The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-27 00:00:00

Victory has again declared in favour of her
spoilt child—the Massena of the English Parlia-
men—Viscount PALXIXEISTON The Statesman
who, in February, brought about the dissoltition
of one Ministry, has now, in November, effected,
in favour of another, a diversion such as
may tend to its consolidation into a stable
Government. Merely fifty-three members were
last night bold enough to oppose the amendment
of the noble lord the representative of Tiverton---
those who. supported it numbering actually 468
in the aggregate : while, for the original motion of
Mr. VILLIERS there were only 256 against
336 altogether. So that the resolutions of the
lion. Member for Wolverhampton have been
negatived by a majority of 80—the amendment
of the Noble Lord the ex-Foreign Secretary being
accepted by 415: a " total " absolutely over-
whelming. The more virulent among the opponents
of the amendment are now, therefore, compelled
to " sing small" before that compact and tri-
umphant phalanx marched out into the lobby in
the cause of Free Trade without a distinctly
defined animosity to indirect compensation. De-
feated in their purpose, their tone must now be
somewhat noticeably modified. Projicit ampullas
et se,squipedalia verba. The first great trick of the
Session has been effected—strange to say—by the
judicious Bottle-Holder instead of by the injudi-
ious Bottle Conjuror.

Aftr. EWART has given notice of a motion for
leave to bring in a Bill for the Repeal of the Pro-
tection Duties which yet remain on butter, cheese,
eggs, poultry, &c. There certainly is little appa-
rent reason why one class of farmers should be
favoured now, at the cost, not only of all the non-
agricultural community, but of all other farmers
themselves, and of all farm labourers throughout
the kingdom. With all the improvement in
wages, eight or ten shillings a week, which is ac-
counted good pay in many parts of the country,
will afford little more than butter or cheese to
their bread, and but too little of that. Meat is
a luxury but rarely enjoyed in the cottages of
farm labourers, and its present price is to them
all but prohibitory ; indeed, taking the country
through, the number of persons is very great in-
deed to whom a lower price of butter and cheese
would be a greater boon than a lower price of
meat. The duty on butter is ten shillings per
cwt., and the amount paid on what was imported
in 1851 was 177,104/. The duty on cheese is
five shillings per cwt., and the revenue from it
the same year was 84,722/. The duty on
cheese has evidently been obstructive to
its importation, since the amount received
on foreign cheese was less by 12,815 than
that of 1851. The actual amount of duty
paid represents, ho we vez, as in the case
of all protective duties, but a small part of the
injury to the public. As in the case of corn, all
the cheese and butter made and consumed in the
Kingdom is raised, of course, above the foreign
Price to the full amount of the duty, before the
foreign article can enter with a profit to the mer-
chant. We paid more than a quarter of a million
1..! duty last year for these two articles ; if we
ade at home but four times the quantity we im-
v"rte paid, w theref the
a_ , ore, more than a million to
th
for nulords of totter and cheese-making farms,
venue.
e quarter of a million received by the re-
treble thaTht. e Probability is that we paid double or
ather
the ExeirEQZ We hope the CHANeramoa of
motion, or r
will cheerfully accept Mr EWART'S
his promised Bud
g that it will be anticipated by
whom the duty is even The class is so small to
awprotection, the numbers
so great to whom
tohn d be a boon, and
e reevenue, that he
the loss so trivial to
shadow of an
would meet with hardly th
opposition in removing it. our
peczear ad jacent
would chiefly come from
ialrgedesirableas
s
th,,!eupply, too,
countries with whom it is so
our trade should be as free and
sible. It is obvious, that the removal of duptr:
to have
and 20 Peer'
amounting, for the more part, to 15
oent must encourage it greatly.
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Mr. EWART, however, ought not
stopped at butter and cheese. To be sure, they
are articles of food, and articles almost necessary
to the poorest ; but what good reason is there for
"1-*
- ain of Free Trade, at the cost of
,d farmers only ? If Mr. Ms-
hope he has,
anticipated Mr.
ans, we feel assured he has not
is mistake. Besides a longish
zles, the revenues from which
Cost of collection, and which are,
ilateref, e, is better than protective duties, there
eite a manufactured articles which yet Pay
protective duties ; on wine and brandy, the duties

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