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the opportunity it had of stating its case.
Lord BROUGHAM moved the second reading of the Cri-
minal Law Consolidation Bill, and proposed to refer it to a
select committee, to which he would submit a statement of
twenty-four alterations which he intended to make. He
would leave the bill for the consideration of the legal pro-
fession during the long vacation.
The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the s."-
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HOUSE OF COMMONS,

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iORING moved for the issue of a new writ for the
borough of Horsham. A short discussion took place on
the subject, in which Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. G.
Bankes supported and Mr. Hayter opposed the motion.
On a division the writ was ordered to be issued by a ma-
jority of 54 over 50 voices.
A long discussion followed on a question relative to the
reducing the differential duties on colonial rum from 9d. to
4d. a gallon put by Sir L. O'BRIEN, the opposition mem-
bers contending that something very like a corrupt bargain
had been made between the government and the Irish
members to make the differential duty 6d. per gallon.
Ultimately; the debate on the West India project of the
government proceeded,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL declaring that the government
would adhere to their original proposition.
Mr. GLADSTONE objected to the ministerial measure on
the grounds that it was less than the exigencies of the co-
lonies demanded, and that, in the present state of the
finances, it would be most unwise to make experiments
with the sugar duties such as those proposed. The West
Indies had equitable pecuniary claims on this country on
account of apprenticeship and immigration, which the-
measure of relief brought forward by the Government did
not satisfy ; and until the imperial finances should be
brought into a healthy state, the tampering with the sugar
duties would be inexpedient. The right honourable gen-
tleman controverted the calculations made by the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, and contended that the proposed
alteration of duties would involve a loss of between three
or four hundred thousand pounds this year, and a hundred
thousand pounds the next, and so on for several years.
The question of finance was one of serious and growing
difficulty, and it was the first duty of the house to restore
the equilibrium between the revenue and the expenditure.
When that was done, then would be the time to do full
'ustice to the colonies. The right hon. gentleman sup-
ported the amendment.

Mr. JAS. WILSON followed in a long and able speech.
He had a strong desire to put an end to slavery and the
slave trade, and to remove the distress now existing in the
West Indies ; but nothing could be more prejudicial to all
those objects than to adopt, as was now proposed, an in-
creased protection for sugar.
The debate then stood adjourned.