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Bishopstoke station on the South-Western line, by which t The Stamp Duties Bill was read a second timer
Company it is to be constructed. The estimated income is their Lordships then adjourned.
26,453/. Os. Ild., and the annual expenditure, 10,581/.
SHEFFIELD, AsIITON-UNDER-LY.NE, AND -MANCHESTER.—
Length, 2 miles and 670 yards ; estimated cost, 91,000/.
A branch to be made by the Sheffield, Ashton, and Manches-
ter Railway Company.
SOUTH DEVON.—Length, 51 miles and 72 chains; esti-
mated cost, I,loo,oool.—The Great Western, the Bristol and
Exeter, and the Bristol and Gloucester Railway Companies
have agreed to subscribe amongst them 400,0001. to this
undertaking.
SOUTH-EASTERN AND HAsTisGs.—Length 25 miles; esti-
mated cost 2501.—A branch from the South-Eastern Rail-
way station at lleadcorn. A Committee of the House of
Commons have recommended the line from Brighton to Hast-
ings as a preferable one.
STRATFORD AND THAMES JUNCTION.—Length 2 miles and
1,100 yards ; estimatad cost, 45,000/.—A branch from the
Eastern Counties Railway to the Thames, for the purposes
of enabling coals, &c., going inland, as well as malt and
other grain consigned to water-side premises, to be put on
and taken off the above railway, without any intermediate
transshipment,
WHITRHAVEN AND MARITORT.—Length, 12 miles and 169
yards; estimated cost, 100,0001.—Estimated nett income of
t his line, after allowing 40 per cent. for the working expenses,
is 8,971/. 7s. 10d.
YORK AND SCARBOROUGIL—Length, 42 miles and 10
chains, with a branch of 6 miles and 48 chains; estimated
cost, 260,0001.—This line is to be constructed by the York
and North Midland Company.—Railway Record.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. - T atle 3OS-
WAYS AND MEANS.—SUGAR DWI tto
endatea ,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved, as an ani,x_hensen,
the proposition of the Chancellor of the }-,.:11 101, 1.1!
reduction to thirty-four shillings of the (14_3:A0J
sugar from foreign countries. He (Lord J. hoseb mole
the Right Hon. Gentleman in proposing ~,,t thif
tions had referred to former contests. lie said, t"'tialrpris
was an old battle-field, and he expressed in
o'espalt
that he (Lord J. Russell) should be anxious t
,_fet,ol.
again on a field where he had been ulready.e_e, his'
Now, he thought the Right Hon. Gentlen3annauends!..
self sounded a retreat to the forces which he comet_ bst
—(Hear, hear.) He appeared prepared to give. UPd li,
the ground-for which he had been contending,_,
gee
(Lord John Russell) came forward with
se6s, 11
confidence than on former occasions,
~,endet,
found that the Right Honourable use fa;
had abandoned those weapons which.
tube bei
merly wielded with very great effect; thn rotecM
deserted those who had looked to him for I.)_ deci4e.s
and they might now expect this question t
e• eets „Ise:
on the real ground of the facts and again
,sur pa*
applied to the case.—(Cheers.) He had nev".„,ests°
the Right Hon. Gentleman appear to lack atettbe Oil;
much as on that occasion. Ile had stated at 4 sots,
mencement of hiss peech, that there was no a. j'es b!:
a sufficient supply, and that the price of, sugsrthe bilEtlls
reason for introducing this change. WO', to ~,, urge
which was formerly waged. arguments quiteuccessfoi
were stated in favour of a change, and were
ng d ,
repelled. The Right Honourable Gentlema,:ehteti
the price of sugar was so very higibl:'prire P.
From the last Gazette it appeared that tess..,.iossree
sugar the hundred weight, in the British p e'''' eb
America, was 395. 9id. ; the average price of t Th.
descriptions of sugar in the last year was 379.41 Ace
a°
ee • 3/41. ' Gestir
average price of sugar in 1841 was ~,''''' tiaa, ~,,
in 1840 was no less than 48s. The Right .t." .o_ 011,
man now came forward, and said that the pi.' !cool!.
being 2s. more than the price of last year, soat7oo, ille
sive argument in favour of the proposed alters ski;
ll -,ovr
recollected, with regard to the amount of 6 0 ,
..,
was available at a former period, thattatted tlifiu;
Lord, the Member for Liverpool, a nable „,,,,
here were about 240,000 tons ara the n"",
consumption in this country, whilst oust 71
Member for Beverley stated, that the 9°,,,, - 00°44
260,000. What was the statement made a', of 1' ,
of West India proprietors ? That the supply the fas, ,
from the West Indies, was 128,000 tons, trl'oo, gailit
Indies, 70,000, and from the Mauritius, 32,•13at the ,",41
230,000 tons, with a reserve of 40,00 u •-, be ",,
ginning of the year. If these facts wh_ic,,Pho 110
mentioned were sufficient to induce th05%.,1 of,
formed the Government to reject the propo2s7000.11!1
late Government, was not the supply of 240,Tidtetatil,
cient to prevent the necessity for the proposeurefertett of
There were reasons to which he had before 1
sepplio
to the necessity of securing a better genera iidaces,,;
sugar, which he thought were sufficient to pt oit cif
Committee to reconsider their determination Po
time, and to propose such an additional suP,PlT•eltidix
that was to be done, and if it was to be a°410,001,
consent of the Government, again he said let 'l4, besrito
their measure a straightforward one—Cl-leo% onlic
let them make it a measure that should he,. isdeeo
the laws and principles that governed trar srsticireo
merce. If they thought fit to give a certainoltse let
to their colonial possessions in consequence. hebelitcds•
change they had made with regard to OW
~,,a of But
that be done, and let them make that a gr°,tsies• ose
tinction between their colonies and other couffieree,ooo
let them not adopt a new principle in cem
theYili tile
which would make a confusion from which.og 1.- sio
find it difficult to escape—one contradiel.oooool,
known maxims on which the progress of tint gets
00
trade had hitherto been based. The Rigth a asol OD
tleman said that this proposition was nosed blesfeci
because it had before been prepossn di,o.f 1,
Hon Gentleman behind him, and had bee sal, slot
in the House. Why, he might as well
was bringing in a Bill for establishing
that it was not new, because it had been, , for l' Deo
dosed and vindicated by the Hon. Mat"; was alsti
ale.—(Hoar, hear.) But in point of faethieie tsrlor
principle ; he contended that placing ttheir C/ittrs
grounds of morality, erecting a pulpit in dingo oet
house, and converting the whole of their lan_ 00r,,,d,
into preachers of anti-slavery doctrines, wa'o, Or; be
a new principle in commerce.—(Cheers-)4 ,e itseullsit
in the first place, entirely to the princtP betbeifieb
thought it could end in nothing but mischief; 0, it. ftoo2
it would be impossible to act consistently tIP 000
tot
NOM . o ,
respect to this very question they took „foto • oar
various countries in different states of civlArs, who
I,,is
of which were governed by barbarous '
ehieer tileiseor Pil
cised a despotic power of life and death over of tor
jects. There were others, consisting of Ind"tuhe lost ot,
in the low condition of serfs, among whom aid Os 110
rible cruelties were practised—yet they
when -the goods arrived at the Custom-house :Artie;
the social condition of these people, or what -s-• 1
of the senates and rulers who governed them yep
isbi
took them as a matter of trade, and sold the al•
slth
in return. There were other ways in whicilia: blit 7bei
attend to the social happiness of the v/Or,, thia 06
respect to commerce he believed the hest attlititio;
could do for the increase of Christian rp" and /
to allow commerce to take its own WI ettat t'r
to the civilising influence which e'lbs ftn,e4.
must have, rather than interfere violently be
gulations with its accustomed course. In the ban ;;„11
they would offend all those natives against: of 130‘
declared, by these resolutions. The elpri",e ea; ts'
and the kingdom of Spain would naturshisidge i i,
and they would no doubt be induced to inu_lehetitis;
taliating tariffs, in order to meet these refer thSa.J.
(Hear, hear.) That, in itself was a reasom, pro tries
attempting the legislation which they nt;he ee"'weld,
How could they know the exact state of laistl,toos
for which they now proposed to legislate r . oaler'4l
about to legislate for Java. Now, he "6_o of seco-0
I from accounts which he had read of the sill dodo
cos
I in Java, that in that country the sugar et., were Oil t°
a compulsory cultivation. The cultivat.o_uwe, 00e
pelled to produce a certain quantity 0! 14°i-10.w be
dispose of it at a certain price. The Big:ed tairose
tleman might, perhaps, contradict him 'i, Jams" t°
better informed on the state of legislation awe if ilr
he was. But was not the fact of their igl; fie the ii ss
the state of affairs in Java reason sufficifn, were_ 30:
staining from legislation?—(Cheers.) They
oftio sit 0:
equal state of ignorance with regard. to ,i_eo, 4
nilla. Then, with regard to Puertoe,eption. pre*
reason to believe that, with the lytiet tile'
small part of that island, slavery wsaertiel we.
veiling practice. Yet sugar, the produce 700 olio!:
was to be refused, while sugar, the Phouse
900 got
jt
was to be received. Our Custom-_ ef suys 10
said, " We are so satisfied with the steahat islenree,sosto
Java, that we will admit the produce of
very i11..00
we are so shocked at the existence of sla
that covoise:
Rico, that we will refuse to trade witn,kh thes:oej f°
Now what was the state of our trade ; A
labour countries ? Cuba and Brazil v:qegruesis.ll%,de9dli
grow sugar by slave labour in great:yrant.4. r aleill;
was sufficient to provide for their own Wide 1)11 tbel
they grow this sugar ? In order to P ofwhie tb
selves various articles of manufacture neocaoirs!
stood in need. From whence did thei_a yoraie Or
manufactures ? Why, from Lancashire rcessealbli fart
therefore they were holding out an in shire/shire °,c°•
people of Cuba and Brazil to continue, rocas
sped
nishing them with the manufactures
raot .1" in Lb
OW huts,- ef
Yorkshire.—(Cheers.) They sent the ileter ; ss-s.", f
tures, and they were paid for them illge;suntri, of lop
would not consume that sugar in 41" disli°,„cl beolt
said it was a crime. How, then, did ~' glow
,Tfsit'les
Why it so happened that they took for I",i to 'of
from Russia, which could not be pal repareirechiee d
manufactures, because Russia was u°,,tr,P the i, tiellee
them; therefore they sent this sug,-step amend,;
slave labour, to Russia, and took the De_wo prO'difetej
Russia in return for these slave-gr,u_elinst,,,,,s
The Right Hon. Gentleman protestenia e' ass'
importing sugar from Cuba, yet Buastworto „AO te
such commodity, and we as freely ' Je eseilesdiots
tallow and hemp, and gave Russia thossend dlobeetoo,
in return which we would otherwise ifrpti
ta..`' 00141,4
Cuba. The Right Hon. Gentlemanrd (said yerio sot
consciences being free. Upon my Intiing the liied
Lord) the Right Hon. Gentleman,
__wee, .0g c„ eel
to reconcile these things to his c0e5!'...,0,. beide,
to
any objection at all to slave-grown !u4:6510114'' ~40rtsed
ssis. Oar eew
into Russia; nay, he was ready to a , tbe ~,his 9 00
give Russia our manufactures, bu..l, bins,
very 03,101
directly of slave-grown sugar shockeu u, W. iote,fehes
a very thin veil inde(Hear, hear...L.oes, oil
jot
doubted whether, if the Right Hon. ISisan_
stick of
being a stout Protestant, had been a
_rtes:tS;',,,tota,io
that his confessor would think these p8r6'3,59011: woe abet
excuse. In 1840 we sent to Cub t 833,009 oto 1840,
our produce in manufactures ,• in 183!_,_ oditln.st, in 945,
1842, 938,0001. worth. And this Inza „I, sent' tali the
was sent by other channels. To Brsa,/ Wort' All tie'
2,635,000/. worth ; in 1841, 2,560,50'
ntifs°llreil. Gen 1/6
ffoa•
only 1,650,000/. worth of our nai_a_ Right ieeri44
returns proved that all the time tnu..„Nest a thew
man was declaiming so earnestly at et then enp- in
were encouraging the slave tradae. Bee orga7ised
.bit
Hon. Gentleman retreated to
tedfornitoerielleileislovei:lo(
CUSTOMS BILL. argument which had been
this House, and which he attemy ctigsr,i sns
aptetes
The Earl of DALHOUSIE moved the third reading
of this Bill.roduce 1, u lot 0,,, i.
The Duke of RICHMOND objectedl to the abolition admitted 90,000 tons, the p
althouh wedid not ourselves con-um ...e45 str 01. ii
Gteontieo3othasatt
61%iti,ftste,
of the duty on the article of wool, going these
raefatveodu
fromred ctehuen
et Ties,
t
and contended that
it would have the effect of ruining many of the flock- ilphotaii.tounctoooff!ioserga_erc.yr;o;
04:00_0.
be replaced by other prod uee—the Pr2stedent.cinott;
masters of the country The object, it was stated, that we were thereby, indirectly, "'
of the reduction Of the wool duty was to
benefit the manufacturing interest of the country.
Now, if this were the iinngthselalevaesrtY.hadThdeiinßini
He said the sugar of Cuba was ver,wv god,
.very eOP;O,OOt./ t
gishhteldlotnh.e
fort
sn,c
_O5
~.
case, the foreigner would,
of course, in self defence increase the duty on our ma- that slave-labour in this colony . nel thosragesibaot
nufactures. He believed,' and in this opinion he was Manilla, and Siam etecon, f,10,1
We took from Java,
borne out by the short-wool g.rowers of the country, tons ; and, so far, we certainly &Ursa, hear.l.he 0
of
that this measure was inexpedient and ought not to and protection to slave labour.—(p`st froo, r,is ,e
pass. He opposed the measure because he believed itto
in the road to free
he a step
that principles of trade—not to put
„red to 034 fss° a.
was the case, it was better not to depts. hese sr--14 soft
if free-tradeprinciplesl were to be adopted by the Go- allegations, which certainly P
a-
Petter to a doe-- or
vernment, it wßoeud ultimately lead to the ruin of It was
bdifferential 001 rest
this count also objected to the reduction in the much of hypocrisy.
sugar on the same scale of go vf oaie ,gd V
stegar.4 that
oiid ssoin, a
duty on vinegarry. as being much too large. At present
the duty on vinegar was 18 guineas a ton, and it was ' s for the sake of arginnen
res, ~0
..,..g.ht t eil
we admitted admitted free-labour
benefit would be produced—that
kti
:"" as
proposedot to reduce it to four guineas per ton. He did i
think that was juste to the vinegar manufacturer in
this country. Why did not the Government now try reason for making it. But when
of PnlicirellY reilli
their hands at taking off some of the burdens on agri-
, done to the world by this distinct
_e
stahwatirsivipbraee, tit's
to be merely in
, is great c.„°i•e. ?ca
culture ? He thought it was but fair to turn and turn , distinction rovedp G
consequences follow from this line de, he re
010000
about. He could not give the measure his support.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE defended the measure, and ' country should persevere
(led to speakhe Rig ,cc
, not see why the overnmeiantampy-eottoo,,f-slivfloto;
contended that its effect would be to increase the demandbut this
, and other countries;
for home grown wool. Right Hon. Gentleman proceeded
Lord BEAUMONT defended the measure. ' America admitted the sugar °f that s- „v-
-s there ha iPt`' le'
The Earl of RADNOR expressed his regret that the rate.
1 Gentleman's statements in resret Cube meerlic
reduction in the duty on glass had not extended further.send the sugar of Brazil
..tight lion% too
did not
United States. What guarantee wa _4l Ca- Gea oi
The Earl of DALHOUSIE replied; and
The Bill was read a third time and passed.thought._ to, vitro;
the
racolntar
timed eat
od depend
deal
o...,bwii.t wi,

An incident of a very singular character, and
which, but for almost providential interference, might
have been attended with most fatal consequences, oc-
curred to the Rev. Mr. Crook, of Bromley. on Sunday
evening. The Rev. Gentleman had been to officiate at
Keaton church, and was returning home about ten
o'clock in his chaise, when, after he had gone a short
distance, the horse from some cause or other became
unmanageable, and started off at full speed, going down
the steep descent called Mason's-hill at a furious pace.
He proceeded in his career to the Bromley turnpike, the
gate of which was shut and fastened, and before any
alarm could be given, or the turnpike-keeper had an
opportunity to open it, the animal dashed against the
bar and shivered it asunder, dragging the chaise through
after him. The Rev. Gentleman kept his seat, and the
horse continued at the same speed to Bromley, where he
was stopped. It was found upon examination that nei-
ther the horse, chaise, nor harness had received the
slightest injury, and the only mischief done was the
damage to the toll-bar

SALE or GUANO.—Yesterday at two o'clock, a
sale by auction, took place at the auction-rooms, Mark-lane,
of a large quantity of guano, in anticipation of the arrival of
the cargo which is at present on board a vessel in the Downs,
that has imported it from the coast of Africa. There were
about 450 tons, this being the largest importation in one
vessel, and which was brought from the island of Ichiboe.
The analysis of the guano was stated to be about as follows :
Volatile ammoniacal salt, consisting of phosphate oxalite,
carbonate and humate of ammonia (containing seven-and-
half per cent. of free ammonia), twenty-six per cent., and
organic animal matter, eight, together thirty-four per cent.,
fixed alkaline salt principally phospate, muriate, and sulphate
of potash, eleven per cent. ; phosphate of lime and mag-
nesia, and oxalite of lime, thirty per cent. ; with only half
per cent. of sand, and of moisture 24.50 per cent. There were
sixty lots of five and ten tons each ; the average prices of
which were 91. 7s. 6d. per ton. The whole was disposed of
for about 4,2301, which, as the only expenses were freight,
insurance, the pay and the support of the crew during the
voyage to and fro, would leave very large profits to the
owners.

On the subject of the game-laws, we beg to call
attention to the sentence at Bicester, reported elsewhere, of
a Thomas Causley, to four months' imprisonment, with hard
labour, for having killed a partridge and taken her eggs.
The reason assigned for passing this atfbcious .sentence was
that, unless a stop be put to this system of birdnesting,
" there would not be any game in the neighbourhood of
Bicester!" So wretches are to rot in gaol, and their families
starve out of it, that gentlemen may pop their guns at
vermin that have been fed at the expense of the farmers and
labourers holding gardens! Mr. Dormer, one of the magis-
trates (not one of the reverend ones), very properly and
humanely " declined signing the convictions, and saw no
reason for adding ' hard labour' to the sentences."—Ay/es-
bury News.

Lord Charles Fitzroy paired with Lord Charles
Manners, in favour of Lord John Russell's motion on the
sugar duties,

IMPEMAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, June 3.
FACTORIES BILL.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved the third reading of
this Bill.
The Earl of RADNOR did not think that legislation
was required upon the subject of female labour in
factories.
The Duke of SUTHERLAND would not oppose the
Bill. He would, however, have supported a measure
limiting the hours of labour to a smaller number than
twelve hours.
Lord BROUGHAM thought legislation on this sub-
ject did a great deal more harm than it did good
Legislation upon this subject must necessarily be
ignorant legislation, and therefore it must be bad. This
Bill could be nothing else than a Bill to cramp the in-
dustry of the working classes, and to cramp the powers
of the manufacturers. The working classes had already
the power in their own hands of working as long or as
short as they pleased. Ho was afraid this Bill would
not be the last, upon the subject ; but he trusted that
the G.overnment would not again lend itself to any fur-
ther attempt to cramp the energies of our manufacturers,
and to curb the industry of the working classes. Should
they do so, they would only be arming foreign manufac-
turers with fresh powers to compete with this counfry.
The Marquis of NORMANBY would give his vote
in favour of this Bill, in the hope that it would lead to
further legislation on the subject. The Noble and
Learned Lord said they were legalising in ignorance
upon this snbject. Why, what did Mr. Baker, the fac-
tory inspectors say upon this matter? He said that the
manufacturers employed women while men were stand-
ing idle. With this fact before their eyes,
could any man for a moment say that they
wero legislating in ignorance on this subject ?
Their Lordships must recollect that in the
manufacturing districts human labour was made a por-
tion of a power which never tired. Tho hours of labour
of the agricultural labourers were limited by the length
of day, but the working classes in the manufacturing
towns worked by a light which was never extinguished.
He was glad to hear that his Noble Friend behind him
(the Duke of Sutherland), entertained a similar opinion
to him upon this subject ; lint had he stood alone he
would have advanced the strong opinion with respect to
factory labour which he had just expressed to their
Lordships.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE admitted that a great por-
tion of the wealth of this country flowed from her
manufactures. but he also knew that we had paid a ter-
rible price for that wealth. He was old enough to re-
member, that instead of high mills studding the country
in the West Riding of Yorkshire, every cottager worked
his own loom by means of his wife and children, and the
wife had sufficient time to attend to her domestic duties.
Now, however, the large mills were filled with women,
and these women knew absolutely nothing but how to
tie the knots and attend to the machinery in the mills.
This kind of labour was demoralising to these women.
In many mills in the country men were entirely ex-
cluded, and the consequence of this was, that the women
acquired the same habits as the men. They drank, and
instead of the wives having to fetch the husbands home,
the husbands had to fetch the wives home. Was such
a state of things to be allowed to exist without any at-
tempt being made to remedy it ?
The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
On the motion of Lord DENMAN, Wilson's Estate
Bill was ordered to be postponed from to-morrow until
the report of the judges, to whom the Bill had been re-
ferred, had been presented to their Lordships.
,NIGHT POACHING BILL.
The Earl of STRADBROKE moved the third reading
of this Bill.
The Earl of RADNOR opposed the Bill, on the
ground that the law at present in existence with respect
to poaching was quite strong enough. He believed that
the continuance of poaching was owing to the distress
existing in the country.
Earl FITZHARDINGE denied that the persons who
were in the habit of poaching were driven to the com-
mission of that offence by distress. Those persons were
generally idle and dissolute persons, and men who
passed the principal part of their time in the ale-house.
He must protest against its being put forth that the
majority of the persons charged with poaching had been
driven to that offence by the distressed circumstances
tinder which they were labouring.
Lord BROUGHAM complained of the slovenly
manner in which the Bill had been drawn up, inasmuch as
the preamble differed from the enacting parts of the Bill.
Lord CAMPBELL supported the Bill, which was to
meet cases of persons being found in a public road with
instruments for, and in the act of destroying game.
The LORD CHANCELLOR thought the Bill was
very defective in its construction, and contended that if
passed in its then state, it would be inoperative.
Lord BROUGHAM suggested that the further con-
sideration of the Bill had better be postponed for a
few days.
The Earl of STRADBROKE then postponed the Bill
till Monday next.