The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-16 00:00:00

RURAL POLICE,

Mr. WILLIAMS then moved for Returns, made
up to the latest period, of the Police established
in each county in England and Wales, under
3 Vic. c; 93, and 3 and' 4 Vic. c. 88, stating,
in detail the date when the police was established ;
the number of parishes, and the population of each,
according,- to. the last census in such police dis-.
trict; the number of chief constables, or superinten-
dents, appointed in each county; . and the salary
and other emoluments received by each ; the•_ num-
ber of station-houses and strong rooms, and the
expense of building, furnishing, repairing, and
maintaining the same in each county; the amount of the
police-rate levied, and the total expenditure for the main-
tenance of the Police under the said Acts in each county
during the last year.----Agreed to.

-IRISII JURORS.
Mr. O'CONNELL moved for a copy of the instruc-
tions given to the respective Crown Solicitors, on each cir-
cuit respecting the challenging ofJ urors in Crown cases,
by the follow:ng gentlemen, when filling the office of At-
torney-General in Ireland :—Mr. Richards now Baron
Richards ; Mr. O'Loghlen, now Sir Michael O'Loghlen,
Baronet ; Mr. Brady, now Chief Baron Brady ; Mr. Pi-
gott, late Attorney-General for Ireland; Mr. Blackburn,
now Attorney• General for Ireland ; specifying the
particulars in which they differ. Return of the
number and names of the Barristers appointed
in the, present year to be supernumerary prose-
cuting Counsel .on each circuit in Ireland. Re-
turn of the number and names of Barristers so
appointed who have declined to act. Return of the
number and names of the Barristers who were
employed last year as supernumerary Crown Counsel,.
and who are not included in the foregoing Returns.
—Agreed to.

B
ANATMY ILL.
Mr. Alderman COPELOAND asked if the Secretary of
State for the Home Department had received any Re-
port from the Commission appointed in 1840, to investi-
gate the working of the Anatomy Bill, and if he would
lay any such Report before the House?
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that the Government
had not as yet received any Report from that Cora-
'mission.

THE TARIFF.
•-• LEMON wished to know whether it was the
intention of the Government to reduce the duty on foreign
tin ? and what it was intended to do in relation to the
duty on copper ore? if the 5 per cent. intended to be ha.
posed, was to be levied on the value of the copper ore,
or whether it was intended to be levied on the value of
the metallic copper which might be smelted from the ore?
Mr. GLADSTONE said that it was the intention of
the Govi niment to alter the present duty on tin, so as to
reduce it to 10/. a ton. A higher duty had, been pro
posed for tin than for other other Metals, on account of
the dues payable on tin to the Duchy of Cornwall. With
respect to the sQcond question, he had to
observe • that it was the intention of the Go-
vernment to do away with the system of smelting copper
in bond, and therefore the duty of 5 per cent. ad
valorem
would be levied on the ore. With regard to the third
question, it was a matter for consideration; but the pre,
sent intention of the Government was to levy the 5 per
cent. .ad valorem duty on the market value of the ore,
and not on the market value of the copper, which might
be extracted from it by smelting. While on this sub-
ject, he would take the opportunity of correcting one or
two errors of the press, which had crept into the copy of
the tariff, which had been laid on the table. The first
error was in the fourth schedule, relating to seeds. It
was intended to. continue the duty on linseed, on rape
seed, on hemp seed, and on flax seed, of Is. per
quarter -on the whole. There was another error
of a trifling nature in reference to gypsum and
plaster of Paris. It was intended to continue the
duty on these articles, whereas the tariff had
been printed as if it were intended to admit these arti-
cles duty free.