The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-10 00:00:00

vented to this country, in a water degree than could
otherwise have been done, her large cosemetcial marine ;
that that large commercial marine was sub,idiary, and
Many so, to her greet naval power ; and that therefore. tor
the sake of maintaining and encouraging that great power,
and of supplying it, from time to time, but more cep:easily
the of difficulty and danger, it would not
be right nor sale to repeal the navigation laws.
On theorise WA, ft was alleged that the navigation laws
ted 4.lthaMens and created impediments to the free
seepsel euessems ; that they enhanced the cost of carriage
of the Insissiels semi in manufactures, and thus inflicted an
evil apes the esmessesial interests generaliy. It was, more-
wow' eeMended by NMI that a great mercantile marine
wwereMe aseineuy to a peat naval power. (" Bear, hear,"
and " )At hest, was asided by th hon.
gentleman who we the headw
ind front oftes this great busi-
neis—the bee. member for 8:oks. Some gentlemen
did not go hubs to that extent, but yet contended that
He _
nevi laws were not instrumestal fa promot-
ing the and extension el a etweial memo ;
and thembee fist them laws might be dispemed with with.
lamb.i, that mdse. 'llmi was, fa het, • ba-
al SAWA 11•111•• prodesed by these
laws; sad se these se *see pnersodersted, the
Bulged= laws t be gamma se theepted. He
would ant deal wi the that a measntile ma.
rise was not sesemary lee the omen of a great naval
marise. He was at a lees M imagine low nay one could
rasintais this prepuitim. The navigation laws unities
tnaably assired to this ornatry the exclusive pos.
serica of a vest iatentational mad estosisl teethe, and also
the tuffe with the large non-maritime poen re of Euro, •
How could it be esotesdod that the pries* of goods would be
reilemed b this asseran, ohm that reduction was made in
themes of tank. ; end bow euld that be done except by
Wm introduction el new snow iton ? Undoubtedly the
laws bad a restrictive effect ; bat this
=v.: mast insentiderable comparedwith tie edam-
fm[e of earemagieg a great stermatile marine. Mr.
Palmer ems asked if be bad experienced any injury
hem the operation of these laws. He an
11111111•111 i is the negative. Mr. Robinson said he knew
meddleg about the operation of the.. laws ; they never inter-
heed with him. The reply of Mr. Mocatta was to
the some effect. Mr. Russell Elliot did not anti-
cipate any relief front the repeal of the nar in-
tros laws, and said he bad telt no inconvenience
from their opntics. Mr. R. Davidstn, Mr. (fillies, Mr.
Robert Brook, and Mr. John Bore, and several other emi-
nent mershants had all enswered to the same 'Out This
was the strewn genethie testimony that thee, laws did not
injure leads,—.fat simple than any other evidence that could
he addessel. (Hem, bum.)._ It then laws were once aban-
doned. thepumuneuesuld never main resume the armour
whids they supplisd. Independent of the reason and
Justin el the pthishde be bed advocated, these laws
Wsle eisliniM se mesatial to the support of a great
Men& Ea bad met andertaken to plead the cause
dam! itemst ; Air, post and haportant as it was, it was
etch ribeedinths M lie gebeipis ha ad on the considera-
tion et the em; but the wain mined the shipowners of
this entany, and thus senneendi that vast intermit,
ought te Nay the land d enverameat in this new and ruh
experiment. That immense intend employed capital to the
extent of set ism than 60 et 110 =Mime, mid in wages not
less then I employed 30.000 artifloers and
werkesen, enabsseed a temp elm 3,900,000 tons of ve•le la
beithglag teals wintry, whisk were manned by 250,000
esamim. 1 met lowest he bad hitherto kept out of
sight i bet he amid net oval ',oh the fact that the govern-
ment were now about to destroy, if they could, another of
eve mans faiustriee—about to deal with the sea se they Ind
dab with the land. (Cheers from the protectionists.) The
tight boo. gentleman concluded by moving, as an mend-
=that the bill be read a second time that day six
The ameadnent having been seconded, and the question
Pei,
Mr. J.WILSON said, that without undervaluing in any de-
grees lb...Mahn of the enlightened, important, and influential
hod lesediests of the City el London, especially when
by am :316setreag agreed= from the merchants
el Leaped, In be Awed es say that the petition
dram Lenden, signed by 131,000ce 28,000,in so large a
pepeledea seals set be tam es say centinsive evident, of
unnesesid spiders ea the qualm nadir discismion.
(Hee. brit.) The right bee. sondem* bed made a sem-
' whet milk espreesnlation al the eintbamis exp:settil
the Omaihns. Me had alleged that the piths rea
be Oh loess but year had bean in a great degree negatived
by dims oubesgaont reesitrici, and that it bed bean based
m a mlenm the ()when of their true
intenste. H. bed in a pesthesy plated beim the
Is.. this esselsm, hem the Hated-at Trade it Montreal,
slimed by the president et that beard; but he ought to have
Mired that that peeks kid been pushed 'gaunt by tau-
nt usenhuseif Ile WEL Ha bad dated that the petition
mord fir peeleollea poseelly, sal only dialled lathe as-
'twigs boa se a taxmatey and inesmisquestial
part of thus anseenee. Bas the paper wee be-
ton the hem, and Ise has. members refer to it.
This pelhisubyrigie was from protectioeht !surd of
trade, athel, he the repeal of navigation laws, so as
N reline 011•111111 throwing open the navigation of the St.
Lammas. end their second demand was tie imposition of
a fixed duty ef 6e. on corn. The repeal of the navigation
laws was tbseehre the first consideratiou which they wished
to being Mhos the house. (Hear, bear.)
Mr. HRILRIES—Reed the answer to that petition.
Rear, hear.)

Mr. WILSON said he wm only referring to the petition
se thawing that the Caaadians were desirous of the rental of
these laws. la the very day that this petition was
lrld es the tae •of the home, two ether petitions were
=lfrom Canada to the same parpose. one by hie hon.
,111stle member for Kinsale, from the Board of Trade,
and the *Met frig the Board of Trade of the city of Ha-
Wham These petitions mentioned the navigation laws
without rehtence to any other subject. There wee also a
third Maim from Montreal, and these three petitions
were hawed by a papa from the legislative cumin and
commons homed parliament of Canada, begging the Queen
tow her inflames to induce the parliament of this coun-
try to repeal the navigation laws. And yet with all this evi-
ctinge before them of the feelings of the Canadians on this
sateen they we told that the ewe of Canada had fallen to
the pmemi, sod that the repeal of the navigation laws, in-
sed of a hosellt, would be prejudicial to the people of
Canada. The eight bon. gentleman remarked that it was
not the navigation laws that impeded the navigation of the
St. Lawrence. There was no question that the passage be-
tween Montreal and Quebec was difficult, and that the in-
land navigation was tedious and expensive. But was that a
mama why they should add to these natural impediments
others of an artificial kind ? (Hear, hear.) The very fact
alleged by the right hon. gentleman as a reason
for restriction was the strongest argument that could
be adducted for the repeal of the navigation laws.
Canada had been enabled to borrow 2,000,0001. of money to
men up the inland navigation to the western lakes of
, America. How would the people of Canada be able to pay
this loan if, after making am& for this purpose. the/ is-
renzictime at the mouth of the River St. Lawrence ?
tight hon. gentleman then said, " Surely the case of the
Wed ladles will net be spin pat forward." He regretted
that a mese mid& would bo hid on the table in a few days
was mg now helm the lesese, became if it wu, the right
hon. times 'mild me *ma a quarter which he would
Woaaeifadmit to be of the highest authority that this ques-
tion. imbed tibias lulled 1.1 the West Indies, was rimng
k impelamee the braw__it was goonlase_ed. Did the right
lismasChtlembataitilliasteeleoqulttella :plartelte;nd,iressreweere nel
with slam paws sugar, and when
they was ia=killideptemed slate es be admitted they were
be at punt, &bete he diihred tem the right ben. •
thorn as r the best made of remedytag that ?
Whin the planter of British Guiana saw that Dutch
meek bought sager into the British market at
SR HS per tea, would he be Natoli to pay
IL Ir. se 41. 10s. to the British dimmer ? (Hear.)
The shahs. paliemea end not have read_
Ade masts of
uhlkiseligiese be Jamaica mad ?ntal within
thaselleadnead twain maths. They were ens the empo-
dint tithe trade frees the flpandimain, an there was no
Mai why they should met be se @pia nape the immedi-
ate* of the aa*ales taws. (Hear.) The eight hem per
the, wei ea to review the aapplies snaked ben
the entiantal pewee.. All that thin hydra powers did
was le naiad them that our treaties with theta wceld ex-
pire ia Ink a year, and that a men Überel poky would
ex-
be wend. The riglet hes intim= alluded to Austria.
What aa Awn . say? Why that she was surprised at being
Baked Vaal Aar she would reelpesete with this country, be
bee,.
muse she had great ram
the Nksi di 'bird, an that she had
enatyaill.lPS hurl Ha mow ltegged to .2.hr this
tics of the to the obeendine be had r saalma He
=that numinous realms indeed why this sneesure
be handseled et lids prank, time. The
aka la their seesineaid tied. might be dated tram peat the ymassear
1841. He wend thaw the greatedsmage whin the thiggitig
benne disked lima the legielalisn of late, and woad NS
gee himedfle a bur ef the meat balky articles of eammeres,
eask as live annals, whisk hal been pain* ex
eluded allegellsr from this enntay, vela. 'linim—
ent& was ISS to a high duty—aerf hemp mad dm,
whisk. were to a low duty. He wadi be die first in.
dean man observations to the trade with ported
el He In 1841 there were no live animels it
I Me this country ; la 1848 there were wpm live animals
an entirely new knelt of trade, of which
the British maws had the limit. (Hear, hear.)
The lax and hemp
_barred k 1861 antenatal to
1,700,000 *wt. ; ia IRO it NM 10 2.888.000 /Inv beige
ea imam ef SOON en., se 110 pee mat
to psis the impart previews to 1846 avenged
120000 quarters kr the La two yeses Se
bends were reepelively 12,000,000 end 7,000,000 gimlets.
No deabt be anerSireed. whatever eke the nein
dote eeniny hakes peranler isitmenteisir tar
eassallegly Swint to the
The arab was the same with regard to theriallennella
ask. whide:eras la a peat measan a trade Inhakis whin
aellaS a a mall else wen employed. Whoa the right km
knead pis R. lood) shad links was pl rake, the
dap as caseate, the desiandea aliaall a Mae in that
bass but if hes. semelmee were aware of the past err
eft Mids. he &mkt it weal& ad sake ma
I. len. Me seesent of warmate impend was
172.018 awt.; la 18411 md4lll,oooowt. IS UMW a
Ma INA kale in an intik moansively ea in =kali
Lhlll week (Hear, bermaisshoiehe import a alive oil rues
Ikea 4,400 le teas is 1841 tens Let yams (Hen)
Haw, with gaped to the II asks The hapset alma
slant lea the United States rats bee 91,600 cwt. I. 1841
to MAIO owt. in 1848, his a very large berms. In
the Isparta bum the Uaitailliatee rose hem
=l2:6l.irt. is 1841 to 8,000,000 en. in UK betas ea
karma of 2,000,000 cwt. in the seem el its pen
Whisk mot have called into ninon a gnat bet