Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-04-05
LATER FROM ENGLAND.


the 18th of March. She brought over seven cabin
passengers and large number in the steerage.
In the House Of Commons the 5h onhe order of the
day for going into committee the income BILL Captain
OsBonSE moved amendment that the bill be taken up
day three monhsthat is rejected. The amendment was
lost by majority Of sevent-hree in thin House motion
to limit the continuance Of the years instead Of three
was lost by majority Of ffytwo The bill through
committee, and was be brought up the 7h Sir RoBEnr
Peel refused to pledge himself that the operation of the bill
should cease at the end Of three years.
report Of the debate which took place in the House Of
Commons the 9Th ultmo the Sugar question publish
ed from which make the annexed relating Ame
rcan sugars
sMr THoR sLEY said wish repeat the question which
put to the right honorable gentleman the First Lord OF the
Treasury yesterday stated that quantity Of sugar had
reached this country from the United States which
ous the produce of slave labor The question which then
put has become Of more Importance because to-day find that
samples have arrived of cagoes of two three shipments from
New Orleans The question wish to put is this whether
this the produce of Louisiana and therefore the produce
of slave labor will be admitted at the rate of duty
gar from China, Java and Mana which is considered the
produce of free labor
Sir RoBERr PEEL. There certain countries--he
United States being of thewhere sugar produced by
the labor of slaves The United States and two other
have concluded reciprocity treaties with this country
which treaties spuae that the produce Of such countries shall
be admitted into this country the footing of the most favored
nation That apprehend, is the Of the But up
this hour there has been official information received by
her Maestys Government from the cusom-house with respect
the arrival Of this shipment has any communication
been made to the Treasury Board upon the subject any
application for order in Council which would he necessary
before the sugar could be admitted At present apprehend
that the sugar could not be admissible for order in Council
has been issued for its admission from the United States AT
the time have hesitation in saying that my .onsuc
ton Of the treaty is that sugar from the United States would
under the reciprocity treaties, be admissible the terms
1 foon sugar andC Oud
4 cheers from the Opposition benches
"Mr. THORNLEY, had heard the of the right hon.
gentleman with great satisfaction He begged simply to state
that the produce of sugar Louisiana such would give
great profit its expectation this country and that there
every believe the trade would be carried
| to very considerable extent
eMr. EwART said there another question connected
with this subject which he anxious to have answered
He wished TO know whether the right honorable barone
that all the coming from Louisiana brown
muscovado sugar. and therefore would into this country
at the duty of 23s and not at 2Ss So that in fact this
sugar the United States would be imported
lower duty than the eeabor sugar of Java SIAM and
I Manila.
"Sir r. PEEL declined entering into any argument upor
2 the subject at present"
1t was reported in London that Mr. GLADSTONE was abou
re-ente the Cabinet in higher post than the he
signed 1t sad too that he had recosered the subcc
Of educational grants for Ireland, and prepared
) rate with the Ministry on that question. =
It Sir RoRERT PEEL has announced that Government will
bring forward the civil disabilities of thu
e Jews.
Monday, March l0th down for the discussion
] the sugar duties.
bill before the House Commons making provision o
garden alotmen the poor from common lands Sir JANE.
GRAHAM ntmatcd that the Government unavorabt
, to the principle Of the BILL
Petitions have been presented in the House of Lords pray
ing for revision of the rubcs of the Church of England
he onnffba
of Exeter to explain He denied any necessity defend him
sehs conduct the movements that have recently trans
pred His chief argument was that having found divees
OF practice in his diocese, he judged right to enforce uni
ormity He commended that all spiritual power vested
the Clergy and that the Crown had right 10 impose
brc and concluded by commenting with asperty upon
the petitions, and cautionng the House against constituting
themselves committee religion, had been done by
i their ancestors in l64l.
i Lord BRoucH,M sported little with the matter. The
Bishop of Norwich denied the obligation of the Clergy obey
the ucs The Bishop Of London protested against such an
opinion and the subject dropped.
At meeting of the shareholders Of the Edinburgh and
Glasgow Railway, Sir Andrew Agncw brought forward mo-
ton against Sunday trains which lost by thousand
four hundred and sixyve against hundred and
6fyn representing respectively five thousand hun
dred and Twenty-Five and hundred and foynne shares
i On the 9Th utimo explosion took place the boiler
mandatory OF Messrs Samuda, at Blackwell The boiler
Of stationary engine used for drilling the iron &c exploded
killing the spot workmen who stood near and driving
the body Of third the tops Of the buildings and across
neghborng creek where he picked up dead and fright
fully mutated II is supposed that he the top of the
boiler easing the saetyvave Several other persons were
dangerously hurt. piece Of the boiler weighing half ton
found at the distance Of hundred Yards Five thou
Of glass computed to have been broken by the
conclusion
FROM THE EAST.
The overland mail had arrived bringing advces from Bonn
bay to the LIST Of February Calcutta the 23d of January,
and China to the 18th Of December.
The dngs of much the character with those last
received The in the Khoapoe district continued but
desutoy the insurgents ranging about in small bodies
and avoiding all attempts to bring general conflict The
English troops of necessity divided into small parties
securing the country but they had sustained loss in this
irregular and vcxaiious warfare.
All quiet in Scnde but the 18th regiment still
suffering dreadfuy from sickness II had been removed what
there left Of it, to Hydeabad Sir Charles Napier had
to chastsc bordering tribes who had been making
incursions upon the frontier.
The Punaub continued much disturbed, and was in fact
under the control Of military desposm the chiefs Of which
struggling among themselves for the mastery Large
bodies Of British troops stationed along the frontier ready
should emergency arise in which action would be
deemed necessary,
variety railway projects in embryo Calcutta and
Bombay, and il thought very probable that of them
would he carried into effect
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