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0 I . -.,~: __~ 3sl6s2ll ,6oim ali be sift utelbsadoi doss web a gappositien. Our WWI *a a basis osto brood sad era to ea p'rim'e oet hi • 'WI tatsa s whit& view to support ; these ppor t so du m tt e " src h o a n d d- b r ee st n e E A almelgetagg. of this, he adverted to the ease of a boys, o ',jots& TWO ev ent WSW Clig e rie W1 7 .11 4114 11111M1 wish bow, cembrian The revenue of she Ilsmip, sad tip Illetolls of the people suffered. lithe, had been flegthibet. Si . of the duties on this article, instead of boisiLesli te would to pniy have been 40,0001. or perhaps *WPM impart of paper, in regard to whicn, i as won saw allabila. we had taken the course of substantial pro ' aikido* ' • Ass pidielnigall the evils of monopoly—almost yield . • lisimmy balbialiwproducing a deterioration in manufac r ay mle& to etcellencr. Amongst other ill. audio voisi• b. thee ft buses the demand to fluctuate, and :ptilsoat s oot s okelbely belkagoesd, producing great risk to the dealer ..r 6101112•MIkeet OS tho eonsumen. From the fullest con ' TO- Webb he would give the subject, he felt convinced that - dog VS no num No apprehend that we should be overwhelmed i n as llog imemellmbolyee of the Continent, but that the best part of . • ;so'. ..• -11011111111111118DAOMOO ,Auld be in a more healthy and flourishing 7. onelba hit timilike,• had no hesitation to propose reductions to the . : 11 gtolol helm! preniously r.-entioned. Some foreign goods he ne in; but finally, he looked with perfect con s st r illime enihents he proposed proving highly 'drama gig pa eg • , . er ica n r, try he a a) t rl arge on al th t e o se p the z an ts u b fac e h tu ad rin io g m in e: ( .:4116141.110 IMO tome theory to bear him nut. In the tear 1736, - tioaroooloirlood.oilled a treaty of trade and commerce with France, by which we wag to receive her cotton and poollen goods at a . ii of 1$ par WOOL 1 ether productions of then reentry at 10 per - r awl posat a tree rate than 15 per cent. securing to our s, of vantages. The immediate result eau, that * M France, and in return received goods et lira amount. The facilities thus created for It 1141111.1111111 1 8_ ref oinelnental manufactures was attended with no . . Way.. maihnomiss if this, he referred to the fact that imtne • illoolliseenuds me so improved the fabric of our cloths, that ~. • • s illoy old of French. The reductions he proposed would, no ' S Arabi, hate the effect of admitting some fancy muslins from - balm and some articles of cotton from the Continent, ren dared acceptable by brighter colours or some other attractive . quality • but upon the whole he anticipated r.othirg to counter . balance the advantages anti improvements which might heexpected. : He was borne out in this by the improvements in the silk trade. . He could state, that in this branch of manufacture such was the improvement. that English silks were smuggled into France. In reference to what he had said with regard to the treaty of 17/4„ it . . r night be objected that since then England had been loaded With • -,Leavy taxes. and had endured the seventies of a protracted war; n but it should not be forgotten that the countries of the Continent r had likewise suffered from the pressure of taxation and the ravage, of war. Their resources and their accumulations of capital greatly • diminished. The question of these reductions is not a question of mere nominal labour, but (since the power of steam has been did covered) of the inventive power of the mind of mono-ceiling great capitals into action—giving scope for that energy of enterprise and stability of purpose which so me -eminently distinguish the English thitherto. Another objection to the analogy which besought to 11114116 between the present period and that of 1788 was, that t AM we Mired to ourselves a reciprocity which at present we do • coot aim at obtaining. This certainly was in one point of view not unworthy of attention, but, as ground for apprehending an • injury to our manufacturing interests, was totally unworthy of attention. He deemed It his duty to communicate with all ono were hkely to assist him sith their information or judg inent. Amongst others he corresponded with his friend the late Member for Glasgow—arse whom he regretted did not still retsin a seat in that House, for both the House and the country would have derived much advantage on the present occasion from • the sound judgment and enlightened views of that Honourable nfiontleman. He had written so 31r. Finlay, and said he would now • reed sn extract from his reply, which he accordingly dirt.—lt was • L. the effect, that the writemitilly subscribing to the anticipations it advantage in which his correspondent indulged, thought It right to prepare hint for the opposition which parhcular interests might be expected to offer to the eulightened policy intended to be pursued. The prejudices of ntanufacturets, he feared, would be 41ff:cult to overcome. The writer declared that he took the deepest interest in the objects which sere sought to be attained, and was • _ fully satisfied as to the benefits that would accrue to all countries from the wise and liberal measures then in contemplation. He , • was of opinion, that all this intended freedom of trade ought to be rutted to foreign countries without regard to any reciprocity. • s our whole objen should be our own benefit, and this we should Out relinquish the pursuit of merely because other nations cannot ' see their own interests with sufficient clearness to induce them to pursue it in • particular way, front which we might derive a little addislecal benefit.—The Right Honourable Gentleman then re- Joiitertorrogl. His friend and correspondent in the latter part of hie i Win' did, as he conceived, state the true cause why the nation! of es...continent are not likely to reciprocate. They are not sufficiently ' entfrentened to see their own true interests. When his Hight Mon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer comes down to them • year steer year, proving by his flannels' statements the immense ansantseu of unshackled node, and the wise and grateful policy which augments the Revenue by a reduction of the taxes, it cannot be very long before Foreign Powers will open their minds to the truth, that their own interests arc best pursued by the coo. cession of commercial freedom to their neighbours. They do not now believe in our sincerity. They think what we do is me ely • practised as a lure to them ; but when they see, as they sheerly 'I must, the advantages of the course we are pursuing, and that the warranted by new instances of benefit yr: y r: i t; in at n e o ve c r i r m r an eare resp ectt iod follow our example. Hoeing stated to the Committee the alterations which lie intended is propose in the prohibitory duties, he thought it right to recommend that every possible advantage should be given to our own manufacturers In the competition which they would have to encounter. It was, he thinigto, desirable to see how far they could reduce those duties wl.nni affected the raw material used by our msoufacturets. There were articles used in dying, the duties on which might be had advantageously diminished; even though only two pm cent, were taken off it might operate favourably—it might tom the balw...:e in a close competition. When even though rais ing a salutary rival...hip, he still wished, and was anxious to give every possible encouragement to our native manufacturers, he, titerefore proposed to reduce the duties on several articles too nu mesons to trouble the Committee with in detail, but they would be fbund particularly specified in. the schedule annexed. The duty on oil he intended should be reduced loser than it had been before the war. The rate he intended to propose would put them in this respect fully on a par with their rivals. In reference to rape . oil he would observe that at a period of agricultnral distress a duty was Imposed on it, the expediency of which he always doubter). and which in the end was confined in its operation to a very small district. When they had laid a protecting duty on rape and flax, they laid none on rape and flax cake, and strange to say that was obtained from abroad, when the material of which it was com posed rotnained under a protecting duty. He proposed then to take the duty off rape and flax, an as that we should be supplied with the rake without ary great inconvenience. One of his objects was also to serve the manutacturers of the inferior woollen cloths, for a is in that description of fabric that they had most to contend cub foreign products. A reduction then of the duty on all wool under the value of Is. pet lb. would he thought have a beneficial effect. He WWI quite aware that he was trenching a little upon the province of his Right Honourable Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, bier he hoped he should be forgiven. His Right Honourable Friend would reap the fruits of all that he was then labouring to effect, which fruits he would have the pleasure of offer ing for the acceptance of the ccuntry. He now come to the last of thou three beans on which ha meant to address them ; and he ' would therefore request the attention of the Committee it hilst he laid before them his views with regard to the shipping interests, And the Grit point that he would direct their attention to related to Inantrootioe Laws. The observance of quarantine was necessary fur the protection of the country, but the duties imposed were on. fair. it was hard. in addition to the loss of thee, that a ship-owner should likewise be put to pecuniary expense. This relief, he trotted, world be favourably felt by the commerce of the Levant. The Ceitircittee of Trade were quite correct in the opinion, that es' the benefits nf the regulations regarding quarantine were (bor n e ; the public at large, so the expense should be generally ye therefore recommended the abolition of die officers' tees. With nespcct to Commercial Fees, we compelled every Bvitish ship So undergo • registry, upon which there was a stamp duty gybe 4011. How this afforded no advantage whatsoever to the Illit, on the contrary, wss the cause of considerable expense and leo elliotetiMea.. He was tree to admit the laws on the subject had us dmgone same reredos ;they had been simplified, and so far the in. conventer.ce complained of was lessened; but still there existed considerable !grounds for complaint. It was a hardship, too, that' did not extend to the transfer of any other description of chattel ' prem.-my. Ship, /time were required to be registered, and pay a stscp doty in case of transfer. He really considered this as a very great hirdahip upon the slipping interests of the country, and one that-celted loudly for a remedy. He ptopmed to relieve our cont. merend interests from the charge for stamp duties upon the transfer of the attire, or only a part of a Ship. On the same principle It was mammary to require bonds for the safe dents ry and discharge of goods see cargoes--these bond 3 were also chargeable with a stamp duty in proportion to their amount. Now lie was prepared to say, that those ad valorem. duties were in many senses prejudi cial in their effects. The House must be aware they were calcu lated, among other things. to lead to perjury to • great extent. Qemnities of different goods belonging to different persona were I emend in the came of the same party, for the purpose or avoiding the increased duty commitment upon a multiplicity of owners. Such a system might tat to lie suffered to continue, If the bad effects attendant on it could be at all obviated. He pro posed to reduce the pre , n: ditty from 40s. to 4s. on each upturn, bond. - I h e saute regehtion would apply to sill p debantit les and draw becks ; these were all direct measures for the relief of the shipping and commercial interests, which he trusted would be. attended with IV most favourable effects. 'l'here were other measures in contern. plarion, not of so direct a tendency, but which were nevertheless most important in their nature and effeets--he alluded to the Foreign Consuls ; those establiohmeats existed, be was sorry to say, on no ueiform principle. In some places the Consuls received salaries, iir others they did not, but paid themselves by exacting fees and duties of various kinds. Those fees and duties were exacted in the most unequal and anomalous manner. In sonic parts they levied foss upon ships, in others upon goods; they also levied ditties upon vessels with reference to their tonnage; and again, without any such distinetion, upon large and small ships alike. There etiated no general principle in the collection of the fees. There eru no thing Lk. a similarity of practice in the manner of paying Consuls even in the slime couatry. is Rotterdam our Consul received no suety ; at Antwerp he did. In like manner our Consular Agents at Runt:aux and Idamedles were each diticzeraly situated--on' i .. ~. t • - .. %Ii r • recerelog, and died's, nest waiving, a distinct Crown. kiwi, ilia tires a mutter that, foe the sake . ciple and mould woe, should be placed upon some variable krona* Td call upon the shipping int salaries of our Consuls was not, hi thought, • soui principle. We owed it to our commercial prospects facility and enessuragement to the shipping interests ..... . county). It was as unreasonable to call upon the individual trader to pay the expense of our Consular establishments, as is would be to call upon the individual traveller through a country to do a similar thing. He thought the true principle would be to place all those varying usages upon the same footing—to appoint a fixed salary as a re muneration for our Consuls, and to pay the amount out of the public funds. It was a general service, and ought to be provided for out of the general funds; because the Consuls were appointed, not merely for me protection of ships and commerce, but upon general principles, and fTr the general purposes of the State. That being the case, nothing could be more just than to provide for them in the way he had pointed out. The House was aware that in the Civil List, which was a provisional grant, made during the life of Ms Majesty, a sure of forty thousand pounds was set down for the payment of our foreign Consuls. This was of course not a suffi cient sum for et toting the purpose; indeed, a considerable portion of it was absorbed in the payment of residents upon the coast of Africa. What he had to propose upon the subject was, that the dif. Terence between that sum of 40,d001. and the sum necessary for the payment of all the Consuls employed by the country, should be provided for by the House, in an annual vote, among the other items of the House, subject, of course, to their consideration and approval in the same way as other grants of a similar nature. How ever, in making this proposition, he still intended to retain certain eir.all fees canneeted with the Consular Office, in no instance to exceed one or two dollars. He spoke in this language, because that was one of the most generei among foreign coins. These small sums woe to be payable for the discharge of extra Consular duties. such as Notarial and other office& He thought there could be no objection to retaining such small fees as these, particularly as they would not go to affect the general question. He proposed then to pat all the Consuls upon the same tooting, and pay them in the manner he had menttoned. Minh regard to other unavoidable ex penses in foreign ports, such as the expenditure arising from the maintenance of places of divine worship, the payment of chaplains, the performance of the requisite duties of burying the dead, and other necessarroffices, tie thought the resident British subjects would find no difficulty in managing these matters among them. sel*s, particulatly as he intended to propose that Parliament should grant a further soot for those purposes, not exceeding one. half the amount of the subscriptions of the resident inhabitants. These were the main and principal features of the Bill he intended to submit to the consideration of the House. But there was one other . measure, also connected with our Consu lar taltablishmeate, and the relief and encouragement it was his • Irish to give to the conuneretal int/tests of the country—he alluded to the present state of the Levant trade. The House would be awarethat that trade was tinder the direction of the Levant Company, which had been established by charter of James 1., for the purpose of regulating and encouraging our trade with the East. By that charter under which the Company had been ap pointed, several privileges of a peculiar nature were granted. and corresponding duties itnposed upon them. Among these privileges was the right to appoint persons to the office of Consuls in the Levant. All Consuls were consemiently appointed by the Com pany, who in return were expected to defray the necessary ex pentliwre, and pay the salaries of the Consul. In this manner the Levant Company exercised a certain kind of jurisdiction in corn. mercial matters within the territories of the Ottoman Porte. They derived considerable power from the enjoyment of such privileges, and he should not be doing the Company justice were he not to heat his te.tiinony to the praiseworthy manlier in which they Ind conducted themselves in the discharge of these delicate and difii. cult duties. They had displayed all the good sense and modera tion that was so desirable in their management of our trade in that quarter of thi world, and he gave them full credit for the manner in which they had acted. In doing this he was barely doing the Company the justice they . deserved. Bat how. ever desirable it might be in a general point of view to consider the mode in which the Levant Company had discharged their duties, and to award them the degree of praise for the faithful discharge of those dirties, which they did undoubtedly deserve at his hands, lie thought it still more desirable, in a political point of view, to consider whether it was right, under present circum stances, fur that Company to retain the privilege of appointing Consuls, as they bad hitherto done. No one could suppose he meant to impugn site conduct of the Company ; but he thought the House would be of his opinion, and feel that Consuls and other public servants ought to be appointed by the individuals who were accountable for their conduct; and should therefore poaseue the power of controlling them in the exercise of their functions, which bore a relation to the general interests of the State. I; was utterly impossible for Consuls, however prudent and cared they might be in the discharge of their duties, it was impor sible for them to escape without occasionally subjecting themseivalt to complaints, either well or ill founded : and in the event of such being the case, it was only correct that the power of conned sbould be vested ire the bands of the Government of the country. Under this view 'of the case, he was of opinion that there could exist no reasonablebbjectiun to the proposition that those Consular establishments fn foreign parts should be placed under the direction of his Majesty's Secretary of State for the Foreign Department; and that those individuals should hold their appointments from the Crown, and be considered in the light of servants of the Suite and not of the Levant Company. This was an arrangement which was not only correct in principle, but would be found highly conducive to the advantage Moue commercial and shipping interest, im that. peetpf the globe. The Company had been in ilieliabit of exacttng froM I i to 2 per cent. on the value of all merchandise in the Levant trade. He did not mean to say there was any thing unjust or unreasonable in the levying those dues, but the removal of them could not fail to benefit our commercial interests. This was the 'haw lie and his Right Hon. Colleagues had taken of the . circumstances of the case. When they came to act upon their opinions, and to see how far they might be re. dueed to practice, they had received every concurrence and com pliance with their wishes from die quarter where it could be most effecteally given. The Levant Company had instantly ma. nitested their readiness to concur in any arrangement to be matte fur the benefit of the corremerce of the country. lie felt his particular reknowledgments -were due to the Noble Lord (Grenville) at the head of the Company. That Nobleman I (he need not say) had filled offices of great importance in the State, and was therefore the more sensible of the good effects to he derived from the proposed measure ; he had cordially con curred in the suggestions relative to the abolition of the Company, and placing the Consuls hitherto under their control on a different footing. He thought it quite unnecessary for hint to attempt any eulogy upon the noble personage he had alluded to; but he felt bound in justice to say, that he (Lord Grenville) had entered at once, and with the most philosophical and statesmanlike feeling, 1 into the views of his Majesty's Ministers upon this subject. He I had consequently exercised his influence on the Levant Company, ! over *lnch he presided, to induce them to consent to resign their i claim upon the charter they held from the Crown. , The Company, acting under the advice and Influence of the Noble Lord, had agreed to do so, and consequently made an offer to that effect. It was almost unnecessary to say, his Majesty would be advised to accept the tendered resignation of the Company—that was a mat ter of course ; but it would be also necessary to bring a Bill into that House for the purpose of enabling his Majesty to accept it. The same Rill would go to authorise the payment of the surplus ft tole of the Company Into the Exchequer, which could not be thought a matter of injustice, when it was considered from what . moves their funds were derived. He would therefore have to sub mit a Bill to the House to invest the excess of the Company's lunds in the revenue, to alter the present mode of appointing Consuls in the Levant, and to enact that in future those officers should be paid out of the public funds. He thought the principle of such a-Bill perfectly unexceptionable in its nature, and that its provisions could not fail of being salutary and useful. by removing the exist. ing difficulties out of the way of that branch of our trade, and sere. ing the shipping and commercial interests of the country. (Hear, hear.)• He feared lie had long since exhausted their patience, and felt ashamed of having been übliged to lead the Committee over a field so extensive. and embracing such a wide range of objects. However, he had been anxious to bring the subjects he had de veloped before the attention of the House at that early period, and previous to the Recess, that proper information might go abroad re specting the changes to be made, and the advantages afforded to the commercial interest of the country. (Hear). During the Recess Members would have the opportunity of considering the tendency of the proposed alterations, every part of which should be considered open to correction and amendment if that appeared nee tessary. At present lie wished the Committee to consider the prin. triple of the measure, leaving the several details for another oppor tutity. lie trusted they would coneider it on the broad basis, and as a continuance of the sound polies already so successfully adopted in our commercial relations. He hoped they would look upon lint conduct upon this occasion as Memorising well with the Meps already taken by his Right lion. Colleagues, and all going to redeem the pledge given in the Speech from the Throne at the commencement of the Session, to remove she restrictions from the commercial relations of the country, and in that manner encourage aced extend the prosperity of the State. The Right lion. Member concluded by moving a reran of Resolutions embracing the various subjects to which he had alluded. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON vindicated his conduct from the imputations which had been care on it relative to the alterations in I the duty on iron. lie admitted that he was largely interested in she manufacture of iron, but he treated the charges which had been made upon his conduct as frivolous, and unworthy of any thing but his contempt. lie would not condescend to notice them further than to say that lie had been quite ignorant of the inten. noes of the lion. the Chancellor of the Exchequer to reduce the duty upon iron. He did not fear the competition of foreign coun. tries in the article. There were only two conntriee that could at all attempt to compete with us. and they would be unable to do it ef. festively. lie was ready to admit the removal of the duty on foreign iron would lower the price of British iron. Bat lie hoped en this, as well as on former occasions, he had proved he not only knew, Mit did his duty without reference to private motives. He had supported Government in the reduction of eludes before. He had supported them with regard to the warehousing system; and ' he thought It unfair to turn round upon him on this occasion, and I impute to him WHIM which had never actuated his conduct. : • sir H. Vi Vin N thought dust the skill and capital of our manu facturers would protect them from say dangerous consequences likely to arise from the competition of foreigners in the snide of copper. The exporters of copper would certainly not be in the least affected by the increased importatem of foreign copper, however the nisnufacturer might be.. But lie entertained no doubt the latter would be quite able to meet the foteign, manufacturer in the market. The capital sunk in the mines of Cornwall might be animated at about one million ; and if the patrol and incidental expenses of , would be -Persons e7l 1.000. in South of the Stock Of alien teenits ---7 nen or the Execution of any great and valuable on dertaking beyond the capabilities or the capital of individual.; brit when they came in competition with individuals, and turned their large capitals to purposes that could be as well performed by private Cl;s, he did think them highly injurious in their tendeity. he ea} pawnbroking companies, milk companies, and fish companies, he thought the companies might succeed, but if they did it would be to die ruin of individuals; end if they failed, it would be no less injurious to others. He was free to admit that the establishment of ahoernakers and hosiers joint stock companies might effect a reduction in the price of stockings and shoes ; but what tea to Demme of the industrious individuals who had hitherto exercised those employments ? Sir el. W. RIDLEY agreed with the general propositions of the Right Honourable President of the Board of Trade, but there Was some points In his able and luminous speech to which he found It his duty to call the attention of the House. Hr thought the im portation of forcisn glass, on account of the reduction of duty on glass bottle", would go far to destroy the manufacture of those articles in this country. That manufacture had already been con tiderably injured by the trade carried on in second - hand bottles. (A laugh.) The House might laugh, but perhaps they were not aware that there were regular marts in the metropolis for the purpose. and a thriving trade carried on in second-hand bot tles. (A laugh.) This had greatly injured the glass manufac ture of the country, and now the importation of bottles at a low rate of duty would add to the stock of second-had bottles, and put the finishing blow to the manufacture of the article. He thought that when the Right Hon. Gentleman brought the English gisse.ranufseturm in competition with foreigners, he strudel also have introduced sometencral measure as to the materials of which glass was manufactured. One of the principal articles used in that manufacture was kelp ; and, as the law stood, no kelp was allowed but that brought from Scotland ; and he was instructed that so had had the Scotch kelp been for these few years hack, that the manufacturers had not been able to give satisfaction to the con sumers. The Hon. Member, after some further observations, said it was absolutely necessary that some alteration should be made with respect to the regulations on kelp, in order to enable the Eng lish manutketurer to meet the foreigner on equal terms. There was another subject on which he wished to ask a queation : he wished to ascertain whetter the duty on old Iron was to be placed on the same footing with that on mg iron ? With respect to taking off the stamp duty on {he transfers of ships, he begged to say that there was no measure more likely to prove beneficial to the country—no measure more calcutated to serve the commercial interests. Mr. A. BA RINIi next addressed the House. The Hon. Gen tleman was for the most part inaudible in the gallery, and except at intervals we were unable to catch his observations. lie Was glad the plan proposed by the President of the Board of Trade was not confined to particular interests ; it did not*pply to the iron trade—it did not apply to the resin trade—hut it was Intended for the general commerce of the country. If the new arrange ! ment of any article were too tenderly touched, it was copper. He fenced that the Gentlemen of Cornwall had been too busy I knocking at thf President's door. (A laugh.) The duty on cop per had not been reduced in the same proportion as that on iron. The reason alleged for tho discrepancy was, that iron entered mare generally into the trade of the country. The truth was, that copper entered far more fully into it. No one could dispute that fact who considered the great quantity of copper that was used for the single article of steam boilers. The Honourable Gentleman went on to say that he was sure great advantages must result from the liberal policy about to be pursued in the commercial arrange ments of the country. He wes convinced that its great capital and skill would overcome th e high price of labour. Foreigners in the article of labour had a great advantage; still they were not able to compete with us; labour alone, without capital and skill, availed not much; in proof of that let the House look to Ireland, where labour was almost had for nothirg, still no manufactures were going on, owing to the state of anarchy and discontent in which she was involved. (Hear, hear.) Thera was a very important question to which he would advert, not for the sake of surd,* it, or excit. ing a discussion on it—he alluded to the corn laws ; though he was unwilling at present to say 'much on the subject, still he felt the time must come when the necessity of considering the cora laws would press heavily on the House. The Hon. Gentleman said, that no fair conclusion could as yet be drawn from the experi ment made in withdrawing the silk duties; still he liked the prin ciple; it was a good example to other countries; he hoped they would follow it ; for he confessed himself to be one of those politi cal economists who advocated the principle of reciprocity. Allusion had that night been made to the Levant Company. Though he had no reason to think it badly conducted, he looked on it as a nuisance; one of the laws was, that it should not deal with any merchant not a member of the Company. The Russian Company too lie looked - on ao an obstruction to trade. It was a fruitful source of gross fraud and perjury, as it was provided that no per son should trade with Russia unless a member of that Company. There was another important regulation intended to be introduced —that respecting Consuls. He hoped some further meat ore would be adopted as to salaries. Mr. HUqKIBSON here intimated, that it was his intention to Introduce a sea regulation as to the salaries of Consuls. Mr. A. BAR then roceeded to say, that it was too much to object relit alterations in the commercial world, merely because soma pasfacular hardships were to follow from them. It was US le:ssaptcted that individual concessions were to be made, in order - to been* the public good. (Hear.) There was one other subject to which he would advert: it was clear, either that the publishers of English books enjoyed enormous profits, or must labour under great disadvantages; this was evident to any one who remarked how much cheaper books printed abroad were than those in England. Mr. HUSKISSON said, the copyright of books might cause the disparity in price. Mr. LITTLETON said, that as other Renewable Members had adverted to the particulnr interests with which they were con. nested, he might be allowed to say something of the earthenware trade. He was sure his constituents would be materially affected by the proposed reduction of duty on that breech of trade. Already they had suffered much from the great rise in the raw material WILMS something were done for them he feared they would not be able to compete with the foreign manufacturer. The French par ticularly had an advantage over them, from their excelling so much in the manufacture of the stained paper used in making porcelain. The Honourable Gentleman concluded by saying, that if the re duction on ware and china were an experiment on the generosity of the French Government, and if that experiment failed to operate, then his constituents would certainly have strong tiaima on the consideration of the Right Honourable Gentleman opposite. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he had no wish to address the House at length after the able and luminous speech of his Right Hon. Friend. He merely wished to say one word, to diminish the alarm that scented to prevail on account of the reduction of duty on foreign copper. It was material to recollect that the duty had been raised to its present high rate not for pro. tection ; the advance in the duty was perhaps accidental. It fre quently became necessary to raise loans to meet the exigences of the State ; then to pay the interest of diem additional duties were , imposed on several articles. New circumstances required new loans; more duties were placed on, and, among other articles, large duties were laid on copper. To so high a pitch were they advanced that they almost became prohibitory, though originally no such thing was intended. At present nothing more was contemplated than placing the duty on foreign copper on the same footing that it was , in 1808, before the additional duties were imposed. His Cornwall friends could surely have no objection to that arrangement. In 1808 they were all flourishing, there was no discontent among them, all went on well, and no more was proposed at present than to go back to the same state of things. For Ins part he did not see how they could complain of such an arrangement ; he was sure they could not wish, nor would they ask, fora monopoly ; yet the duties as they then stood gave them a complete one. The Right Hon. Gentleman went on to say, that the copper trade, so far from being diminished by the proposed alterations, would derive in. creased energy from them. A fresh activity would be communi. cated to the trade, machines would every where be at work, and copper every where in requisition. These few observations he felt himself called on to throw out, to silence if possible the great alarm that had been expressed. Ile twined the House wnuld clot confine its views to individual interests, but support the fair, practical, and enlightened s sass " alNhis Right Hon. Friend. Mr.. TILE $ eimpacted. dud unless some protection were offered to the min ng interests utter ruin must follow—particularly now that so much was about to be done in South America. Unless protection were afforded, he fears& so far as the Cornish , mines were concerned, it would no longer be a question of min petition, but of existence. The Hon. Gentleman proceeded to say, that the profits from the Cornish mines were by no means such an was supposed. From certain calculations he had been able to make, it appeared that in the year laos the optentity of ore raised fell short of the expenditure by 11'9.000 lbs. Whatever the Houle should deem fit to do net the subject, he conjured them to proceed with caution, particularly at that tinreof speculation, when all the best tradesmen were going abroad. labour consequently was rising, and could there be a worse time selected to lower the prices than when the proprietors had also to conter.d with the increased price of labour ? Mr. OIPPS hoped he should not be considered obtrusive in making a few observations on the subject of the woollen trade. 1 t Was perhaps the pride of the Englurh House of Commons, that let any interest be concernedat had its representative within the walls of the House. The reduction proposed to be made on woollen ma nufactures was monstrous—it was to reduce the duty at once from 50 to 14 per cent. ; if the duty had been fixed at 20 per cent. it would be more reasonable; it would be somewhat adequate to the danger threatened to our manufacture front abroad. It may be answered that • reduction would take place in the mate rial. l'he reduction, however, was not suflicient to countervail the enormous reduction in the duty on foreign manufacture. If tho duty were even fixed at 20 per cent. on woollen cloths, in. stead of at 15 per cent.. be thought the manufecturer would be better able to meet foreign competition. Mr. LINDSAY considered the reduction too much, and hoped Ministers would wait to see what would be the effect of the reduc dons on other articles. Sir R. FEROUSSON entirely &creed inithe opinion that the duty of 21 per cent. could not but be injurious to the manufacturers of linen. He admitted that prohibitory duties ought if ponsible to be taken off every article ; but we must at the same time be placed on the same footing with other countries. As the Right Honourable identleman (Mr. Huakisson) had said he would do every thing in his power to enable us to compete with foreign ma. rattecturtes, he hoped attention would be directed towards those of - -. THE BRITISH •PRESS salary from the working the niises store added, he thought the grow; sum you of aniform prin. little abort of two million and a hill'. The number of penal is equal and ia- gaged in those mines could not be lest than from 71 to 100,001 iterest to pay the was said that metal rould be proenred at a cheaper rate in Ind or creiettable America, and miner and smelters were every day going not :ts to give every country. This was at the instance of the numerous Joint its of the country. Companies of the day. He did not disapprove of the establial . * Germany. It was known that in the article of linen, Germany could undersell us in the marker ; and there was now springing up a new monotheism/ a( New Orleans, which could be brought to market at a price considerably lover than we were able to do. If the Right Hon. Gentleman timid take ott the present ditty tin hemp. end • proportion of the duty on Sax, be would be doing am essential service to the linen trade. ' if these duties were removed, we wet word:soled we could manufacture a ens7Rer kind of linen than wo Wert now alrle to do : and that if the coarser sort of flax were allowed to be mixed with hemp, a manufacture of coarser cloths could be produced, so that Germany would In entirely pre vented from undo-selling us as it was now able to do. Sir IL PARNELL thought that the duty on linens ought not to be reduced so le y as 25 per cent. As Ihe Right Hoe. Gentleman had proposed to redoes the duty on wool, he wished to suggest to I his consideration the reduction of the duty on the exportation of wool. He hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would isideavour to secure to Ireland the exportation of wool, by which means the growth of that article in that country would be considerably et . et:lunged. With regard to the general plan that had been proposed by the Right Hoe. Gentleman- he was of opinion, that the principle which ought to govern this House in its Adoption was the consi deration how they could best discharge their duty to the public, who were the consumers. Every . thing that went to create a Imonopoly necessarily produced an Increase of charge to the con sumer, besides inevitably tending to a deterioration of the articles. He conceived, however, that the pian of reduction proposed was too instantaneous, and thought it would have been better had it been gradual, so as that the same rate of duties, as ntw fixed, might have been arrived at in the course of a period of three or four years. Mr. C. GRANT ssid it was immersible not to perceive how much better the real interests of trade were generally understood at the present day then at former periods. About forty years ago a I prinaple of-the m ley kind now before the House wits intioduced into Parliament, and was then opposed in the most mien! manner. There certainly were Gentlemen who now considered that the plan proposed was premature; but he thought those Gentlemen lost sight of one great consideration—namely, the influence which our present policy had on foreign nations. There was s• illlpres mon on the minds of all foretenera. that nova ithstat.dirg the liberal doctrines wet had professed we were not sincere in those professions. This then was one strong mason why we ought to proceed in adopt. ing practically those doctrines which we lied so highly eulogised. ' He thought the question for the consideration of the House was simply this—Could this country keep up the prices of articles higher titan those of other nation' ? If that be impossible, then it was his opiedon, the sootier we adopted the principle recommended by the Right Honourable Gentleman the better. This was not a partial question, but one common both or the consumer and to the manu. &cloth ; and it behoved both parties to consider what would be the ultimate consequences of persisting in the present restrictive sys tem. With regard to the article of copper, it was clear that it could be produced better and cheaper front abroad than at home. Of the 10,000 tone of copper imported into England. no less than 6000 tots were cottoned in sonic shape or other. Now, as copper could he purchased touch cheaper abroad than in England, was it not obvious that foreigners were able to undersell us in the foreign market ? He would therefore ask, whether it would not be better to reduce the duty on copper, PO that our manufacturers might he able to sell at as low a rate as foreign manufacturers could eo? He thought the justice and equity of the system recommended by the Right Honourable Gentleman was such as could not tail of being most beneficial to this county!: and he did nut know why the Corn Laws should be excluded from this liberal system of policy ? lie did think thas the wisdom, justice, and equity of this system would, in the end. gain over to its side the most reluctant ; and would possess as its advocates the present most steadfast supporters of the restrictive aystem. %lr. ROBERTSON spoke a few words in favour of the policy of the measures proposed by Another's. Sir R. VIVIAN could not support the Resolution for the re duction of the ditties on the importation of foreign copper, as it would in hit opinion considerably prejudice the interests ot those whose property consisted in the mines of Cornwall. In that county copper was not merely an incidental and caoral profit ark. ing to the landed proprietors, but it was in tact the only produc tion of the soil. Ile knew two or three mines where it was quite' iniposaible to raise copper, unless the owners got 1001. a toil ; a protecting duly was therefore obviously necessary. It must be considered too, that out of the population of Cornwall, which was composed of between 200,000 and 300,000 individuals, no less than 70,000 or 80,000 were employed in the mines. The consequences, therefore, would be most serious to the people of that county, if so large a proportion of its inhabitants were to be thrown out of employmeitt. There was at present a high duty charged on the exportation of copper from the Dutch Colonies. Supporting the Dutch were to follow the same liberal line of policy which the Ministers of this country were adopting, the consequence would be, that copper could be obtained from them at 401. a ton, and be brought to th i s market and sold at a sum considerably lower than 'lt could be by the proprietors of the mines in Cornwall. The duty, therefore, necessary to protect them was not less than 301. per ton; and he was quite sure that they could not do with less. He hoped, therefore, that if the Right Honourable Gentleman should persist in reducing the present rate of duty, those whose interests were so much involved would ..t least be allowed to have • Committee before that reduction should take place. With regard to the proposed reduction of the duty on the importation of books printed in foreign countries, he could not but think that the book sellers in this country requited some protection, ant the various charges which they had to defray would enable the importers of books from Paris to have an undue advantage over them. Mr. HUSKISSON was anxious to set himself right with the lion. Member for Cornwell upon two points. He thought that according to the present law of England, where there was a pro party in any work vested in any bookseller or publisher, no person could print dime work without being liable to a prosecution; a.nti to permit books, the copyright of which belonged to any bookseller in this country, to be imported from abroad. would be an act of pi. racy, and would equally subject the person committing it to a pro secution. He therefore thought this was a sufficient protection of the property vested in the bookseller. All the novels of the Great Unknown, as they were called (a laugh) were printed and publish ed in France, in Germany, and in other countries. lie hod him self seen them in a town in Germany ; but if any person were to introduce any of those copies here, he would be immediately open to a prosecution by the owner of the copyright of those works. But with regard to books of which there was no copyright vetoed in any person In England, he did not see why we should be obliged to pay four times dearer for a work because it was printed at Penis instead' of being printed here. But this was now the case in consequence of time duty, and be therefore thought the reduction of that duty could not at all erect the interests of the booksellers , while it wou ld most materially benefit the public. The Honourable Baronet had expressed his fears at the lowering of the duty of foreign copra. Nuw, lie (Mr. Huskimon) did not mean by what he had said OD that subject, to imply any thing like a threat of proposing the im portation of copper into this country. lie only stated this, that, if 27/. per ton should be founn to be so high as to prevent a supply to the market, when the price of natiee copper was at an eaorbitant rate, then he should reserve to himself the same right of making a further reduction of the duty, like as he had now done, from 54/. to that of 271. Ile, however, believed that 271. would not be a pto- hibitory duty, but at the same time, it would be beneficial to the miners themtmlyes, inasmuch as it would induce them to reduce the quantity they raised acoordiogly to the demand. All he would say was, let no satisfy ourselves that this was a duty which on the one hand afforded protection to the English miner, and on the other, whew prices got extravagantly high, would protect the con sumer by the menus ulTorded him of an importation of the article from other countries. Mr. SYKES aid a few words that were quite inaudible in the gallry. Alr. EVANS observed, that the manufacturers of the best qua. Mies of iron might be injured by the change ; but he thought (as we understood the Honourable Member) that it would be of ulti mate advantage. Mr. BENETT (Wilts) hoped that the Right Hon. Gentleman would equalise the duties on the exports and Imports of wool. He trusted that the duty on Canada awn of Ss. would not be perma nently fixed until alter the discussion on the Corn laws had taken place. Mr. HUME was desirous that the Right Honourable Gentleman would reduce the duties on Baltic timber. He was happy to rind that corn from d'anasla was to be admitted into this country on pay. ment of a deity, and the other duty of which he was speaking had been imposed ass boon to the Colonies, which could now be spared. If the Right Honourable Gentleman kept the duties on certain ar tides at as high a rate as formerly, smuggling could not be sup pressed. On gloves, foe iIISIIMION there was a duty 6(30 per Gent.; if he made it 20 or 13 per cent. he still kept up • premium toe smuggling. The great point was to do away with restrictive duties as mttch as possible, and nothing could protect the revenue from smuggling so much. lie begged to express his satisfaction at what the Right Honourable the President of the Board of Trade had said respecting the Corn Laws. All that had been done that night would be as nothing in the opinion of the people, compared with doe single Hamlet on on the subject of the Corn Liss. I • Mr. HUSKISSON said, as to the proposal of the Honourable Member for Wilts (Mr. lienett), he had no objection to equalise I she duty on wool. lie could not, however, apply the principle to yarn, as it would go out to a very considerable amount under the proem duty. lie proposed to reduce the impost on what was termed in the trade scrap iron, from 17a. 6d. to 12s. IVith regard ' to the timber trade, he was quite surprised at what had fallen trom the Honourable Member for Aberdeen, who lost year presented the, House with a strong argument in favour of protection for Cape wines, and surely Canada had as good a right to be protected as any other British colony, and timber certainly was not an article upon which the duty could be conveniently reduced; anti he shohld the more particularly object to it as the Baltic trade was now in a' flourishing condition. It was intended to levy the duties in a dif ferent manner to what they had formerly been, and in contortuity with the practice pursued in Ireland. The timber duty had been reduced as much as it would bear. AIr.HUAIE submitted whether these Resolutions should not be reported forthwith, with a view to their being printed, as the coun try was naturally anxious to be in possesion of them. Mr. HUSKISSON thought that it was not usual for Resolutions relating to trade and revenue to be reported on the same night that they were moss,l, and he thought the course proposed the more convenient one. The Committee having agreed to the Resolutions, the House re. honed, and the Report was ordered to be received on dlooday next. DISSENTERS MARRIAGES. On the motton ~r Mr. WILLIAM the Order of tine D a y f o r the u L t r ea ding of the Bill regulating the Marriages of Dm. mental was read, and the Honourable Member stated that the par ties on whose behalf he •idresseed the House were the Unitarian Dissenters ot England, who sought to be relieved from reptati-g ~. certain portion in the marriage sr remolt which in their conecieneee they could not subscribe to.. The lh r ariare sere willing to have any alteration made in the 11111 that would patient clandestine marriages, or that would render it less obj.etionable to the oppo ser of it. Aker a fete other obeereatians the Hon. Member cots twirled by miming the Id reading of the rm. Mr. ROBERTSON in opposing the measure, remarked that the Unitarians were not Christians, for they stripped the SaVioOr of his divinity, and that putt an end to (,rtstianity. The Unitarians were rather Mahonietine, who contended that Gluist was nee Gent but a Prophet. In Poland this sect no sooner got • footing than they interfered with the established religion of the cottutry to such an. rettit, that it was found necessary to banish them. That however did not succeed in wholly extinguiehing this dangerous sett, and a dctree was at last promulgated, making it a capital crime to tceeh their doctrines. That should be a lesson to this country how it gave encouragement to that dangerons religion. Before they conceded such a 'manure as this. they should recollect what pulled down the Government and sited up Cromwell. Thew should remember their conduct in the times of the French Heroin'. tire). and not allow a parcel of fanatics now to set themselves for. ward. became it was a time of liberal feelittg in commerce and in legielstion. In all countries. Heathen or Pagan, where toleration was allowed, they had bayonets to keep it down when it became troublepome, and without something of that kind it would be dee genius mallow it here. Ile hoped, hewevto. they did not think he wan intolerant. (Hear, and a laugh.) lie hoped there was nothing in his language to Support such an optnion. (Hear.) In Aalefiql, where Jew, Unitarian, Jumper, and "taker, had freedom of re 9. emus opinions, did the Howie euppose there was toleration ? Wee there was the vilest fanaticism ; and he could 'motet. that if log one moved from his village where one religion prevailed, to a village where there was • different religion, the person an removing was put in I;ogentry if he did not immediately adopt the new religion. (Loud laughter.) Were the morels of Americane improved by this pretended toleration ? No ; for if ant one heard a statement in aey country on earth, and wee told diet s tatement came them the 'lips of an American. he would not consider what Was told him to be true; and a elember of the Congress had aseertod„ he meant the Member for Carolina. that the press was so depraved in principle that no depetidenee could be pieced upon it--a charge which had been answered by the Mess with the assertion that Congrem set them the example. The Honourable Member, after alluding to the conduct of the Puritans in the time of Charles; and crinueeding that it was the principle of Puritanism which lel the :scotch to sell tluir King t Hear, and a laugh). expensed his determination to oppose any attempt to enlarge their privilems. Dr. LUSH INGTON said, the measure was not wresnel from the Church of England, as the Unit. Gentlemen "denied to sup pose, but conceded be it to the conscientibus scruples of the Dis senters. As he understood the nature or the case, and as it had been considered b the Bishops of Liandaffof Exeter, and of Lon don. it wan this --he would use even the language of those Divine-a— -" We will not say whether your scruples are well or ill founded, it iv not a matter for us to determine, but we know that on all rem:inns conscience is ihs beat guide as to the opinions enter tained of what is calculated to reconcile the creature to the Creator." This was no new doctrine risirg up with free trade or commerce, as the Hon. (leatleman had strae.gely imagined, but had prevailed lung since; the very wane sentiments were enetained in a Protest of three Archbishops and right Bishops of Ireland, in the year 1782, on • Bill to permit Diesenters marriages. Two way. had been proposed to effect the measure in contemplation ; one to alter the Liturgy of the Church of England, and the other to pc•mit a marriage by Dissenting Ministers. There was an imporant objection to the first—that it was repugnant to the feelings of the Protestant Church, and he hod themfore thought ft good policy tt prefer the second. It had been raid that o•bets, whose religious opinions differed from the Entablieheil Chunk, might thick themselves entitled to claim an equal privilee,e; he had nn doubt they would. stud he thought them intuit:l to do SM. He was not prepared to mince& to them more than he would to others. Ile was aware of the itnportaime of the subject ; he hnd given it a good deal of attention. In curly stages of Christianity Ile knew there had been no marriage ceremony at air, arta he believed that from the time of Pone Innocent the Third, When the first was ordained, down to Lord liardwitkee Mar riage Act, the whole ceremony of this country bad been Po pish. In various Popish countries of the Contineot too the ceremony was not even now necessary in the Church. He did not therefore see why they should entertain any scruples in granting to the Dissenters what had been pmposed. He WAS convinced it would do good, end put an end to these disgraceful scenes which had so remittently been exhibited at the altar of God. He could mention five or six cases in which clergymen bed been told at that altar, that they cotnpelled those who obtained the cere mony of marriage to sacrifice their consciences for the sake of pro curing a civil right. What had been said with regard to the Roman Catholics had no reference to the question ; but he could assure the House that before his Hon. Friend iir. J. Smith) brought in his Bull for permitting the marriage of Roman Catholics under certain circumstances, the parishes had been overrun with illegitimate children front the parents refusing to submit to the ex: tieig regulations. The relief which can at any time be afforded by a trip to Gretna-green, and a visit to the blacksmith or the tobacconist, shows that the principle of the law of England is hostile to such compulsinn. Although, however, he approved of the principle of this Bill, he by no means was prepered to support all Its density - . The marriage by license, unless with considerable modifiesitions;) might lead to the increase of clandestine marriages. lo ceedlisioe he warned the House not to slight this 'subject, as the time would very epeedily arrive when they would be called upon to devote their attention tattle state of the marriage law in Ireland. That law was most unjust as it stood at present ; and he felt it his duty to say, that they must soon come to the time when marriage would be made a civil contract, solemnised by any religious ols. servisnees the parties thought proper to adopt ; for it was beyond the poses of any man to ascertain what was the religions belief of any man before marriage, so as to tie him down by an Act appli cable to his peculiar belief. Mr. PEEL, although he differed with great deference from the high ecclesiastical authorities mentioned by the Learned Gentle man (Dr. Lushington), would not object to the second reading of the Bill, that he might give the If et. Muer an opportunity of solving in the Committee some d.fficulties which at present sp. peered to hint very important. It was not, however, without pain that he had seen the Dissenters, alter an acquiescence of sixty years, adraoce claims which might lead to a disruption of that bond of union a 'deb hail hitherto existed between them and the Established Church. The Learned eientleroan (Doctor Lushington) had told them that be uses prepared to go much further than this Bill, and it would have been satisfactory to him (Mr. Peel if they had been told to what extent it was the intention to push this prirciple. The Bill applied only to one particular clam, although many had been mentioeed who were similarly circumstanced, and he thought they ought, in consistency, to extend the measure to all. If the principle was once admitted, it should be followed up to the extent of the-claims from others standing on the same ground. If every individual, however, was to select who might-marry him, be apprehended the law would bring considerable difficulties. Tim Bill did not put the dissenters even on the sante foxing with t h e Jews and Quakers, who were enabled to marry without any inter vening assent of the Church of Englarol. It still proposes the publication of banns in the church, and by that means opens a method of evading the law by clandestine marriages, for it was not taken into consideration that all parties had not access to the church In the ease of a Jew or • Quaker, the difference was apparent.— Quod nequeo mowers ri. But in the case of two persons of different dissenting persumions, he need rot say it was not apparent, and therefore very likely to create an evasion of the law, by affording no valid check to clandestine contrects. It was proposed by this Bill, that the par its might celebrate mm riage by whatever 11(0 they pleased ; yet it was further proposed t hat an injunction should be issued to the clergyman of the estab lished church to resister the marriage in the registration•book of the palish. NOW, it should be remembered that marriage in Eng lad was not only a civil but • religious contract. In the Book cif Common Prayer, marriage was termed holy, and it was a union considered symbolical of the mystic union between Christ and the Church. In England the pariah registry of the marriage tan the hese evidence of the marriage of parties ; but according to the pro. posed Bill, the copy ofthecontraet by which the parties were united, was to be entered in the registry. It would be better that a copy of it should be sent to some office appointed to receive it. However this might form subject for conaiderationin Committee, be thought some practical relief might be afforded; he would not, therefore, oppose the committal of the Bill. He wished, however, that they should proceed upon some distinct principle of legislation of gene ral applirition, end that no individual sect might afterwards apply fee a particular enactment for itself. Quakers might have a scruple teeny taxes marry on a war; other veers infect entertain scruples equally imperious stud hostile to the policy of the country. which it was the duty of the Legislature to discountenance. He antici pated, however, that although the subject was one surrounded by difficulties, some measure of relief and utility might be effected. Lord 0. CAVENDISH supported the Bill. In these days of inertaied enlightenment. he thought that the ditiqualificatiens which affected the marriages of Dissenters ought to be abolished. After the satisfactory sentiments which had fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Peel), he would suggest the propriety ot commit ting the Bill without further diecusston.—The till! was then read • second time, and committed fOf Monday next. WINE DUTIES 1111:1.. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the third reading of the Nine Duties BilL Mr. T. IV I IiSON moved all amendment to the clause of the Bill which proposed the duty of 9s. a gallon on Cape wine. He would move that it be altered to Is. 6.1. The great advantage en joyed by the proprietors of this wine was, that it was at a consider. ably lower duty than other wises. The wine was of • very Inferior quality, and the low rate of duty was what shone promoted the consumption of it. A great quantity of it was shortly expected in this country, and it would be greatly diminished in value if a greater inequality did not exist between the duty on this and other wines than was proposed by the Chancellor of the Eithequ.r. Mr. HUBKISSON said, that the amount of the duty proposed to be altered by the HlOll. Member was not one penny per bottle, and even this would only be an increased profit to the merchant, and no advantage to the consumer ; the consumption would continue, and Cape would, as heretofore, be subsututed for Sherry and Madeira. 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