The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-22 00:00:00

Tuscany tariff was a heavier duty upon English
goods. They might petition against it ; they might peti-
tion for something stronger—that was that we should be
treated exactly as France was treated ; and he had heard
that day, in the allusion in the report of the council, that a
treaty had Wen signed between France and Italy. He
thought the Chamber should lose no time in memorialising
again for the promise to be carried out, which he believed
was made by the Italian Government, that we should
be treated as France was treated. He also thought
they might call upon our Government to make repre•
sentations through its Ministers, wherever it could be
proved that a tariff answered no other purpose than that of
vexation. The experience they had had of the French
treaty enabled them to state that ad valorem duties answered
better than specific duties—he meant that the same amount
of revenue was obtained by the importing country at a less
burden upon the exporting country. In the report it was
stated that some comp:aints were made by the manufacturers
of Roubaix of the fraudulent exercise of the ad valorem
duties. He believed the manufacturers of Roubaix thought
it might be done, but the actual fact was that no case of a
fraudulent invoice had been proved against any exporter of
that (Bradford) district, and he believed he might go fur-
ther, and say that no invoice had been questioned, which
was a matter upon which they might congratulate the dis-
trict, and for which they might thank the true liberality
wi, h which the treaty had been administered by the French
Government and its officers, and also thank the honourable
feeling with which that treaty had Leen responded to by the
exporters of that district. If they stepped over the Pyrenees
and went to Spain, they got from a good system of duties to
one which was probably one of the very worst that could be
conceived. It was difficult to believe that anything so absurd
could be devised by a Government. It seemed not to have
been made for the purpose of trade, but for the protection
of smuggling. It was a temptation to fraud and a pre-
mium upon falsehood. The result was that this absurd
tariff, which seemed to have been made for the promotion
of smuggling and not of legitimate trade, immensely in-
creased the price of goods imported into Spain, and gave to
Spain very little revenue; for the amount of the duty on all
worsted and woollen goods imported into the country was
only £lBO,OOO per annum. As far as regarded the woollen
and worsted trade, these absurd attempts at Protection
could not havo answered in the way of raising up manufac-
turing industry in Spain, for the woollen and worsted trade
there only employed 160,000 spindles and under 5,500
looms. These facts showed what a great field there was
open for the Bradford Chamber of Commerce to keep
pressing upon the attention of the Government. They
certainly had had reason to complain that in past times
commercial affairs, especially commercial affairs with foreign
countries, had not been sufficiently considered. That was
partly in consequence of trade not being very much thought
of in the Foreign-office, but it had also quite as much, or
perhaps more, resulted from the clumsy organisation of the
department. He must congratulate the Chamber on having
in some measure got the better of this. They had deter-
mined to make their representations to the Foreign• office as
well as to the Board of f rade. In conclusion, Mr. Forster
expressed a hope that the Chamber would be well supported
by the town, and continue the same influential course it
had hitherto adopted.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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LYNN-TUESDAY.

To-day wheat came moderately to hand, and good dry
samples were fully higher. Barley also advanced in price.
Beans and oats firm.

White 50s to 53s Barley 3Bs to 418
11,c01. • 49s to 51s ' grinding ..328 to 338
Beans .34s to 38s Oats .22s to 24s
New —s to —s Peas —s to —s