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London, England, 1845-03-15 00:00:00

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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
GLOBE.—The debate of last night, on the Hon. Mem-
ber for Lambeth's motion, for an allowance of drawback on
duty-paid sugars in bond, affords an amusing instance of the
freedom with which the Premier treats his followers. Mr.
Goulburn, Mr. Cardwell, and Sir George Clerk were put up in
succession to oppose the motion ; and, to all appearance, each
did his hest to show that it was neither just nor expedient
that any drawback whatever should be allowed. We pre-
sume they were not aware of what was to follow—that they
were ignorant of the stultification in store for them. But the
justice of the claim was palpable to all ; and in encountering
this, the contrast between the veteran hardihood of the elder
officials, who met assertion by assertion point-blank, denied
the applicability of the clearest precedents, and put the ne-
gative in the most unmistakable form—and the less direct
and more subtle course adopted by Mr. Cardwell in his
retreat upon principle, and the possibility of inducing a
multitude of other claims, with shades of justice varying
downwards in an infinite series—was very amusing, and
strikingly illustrative of the relative progress of the parties
in the acquirement of that
" conscience that will bend and ply,
Say aye or no, and not know why ;"
which the "wisdom of our ancestors" deemed essential to
the character of a statesman. Having taken " the sense of
the House," by a sacrifice of the consistency of three of his
colleagues, and so felt his way, Sir Robert Peel rose, and
expressing his belief " that the Right Hon. Gentlemen
the late Chancellor of the Exchequer and the late President
of the Board of Trade would not have supported the
proposition before the House, excepting that this was
a special case, deserving peculiar consideration," at once
yielded all that was asked for! How these matters are ar-
ranged behind the vsenes, it is difficult to conceive ; but we
suppose, and indeed hope, for the sake of all parties, that
some arrangement is come to which is satisfactory to the
amour propre of those chiefly concerned. Sir R. Peel must,
of course, take his colleagues as they are. We know that it
is hard to make the extremes of official virtue meet. The
perfection of obedience will lack judgment. As it ap-
proaches the confines of servility, it must needs lose sight of
discretion ; so when a man begins to do exactly what be
is told, he commonly ceases to do anything else. Undoubt-
edly it is the part of a leader so to marshal his followers as to
make the most of their respective abilities; and it may be
wisdom in the Premier so to choose and train his colleagues.
as to keep them at that end of the scale of usefulness which
most favours strict discipline and uniformity of action. Under
the circumstances in which he is placed, it probably also
favours the most complete division of responsibility which is
consistent with a monopoly of official merit, and displays to
the greatest advantage that " sublime of mediocrity" which
constitutes his claim upon public attention and support.
STANDARD.—The discussion on the sugar duties, last
night, curiously illustrates one out of many of the evils of
indirect taxation. You cannot repeal an indirect tax any
more than you can impose or continue one, without com-
mitting great injustice. It is proposed greatly to reduce
the sugar duties upon importation, but there is ne-
cessarily a great amount of sugar in the country
which has paid, or which is subject to pay, these
duties ; here is an obvious unfairness towards all holders
of sugar, from those who have thousands of hogsheads in the
Queen's warehouses bonded, to those who have it in their
own refineries or warehouses, their wholesale stores or retail
shops—even the chandlers'; and why not to the poor room-
keeper, who has her frugal store laid up in a canister for a
month's use ? All suffer wrong by the change in the law,
which compels them to deal in, or use a highly-taxed,
while others, less provident, are dealing in or using
a lightly-taxed article. But how is this injustice
to be remedied ? The chandler's shopkeeper cannot
be repaid his five shillings upon, it may be, his half-
hundred weight of sugar, or the wealthier grocer his fifty or
five hundred pounds. This would open a door to frauds
absolutely without limit. Ascending, however, to the
larger holders, it is possible to remit the whole or
part of the duty to the holders of sugar in the
Queen's warehouses, but is not that merely narrow-
ing the injustice to the middle and lower class dealer ?—is it
not also aggravating the injustice by letting loose earlier
upon them, a more favoured class, and at the same time, by
AO much augmenting that class ? There is, however, really
no remedy; the taxation is indirect taxation, and therefore
mischief and injustice adhere to it to the very last.

(From the London New Price Current of March 14.)
SUGAR-The market has an improving appearance for all
descriptions of Colonial Sugar. To-day there was a good de-
mand for bright yellow descriptions which fetched fully former
rates, and of brown and gray qualities buyers were induced to
Purchase on a more extended scale in consequence of rather
ower rates having been submitted to. At public sale 469
hhds, 11 tierces, and 137 boxes of St. Lucia, subject to the
new duty of 14s per cwt, were nearly all disposed of
at and after the public sale at a decline on former
rates of Is per c wti fine yellow however brought the full worth,
very low heavy brown went at 35s to 365. low 38s. 38s 6d, mid
40s to 40s 6d, good to fine 41s 6d to 42s 6d, low yellow 42s to
43s 6d, mid 44s to 45s 6d, good 495, fine 55s thi to 565, low gray
38s 6d to 40s, mid 41s to 425, and good 43s to 41a per cwt. The
total quantity of Sugar disposed of to-day amounted to the large
:aantity of 550, making the sales for the week 1290 hhds and trs.
REFINED.-To-day there was a better demand for home
trade goods in consequence of a further decline in prices having
been accepted : brown lumps were sold at 66s to 675, and
standard lumps at 68* per cwt. For bonded crushed the de-
mand is on the increase at 31s per cwt.
Ma verrius.-This afternoon 242 bags of Mauritius Sugar,
subject to the new duty of 14s per cwt, were submitted to public
competition, and went at about the former value, viz., good
middling yellow at 465, middling 42s 6d to 455, good brown 39s
to 39s 6d, middling 36s Gd, and low 33s 6d per cwt.
EAST INDIA.-.This afternoon at public sale 59 hhds 417
cases Manilla were offered, admissable for home consumption at
the 233 4d duty, and taken in above the value, that is-mid
yellow good strong grain bond at 225, low 20s 6tl to 21s,
fine brown 20s to 21s, mid 18s to 191, low ratter soft 17s to
17s 6d, dabs 15s to 165, and sound grey 19s to 205. ; there
were buyers of the best lots at 20s per cwt. 1,097 bags of
Madras, and 518 bags of Bengal, subject to the 14s per cwt
duty, were brought forward at public sale ; the former sold at
the fall value, viz., good mid bright yellow at 445, mid 52s to
52s 6d, low 36s to 375 6d, damp and washed 36s to 441; the
Bengal was damaged, and formed no criterion of the market-
low damp white went at 45s to 465, and washed 41s 6d to 44s
6d per cwt.
MotAssEs.-The transactions in all descriptions of West
India have been extremely limited ; but holders refrain from
pressing sales, and in the value no variation has taken place.
The stock is a large one, and is nearly three times of what it
was last season.
COFFEE.-To-day there was no public sale of any kind of
Coffee. For good ordinary Ceylon 46s 6d to 475 were insisted
upon, by private treaty there was little business done. Of Costa
Rica 1,200 bags were sold at 43s to 445, 400 bags good Singa-
pore Java at 395, and 1,100 bags of Manilla at 41s 6d per cwt.
COCOA.--West India purchased with caution and prices are
going down ; at auction 394 bags of Trinidad went 47s to
47s 6d for gcod dark red, 4Ps 6d to 411 for good fair grey,
and to 39s 6d for fair, being Is to 2s per cwt under former ,
rates. Foreign little inquired for, but in value no variation
has occurred.
FRUIT.-Purchases to a fair extent have been made in
Currants, at firm rates; that is, Petra: at 50s to 521, Zante
and Cephalonia 49$ to 50s per cwt. Valentia Raisins 47s to
eII•MMINUMMEN.moi 48s, Denis 345, Lexia 365, black Symrna 325, and red 401 to
STATE OF TRADE. 465. Figs 42s to 50s for Turkey pulled, and 31s to 33s for
, Greek.
FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, MARCH 14.--The Srxcls.-This afternoon 20 boxes of Nutmegs at auction
Elbe still continues frozen, and consequently we have no were all sold, but at a decline of 2d per lb-Penang fine old
fresh supplies of German wools, but saleable descriptions brown went at 3s 10t1 to 4s, good 3s 6d to 3s 7d, good mid-
are in good demand, and Lamb wool., which for some dling 3s 2d to 3s 4d, middling 8s to 3s Id, rather small 2s 9d,
time previously were little inquired for, are now begin- sea damaged Is 6d to 3s 2d, wormy 6d to 2s 9d ; 13 cases of
sling to be much cought after. Mace went rather cheaper, and sold as follows-Penang, good
-The at 2s 9d, good middling 2s 6d to 2s 8d ; Singapore, sea da-
maged Is lld to 214 d, very badly 6d, slightly wormy 2s 6d
ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, MARCH 14
-The market firm for black and green Tea. An in-
thedemand for combing wool is not quite so brisk as a few
"erreasTl:Ad.. demand for lower kinds of Congo and thie. rates are
weeks ago, the sales being limited to the requirements of
10d to 100 and
manufacturers for present use. Prices are eon-
rather higher, corn fetching
to lid ; for tine Congou the demand has
sequently a shade in favour of the buyers. In clothing
been gexootencseivrne lOard
wools we do not quote any alteration.
WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, MARCH 14.-The trans- , better prices are paid, large parcels have been sold at 25,4 d to
actions in all kinds of wool this week have been on a 2s 7d. In Twankay a good deal doing upon former terms,
very limited scale, and at rather easier prices for the common realising is 24d to Is 34d. Importers of
purchaser. H3son show firmness, and many parcels have found
YORK ANNUAL ASSIZE WOOL MARKET, MARCH 13. purchasers at stiff rates, that is to say, common at
-We had few buyers in attendance, the transactions of 2s Gd to 2s 7d, and fair to good 21 Sd to 35 per lb. In Young
the day very limited indeed, 50 much so, that we can Hron a good deal doing, rather lower rates having been taken