The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-28 00:00:00

SUGAR DUTJES.

Lord SANDON presented a petition froth the sugar
refiners of Liverpool, complaining of the hardship they
would undergo if the Government plan for the reduction
of the sugar. duties should be carried into effect, in con-
sequence of the large stock of sugar which they had
on hand, and praying the House to give them relief. They
also prayed that no duty might be imposed upon molasses,
and that a high duty might be impoed upon foreign and
colonial refined sugar. They also prayed that ground
Manilla sugar might be considered as muscovado sugar,
and that no duty might.be imposed on sugar refined in
th;s country.

PRIVATE BILLS.
Mr. Poulett Scrope, Lord Francis Egerton, Mr. Bro-
therton, Colonel Wood. and Mr. Collett, presented
several petitions on private Bills.
. LAW :)F SETTLEMENT.
Mr. MILES presented a petition from Somerset
against the poor-law clause in -the law of settlement;
and also two petitions from places in the same county,
complaining of the awful extent of intemperance on the
Sabbath-day.
Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from Birming-
ham, signed by several thousands of the inhabitants of
that town, against any increase in the navy. He also
begged to present two petitions from the same town,
complainig of the manner in which passengers and goods
were treated on the Great Western Railway.

Sir C NAPIER presented a petition from Mary/obe
against the window- tax.
Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from Path
against the duty on post-horses
Mr. R. PALMER presented .a
petition, signed by
°l'
farmers of Bucks, against the malt duty.
POST OFFICE ESPIONAGE to,
Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from the t The
bitants of Finsbury, agre©d to at a public uteeting• a
petitioners stated " That they learned with ittortificatio,
and disgust that there exists at the General 'Post-offiCer,
secret spy system, under which letters are' broken (Ted,
their seals counterfeited, and postmarks falsely irtlP's,ere
in order to deceive the persons to whom such lettered
directed, directed, and to whom they are afterwards forviataa:
while the information thus obtained has, in some
been used to promote the despotic interests of fere44
Governments that this meeting strongly denounces:4
existence of Rich disgraceful transactions, and refnlte,
to be satisfied with the Report of the Counntiii
published at the close of last session, deem it essenttafor
necessary for the honour of this country, and als1).
searcnici;,
public satisfaction and security, that a strict,
and open inquiry should be instituted into all the,oir.
cumstances refemd toil: certain petitions presented tothe
liatnent on this subject, in order that by such inquillre.
manner in which such illegal and unconstitudonal
tices have been carried on, may be clearly exposea:ho
brought to public shame." The also state " that theY rre,
read with dignation, the statement made by our °Pp&
sentative in his r lace in Parliament, that his correaP:di
ence had been clandestinely intercepted and 6ecifet,
ened, under Government authority, at the rest-e,, fot
That., in the opinion of this meeting, the only 0°1.5010
the excercise of such power towards Mr. Duncomhe' 1)0
be that the Government had good reason to dee;ioo,
capable of conduct which, if true, would, in our 013.0 of
render him totally unfit to continue the represe° therefore
a free and independent constituency ; that we to
feel it due to oweselves, as well as to Mr. Duncom?e:rei•
demand from the House of Commons such 101,ri 1
eeittet
tigation into the proceedings toward him as sha," follf
o
jllstify the implied suspicions of the Government,
establish the into cence of our long-tried and ft'o
representative."—(Hear, hear.)
THE TARIFF. uenollesl
An HoN. MEMBER, on the Conservative A-- mot
asked whether it was the intention of the Govern,
to give tin the duty on straw plait and plaited stra's 'rip,
Sir ROBERT PEEL said there were several,c_les:os
tions of straw manufacture, which went under the
of " straw-plait"—there was the straw, or grass, fqj So.
ing ; then there was plaiting-straw and straw-P12,0
proposed to take the duty off that particular ttl,
plait made of chips, and of straw or grass ; but fr°ol it,
manufactured articles, commonly called •`

the duty would not be removed. -
CERTIFICATES OF SEAMEN. .he Sr;
Mr. HUTT wished to put a question to " f 155,,
emery of the Admiralty. In the course ?, se
session an Act had been passed requirinfeell
British seamen to register themselves at the egr,gte Q'
which they sailed, and each received a eertie-b-00(1,00
registration. No sailor would be received on opts!
vessel without this certificate, and the . bi, I°
who so received him would become 1111:dersb19
a penalty. There had been a eeel,iiiilrP
body of foreign seamen brouht to this thec re"
As the Bill of last year made nom provision for
01plo, i
gistering of those seamen, they were thrown out °f e 0, °13,,
went. Many of them had been twelve,. thirtede thel_
fourteen years in the coasting trade, CO'n°:
were men of the most orderly ," trou;a"
and esteemed amongst the best in t'''...te cilea"
Those men, having settled, married, and dolm'io Or
this country, were unable to obtain emploYinen„4oo4
sequence of not being registered, and their.; vlb if
excited very great commisseration. The ques'seereld
he wished to put to the Hon. Gentleman the ,totez'
for the Admiralty was, whether the Governnien"-
era
to propose any measure for their relief ? raeiAlla.
Mr. CORRY said there was no doubt that
...."" de o'4l
had been for years employed in the coasting 14"Derst!e,
trary to the navigation laws, and the stringers 4401 ig.r:T9
of the Act of last year had prevented thou sralificstl„l
employed. But they could get rid of the disclu'oly c‘
by tatting the oath of allegiance, which would
Is., and would entitle them to register.
BANKING IN SCOTLAND' flea, 11)
In answer to a question from an HON. MV4"° iiioE"'
03 :
Sir R. PEEL said that he was in corn- to ' .0:
with several - persons connected with banking
ei to 0,4
land, and he thought he should not be prepare 0600
in a Bill upon the subject, or to state the itiV
the Government, until after Easter. NV* ;nit
MIXED MARRIAGES IN IREL—A
the idrt"
Mr. ROSS wished to put a question to • the °
iv" 0
Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for Ireland The IV; 0
ject of mixed marriages in that country. isltii,,fe
Catholic clergy had been long subject to Pe,-01 tfi le'
marrying Presbytefians t ) Roman Catholics' - to ',,11,0
penalties had been reduced from time. be ob`;,111
The consequence of this state of things Inns' sill,oo
to every one, and the question he wished 00,00 oo
this—that as it was impossible for matters tif 00,,e!
they were, he wished to know which of ;11 to teler
courses open to the Goverment it inteetie thelire `oe
Would it reimpose the old penalties on Ca., toalli4
gymen celebrating such marriages, or would it
solemnization of mixed marriages by the Cat"- . '
legal. libieC
f 11.5 1 05'
Sir T. FREMANTLE said the law on '.. 'tile 'Aies
remained in precisely the same state as before root,
ing of the Marriage Act of last session ; 1 100t:kled
u
whatever were imposed by that Act. He co .r
which of the alternatives mentioned by theli°l3 4 11°
ber the Government was prepared to pursue. of (i1",,,t,
Mr. ROSS then gave notice that on an es obj'"
should move for leave to bring in a Bill on the ool!
GAME LAWS. „De, ,01),
Mr. BRIGHT presented petitions, nitor9oB
signed by farmers and landholders in foil' 03
Sussex, Alnwick, in Northumberland, bite' bolil
western side of the Severn, Gloucest€rtile °,0i,1.
Ruislip, in Middlesex, all praying f`,l , thon,„; t
tion of the game-laws. The Hon. Menwe'l, iers,:i
the motion which he had given notice of wrpoilltosu'
this evening was a motion for the s,,ri,erin,"
of a Select Committee to inquire into the " befr ? ill
the game-laws ; and in bringing this root.ible.„°oo'
House, he acknowledged that he was fullY sfill,''rreF,;, illme
importance and difficulty of this question. 'etgt4l;otir,
extremely that it could not have all the,_:c-bio'c's6
House from his advocacy which it might that d,
other hands. He regretted extrernelY , 005,401'.
Hon. Gentleman of longer standing in tb3l;een i'l'el'l.l
not taken this question up; he might ye
•,v Ihice°
hurl./ .a ;'
impart to it a degree of weight and sub- cool de ,
was unable to give it. But he was see the ' ll'hi',,
the importance of this question, and °,l , garlie'if P-,
sity of some alteration in the laws respeetllit' OP the
he considered he should be neglecting bl 5 bridilg I.
had hesitated for a longer period tee Pe.iiieee''
question under the notice of the 14°05 i c°,710,,1
observed that, for several years past' A tsti‘e"„tti,
able portion of the convictions which hue: ogriewitcr,f
at petty se:sions, more especially in t" Goo° ,c d
counties were for offences against the ,000,,-.011„,
(Hear, hear)—and thousands of the, '011144
the population had been fined OA" too Toe lii;
fur such offences. It frequently hapPeee",„ol‘ P'Dollf iii
lent outrages, and ferocious encounters .-freciti-0,1)01
tween gamekeepers and poachers, endwg ire clue 01' '
the infliction of serious injuries, and not tin f the is, ifi,i,`
death. He found also that the last senteneefo°o,oo; the'',
been frequently put into operation on tin ht tfl)°„,o,l)'l,, e
viduals whose calamities had been broog e. Ir;01;0
through the laws for the preserfvoarttt
poofgre;etreoloasetoftoier
0. of
;
cause he had a deep sympathy
people, and because he had a deep re' he atte roe°,.
sacredness of human life, that he asked t et to l'olelie
the House to the motion which he was 'b°o)ber °if so v
and he felt certain that no considerable ne iiictait/i, el
hers would refuse to accede to such ti
0 011 tb 3iti‘lo
asked. Looking back to former legislan.°o pro
IP: Of 10+
ject, he felt justified in making °Yoe lell".,0-i,,05
as there had been frequent instances of
~,e ewer e:, ,
appointment of Committees to consider ":3;itteostibiecil'e
In the years 1816 and 1823, Select C°133., this 5 of„,tDo
House had been appointed to inquire inieoitteee, "(„i
and in 1828, there had been a St lest C° are te'l ill
House of Lords appointed for the san3o I, npoit, oill 0
Committee of 1816 appeared to have heenidesoreeisis6ctile
the immediate object of obtaining such e.rhe qn%ijersibe
induce the Legislature to abolish of it coe-ovell be
then existing, which was the possession
root% erebo,
portion of landed property, and of t_th 0001; of , ify
i ight of killing game to all persons wii°o objec,4,olo of
th e as pole of
a Government certificate. In 1823
Committee was to obtain such evidenu the il/br
duce the Government to legalize nt• the4li 0
game, and in 1828 the Select Conanitte.e„f: Thvorlito
Lords was appointed for the same ottlee's webs to
immediate objects of these Committehad ono
to
he had stated, no one whe_eid 014 zfeStry
evidence adduced before them, eu re f of
the o ,e 0
convinced of • the fact that ritleuceelosPhicli
of their appointment had been the pr: thc,. e 4)
jug, and the frequent recurrence oL, nosche'.:(lloo,
encounters between gamekeepers C.enu,er,tore.—,o ,I
they bad of late years so deep1y0.t.,.".4 Souse rep,
In the year 1816 a Committee t_ tend the) oif eildr,
pointed to inquire into this sottic?',.
_a were (15' iioo
that if a more extended perixasio
_less _ oily
parties to kill game, 9, certain
t'he presd, 0d
sons would be interested ,in_ae belie/ie.ttoo,,iti
hofargeambeee,narpiduttahnereenfodretopr
bcihtterths;tt ;:cri_coon,2,ll3,ellseoblecosisarrelitiii
not been followed up. The"' again:l;6es had the °I3 tlig
the year 1828, when similar itl(l
to le'alise sato/141°4
into ; if the Legislature consented,
and '11490 0 iirl'
game by the owners of the land
_. _ orb„e
_,eo, eto
, - markets, it was supposed that Inn ttis Ir';et 11.1,0,
thus driven out. ln order to carry 0.,..,,.05 It(retf,ti
Lead the " P. 3
numbers of poulterers from
answer to hie, so
summoned to attend ; and
put vo them they seemed to beinin.filv,°,.4rafthillec°,lllbiecriil'rtll't
one or two of these, more sagaci!mes_L;cec& of n.,ers °Asp
that the plan would not have th the the 0°4,000.'0 !.1.
the poache ~ and for this reasonc,,
theTh'egameil gal
game cool not support and watri '
to sell rsel el° l
and theref e etiuld not afford
~ the pe eee 001,
!sr
he excelA other ler ,Il
cheap as -rt, . poachers, w ,
wee at no m evl reo-
they ran in Villing the game, el
owner' t the cii
and thus, by underselling the :lall:rde ; anti I,be pee
be even greater than t
b re right' t, the",',t 0,,
proved that those poulterers we,,,,, respec, bet Yrs tt,,
fmaeilnedda;titt)hneolfatwhehaCdorqmsioiletteebeti,nn
ntiln':h_
ialiattei
eenoe;e.lettliiteeeiti;
evil still existed —(lfear, hear.) . P_"...10 stai'll ot? ft;
night, not for the purpose of enealll4 on tiailaiv,, ois
respect to the present state of llle.1"; he c° flons'Co°'
or to suggest a remedy for the evt f the ._$ a _ ill,
Ile did act think that any Member C. ,tii, Olt
_, to _fiJ
now prepared to do so ; but he
gauntidr i!liopoiirare•lfstovrt,ol
mittee of Inquiry ought to be
._ and aft 0
quire `into the whole subject fairly $
; order° it.. 4 il'i,
report the result to that House, .n -
_t upon e if 0141
come to a wise and sound judgmen
;nto Vb.,/ eci'l or
His object was to cause an inquir3"io evel.looo
arise from the preservation of game .hose
the kingdom, and particularly where .