reported from the select committee appointed to examine into the policy of imposing an increased duty on the import of foreign seeds, and who were instructed to consider of the laws relative to woollen goods, and the trade in wool; and also to consider of the laws prohibiting the growth of tobacco in Great Britain; that they had further examined the matters to them referred; and had directed him to make a report thereof to the House, with several Resolutions thereupon. The report was read; and the resolutions of the committee are as follow:

1. " That it is the opinion of this committee, that any legislative interference which might affect the supply of linseed, clover seed, and smaller seeds, would not hold out such a prospect of relief to the agricultural interest as to induce the committee to recommend measures which they find likely, in some degree, to affect the manufacturing and commercial relations of the country; but that the committee are of opinion that the removal of the duties now levied on rape cake and linseed cake imported would have a beneficial effect upon the agriculture of the country, and tend materially to increase the quantity of grain for the supply of the home market.

2. " That it appears to this committee, that neither the soil nor the climate of this country are ill adapted to the cultivation of tobacco, but the difficulties which would attend the collection of a duty on tobacco grown at home, and the temptation which would be held out to defraud the revenue, so long as the present duties on tobacco imported continue to be levied, are such as to induce the committee to be of opinion that no alteration, under the present circumstances, should be made in the laws relating to tobacco."

presented a petition from several soap manufacturers in the West Riding of Yorkshire, stating, that the additional duties on hard soap were extremely injurious to their interests. The noble lord moved, that the petition be brought up.

said, he had conceived, that the soap duty bill, when introduced by the right hon. gentleman opposite, was merely a regulation bill, and not imposing an additional duty. He put it to the candour of the right hon. gentleman, whether the bill had not been represented as a regulation, merely, and deprecated so unfair a practice.

was unconscious of having represented the bill in the manner stated by the right hon. baronet. He, on the contrary, had distinctly stated that the bill imposed an additional duty.

observed, that if the right hon. member had stated the bill in that manner, no one in the House had heard him, except perhaps the few who sat immediately near him.

said, that as the petition was directed against a tax bill, it could not be received according to the orders of the House, established for a century.

observed, that the bill affected the woollen manufacturers severely, as soft soap could seldom be used in their manufactures.

said, that the effect of the bill would be of course considerably influenced by the drawback

conceived the measure partial, and injurious to the manufacturers.

expressed himself to the same effect, and recommended the postponement of the measure until the House could be enabled to give it the consideration its importance merited.

said, that it should be postponed to Monday.

was extremely sorry that the petition could not be received, as the rejection of it must be injurious to the character of the House. He lamented that measures were at any time introduced in such a manner as could prevent petitions from being received against them. The measure in question was very injurious to the manufacturers of the country, and would press particularly severe on the lower orders of society. The petition was then rejected.

referring to his motion on the state of the finances of the country, which he fixed for Wednesday next, stated, that some alteration would be necessary in the Resolutions which he meant to propose, as the chancellor of the exchequer had made a new statement with respect to the amount of the unappropriated part of the grant of last year. He would be obliged to the right hon. gentleman now to inform him of the amount of that surplus; after which, with the leave of the House, he should move that the resolutions which he meant to propose should be read pro forma, for the purpose of being printed before the debate on Wednesday.

stated, that the amount of the unappropriated part of the grant of last year, which had at first been estimated at 3,000,000l. was now found to be about 5,000,000l. or 5,500,000l.

The resolutions were then read pro forma and the debate upon them adjourned to Wednesday.