The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-01 00:00:00

AMERICAN RICE.

Mr. HUME hav;ng understood that it would be
inconvenient that he should bring forward the motion
of which he had given notice, for a copy of, or extracts
from the correspondence between the American Am-
bassador and the British Government, respecting the
admission of paddy and Ile?, the produce of the United
States, into Great Britain, at the same rates of duty
as paddy and rice were admitted into Great Britain
from the west coast of Africa, would postpone his
motion until after Easter.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said

that there was a correspondence at present going on
on the subject, and that the production of the papers
alluded to would tend to embarrass the negotiation.
MASTERS AND SERVANTS' BILL.

Mr. T.DU7I•ICOMBE presented several petitions
against the Masters and Servants' Bill.
QUARANTINE.
Lord SANDON wished to ask the Hon. Member
for Bolton if it was his intention to direct the atten-
tion of the House to the subject of the quarantine laws.
Dr. BOWRING intended, unless some satisfactory
communication should be made on the subject by the
Government to the House, to move for the appoint-
ment of a Select Committee to consider the subject
immediately after Easter.
Mr. GLADSTONE could hardly be expected to
make any communication on the sub;ect at present.
The Government had taken steps which might pro-
bably lead to some important results. Communica-
tions had been made to the different powers engaged
in the Mediterranean trade for the purpose of endea-
vouring to induce them to shorten the time of qua-
rantine. The obstacles which had hitherto stood in
the way of coming to a satisfactory conclusion on this
subject had been removed, and there was every pros-
pect that the powers concerned in the trade of the
Mediterranean would consent a shortening of the time
of quarantine.;
Dr. BOWRING would give notice of a Committee
on the subject after Easter. He would, in the mean-
time, enter into communication with the Right Hon.
Gentleman, and modify his motion according to the
information he might obtain.
HILL COOLIES.

Lord SANDON asked if the Government had re-
ceived any communication on the subject of the
emigration of labourers from the East to the West
Indies.
Lord STANLEY had sent a dispatch to the
Governor-General of India on the subject—the re-
ceipt of the dispatch had been acknowledged, and the
Government of India would devote their anxious
attention to the subject, but he could not tell when he
should
be in a condition to afford any information to
the House on the matter.
BUSINESS
OF THE HOUSE.

Lord J. RUSSELL said that as the adjournment
of the House for the Easter recess was to be moved
to-morrow, he hoped that the Right Hon. Gentleman
would to-morrow state what Bills the Government
intended to take immediately after Easter.
CONVOCATION.
Mr. BORTIIIVICK postponed until after Easter
the motion of which he had given notice, on the sub-
ject of the assembling the convocation of the clergy.
BANK CHARTER.
Mr. GISBORNE wished to ask whether the mea-
sure on the subject of the Bank Charter, which the
Right Hon. Gentleman proposed to Intl-mince after
Easter, would affect the system of Banking generally,
or whether it would, in its essence, be confined to the
renewal of the charter of the Bank of England. Also,
whether the measure was intended to extend to the
whole of the United Kingdom.
Sir R. PEEL complained that the Right Hon.
Gentleman had not given notice of his question. He
proposed to bring the subject before the House im-
mediately after the recess, but he must decline at
entering into particulars, and in this course he was
following the precedent set by Lord Althorp.
IRISH TRIALS.

Mr. DUNCOMBE asked if there would be any
objection to lay before the House the short-hand
writers' notes of the Irish State trials.
Sir R. PEEL—None.