The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1d44.

cordwainers and tailors of l3ton against the Masters
and Servants Bill.
Mr. HUME presented ii%petition to the same effect
from the county of Forfar ; also a petition praying fur a
reduction of the tobacco duties.

Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a petition, praying for
a repeal of the duty on the importation of foreign wool.
Mr. ALDHANI presented three petitions against the
Leeds and Bradford Railway Bill.
NOTICES OF MOTION.—COMPENSATION IN
THE COURT OF CHANCERY.

Mr. WATSON gave notice that he would postpone
his motion relative to compensation to officers of the
Court of Chancery till the 7th of May.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that he would
move in Committee on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill,
that it be an instruction to the Committee to abilish all
ecclesiastical courts, and to transfer their jurisdiction to
the civil courts of the country.
QUARANTINE.

Dr. BOWRING gave nuticetiOn this day fortnight
he would call the attention of the House to the subject
of quarantine.
On the motion of Mr. HUME, returns were ordered
respecting the sums paid on account of the New- Houses
of Parliament.
TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES
AND GERMANY.
_ _

Dr. BOWRING said he wished to know from the
Goverment whether they had any knowledge of a treaty
between the United States of America and the German
Zollverein, for the mutual admission of articles at lower
rates than if imported from Great - Britain or
other countries. On the 23d of March this treaty was
signed by the representative of the German Union and
the Minister of the United States. It had been stated to
him that under this treaty tobacco, the produce of Ame-
rica, was to be admitted iato the States of the German
Union at a duty of four dollars. He was informed also
that the German States' Union entered into an arrange-
ment that they would not raise the duty on rice, and that
cottf.n wool, which was imp ated from the United States,
should be imported without the payment of any duty;
that in consideration of the advanta;es obtained by the
Americans in Germany, Prussia, on beh.df of the Ger-
man Commercial Union, had agreed that tobacco should
be admitted into Germany from the United States at a
duty not exceeding 15 per cent. ; honey at a duty not
exceeding 20 per cent., and other articles, which he would
not mmtion, at a duty not exceeding 10 per cent. He
b,gged, therefore, to inquire of the Right Hon. Barnnt,
whether he was c,gnisant of the facts which he had
stated—whether those facts were correct—and whether
it was the int* ntion of the Governin,nt to make any
arrangements on the subject in cons queuc;' ?
Sir R. PEEL said :he state:ll,la of the !lon. Gentle-
man was substantially correct, and that a treaty had
been signed by Prussia, on the part of the German Zoll-
verein, and the representative of the United States, sti-
pulating that certain duties should be paid on certain
articles introduced from either country as the Hon. Gen-
tleman had stated ; but at the same time that treaty bad
not yet been ratified.
Mr. LABOUCHERE stated that from the treaties
that existed between the United States and this country,
it would be impossible for the United States to admit the
productions of Germany on more favourable terms
than they admitted the manufactures of this country.
Of course, then, any reductiou made in favour of Prus-
sian manufactures by America must be equally advan
tageous to the productions of this country.
Sir R. PEEL said the attention of her Majesty's Go-
vernment had been drawn to the subject. The treaty
existing between this country and the United States
stipulated for the admission into America of produc-
tions, on the footing of the most favoured nations,
on condition of conceding equivalent advantages. How-
ever, as the treaty to which allusion had been made by the
Hon. Gentleman had not been ratified, he thought it bet-
ter to abstain from making any observations just now
upon it.