The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-06 00:00:00

DUTIES ON COPPER ORES.

Mr. J. PARKER gave notice that, in the Committee
of Ways and Means, he intended to move an amendment
,o the effect that the duties on copper ores imported for
:he purposes of reduction, be remitted.
RAILWAYS TO DORSETSIIIRE.

Mr. G. BANKES gave notice that, in the Committee
on Private Business, he should move that copies of all the
memorials which had been presented to the Board of
Trade respecting the construction of railways to Dor-
setshire be laid on the table.
CONDITION OF THE AGRICULTURAL
POPULATION.
Mr. WODEHOUSE said that he wished to ask the
question of the Hon. Member for Stockport of which he
had given notice. The question he wished to put was,
whether he would have any objection to postpone the
motion of which he had given notice for the lath of
March, until after Easter? If the Hon. Member would
comply with his request, a great inconvenience would be
obviated ; for at the time when this motion would other-
wise come on many Members would be engaged at the
quarter sessions.

Mr. COBDEN said that it was not easy to secure the
attention of Members to a private motion after Easter.
He had in the first instance given a fortnight's notice of
his motion ; he had then, at request, postponed it for
another fortnight, and afterwards for another week after
that. This was five weeks, and he could not, under these
circumstances, consent to postpone his motion.
Mr. WODEHOUSE said that he quite agreed with
the view taken by the Hon. Member for Stockport, and
under the circumstances he would not press his request.
SLAVE TRADE.
Mr. HUTT begged to give notice that, on Tuesday
the 11th of March, he should move for several returns
respecting the slave trade, and among them the number
of vessels employed for the suppression of the slave trade
from the Ist of January, 1820, to the Ist January, 1844 ;
the number of naval officers who had died in each year ;
and the amount of compensation given, distinguishing
the sums given to foreigners.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE.

Mr. REDHEAD YORKE moved for leave of absence
to Mr. Christopher for one week, from Friday the 7th
March.—Leave was granted.
PRISONS IN VAN DIEMAN'S LAND.

Mr. EWART wished to ask the Hon. Member, the
Under Secretary of State for the Home Department,
whether the Act of Parliament for empowering jus-
tices of the peace in that island to visit the
prisons and inspect their state, was become
inoperative ? He believed that considerable complaint
had been made in consequence of the refusal of the
Comptroller-General to permit the prisons to be visited
by the justices. He (Mr. Ewart) wished to know whe-
ther any intimation of this circumstance had been given
to her Majesty's Government ?
Mr. M. SUTTON said that no official information had
reached the Government. He believed passages in
private letters which had reached this country com-
plained of the refusal to admit magistrates to inspect
the prisons in Van Diemen's Land, but of this
Government had received no official intimation.
The proper course to be taken would be, for the parties
who felt this refusal to be a grievance to make a formal
complaint to the Government, through the proper chan-
nel. Not any complaint, however, had as yet reached
the Government, but as soon as any such did reach it,
he would take care that it should be inquired into.
COUNTY RATES.
Sir J. Y. BULLER gave notice, that on Tuesday, the
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STAMP DUTIES IN IRELAND.
Mr. C. BULLER wished to ask the Hon. Baronet at
the head of her Majesty's Government a question. He
(Mr. Buller) perceived that the Stamp Duties, under the
new Act, were to be continued in Ireland. What he
wished to know was, whether that Act was to be con-
tinued in force during the income-tax in Ireland?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that the Act was to be continued only for the purpose of
collecting in outstanding arrears.
SHIPWRECKS.
Mr. MASTERMAN, seeing the Right Hon. Baronet
at the head of her Majesty's Government in his place,
begged to remind him that, during the last session, a
Committee had been appointed to make inquiries
regarding the shipwreck of British vessels. The ques-
tion he wished to ask was—whether it was intended
to bring forward any measure upon the report of that
Committee ?

Sir ROBERT PEEL said that, in the ordinary course
of business, of course, the report alluded to by the Hon.
Member on his left would be attended to; but he uncle r-
stood, from his Hon. Friend the Vice-President of the
Board of Trade, that the report was not yet ready.

IMPORTATION OF SUGAR.
Mr. THORNELY wished to put a question to the
Right Hon. Baronet the First Lord of the Treasury of
great importance to this country, as regarded the im-
portation of sugar. He had been informed that
that day there had arrived in the port of London sam-
ples of sugar from New Orleans, the produce of slave
labour. What he wished to know was, whether this
sugar, as well as that imported from Louisiana and other
slave countries, would be admitted into this country
upon the same terms as sugar imported from Java
and Manilla ?
Sir R. PEEL said that those countries of the United
States in which sugar was produced by slave•labour,
and admitted into England, were countries with which
this kingdom had at present reciprocity treaties. With
regard to the arrival announced by the Honourable
Member, he (Sir Robert Peel) begged to say he had
had no intimation whatever of it ; but he would say,
that at present that sugar would not be ad-
missible on the same terms as sugar the pro-
duce of the countries mentioned by the lion. Member.
But he would add, that he had no hesitation in saying
that sugar, the produce of the United States, now under
the reciprocity treaties, would be admitted under the
proposed advantages.—(Hear.)
Mr. THORNELY was very glad to hear that an-
nouncement from the Right Hon. Baronet, as a new and
very extensive trade in sugar was about to be opened
with the countries he had named, to which this altered
state of the law would be of great importance.
Mr. E WART wished to know whether it was not the
fact that slave-grown sugar, admitted at the reduced
duty from the United States, would undersell the free-
labour sugar of Mauritius and Java ?
Sir R. PEEL was understood to say that he was not
prepared with an answer.