The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-19 00:00:00

WINDOW-TAX.

Lord DUNCAN postponed his motion with respect to the
window-tax, which stood for to-morrow, till Monday. He
had stated his intention to do so in the early part of the even-
ing, and he now repeated it in the presence of the Right Hon.
Baronet.
Mr. FERRAND wished to put a question to the Secretary
of State for the Home Department. Three sessions ago, Mr.
Muggeridge was appointed a Commissioner to go into the
inland counties, to inquire into the distress existing there.
He had made his report, but it had not been laid on the table
of the House. lie wished to know whether it was intended
to lay it on the table of the House ?
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that the report had been
made, but not printed, as far as it was it would be laid on
the table of the House. _ _

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that Members had been in-
formed that yesterday or to-day they were to be fur-
nished with the list of the articles on which the duty was to be
taken off.

Sir H. PEEL said that it had been found to be convenient
to arrange the articles alphabetically, and as soon as that was
done the list would be laid on the table.

SPERM OIL.

Mr. GEORGE SMITH wished to ask a question of the
First Lord of the Treasury, which was of importance to a large
class of persons. It was, whether it was the intention of the
Government only to reduce, or altogether to take off, the duty
on sperm oil?
Sir R. PEEL said the duty on sperm oil was not to be given
up at once, but the Government did intend to provide for ulti-
mately relinquishing that duty ; but they would postpone it to
such a period as not to interfere injuriously with existing inte-
rests. He might as well state now, that after the sth of Ja-
nuary, 1849—(Hear, hear, and laughter)—the duty on sperm
oil should cease.

SUGAR DUTIES.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL asked when the exact resolutions
proposed by the Government on the sugar duties would be laid
on the table ?
Sir R. PEEL said the House would be in possession of the
resolutions to-morrow, and he was in hopes that he should be
able to furnish them this evening. In that case he hoped, in
the discussion of the income-tax this evening►, the sugar duties
would not be debated, but would be left till those resolutions
were seen.
Lord J. RUSSELL thought it would be more reasonable
for the Right Hon. Baronet to postpone the consideration of
the sugar duties till Monday.
Sir R. FEEL thought the Hon. Member for Manchester
had given a notice for equalising the duties on foreign and co-
lonial sugars on Friday next, and that there was no objection
on the part of the Noble Lord to that discussion having prece-
dence of the Noble Lord's own resolution.

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Sir ROBERT PEEL said, his only object in all this was
to prevent confusion in the trade, to which it was of gret im-
portance that the opinion of the House should be known. He
should have no objection to the discussion taking place en the
motion of the Hon. Member for Manchester, on Friday next ;
and on Monday they could take the discussion on the proposal
of the Noble Lad.
Dlr. GIBSON said it was then to be understood, that the
question of the equalization of duty on sugar weuld take place
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