forester, to appoint Edward Turst Carver, Esq., as one of her
Majesty's Hun. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Hamilton,
who retires.

DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 26.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Benvenuto
Mathew, Esq., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over the Bahama Islands.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 25.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Thomas
Myles to the church and parish of Aberlemno, in the presby-
tery and county of Forfar, vacant by the transportation of Dr.
John Crombie, late Minister thereof, to the church and pa-
rish of Scone, in the presbytery and shire of Perth.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex.
Samuel Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire.
Dumfries,
Platt,
Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 16.
Roxburgh, and Selkirk Regiment of Militia—J.
Scott, Esq. (and not J. Scots, Esq., as inserted in the
Gazette of Tuesday last), to be Captain
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of, Feb. 16.
Gloucestershire, and
of the City and County of the City of Gloucester, and of
of the City and County of the City of Bristol.
Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—
G. W. Blaythwayte, E3q. to be Major, vice Browne, promoted;
H. Barton, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Godsall, resigned,
March 20.

WHITEHALL, MARCH 14.
The Lord Chanceller has appointed William Bennett Free-

land, Gent., of Steyning, in the county of Sussex, to be a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, Maacit 18.
The Lord Chancillor has appointed William Way Bttekell,
Gent., of Newport, in the Isle of Wight, to be a Master Ex-
traordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, Matsui 22.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Nathaniel Cart-
wright., of Duns able, in the county of Bedford, Gent. to be a
Master Extraordinary in the high Court of Chancery.