The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,
,WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1842.

J. Rose, a post-office clerk, said be had served notice of ob-
j,, Hoe to both gentlemen, who lived in the same house, He
eould not say which of Ihent had a right to vote, so he objected
:0 both, in order to have the matter set right before the Revis-
ing Barrister, as witness was very anxious that every man
should enjoy his franchise if be bad a right to it.—( Laughter. )
He did not know that Sir John Meade was out of his mind.

It was proved that John Spencer Meade did vote in the name
of John Meade. The omission of the name Spencer was re-
marked at the time, but no note of it was taken by the eheck.
book-keeper on the Liberal side, Mr. Tasker, the person who
pointed out the matter. Mr. Tasker added, that he was paid
nothing for his services.
Mr. TA LBIET—Then you are an ill-used man, and I advise
you to come over to the ntber side.—(Laughter. )
Mr. TALBOT contended that Mr. Meade was the oecupier of
the house, the father being the owner, and that in fact Sir
John Meade was not on the list, but John Meade, for in fact
the former had been for four years before in a lunatic asylum.
The Committee struck off the vote, considering it a case of
personation.
William Fowler, a sitting Member's vote, was objected to,
on the ground that while the real owner of the qualification
was dead and buried, a namesake carre to the poll and per-
sonated him.

Tho Committee adjourned, leaving the case to come on to-
morrow.

WIGAN.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edi:ion.)

The Committee resolved that the vote should be struck off.;
John Hayes objected to by Mr. littnyann on behalf of the
sitting Members was struck off the pole on similar grounds.
Richard Peck was chjected by counsel for the petitions, and
struck off.

31r. HILDYARD laving stated that that decision of the Com-
mittee plactd the sitting Alembers in a majority, it was agreed
that tLe petitioner's counsel should again proceed with their
objections.
The vcte of Matthew Lowe was accordingly objected to by
. 'r. SLADE, on the same greunc's upon which the foregoing
,otes were disposed of.—Struck cff.
The vote of Peter Horning, übjected to by the petitioner's
Counsel, was struck cif.
James Workman's vote was objected to by Mr. TALBOT, on
behalf of the sitting member, on the ground of removal.
The objection was fully sustained and the vote was stuck to
the pill.
The vote of Ralph Unswortb, keeper of a pul lie-house called
the Clockface, in Wigan, was objected to by Mr. Clarke, on
behalf of the sitting Members.
The vote was struck off the pa.
This decision }lace the sitting members in a majority done.
The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at 11 o'clock.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The Lora CHANCELLOR took his seat ca the Wool-
sack .portly after Four o'clock.

CORN-LAWS AND SUFFRAGE.

Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from 1,300
inhabitants of Swansea, praying for aTepeal of the Corn-
laws and Universal Suffrage.

CUURT OP CHANCERY.

The NOBLE and LEARNED LORD then moved for cer-
tain returns relating to the arrears in the Court of
Chancery, and said that he supposed that in consequence
of the recent alterations in the Court of Chancery, the
amount of the arrears must have materially decreased
since the last return.
The LORI) CHANCELLOR said that the Vice-
Chancellors were now hearing causes which had been set
down for hearing since Christmas last He believed
many of them had been only set down for hearing
within the last six weeks. Unless some arrangement
Were made one of the Vice-Chancellors would not have
any cause to hear in a couple of days.
ROYAL COMMISSION.

The Royal Assent was given by Commission to the
Consolidated Fund Bill, the West India Clergy Bill,
the Regulation of Apprentices' Bill, the Loan Societies'
Bill, the Newgate Gaol (Dublin) Bill, and Nutford's
Divorce Bill.

The Lords Commissioners were the Archbishop of
Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, and Lord Wharncliffe.

SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY BILL.

On the motion of Lord WHARNCLIFFE, the South
Eastern Railway Bill was read a third time and passed.
_ _

MIDLANT) COUNTIES' RAILWAY BILL.

The Midl tnd Counties'.Railway Bill was read a third
time and passed.
Several private Bills were forwarded a stage.
EASTER RECESS.

On the motion of Lord WHAIINCLIFFE, their
Lordships then adjourned to Thursday, the 7th of April
next.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four
o'Clock.

CHESTER ROADS.

On the motion of Mr. W. YOUNG the Chester Roads'
Bill was brought in and rad a first time.

NORFOLK ROADS.

On the motion of Mr. LOCKHART, the Norfolk
Roads' Bill was brought in and read a first time.

KIIiKINTILLOCH RAILROAD.

The Kirkintilloch Railroad Bill was read a second time.
STANHOPE AND TYNE RAILWAY.

Mr. HUTT presented a petition in favour of the Stan-
hope and Tyne Railway Bill ; also a petition from the
same parties in favour of the Durham Junction Railway
Bill.
LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAY BILL.

Mr.. BARNARI) brought up the Report of the Com-
mittee on the petition for the London and Greenwich
Railway Bill ; and the Bill was brought in and read a
first time.

journeymen cork-cutters of Edinburgh and Leith, Mat-
t ing that, by the proposed reduction of duty on foreign
I corks, they would be completely. ruined ; and, as no
person had complained of the old duty, they entreated
that that part of the new tariff might notbe adopted. The
Hon. Member also presented a petition from Stephen
Gill, aschitect, residing in the New-road, complaining
of the defective state of the -prestrit regulations with
respect to buildings, and requesting to be examined
in Committee on. the subject. The Hon. Member also
presented a petition from Alexander Brady, of the parish
of Clerkenwell, complaining of the practice of making
long spew:hes on almost every motion submitted to the
House. The petitioner said that those speeches had
never conferred any benefit upon him, and he questioned
if they had conferred any benefit upon the public. He
thought it very desirable that some rule should be adopt-
ed for remedying the evil, and would suggest that no
member should be allowed to speak on any subject for a
longer period than twenty minutes. —(Loud laughter.)
The Hon. Member also presented a petition from twenty-
one journeyman smiths in the parish of St. George's
Bloomsbury, praying for a total and immediate repeal of
the duties on the importation of foreign corn ; and also
a-petition from James Gill, of Edinburgh, complaining
of,r the practice in the Court of Sessions of Scotland, of
gi ing decrees to prisoners in the absence of the defenders.
Mr. 0 13R1EN presented a petition from the county of
Down, praying that her Majesty's Government would
direct their attention to the reclaiming of waste lands.
Lord SANIJON presented a petition from the Mem-
bers of a Literary and Scientific Society in Liverpool,
calling the attention of the House to the burden under
whic:a literary and scientific institutions laboured in being
subject to the window-tax, if they had a person within
the walls for the purpose of taking charge of their pro-
perty ; they,' therefore, prayed that the House would
take measures for the exemption of such institutions
from local and assessed taxes.

The second readings of the Lunatic Asylums' Bill, and
this Bonded Corn Bill, which were fixed far to-morrow,
were postponed till after the recess.
ERRORS IN THE TARIFF.
Mr. HAIVPS seing the Right Hon. the Vice-Pre-
sident of the Board of Trade in his place, begged to call
his attention to the subject of a conversation which took
place the other evening across the table, 'relating to the
typographical errors which had found their way into the
printed copies of the amended tariff. Those errors.had
occasioned great uncertainty, -and no -small anxiety,
in different branches of trade, as it was impossible to
know: in what respects the intended duties were
correctly stated, and in what instances they were
printed erroneously. He begged to ask, when did the
Right Hon. Gentleman expect to let: the public have- a
correct copy ? He thought the countrj was entitled to
have the correct information as early as possible.—
[Hear, hear.)

Mr. GLA-DSTONE would venture to Say that no
unnecessary delay should take place.—(Hear.) he was
exceedingly anxious that no time should . be lost in
correcting the errors of the tariff, both those that
were merely typographical, and those which had been
committed by the framers of the tariff themselves; and he
was confident that the corrections would be made during
the recess. It was certainly impossible to make the
amendments without great consideration ; but he fully
expected that the approaching Easter recess would be
sufficient to enable him to have a correct copy of the
tariff in the hands of Members.
TIMBER DUTIES.

Mr. PATRICK M. STEWART wished to put a. ques-
tion to the Right Honourable Baronet the 1 irst Lord
of the Treasury respecting the proposed duties on
Colonial and other Timber, and he considered the sub-
ject of his question one of great importance, not only to
those engaged in the timber trade, but to the public at
large. The Right Hon. Baronet was probably aware
that there never was so large a stock of duty-paid
timber in London as at this moment.--(Hear, hear.)
and in the Clyde, with which he was more immediately
connected, there was a very large stock on which the
duty had been paid. He had had an interview with some
of the holders of that stock this day, and they informed
him that they were induced to take that large quantity
on hand, because they thought they were sure of the
differential duty remained unaltered ; and it was not the
custom to bond Canadian timber. The question
which he wished to ask was, whether it was
the intention of the Right Hon. Baronet to relieve
those parties, either by a remission or drawback
of the duty, only giving them time to get rid of that
stock before the alteration of the duty Caine into effect.
Sir R. PEEL had received communications to the
same erect, as to the peculiarity large amount of
timber, which had paid duty, and was at present on
hand. The Honourable Gentleman mentioned one
cruse of that accumulation. But probably there was
another. The intention last year announced by the
Noble Lord opposite (Lord John Russell) to impose a
duty of 245. per load upon Canadian timber, led
those persons to speculate in taking in a large stock,
with the hope of escaping the duty. If the duty
had been raised in the mean time, as they expected,
the increase would not be levied upon that timber.—
(Hear, and a laugh.) The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Stuurt)
asked whether it was his (Slr R. Peel's) intention to' allow
a brawback in the duty,paid ? His answer was—Most
certainly not.—(Hear, hear.) There had been before
this a system of drawback in the Customs which ope-
rated as a warning against extending it to any new
arrangement of Customs' Duties.—(Hear, hear.) He
(Sir R. Peel) had pretty good reason to know what were
the difficulties which attended commercial reforms.
He had .received communications from s eveJal timber
merchants, to the effect that trade was so much depressed
that there was no demand for timber, and reductions of
price had taken place to the amount of 4d. or 3d. per load.
That even with that sacrifice it was impossible to sell Ca-
nadian timber. Now his answer to that was, that they
should look for a remedy in the general improvement of
trade which the reducti.onpf duties would effect. He had no
intention of allowing a drawback, but he would gyre a
greater interval before the operation of the new duties
than he had at first contemplated. Although the va-
rious articles of the tarif did severally occupy the atten-
tion of ail the confidential advisers of the Government
connected with the Customs, yet it was impossible, in
such, large reforms that the arrangements could
be completed at once, and exactly adjusted in respect
co all. As to Baltic timber, all the communications
which lie had received showed the importance of the
intended reform.—(Hear, hear.) But he was perfectly
convinced that colonial timber could hold its ground in
the market under the new duties.—(Hear, hear.)
He repeated that he would not allow a drawback,
tthe interest of the consumer. Be wouldwould
give as long an interval as would be
but
consistentth at hlevi
do his best to repair cases of individual wrong, but he
looked to the general improvement of trade as the surest
means of remedying the inconvenience complained of by
those merchants.

ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.
On the reading of the Order of the Day for the Com-
mittee on the Corn Duties Bill.
Sir R. PEEL said that as he mild not expect to make
any progress in the Bill before the recess, so as to
send it to the Lords, he should now (as he stated his
intention last night to do) move the postponement of the
order to Monday the 4th of April.
respect to the timber duties, ex-
:n-;e3lssredri. hAisWsEaStQvaciton with the announcement of the
Right Hon. Gentleman's intention to allow a long inter-
val before. the operation of the new duties. But he wished
to call the Right Hon. Gentleman's attention to the pre-
sent mode of taking the duty, which, h 1 the opinion of
the trade, ought to be by bale and not by measurement.
Sir Ri PEEL said he had to strike a balance between
any expectation of a long t„cervai, which would have the
; but he could not hold out
the consumer and the trade
effect It, temporary monopoly upon those
who ha odfg conferring
on hand, as well as causing a suspen-
sion of trade, As to the mode of taking the duty, there
acronesrtin.i7
was no difficulty in taking it by cubic 'measurement on
timber in the log. But he thought that in the case of
deals there was the grossest injustice occasionedby thae
mbiieo.ftneasurement, which had also the effect of exclu-
ding the timber of some nations entirely from our market
He had had some communications with gentlemen on
the subject of presenting impediments to the revenue,
and affecting its collection on all classes of timber, and
the question was under his attentive consideration.

HAND-LOOM WEAVERS.
Mr. WOODHOUSE gave notice that after Easter he
would draw the attention of the House to the Report 01
the Commissioners in 1841 on the condition of the hand-
loom IveavQrs; also that he would move for certain re-
turns respecting poor-rates, county-rates, and other im-
posts.

THE BISHOP OF JERUSALEM..
Dr. BOWRING said that although he had for
the present withdrawn the notice he had given respect-
ing this prelate, he (Dr. Bowring) was sorry to learn
that some of the events he had apprehended had already
occurred, in consequence of the precipitate sending of
Dr. Alexander to Jerusalem. A report had reached
him (Dr. Bowring) that the Bishop had been treated
with much ill-usage. He (Dr. Bowring) wished to
ask the Right Honourable Baronet whether such a
report had reached the Government ; and if so, whether
the Government had taken any measures to protect the
person of the Bishop, or for his removal from a scene
where it would be very difficult for him to guard against
the hostilities of the various Christian sects, and of the
Jews?

Sir R. PEEL was aware that in some parts of Syria
efforts had been made to stir up hostilities against the
mission, but DO account whatever had reached the
Government, .that the Bishop had been ill treated.
There .might no doubt be a hostile feeling against the
Bishop, ,but he (Sir R. Peel) had received no account to
the etlect that his personal security bad been endangered.
LEGACY AID PROBATE DUTIES.
Mr. ELPHINSTONE gave notice that he would after
Easter, miff° that the Legacy and Probate Duty upon
real property should be of -the same amount hereafter
as that to which personal property is now liable.
TEMPERANCE IN IRELAND.'
Mr. CALEB PO WELL begged leave to ask the Right
Honourable Baronet, the First Lcrd of the Treasury,
whether he was in possession of any official information
from which he might infer that habits of temperance
were or were not progressively extending among the
people of Ireland ?—(Hear, hear.)
Sir R. PEEL said, that he was not in possession of any
ffieial information upon the sub;ect, t;nd he begged leave
to add, that he had not, on any former occasion, expressed
an opinion on the matter. Ile bad said that there had been
of late a considerable increase in the spirit duty in Ire-
land, but he dared- say that the spirits were taken with
a due regard to temperance.—(Leughtt r.) .
CHU R C I 1 EXTENSION.
Mr. HAWES beLged leave to ask the Hon. Baronet
the Member for the University of Oxford, whether he'
intended to bring forward at an early day his motion on
the subject of Church Extension? •
Sir E. H.INGLIS said that Le had stated, on a former
occasion, that it war.his in criti(.!t to call the attention of
the:House to thu I":tster, ; but lie could nut
say wht.thiT 10 would ou Liiabioi to (iv at an only
period. He would, however, fix a day as goon as he

might find,convenient, and he would give the Hon.
Member and the House due notice on the subject.
On the Order of the Dayfor the second reading of the
Public-House Bill being moved,
Lord MAHON saiclhe would not object to the Order
being fixed for another day, provided he had sufficient
notice ; but he could nut consent to the reading on that
occasion.

The Order of the Day was then postponed.
Iu reply to a question from Mr. FOX MAULE with
respect to the Turnpike Act,
Sir J. GRAHAM said he had given notice a few days
ago of the intention of her Majesty's Government to
introduce a general Turnpike act ; and the question
of course countervailed the operation of any present
Acts in relation to turnpike roads.
Mr. WAKLEY said, probably there would be no ob-
jection to the Public-houses Bill being read a second
time on that occasion. as it did not appear to be opposed.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said as that measure inter-
fered with the authority of the Police Commissioners,
it had been submitted to their inspection, and the Report
of the Commissioners had not yet been received.
Mr. WAKLEY thought that it would be a great ad-
vantage if that measure could be advanced one stage.