The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-22 00:00:00

SUGAR DUTIES.

Mr. THORNELY presented a petition from
Liverpool signed by 30,000 persons, complaining of
the excessive differential duties on sugar. The peti-
tioners stated that the produce of sugar from our
colonial possessions had been for some time diminish-
ing, and that at the same time the price of foreign
sugar had been constantly declining. During the
last year 114 British vessels had sailed frcm Rio
Janeiro, and out of this number only twenty-one had
sailed for England, all the rest being bound to Ham-
burgh. The petitioners therefore confidentially alleged
that the differential duties on sugar had been, and
were, exceedingly injurious in their operation, and
they prayed that they might be abolished altogether.
MASTERS AND SERVANTS BILL.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition against
the Masters and Servants Bill. The Hon. Member
also presented a petition from the manufacturing dis-
tricts in favour of the Ten Hours' clause of the Fac-
tories Bill ; also a petition from Sunderland praying
for the liberation of Cooper, and in favour of the
Charter.

Mr. COLLETT presented a petition from the bo-
rough of Athlone, praying for a Bill to legalise mixed
marriages in Ireland.
Colonel VERNON presented four petitions with
the same prayer.
Mr. BOWRING presented a petition from Bolton
against the Masters and Servants Bill.
Sir H. DOUGLAS presented a petition from the
merchants and shipowners of Liverpool, praying for
a reduction on the duties on tea.

Mr. R. YORKE presented a petition from York,
against the Masters and Servants Bill.
NOTICES OF MOTION.

Dr. BOWRING gave notice that, to-morrow,
he would inquire of the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr.
Gladstone) whether he had any official notice of a
treaty signed between the United States of America
arid the States that comprise the German and Prussian
Union, by which goods were to be reciprocally intro-
duced into each country at duties much lower than
those levied upon article of the same kind introduced
into either country from Great Britain ?
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved that the petition of
Charles Price and William White Thompson, com-
plaining of the illegal conduct of certain magistrates
of Warwick, when summoned before them fur the
non-payment of church-rates on the 15th inst., be
printed with the Votes.—Agreed to.
_ _ NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.

Mr. HUME begged to ask the Noble Lord at the
bead of the Woods and Forests whether he had any
objection to lay on the table of the House a copy of
any correspondence that had taken place between
the Commissioners of Woods and Forests and Mr.
Barry, the architect of the new Houses of Parlia-
ment, relative to the sum which had been fixed upon
as that to be paid to Mr. Barry for the building of the
Houses.

The Earl of LINCOLN would have no hesitation
in granting the correspondence if any such existed,
but he was not aware that there was any such cor-
respondence.
Mr. WILLIAMS moved for an account of the
public income and expenditure of the United King-
dom, in the years ending the sth day of January
1842, 1843, and 1844, distinguishing the actual pay-
ment for the expenses incurred in the collection and
management of the revenue ; for the charges of the
public debt (the terminable annuities being also
valued by estimate) ; for the expenses of the Civil
Government ; the allowances to the Royal Family, and
to his Majesty the King of the Belgians • the
establishment of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; the
expenses of the two Houses of parliament, and the
Civil departments : the other pensions on the Conso-
lidated Fund, on the gross revenue, and the Civil List;
also, the payments for the administration of justice,
diplomatic expenses, and on account of the sums
voted for the army, navy, ordnance, and miscellaneous
services ; also public works, bounties, Post-office, the
quarantine and warehousing establishments, and all
other payments, not coming under any of the fore-
going heads ; with an appendix, showing the several
items composing each head of the account (in con-
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 494, of session
1843).—Agreed to.
MEDICAL CHARITIES (IRELAND).
Mr. F. FRENCH rose to ask the Secretary of
State for the Home Department, if it be the inten-
tionß
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Parliament,
during t Governmenthep present
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better regulating ndlrreelanddering more efficient the
is intended that sucohontßaiiollnedsl;
Medical Charities ofa d,i f
containso, whetherprov isionist
similar to those
in
better regulation of Medical the Bill for the
Charities in Ire-
land, introduced by* her Majesty's late Go-
vernment in 1837 ; or provisions similar
contained in the Bill for the like urposeiottoo introduced
by the Noble Lord the present purpose
Secretaryr ed
for
Ireland in 1842 ; or any or all of the provisions re-
commended by the Select Committee appointed last
session to inquire into and report upon the Medical
Charities in Ireland.
Lord ELIOT had nothing to add to the statement
which he had already made upon the subject, which'
was, that it was not the intention of her Majesty's
Government to introduce any measure for the regu-
lation of the Medical Charities in Ireland during the
present session.
TAXING-OFFICERS IN BANKRUPTCY.
Mr. SCOTT wished to know from the Right
Honourable Gentleman, the Secretary of State for