The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-23 00:00:00

DUTY ON RAISINS AND CURRANTS.

Mr. BWAB,T said it appeared by the proposed alttrations
is the tariff that the duty oa currants was higher than the
duty ea Me ekedat. He eked it it was the inteation
rfreh easeellor to reduce the duty on currants in the same
Pee Portio-
n

of the EXCHEQUER rid he !rat

answering from memory, ►ut it was an error to suppose that
raisins and currants always paid the same duty. They had
for the last few years, but currants were mach more
valuable than Mains. He thought it wee in 1845, or about
that time, the duty cm currants was reduced, and the duty
en raisins we. Mimed to the point if 16c. on the ground
of come aegotistioes with Spain. At the present moment
the duty was 16e. on currants, and the proposed duty on
raisins was 10s., which would still leave currants at a Ma-
thely.higber duty. He should be my happy indeed if they
WWII an a condition to propose a further considerable redac-
tion la the duty on currents, but adverting to the prevent
state of supply, and the shortness of recent sops, he should
not at all feel iumfldent of any practical replaosnient of
revenue. It would be an immediate loci to the revenue,
and at tlio present time be did net think they would be
justified is asking the alteratioa.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.

Is sumer to Mr.
Mr. WILSON mid that in his recent statement teepee-
ing insurance companies, the protatioas ha made use of
had reference to the state of Mines before 1844, and set
inheennest.
COCKERMOUTII ELECTION COMMITTEE.

Mr. C. BERKELEY moved that the endence taken
before this committee be printed.
Agreed te.
THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
On the motive by Mr. WILSON, that the house et its
risieg adjourn to Monday,
Cu!. HARCOURT said, that on the 10th March he
moved that a return be printed and laid on the table of the
house, stating the number of the persona who had been
employed es surveyors by the Doted of Health who had
been employed as engineers in CSlTying out the works they
had recommended. Innvad of the return being printed,
it bad been forwarded to him in manuscript. It had dues
come to hie knowledge that two places—one of them being
no less a place than the city of Salisbury—had been omitted
I from the return.

Sir W. IdOLESWORTR had made inquiries at the
Board of Health, and had been assured that the return was
in strict cinforniity with the terms of the hon. and gallant
member's motion. If any erne was to blame it was the hon.
member himself, for not having mere clearly ezpremed what
be meant.
The motion respecting the adjournment of the house was
then agreed to.
WATERFORD COUNTY ELECTION.
Kr R. MOORE moved that the minutes of evidence on
the Waterford county election, presented on the 4th inst.,
be printed.
Agreed to.

SOUTH SEA AND OTHER ANNUITIES COMMU-

TATION BILL.

Oa the motion that the Speaker should leave the chair,
is order that the house might go into committee upon this
bill,
Sir FITZROY KELLY said it had been his intention to
have moved an iustruction to the committee, or to have
.übmitted to the hone some other form of amendment
under which it wOuli base bees eonspllgat for him to kayo
celled attention to the important principles involved in this
I bill, and to the any objections there were against it,
be.ides those great and parem,unt objections to the mea-
sure, namely, that it provided for a large increase of the
'capital of the national debt, and also fora guarantee for'
forty years of the unreasonable interest of 21. 150. per cent. ;
hut having understood that some technical difficulties might
arise from adopting that course, he should reserve his co-
narks mail they came to the &eclat's*.