The Express.
London, England, 1860-02-21 00:00:00

CUST.OIIII ACTS.

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Mr. DISRAELI moved the following resohitios That
this house does sot think It to go into committee on the
Cuetotne Acts, with a view to the reduction or repeal of the
duties referred to is the treaty of commerce between her
Majesty and the Emperor of the French, until it shall have
conaidered aed ameated to the engagement. in that treaty"
Be premised that it was not his intention to give any
opodon upon the policy or provisions of the treaty with Prance
or upee the recent fivancial Mammon of the Chancellor of the
Ezzhequer. Although he and his party regretted that, from
the pecubar mintier in which public business had been
br -them before the house by the government, they were
ob:iged to pi-it-loiter 000claaious which ought to be post-
pa:m.lwatt! many prellmiaary discussions had taken place
which might acidify their °plebe., he had deemed it hie
duty tapir. nott..z of thia rewilution, in order to afford the
house an epportunity of remedying an evil of no slight mag-
situ& ; for, if the house should go into committee upon the
Camases Ac e, sal adopt the resolutions of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, the treaty would, in his °plaice, come
before the hoc-e. If the Customs Acts posed, the mint of
parliament, provided for by en article in the treaty, would
Imre been How, then, was the house to
deal with questions in the treaty which had nothing to
do with customs duties? The Ilth article, for example,
binding the partite not to prohibit the exportation of
cm', tun:owed kin coujunction with the 19th article) so
unansmagable sesame for bringing the treaty itself before
the how*. If the redaction. sad minim ions of duty
under the treaty were made, he wanted to how the
government pr 'posed to subject the tre sty to the oonetitu-
Monet coming of the House of Commons. He thought the
house amid not do better, in order to extricate itself from
a difficult sod humiliating position, than follow the prece-
dramt of the treaty with France of 1788. Mr. Pitt in the
following year cuter! the atteetioe of the Home of Commons
to the Fri orb tiesty, moving resolutions which embodied
the gist cat the treaty; these rmadatimes were passed and
reported , an address to the Crown was agreed to, I
which a.o eeot up to the House of Lade, and it was not
until ah bosses hal coecutred in the address, and
parliament had had a constitute:mai opportunity of
cuaidetior the treaty, that Mr. Pitt introduced
his Ciu,oliilation Act. Hs es, no reason why the present
lieu, id (24,11010141 should be treated differeotly from that
of 17:47, and he was at a loss to imagine why the government
Oriole retort to commit to his suggestion, and to pursue the
same nouns as Mr. Pitt. In oonclueloa, Mr. Disraeli re-
marked upon the negotiator of the treaty sad apse its form.
The hour. (he a od) will do cue the Janice in
Dollar rag that I was never slow to reoogaim the gnat ability
and the bosourable and the nutmeg position el the boa.
member fee Roelseale (Mr. Cobden). (Hear hear.) I have
sawfsction m remembering that I reiogai;ed those abilities •
hetes they were sclutowledged by vanquished ministers, and'
before he received the approbation of those statesmen, of
whom, ecortow or other, he seems never !hely to
be the , oileague. I cannot, however, but feel
the: it wits • most nowise selection ow the part
of the guar mount to have appointed Mr. Cobden as their
wart agent in these negotiations. (Hear, hear.) I should
emote to me the ban. member for Rochdale on the miaiste-
rial hm h in en hotiourable and recognised pathless because
thee we eh ,o!ci lin ow that he wee reeponsible for the policy
which w- believe the government profess. (Reer, hear))
but when I tint him the secret ageot for aegodatiag • treaty
of eutiti rite it ora impossible for me not to trace in tole treaty
emoethinc of the idiasynciain of the negotiate/. (Rear,
hear) ft w, for x insole, there me objec' ions to the treaty—
I will not mete them my erlf—but some object to It ea the
ground of a wanton deo ruoion of certain sources Mosesses
w"tris is much watt-d at the precett lime. Bat that eons
le perfse'y comistiest with the opinion of Mr. Cobden, that
ha ithicl I recommend the mend, of revenue, beam Mr,
C bloc hot sleep, freely ecd speedy programed certain opt-
mug, sod he would to at ise fault for a oubettuate
fir a tetanus width be forfeits. He would find
is • redseeim of the expediters. (Hear, beer )
Bart is that the epithet of her Mejesty's government? The
estmetee on the table tell a very different *tory. If them
eetsiaso s mimed with the opisioas of the leirtet negotiator her
Mei • y's mite:ethos would r ma lope the conflienes of the
odc.itry. Mr. Cobden is slim very decided is his opieiooe
rootiottos belligerent rights. Ceder this treaty setae gree-
was theist that belligereat rights are seflioleatly respected,
bit we a: I Item. whet me Mr. Cohdeo's potatoes ups that
arantoort. Ism, es to the form of the I shall
let rote/ We • costes se to whether this is a reciprocity
trim? ; there well he other osporthalties, should bar MA-
NN; t minietire easiest to my mottos • but if It be • Ped-
ro ci'y treaty, them sever was • reciProeity treaty less
airodly usainageel; if it be not thee I say I me no earbitec•
toy mama why the treaty should have takeu this convert-
theist form. I say to sagifectory eons., bet I should be in
eIT•W did 1 sey us Glide the revere ~1 eadsfactory. The
evible lord told 'lethal it was owing to the peculiarity of the
French coestituUos, that peculiarity beteg that the liorteeign
W Frame c safer hits tie sty of this nature without con-
sulting his legalativecham'ar, ea. er.lti (atomised se that
eherober mote betheitati ere. g the coarsen, and textiles
et the etinstry. in the con • toe of Friday bet, wee
notice We tehes-1 regretted the tone—of the legislative
chamber of Praetor. I make it • rule to 'peak with ea-
affected respect of the constituted authorities of ketigs
countries. 1 titian we may take it law rowed that they
Witil.l not 14 einasilluted as they am if they wee* nob in
librodents with the extreerie• of the thee and the views and
Irian ed the yeeple. Bat with respell to the legislative
shwas" ef Freses lem surprised dressed liberals
should either trek is d' lef that body, or exalt
i• the led that Its bed not bed an
epponeaßy lor the exerctse• of ilseetkom. The lett..
Wile amber el Preset is sleeted by esiversel euffreac
(Opposition Ness,) The legieletire Amber el Preece le
chows by ballet (Opposition dews) The logleisove
obese*, el Awn is gest is keen siesta/el disinole;