The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-25 00:00:00

PAZTZ.A.MENTA2T.

The subject of locking passengers into Railway Carriages,
was again mentioned last night in the; House of Lords, and the
Earl of Ripon stated, that after consulting with the Inspector-
General of Railways, and having ascertained that locking the
doors was dangerous and unnecessary, he had written to the
Railway Directors, recommending them to discontinue the
practice. Lord Campbell was sure the communication would
give public satisfaction.
Several petitions were presented by the farmers' friends
against the tariff, and the Duke of Richmond expressed a strong
opinion against the great changes it would make. The Earl of
Ripon defended the clause relative to horned cattle, and denied
that it would be productive of injury to farmers.
Both Earl Fitzwilliam and Lord Kinnaird expressed their
satisfaction at this statement. Lord Kinnaird said of their
Lordships that they did nothing but throw out good measures
and pass bad ones, and, to give them something better to do, he
will, on Thursday, move for a Select Committee to inquire into
the distress of the people, when he is also to move for the pro-
duction of the Queen's letter to beg for the people.
Their Lordships then adjourned.
In the Commons Mr. O'Connell moved a new writ for
Meath, he having being elected for that county and for Cork,
having decided to sit for Cork.
Mr. Miles not having succeeded about oxen, Mr. G. Palmer
gave notice of a motion to stop the importation of foreign ve-
getables.
Sir R. Peel mentioned that the intercourse he had had with
dapt. Elliot induced him to place the greatest confidence in
his integrity and ability. We presume, therefore, that the
Gallant Captain will soon depart on his mission to Texas. As
to his qualifications, we differ entirely from Sir R. Peel.
Sir R. Peel fixed Friday week for a discussion on the Sugar
Duties, without reference to the state of the tariff.

On going into Committee on the Customs Acts, Mr. Miles
stated that his wish was to impose Id. per pound on meat, and
ss. 6d. per cwt. on cattle of all kinds. .
Sir Robert Peel, in spite of some coaxing by Mr. Pusey,
would not assent to this proposition, and a short debate ensued,
of which Mr. Milner Gibson's straightforward speech is worthy
of notice. He called on the Ministers not to attemit to gull
the people any longer. Mr. Ward said the speeches of the
Members were more valuable than the tariff itself, and he
assured Mr. Gladstone, the Corn-law advocate, that he would
be unable to answer Mr. Gladstone, the advocate of
cheaply provisioning our ships. Mr. Villiers made an
excellent speech, pointing out very forcibly the distress which
existed amongst the people, and moved to substitute Is. per
head for horned cattle, instead of 20s. The Committee
divided on this question ; but the smaller duty, which was
opposed by Lord John Russell, was lost by 209 to 44.
Major 'Vivian proposed that the duty on cattle, meat, and
other provisions should be the same imported from Canada as
from other places. This gave rise to another debate, during
which Sir Robert Peel said that 22,000 quarters of corn had
been entered at a 12s. duty under his new law. Major Vivian,
however, did not press his motion to a division.
Mr. O'Brien was not so modest, and he divided the Com-
mittee on a motion to substitute 4s. a cwt. for the ss. per head
on hogs, but the motion was lost by 121 to 32.
The Coma ittee continued to sit through the whole evening,
getting through the article fish, and at one o'clock, after a
smartish debate, divided on a proposition to substitute 5 per
cent., ad valorem, for the proposed duty of 6d. per bushel on
apples, which wasilost by 51 to 101.
The House then resumed, and after passing the Incumbents
Leasing Bill, adjourned at Half-past One.