The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-18 00:00:00

ST. JAMES'S PARK.

Mr. WAKLEY, seeing the Noble'Earl at the head of
the Woods and Forests in his place, wished to know
whether the gate-keepers of St. Jvmes'spark had
orders to refuse admission through it of labourers in
their working dresses ?—(Hear, hear.) Ile had been
informed that such orders had been given, by a gentle-
man who had seen a written instruction to that effect in
.the hands of the gate-keepers.
Load LINCOLN sail that, some years ago, instruc-
tions to the effict- alluded to by the Hon.- Member had
been issued- to the gate-keepers. nat two or three
years ago he had directed the gate keepers not to act
on those instructions,- except in cases where persons in
that dreis were in a state of intoxication.
GRINDING CORN IN' BOND.

Mr. lIASTIE said, that as the Act authorising the
grinding of corn in bond would expire in August
next, he had boen requested by many persons engaged
in the corn trade, to ask the Right Hon. Baronet,
whether or not it was the intention of the Government
to propose the renewal of that Act ?
Sir R. PEEL—We do intend to renew the Act.
CUSTOMS ACT.—BURDENS ON AGRI-
CULTURE.

On the motioi that the or A. r ~f the day fur the
House resolving- i;st-lf int,) C.:,ornmittee oti-enstotas Act
b read, • • • • •

Sir WALTER JAMES rose for the purpose of re-
ques,;eg the Hon. Member fur S.eiteraetshire to
postpone the motion of which he had given notice, on
the House going into Committee. It was an exceed-
ingly important motion, and he would—ask the Ban
Gentleman to postpone it till after EaSter. - He
made this request entirely propria net s. He had
not spoken on the subject to any member of her
Majestl's Government. He certainly did ask the opinion
of the Hon. Member for the City of London—the senior
Member for London.—(A laugh.) He said it was ex-
ceedingly difficult to ditinguish among Members of the
City of London, and therefore he mentioned his Hon.
Friend as the senior Member—(Renewed laughter)—he
mentioned him on account of the very high character he
had in the House.— -(Continued laughter.) He did not
at all wish to distinguish his Hon. Friend from the Noble
Lord opposite—(Shouts of laughter)—of com=e he had
not consulted ihe Noble Lord.—(Continmd laughter.)
But the Hon. Member to whom he alluded was a high
authority on all commercial subjects—(Hear, hear)—and
his Hon. Friend had assured him that any delay in the
passing of the tariff would produce a most injurious ef-
feet upon the commercial interests of the country
(Hear, hear.) Now he could not help thinking that
ninety-nine persons out of a hundred in the country
would be of opinion, after what had fall n from the
Right Hon. Baronet the Prime Minister, that the mo-
tion of his Hon. Friend the Member fur Somersetshire
could not produce any immediate practical result.—
(Loud Opposition cheers) If the Hon. Member wished
to make a protest, in a spirit of conciliation, the pro-
priety of adopting such a course was open to con-
sideration. Ile (Sir Walter James) • would not sae
whether such a course of conduct was wise or poli6,
but it was at least open to consithq.ation ; but he consi-
dered that 99 persons out of every 100 of common sense
—(A laugh)—must see that it could rot make any im-
portant difference to the county Mombers whether the
motion were brought on before Easter or after, and
under those circumstances he hoped the Hon. Member
would postpone his motion. He begged to say to hi
lion. Friend that he put this gm stion in the most amica-
ble spirit.— (Laughter.) He had the greatest respect for
the character of his Hon. Friend, as well as for the
county Members in that Muse generally ; but if he
ehould not consent to the postponement of it till atter
Easter, then upon the .county Members would rest the
onus of the delay to the other measures of importance
affecting the commercial interests of the country, of sus-
pending industry, and clogging the channels of trade,
pro tatty, for the time.—(Laughter.)
Mr. MASTERMAN bz g.;ed to say, as the elderly
gentleman anode to—(Laughter)—that he could only
repeat to his Hon. Friend what he had raid to him be-
fore in private, that he considered it woeld be a great
inconvenience to bring on this motion now, and there-
fore he would be willing to give preccdence to the Cus-
toms Act—(Hear.)
Mr. W. MILES—In answer to the Hon. Member f,r

Hull, he regretted to say that he could not comply with
bis request, and shou'd adhere to his original intention
of bringing on his motion o❑ the day he had given notice
of it —(Hear)—and he hoped and trusted the house
would agree with hill in that motion ; though from
what ho had hoard this evening it would appeAr as if
lion. Gentlemen thought that such a thing as the agri-
cultural interest did not now c xist at all—(Laughter)--
That in fact there was to interest to he cared for in this
country but the commercial.—(Hear.) If he consented
to this motion he ha l no doubt he would be looked upon
a a throwing the agricultural interests overboard al-
tc tether.—(llear.)
POST-OFFICE ESPIONAGE.

&fr. WAKLEY begged to intimate to the Right liOn.
Ba rt., the. First Lord of the Tri usury, that upon the
Right Hon. Bart. bringing on his motion for the Reuse
goir ig into a Committee of Supply, he would ask a question
relative to the opening of Mr. Durteombe's letters. Re
wait. Ires 77 unwilling to do this ; but lin was compelled to
it by electors of Finsbury, who had poramunicated

to that they were greatly dissatisfied with th'o:l
wf,r- of the Right lion. Baronet the Home Secrets at
'n fact it bad not en- s:ateri whcther any Aiarrfossd
ha,; I. ,r e op,oin, fly's(' It twrs„;eopl
,eivd to

,areatest--rtees be ten pt.
this eetasa. • - g„,„ber
Sir l'sf.-.)131;RT PEEL did hope the FIVP' aallt
4, would 11, psrsevere in this course. Tn(et' ace ri
woui.t Lot be time to comply with his rcquesa— darter
The re woul:l be but to-nairrow and the next daYt fore,
which n he bop d to ao into the que. tion or suPriY; ta' the;
Essea. - 3 it •• '
.. s , are, as would be a grttat inconveniencs the,
c tin• ry to sostp. ne that qta.stion, he did trli?oh
el
House would not throw any 'olstsicle in the waYt
diet stated by the Hon, Member for Fishury. • , ,abit
r. KLEY begged to be tilidersteeff nt/eiata
int; to do so of his owe accord s he• wag aliV /1-
coMprothce with the demised of his constitl':h be
(Hear, eerie.) Pit iii the circumstances in '6`uotes
aas placed, he did not think he would he diseb:er•• the
hi, (luta tewaals his constituents, if he did rot fore the
earliwa opportunity of bringing the subject beosel
lines.'. He grettsd that the. Eight 11a. 13s The
rendoetd it n- cessary that this lhould be &Ile' 111110
prodia tisn of the warrant would have her its ei
sutlicit nt, but as the warrant was not productta or•
his e,.is,i:uents t'id not know that there was ore
rant, they were in the condition he stated-04
very nnwh dissati.stital indeed. dowse)'
Sir PEEL said ! e had only that day and Wt.:cll
to get through a great deal of public business, rahl
of the tamest imper: once to the public 'interests, 011
had 400 art'c'es to go through; und thinigh there_oo4
severs! (if them watli regtrd to which he did not
,eitttlic
any diffc:ence of opinion, yet it must necessarily' u'e
a
tiensiderable time to go through them. (-12b'r•th re'
rot a day- passed that I,e had net sixty letter's v'alentle•
Bard to thorn. He (lid not deprecive the 110 - ' got
to "i's bringing fora and his motinn, but seeing I"..cests of
of pale; busiress, and the importance to the int,'" atilt ;
trade, that it :lictild he speedily gone throuan. lets
seeing ul-o that the lion. IN•tember for SotncrTej thee
motion which tvou!d
''aeupy acme time. he z.atis"
' the lion Gentle man would not press hts Moog' ,a not
Mi. HUME hotad that his Hon. Friend wnielxiter
press his motion, as it could he brought on after
without anet inconvenienc ; and, V trious
lion. Baronet a grd
a said, every person was now anolesift
know what would be done with the different art'
0
which they were interested. use I
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said there was ti 11
the Sugar Duties with regard to which there 0,..000
great deal of dissatisfaction, and upon w ththeerciabbollitt
be some discussion. Looking to the state of
business he thought the Hon. Member for ,1„ope 13
would do well not to press his motion, but Pcte
till after East( r. aria iss °iv
•
The CHANCELLOR, of. the EXCHECejr""-,,re lbe
derstocd to say that he would not at present rs'
clause to which the Noble Lord adVerted,
on
that they were now levying the duty en the res,;"rosiea
the House, without the provision of the Act elisactlei
m( nt. He would consider whether the-clause rn
be subsequently introduced in another form• aby tile
Lord J. RUSSELL said the course pro Pose op. 11.
Right Hon. Gentleman would meet every avieetaleulsil
thought the proposition of the Right Hon. y 501
would be better introduced as a separate alleal‘etor
the Right lion. Gentleman could consider "
would be necessary. -- 1006'
Mr. HAWES said he had—ii• motion on. tY c; 11911;
ferred -to; but the course proposed by thellol
Gentleman was satisfactory to '-him, and he would
A
PrenS it. s'
sada 'r
i
Mr. AG LIONBY would recommend his "-toe eva
the Member for Finsbury' to postpone his l'l%.,essere"
after East- raaseeitga the ithpertance of the
of her Majsafy's Goeeranient, fv.v,
Sand
the
lIA
After a few words from Mra
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Mg 0:10'°11;
Mr. WAKLEY consented to withdraw ---,400 s-
h
and gave notice that he would bring it follva`
first Committee of Supply day after Esater. •
NEW ZEALAND. Isioht to
Mr. C. BULLER wished to ask the
;ate'oli°llNfett
Gentleman opposite whether it was his eta hi:*
bring forward the motion for papers resSeett:;alolo
Zealand, of aliieh he had
statement respecting the conduct of the N")",;e0t. ,r.
given notice, alladia Devi toe
Secretary of State for the Colonial- DePtt"esy ePv.vej,
s as most anxious -to give the. Government c 'ale Perla of
tunity for explanation at the' earliest Possi geose.; of
He thought it rather hard that he should he helot
endearourints to insure the Noble Lord had "-,01
the Colonial department by the part which be assist is
in this questisit. fie had acted only as witstaabi'lga%
with his public duty, and thought there vT's.
the terms of his motion fixed for to-inorraiber
which should xeite the anger of any McriSso alit) re
Government, or which showed the least Pterelirstaref
di-will. His motion was for "Copies of taare"r„r.
deuce between the Coionial-office and the 9 loco the
the Falkland Islands, respecting the /Pile ctiaes lo
am
tilde paper money. Copies of any instrue st
04
Governors of New Zealand, the leallcland otias
other colony, authorising the contraction 0
there
the issua of inconvertible paper." werell
,ae o°'
nothing personal in that. ; that "—air
Mr. HOPE said he was most arlaolvt f e%I) the
rernment should have the fullest opportunitY 'no to .to
in g the course they had pursued in refer'. he subiso
affairs of New Zealand, and was glad fh"tatsi. as'ar,°,4o
would come before the House in such a alunithe
admit of a full vindication of the civideet "
Lord at the head of the Colonial departnient,al,llSt!o-
RELIEF TO THE AGRICULTURAL the C;01,
0,,i the tnotioa that the SPEAKER do P30;1 the
that the House might go into Coaalnittce ° 005
toms Act, the 01)
_ Mr. W. MILES rose to move that it w
)8,5 ,rploo by
of this House, '" that in the application I:406'001a
.venue towards relieving the burthens of the Bard Of to
reduction or remission of taxation, due 1.'7 eche tot
be, had to thessityafferliqtber was, the
the agricultural interest." The Hon. Me' ea °I. OS
some minutes, quite inaudible, consequicii•tose• f .
noise occa-doned by Members leaving theclaieet coda
was understood•ta sty that he wished I
abler
much importance had been entrusted to he woe' eer
but feeling it a duty imperative upon liviril',oolJ• the
charge it to the best of his ability. ‘.briegt%ooll
cisely possible, state his reasons for, s 00 ti
subject under the notice of the House. It 'it! eaiSte fat
that a surplus of three millions and upvvat'eeserivtori
Hon. Members must be also aware of the sated
ithe
that the manufacturing districts were in g beACI of
condition. The-• Right Hon. Baronet at then
the stSreos
Government had conratulated the Hou_Zit to ,f 01) air
financial prosperity
.;abut it was not ac he Wert deli;
that, in 1847, if the income-tax were ia.t" Ass, iioa 0'
continued, there would be, instead of a su'rreeltien, the
ciency. Before the Ilduse consented to 1111, cansidc'.ooll
the duty upon sugar, he would ask them thyer setae
state of the agricultural districts,and at 5110totea
benefit might not be extended towards thet",i eantrwother
be forgotten that the ricultural interest ,yang 0 re'
very lareely• to the income-tax, as well tatsh"
re e:as fie
species oi. taxatien ; ani", surely, eaest es_airlaePuisc,:
mission of taxation, ;hey ought not to
.sessaeat bee-
would divide the country into three c13,5;i0s futatiatr
turing, agricultural, and commercial and
brought forward for the relief of contularcteicad. :Taut'
factures, whilst agriculture had been tatn° upon ilist
been said that one of the greatest burde%, jolty!
_sr
turn was the malt-tax ;-
from the large sum it yielded, it was one 'as woll'.yed
chequer could not spare ; and, therefore,
~ntivt boil the
ask for its remission whatever clamour Itthat
but he (Mr. 3111(..viiich tni!,4
N tai
out of doors. -It could. not be deniedntirB werls'slt
commercial and manufacturing • eon'T.llliol jog. it °el
proving the agricultural interest was a
de?striats l!ttassy 11,
be said that the distress in the rural the aefieWsthee':
partial and confined.. He owned that tiso eoetrot
some parts of the country was
and that no legislative enactments ..1415;
those partial misfortunes, but he deniede 121,,ricaittlri 0
was merely local—he asserted that th .s"bo shstr(s... ioor,
tress was general. What aggr,vated "" _at IN'S?
•Ce big'll°
greater Ina
that during the last season the' prl co an rref
although barley and turnips were seaar. 00-aloe;
price—this was siagular, and unlike virrl,..tt; to the ";09 s..
former years, and, of course, very. illiii"rovender,_geicl-cd.,
He suspected that whilst the price or P lorr.
high, that of meat had not risen either s
,lano'cositr
ulf
Leadenhall, showing that the farmer h a
of corn, lit
,ssa`et,e
his own markets. Now, as to the prsecee
under ii!th tb0;0
take the imports which had taken pia
ic"..tity ft
1842, anal compare them in price one: of 16' subee
which had taken place under th ilunicaths
would first take the thirty-two
1842 theta' 0 (i
9 In itlrtClja
-
quent to the Act of Ifiaa.
612,618 (114 or.
.5
imported into this country'' 2,
ovt. of 1110,2-.."
foreign corn, and 524,000 .a 1844, •'was 11'910.
1843, 1,658,000 quarters of corn '"
f :flo.urlo 07,1>
quarters. The whole quantity 0- as was ci ass
.o Inont" tli°
ported daring these thirty •ta ...er qua 3j, ;
owls. The average prices of .whe..184p4,
hew et.
in 1842, 555. ; in 1843, 535. ;
rter. Let t /sir,
tiza rage price be ing 525. 4-id. per ,Fl 4 f 1828. se et
the fact of tbez to
leek at what took place under tito2B, feh ,9
thirty-six months following the Ac_ta4
qu0ter43,755,600i
imported into -this country only 64a.
inunless
rtsh ahnadt h period p
imported,
dp,
at. aarleY sotiertser
flour. This year large aboutquantitiu I,22l'6laeja P'ssit
iscsntedrio:r...Z.gl:49:l'l,oeatifYeeeao
imported from foreign countries;
.st. papal tot h.`olo
had been imported, and the quality 0
descriptions of foreiell barley toe- -00' to
of home growth. The Hon. Geriaewhieb
ws.s
wory
a series of details, the import
fact 'of .):11actIle.iff of
audible in the gallery, but the effect were,
ce
i e
show that the price of agricuitur..E „co tilts° of ci
visions for the people had declin
1842. The object of the ()the! as,!;_eterlre
Hon. Member was to show that
_"`norliit? of Pt
interest paid more local rates tha.en
ctontou plaittte,dto
The arricultural interest likewis Jot
pressure of the Police Act, bat, be b' j regia"tbs%,d
upon that subject, as it vvould 0.110 mast. say rOrthe
duccd before the House ; hat still „..ine ,c 0)
_se
was bard that the tenant-farmer,
„na," 'even 'of thtlo
country district, who bad riever Per_tt,rie safetlfrara, it
police, should have to contribute tv returnoodYlbe
persons living in towns. He hauaecouected, illsjle
county of Essex, in which, if he '
sat„s, 1-000ii.stsh
was stated that the assessed county,e.a
year 1.83 e were 16.0001., flaw ae,i, quffiejby e" thrs'asl,
trusted that be had rendered. hinise".
had endco:"00),
.dtheaCortiPttir,je
ligible to the Home. lie
turns to make out his case, that rt°_;i4 in I"e6t tiasbar.
but unfortunately geners.ladistress..e ,
to sagt; desa.
He would now venture very htlOlLD.s. aid be !thiy
Gov( rnmsnt what, in his opinioe, ('"
PS't foo
been, one of the very best which e metatt,„
forded to the agricultural interesta.—e!Lg Cy_b.
,:111 !'ll3O
should allow malt to be used for I )44 ,
(11cer, feeiint,2a aro asig
the payment of a duty.—
embers had expatiated letigthly few
subject of agricultural distress. D. 1/e w bails;ieriv*l
cYdeldrd iird sloi tOrp.ard any measures for its rernfalt••- bY
two aneasures, one of which was a •
.Loo She Member for Yurli.shire (v"