The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-30 00:00:00

RESTRICTIONS ON TRADE'

(From the Renfrewshire Reformer.) . 011
The restrictive commercial policy so pertinsei°
maintained for the benefit of the landowners i 5
clueing the worst results that were anticipated.d
it. The Brazilian Government, who have for 1:
reasoned, advised, courted, and at last threate;,4,"
that they might obtain a removal of the re iotg
tions imposed on the importation of their sugeriol
this country, have at last acted. The
have long since shown their desire to establnove
e
liberal commercial intercourse with this etnifit
and, by the resolution they have adopted, thel.rtoct;
themselves thorough masters of the subject, nio,`.tioe
cians, and apt imitators of the cunning concnii
provisions for the protection of a class, whici
Robert Peel has so liberally introduced into 91
_,eo
coxnmercial regulations adopted by his Governwi
In his remodelling of the tariff in 1842, Sir no et
to.
introduced the system of making comprebens'Y
ceptions in favour of various interests, such 1? 1"
not previously existed, and in his niodifican°o
rather derangement of the sugar duties this Peat,
introduced a special reservation, placing in the y
of the Executive Government the power to ad!! ti?;
exclude, by lowering or advancing the dutie''oo
produce of certain countries, according to their irate oel
policy : whereby Brazil, though not specially P.051i,
had its sugar, which we so much require, J
effectually excluded, as though a special Piy
bition had been enacted against our importilp
produce of that country. It is long since the,
tiers of the Brazilian Government characterisect
deserved, the conduct of the British aristoerseitei
monopolising the supply of food for the country'
the supineness of the British people in submitt''ngp,
it. Being fully aware of the position of parties,
the real motives which covered the pretend?
the mock humanity displayed on the slave qtl7o
the Government of Brazil has not beer, slow
taliate on the commerce of this country f°'
invidious distinction made against their ou'n,J
that in terms equally powerful, yet equallY,,
rally expressed with the terms in vvhie°?
Robert Peel couched his recent prohibition wor
the admission of Brazilian produce into our
„ic'
kets. By the packet just arrived we have a et/'
the new tariff agreed to for that country, vvhieutflo'
tains, amongst other provisions, the following
gent clauses, which speak for themselves :
" The Government is authorised to impose ulf„,.Y
merchandise of any country, in which the pr°'l-ct,
Brazil is liable to a higher duty than similar Preut7,4Y
other countries an additional duty, so as to ne'llir
the ill effects of the difference of duty upon Braolef
duce, such additionni duty to cease when the incl.-
" duty upon BraY2.l produce shall be abolished. „A
A similar differential duty will be charged 111;74,0!,
merchandise of any country in which the pro'telr
Brazil is chargeable with a higher duty if iner
foreign vessels than in national bottoms." ots
By this imitative provision of the enactine,d;
the Peel Cabinet, it will be observed that the u°011;
ment of Brazil reserve the unqualified power of to
prohibiting the importation of Briti&n manufef,
It is not only an additional duty which
posed on the produce of those countries "
impose a higher duty on the produce Of 13,
than that of any other country. The ~
provision contemplates more than this. It pert
for the imposition of such additional (1-..„°`;elll'
will neutralise the effect of such
,e.`
tt
provisions, by leaving the Government Tr, t 1
till
produce cent by cent to the duty, '
produce of such countries are thr2,roughifrilisetd
bited—the bad effects of their leglslation neut oti
The three countries to which, the greatest fulljoi
British manufactures is exported, are the nip
States, the East Indies, and Brazil. To the tatthe exports now average about six millions o°sl Or
L,
and to Brazil, prior to the late rupture wi iv
Government of that country, the export:bo 46
upwards of five millions, and these of t°
;
scription which afford the best remuner!:; t
our manufacturers. The whole exports of Gr"ok'
tain only average about fifty millions PO' tOr
and have been more frequently under than. overfisil
amount. By the injudicious, invidioas 111,1112
made by. our Government last session,rt
the retaliation it has caused on the , P9,l#
Brazil, here, then, is a tenth of our whoe lef;
factured exports at once to be prohibited and
the hands of the makers; and that gout—A4.
111
onat v}rich
nft consists alenost entirely of labour' alit
the gtijioilession of sZt much of the employment to Jr
.0116,111corrrpeljerytr';n stand in need of, they are OQ,
at the same time to pay threePlo
pound, additional on all the sugar they consusrita
:the-r igefit of our colonial monopolists. The a 74'1
,invtv§ilertre'and workman are thus first toted tr
of fit of the monopolists, and they r
g_
stapLet pt_
.9f
_the means of both paY-"'";
op,
taxic.,..an4.-Of existence for the very same
.5.5,0,
Mon! ,with the copy of the new Brazil tariff, %Si 47
esji a§,Xvine passenger in the same,
carry with. him full powers, it is r,,nderst istl
yet holding ot4 the olive branch, and, of negotrii;
an equitable Commercial treaty kith this co%
before the damage and ruin consequent
breaking off ail; commercial intercourse i 5
Corpplytitl. U 4 is understood that the.'f,lloo
tj
roskilogr..i.Orsinan comes provided with rot;
power to negotiate with the German Curved
e
also, and as it is reported that the first ° to tPcir
an equitable amicable relation is to be rnade•ecte
Government of this country. Should it be 11000
as we fear it will, without a decided popular ot
stration to influence the Ministry, there can°,oelL
doubt but the whole advantages of the futareill
ing of that rich country with manufactures,
ci tbet,
poured into the laps of France and Cir,frmanY,9lstet e,
with the door once closed, it will be found,. to°
titePt
our part, to retrace the false steps that have bee.. c01.1:9
It is an old adage that " Alisfortuires seld°,4"-bir4
single ;" and in this case it has been verified
o 0
announcement this week of a prohibitory °_,° etitiro
part of Belgium far more unexrected, nnus.esieel
e
severe, in proportion to the quantity f
done with that country, to what the 13r°ielgi,"e
is. By the arrangements just announced, of
is essentially admitted as forming Part
rein'bii#
German Confederation, and the Zoliv st P'
mutual toll now so rigorously imposed ugttoes,lol#o
tish manufactures, by Prussia and the St'.;
ciated w;th it, is to be withdrawn from t° Qp.f 18
'Belgium, on condition that the latter ec..f, md,
creases its duty against the produce of EnOviiie
lilow will WI most heavily on Manchester,thyronree
on the importation of cottons and silks from op tbge4
try being advanced by the new tariff from tree chase,
times its present amount; while the snmto 'b
v.
of goods from France and Germany are. on
mitted at the former rates. This neg.° et 00 00
ken oonducted with great secrecy and elle.s not .14
part of Prussia awl Belgium, and there if it aixsivit
opinions in existence about the sole cause ° n°ol
from the pertinacious manner in which wet rjrticleof
for thirty years past, excluded the great a of
German produce (corn) from the markets
country.

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GOOD Ng-firs.—A fortnight lilas 11355`,4;,,ry "'roe
heads, and we have not heard of any loon", re '
the neighbourhood. It is hoped that inallY„-Ar°agrflrtlie
nights may glide away without meeting wit" t'.o for eri
in every. paper announcing "Incendiary Firke„en so ;ice,
operations of " Captain Swing" have lately I'dijonggierg
extensive in this neighbourhood, that he ,Ffirffl
have been dispensed with altogether.--urg
Journal.

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