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

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RESTRICTIONS ON TRADE•

(From the Renfrewshire Reformer.)
The restrictive commercial policy so pertinacious'''.
maintained for the benefit of the landGwners is pre
ducing the worst results that were anticipated foul
it. The Brazilian Government, who have for 'year:
reasoned, advised, courted, and at last threatelle",
that they might obtain a removal of the Yestrif„,
tinny imposed on the importation of their sugar in_,,"`"
this country, have at last acted. The Brazil: ens
have long since shown their desire to establish *
liberal commercial intercourse with this countrff
and, by_the resolution they have adopted, they prtle
themselves thorough masters of the subject, able tact
clans, and apt imitators of the cunning condifioal
provisions for the protection of a class, which t
Robert Peel has so liberally introduced into all ter°
commercial regulations adopted by his Government
In his remodelling of the tariff in 1842, Sir Robe
introduced the system of making comprehensive e!:i
ceptions in favour of various interests, such as I'S
not previously existed, and in his modification, h'e
rather derangement of the sugar duties this year, A 4
introduced a special reservation, placing in the
6f the Executive Government the power to achn't b°6
exchi,:le, by lowering or advancing the duties;
produce ,f certain countries, according to their intern
policy :1:
had its sugar,
whe,-eby Brazil, though not specially named
which we so much require, just,:,
effectually excludeJ; as though a special prom.
bition had been enae..ed against our importing
produce of that country. it is long since the Melt
bers of the Brazilian Government characterised, AS
deserved, the conduct of the British aristocracf
monopolising the supply of food for tile country, ato
the supineness of the British people in submitting
it. Being fully aware of the position of parties, ait'or
the , real motives which covered the pretence O,
the mock humanity displayed on the slave quest',"o,,,
the Government of Brazil has not been slow to the
taliate on the commerce of this country for
invidious distinction made against their own, rfe,
that in terms equally powerftil, yet equally ge,o
rally. expressed with the terms in which
Ost
Robert Peel couched his recent prohibition agar.
the admission of Brazilian produce into our IV7of
kets. By the packet just arrived we have a copy
the new tariff agreed to for that country, which CO
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tains, amongst other provisions, the following stir
gent clauses, which speak for themselves :
The Government is authorised to impose upon op
merchandise of any country, in which the produe9
of
Brazil is liable to a higher duty than similar produ eeo
other countries an additional duty, so as to neutrwire
the ill effects of the difference of duty upon Brazil Ped
duce, such additional duty to cease when the incress
duty upon Brazil produce shall be abolished. the
" A similar differential duty will be charged uP°ll Of,
c"
merchandise of any country in which the produe,' jp
Brazil is chargeable with a higher duty if importe
foreign vessels than in national bottoms." " of
By this imitative provision of the enactmeal-„o•
the Peel Cabinet, it will be observed that the G°'l,
merit of Brazil reserve the unqualified power of tota'o;',
prohibiting the importation of British manufactulFor
It is net only an additional duty which i 5 bicb
posed on the produce of those countries
impose a higher duty on the produce of P;010
than that of any other country. The Brfi°,/,0
provision contemplates more than this. It pr°-
for the imposition of such additional dutYlita
will neutralise the effect of such Pto
provisions, by leaving the Government fre°ee tbe
add cent by cent to the duty, till
obi,
educe of such countries are thoroughly PTd,
t4,:-ed—the bad effects of their legislation neatre',,,it of
The ,three countries to which the greatest anntiteil
Britisfi
manufactures is exported, are the u'orst
States, the
east Indies, and Brazil. To the tvv°s 1111
the exports rioNv average about six millions 89,,,
na
and to Brazil, prior to the late rupture Ytrnvefe
Government of tat country, the export'
upwards of five mOons and these of the to
fiat'
scriptitm which afford ,tl:e best remunera top
our manufacturers. The Al,
`'le exports of Greaoollll
taro only average about fift.,,"
millions aaiir tlO4
and have been more frequently unc,..'r than '3°oo
amount. By the injudicious,
limis Pr a Di,
made by our Government last sessa.on, .*frt
the retaliation it has caused on the P-000e:
Brazil, here, then, is a tenth of our whole ler,
factured exports at once to be prohibited and
the hands of the makers; and that goodS'Alfivk
cost of which consists almost entirely of labour'
the suppression of so much of the employment To be
our countrymen stand in need of, they are yet
compelled at the same time to pay threepeue: fof
pound additional on all the sugar they consiritisb,
the benefit of our colonial monopolists. The A IP,
master and workman are thus first toe' pesl
the benefit of the monopolists, and they are°, 00
starved out of the means of both PaYiPrifsei
tax, and of existence fir the very same ..,F;;;coallt,
w
Along with the co of the new Brazil tariff, v0c103„/
D'Abrantes has come nassenger in the same 1_,3,,
carrying with him full powers it is underslnio
yet holding out the olive brat2.cl, and of neP
on
an equitable commercial treaty with du
s
before the damage and ruin consequent. 1 tis ?
01
breaking off all commercial intercourse selo
completed. It is understood that t",ith oc
transatlantic statesman comes provided ii 4,010,1
i
power to negotiate with the German Confe ;et fre
also, and as it is reported that the first au to the
an equitable amicable relation is to be raadee;ecte•
Government of this country. Should it be 1'4,0
as we fear it will, without a decided popular `lot ,
stration to influence the Ministry, there calo3..„opli
doubt but the whole advantages of the future !,111)1
ing of that rich country with manufactures, 0d 00;
poured into the laps of France and Gerrnani, A stet*
with the door once closed, it will be found too _ too.e
our part, to retrace the false steps that have beet: corhe
It is an old adage that " Misfortunes selbf
single ;" and in this case it has been verifiedoo td
announcement this week of a prohibitory ad° e4teo
part of Belgium far more unexpected, ani. bosOtiff
severe, in proportion to the quantity 0' 0, oi
done with that country, to what the 13,r0velety
is. By the arrangements just announced, of ,
is essentially admitted as forming part reiktik
German Confederation, and the Zolv." t r
05°
mutual toll now so rigorously imposed tes
tish manufactures, by Prussia and the Pt.ta OrOC":,00
ciated with it, is to be withdrawn from We 'of rif
OD it
of Belgium, on condition that the latter e, pd. „id
creases its duty against the produce of EnOtba (11;11'
blow will fall most heavily on Manchestertoisolteo
on the importation of cottons and silks fr0n3,,0 to
try being advanced by the new tariff from ch'tol,
times its present amount; while the ss""to 00
of goods from France and Germany 0%00 the
mitted at the former rates. This neg,°"-ct oa two
been oonducted with great secrecy and e"eig aot,;pg
part of Prussia and Belgium, and there of it ar.,'.041,1
opinions in existence about the sole cause bore; 01
from the pertinacious manner in which I'l ortic; oar
for thirty years past, excluded the gre*kets of
German produce (corn) from the 110
country.

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GOOD NEWS.—A fortnight has PssseAisrl fce
heads, and we have not heard of any ineel':oolr_...ge "pile
the neighbourhood. It is hoped that roli,l3,:',,tiror,. the,
nights may glide away without meeting vir,,t45.0 10'5,07
in every paper announcing "IncendiarY xtee'a
operations of " Captain Swing" have '1:(1100:411
extensive iu this neighbourhood, that be cgta
have been dispensed with altogether.--41—
Journal.