The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-07 00:00:00

TIIE QUIPATION.—There is reason to be-
lieve that the conflicting interests tonneeted with the
growth OCrltieory at home will be reconciled by the imposi-
tion of u defy upon the ankle in its kiln-dried state. To
Muss-pow soy oltstacle. between the grocer and the public
would he a hanlship upon the latter, while to allow so uni-
venal a substitute for genuine coffee to compete untaxed
with not, at the present rate of duty would be unfair to-
ward.. the cotfie grower. Equal laws stem to determine
that tit duty on coffee should be altosether repealed, or an
friut•.4l,•nt duty imposed upon chieury. " Why tax the
British firmer on his chicory, and not on his wheat and
barley'" Why." it may be replied, "tax the British'
onl. • grower onlia agricultural produce," ? The fact,
however, may lie, that in both ease. the consumer would be
the taxpayer; for if a duty of even W. a pound were im-
posed upou dried chicory, the consumption would not be
leas thin it is at present. When government permitted the
cowers to sell chicory mixed with coffee, it warn not eon.
tomplated that it would he cultivated in England. A duty
of 21s. pre cwt. was therefore imposed upon foreign chicory
in consideration of the tax which our own eolouial coffee bad
to bear. If, hakerer, a like tax should be put upon Bag
lash-grown chicory, the duty on foreign would have to be.
raised. This is the only kind of protection the home
grower can claim. N., permission has been given to mix
pruund rise or an, similar substance with pepper; hence
the late pruerealinini against grocers who have been detected
yrudilla adulterated pepper. Yet rite can be no substitute
for pepper the soup most have its quantity of pepper to
render it palatable; and if au ounce of A. B.'s will not suf-
Bee, two ounces will be used. Chicory, however, is a sub-
stitute fi.e. coffee, so additional meson why it ought to bear
• coffee tax.—A Cm: an.

Dint-Rhyne! AT A MFTRODINT CHAPIL.—At the
usual petty simians held at Lawford's Bate. near Bristol,
on Thuraity last, the sessions room was densely crowded, in
consequento of several members of the Wesleyan society
having been summoned before the magistrates on a charge
of disturbing a methodist congregation at Bonham, during
divine service, and preventing the Rev. Mr. Cusworth from
preaehing. Mr. Stone, of the Weston Circuit, who ap-
peared torthe prosecution. said that by the Let, the 62nd
George 111., cap. SA, sec. 12, it was provided that if any
person or persona should wilfully disturb or interrupt any
congregation, or prevent any officiating minister from per-
forming divine genie, in any church or chapel, he or they
might he brought before the justices of the peace, and be
required to find two sureties in the penal sum of 601. to
answer such offence at the ensuing quarter 10111110.11. The
present action resulted hem dispels, which It we notedeee
Lad lately arisen between the Wesleyan Cendesense and
the general body elm led tams M themselves the tide of
reformers. Edison was then eiMneell amid raven!
persons, 'bow* that the Ike. Mr. amnia led been
prevented by than been premium his eereeMoned duties
es *McLean, abater of Benham:Wed gzti end the
various parties were bead ever In the I=l
maces to appear end sewer the air at the mixt
general me" semisen.—Drth
Tilt Om ay CldematLamD Oars—With
respect to dm pees OTIS by Mr. Rope, we are informed
that theeslesetber with two sew pair of Woo, will form
side masons ore that there will be eve carder
forming adenad line, the Kedge Arch in the
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