The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-23 00:00:00

N OV_EMBER 23, 1848,

WEST RIDING ELECTION.

RESIGNATION OF MR. FITZWILLIAM.

LEEDS, WEDNESDAY.—The extremely unfavourable
reception Mr. Fitzwilliarn met with at his canvassing
debut in Louis yesterday has had the effect of inducing
the honourable candidate to resign. This fact was this
morning communicated to Mr. Edward liiines by Mr.
Thos. Wm. Tottie, the h gal agent at Lecds of the Fitz-
wild= family, in a letter of which the following is a
copy .

"Leeds, Nov. 22.
" Dear Sir,—l have this morning received a letter from
Mr. George W. Fitzwilliam, authorising and requesting
me to announce that after the hostility exhibited towards
his I rother Charles at Leeds yesterday, he has come to
the ro.:selulion that it is prudent for him to withdraw
from a position which is so likely to provoke a contest,
and that he will therefore discontinue his canvass. I
hasten to communicate this intelligence to you with the
view that you may m2ke it known immediately and as
extensively as possible.
"Yours faithfully,
" Edw. Bakes, Esq. " TILOS. WM. TOTTIE."
Immediately upon the receipt of the epistle the Con-
seri a ives, as well as the anti endowment Liberal.,, were
upon the qui viz); and at the time your corn, spondent
writes, there exists something more than a probability
that Mr. Beckett Denison, who ro.tired at the general
election upon the nomina! ion of Mr. Cobden, will be
brought forward by the Conservative party; and should
this prove to be the case, it is quite certain that he will
also receive the support of the old Whig party.
Vigorous steps are being taken by the Liberals; and
this morning a meeting of delegates from the several
polling districts of the Riding took place at Normanton,
having been convened by the executive committee, for
the purpose of considering the steps to be taken in the
present position of affairs, and of deciding whether or not
Mr. Roebuck, the ex-member for Bath, should be put in
nomination. Mr. Francis Carbutt, late Mayor of Leeds,
occupied the chair; and amongst the gentlemen present
were the Mayors of Wakefield and Bradford, and many
of the leading men of liberal principles. The meeting
was not open to reporters, but your correspondent was
informed that the name of Mr. Roebuck was introduced
at the commencement of the sitting, and received with
the utmost enthusiasm by every delegate present. His,
however, was not the only name mentioned, though he
had received the unanimous call of large meetings of elec-
tors at Wakefield and Sheffield on Tuesday night.
(FRONANOTIIER CORRESPONDENT.)

NORMANTON, Nov. 22.—1 n pursuance of previous ar-
rangements, a meeting of delegates from the various poll-
ing districts of the West Riding was held at Normanton
yestel day, for the purpose of considering the propriety
of bringing forward Mr. Roebuck as a candidate for the re-
presentation of the West Riding, in opposition to Mr. C.
W. W. Filzwilliam.

Immediately on the assembling of the delegates, at
half-past twelve o'clock, a communication to Mr. E.
Baines, of Leeds, announcing the resignation of Mr.
Fit zwilliam, was read, and received with loud demonstra-
tions of applause.
The meeting was a private one, reporters being ex-
cluded ; but we are informed that a very strong feeling
was manifested in favour of bringing forward Mr. Roe-
buck as a candidate. Sir Culling Eardley Eardley was
also mentioned again, and a long discussion took place.
The Sheffield delegates, we are informed, came to the
meeting prepared to support Mr. Roebuck, a meeting of
three hundred electors having, with only two dissen-
tients, authorised them to do so. The Wakefield elec-
tors also had come to a similar decision at a meeting
held in that town.

QUARTER TO FIVE, P.M.—Just as the train is coming
up we learn that the decision arrived at by the delegates
is in favour of Sir Culling Eardley Eardley, and that he
consequently is the selected candidate.

PROPOSED MEXICAN TARIFF.
Whether the proposed Mexican tariff will ever be
carried out, and this is a point upon which parties writ-
intt the last steamer from the United States somewhat
differ, must greatly interest our manufacturing commu-
nity. The balance of opinion is in favour of its probable
adoption, if the Mexican Government really feels dis-
posed to push it. To give the whole of the intended
law, as. it appears in the Mexican official journals, 'would
take up too much of our space, and we therefore avail
ourselves of a very slight but important synopsis of the
Bill opportunely to hand. The ports of entry are in-
tended to be—
I❑ the Gulf of Mexico—The mouth of the Rio Grande,
Tampico, Vera Cruz, Tabasco, Campeachy, and Sisal.
In the Pacific—lluatuleo, Acapulco, Manzanillo, San
Bias, and Mazatls,n.
In the Gulf of California—Guyamas.
Then follows a list of places which are only open to
co.Astwise trade. _

For the due collection of the revenue a steam .boat is
to be built for every port of entry, the expense of which
is to be defrayed out of the revenues of the customs.
The following articles are admitted in the ports of
entry : —Cotton, ginned or in seed, brass wire, swords
aid muskets, cast nails of every description, articles of
tortoiseshell and buckhorn made entirely of those ma-
terials, cotton twist of every kind and colour, cotton
thread for sewing or every kind and colour, thrt ad plan-
chado, thread of linen and cotton mixed. fine soups,
playthings of every description, wood of every kind,
common or fine; powder, fine and common; fixtures of
cotton of every kind, pure or mixed.
The articles of which the importation is permitted,
will pay the following duty :—Raw cotton per cwt. gross,
2 dolls. 50c.; wire, per 100 lb., 3 dolls.; swords and
common lire-arms, 4 dolls. per 100 lb. gross; cast nails,
2 dolls. per 100 lb. gross; tortoiseshell and huckhorn
manufactures, 12 dolls, per 100 lb. gross; all articles of
false jewellery (tiraduria), 621 c. per lb. net; unbleached
cotton twist 12i(c. per lb.; white cotton twist, 18c. per
lb.; coloured twist, 25c. per lb.; sewing cotton of s.ll
colours, 75c. per lb.; thread planchado of all colours,
1 doll. per lb.; thread of linen and cotton mixed, 75c.
per lb.; fine soap, 10 dolls. per 100 lb.; playthings (toys),
12 dolls. per 100 lbs. gross; wood of every description,
14 per cent. on the value of the invoice; lard in the
State of Tabasco, 20 per cent. on the invoice cost;
powder, coarse or fine, 3 dolls. per 100 lb.; textures of
cotton will be 6 cents. per square yard.
Art. 14. The duty on other articles will be reduced 50
per cent. with the following exceptions:—Goods of silk
and a mixture of silk will be entitled to only 48 per cent.
diminution; chrystal and glass will also enjoy the reduc-
tion of 60 per cent. dis.
The export duty on the precious metals will be as
follows:—Gold, coined or manufactured, 20 per cent.;
silver, coined, 3} per cent.; plate, stamped, 4ir per cent.
" Copells."
The circulation duty of money is reduced to 2 per
cent. payable on entering the port.
The import duty will be payable in cash, allowing
thirty working days for the landing and examining of
the goods.
Art. 19. The Government is prohibited from drawing
any orders on the custom-houses for duties already due,
or about to become due. The treasurer general or ad-
ministrador of the custom-houses, who transmit these
orders, or the administrador, comptroller, or other
officials who should obey them, will be deprived of their
employment, and brought before a court of justice.
Art. 22. The Government will publish this law within
thirty days from its date, making such alteration in the
management and accountability of the custom-houses as
may be necessary, without altering the spirit of this law.
This law will go into operation on the day of its pub-
lication at the capital, and vessels arriving will settle
accordingly.
Art. 24. Neither the tariff nor those articles which
remain in force of the tariff of 1845, can be altered nor
modified, except by a special Act of the General Con-
gress.
While upon this subject, we may mention, for the in-
formation of merchants generally, that the Mexican
Treasury Department has issued a circular to the follow-
ing effect :—" That those interested in prohibited goods
introduced into Vera Cruz, Tampico, Matamoras, and
other ports, before the 30th of August, (when the three
months designated by prior Treasury orders, allowing
such goods to be re-exported, terminated,) may still
leave their goods in the custom-house stores until Con-
gress acts finally upon the removal of some prohibitions,
as suggested by the Government. But the Government
is in no way to become responsible for any damage such
goods may sustain, the parties interested, and the cus-
tom-house officers being allowed to take such precau-
tions against damage as may be just and expedient.
The holders of Mexican bonds will be much interested
in the result of all these proposed changes.