The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-04 00:00:00

DISTRICTS.

r mittee on- the Customs-Bill he should move a reduction
of the timber duties. -
POOR-LAW CONTINUANCE BILL.,
Mr. STUART WORTLEY wished to put a question
to the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, connected with one of the provisions
of the measure he had proposed, for making some altera-
tion in the Poor-law Amendment Act, on which he had
reason to believe that great misapprehension prevailed
in different parts of the country. In the original Poor-law
Amendment Act, by the Interpretation Act, 'a general
order was defined to be one that the .Poor-law Commis-
sioners were empowered to issue to more than one
Union at a time, and that any order of t4e kind should
come under the inspection of the Secretary of State for
the Home Department and be reported to Parliament.
In a clause in the new Bill, enacting certain alterations
in the law, the power of the Commissioners with respect to
issuing such orders was restricted. He had reason to believe
that this clause had produced an impression, that by it these
general orders would be made universally appli-
cable, and that they would take effect where they
did not now take effect under the existing law. It
was therefore desirable that the Right Hon. Baronet
should slate distinctly the real intention of this provision
of the Bill.
Sir J. GRAHAM explained that the only alteration he
proposed was, a limitation of the power of the Commis-
sioners, who could at present, by a special order, directed
only to one union, set aside, or rescind the general order.'
The restriction of their power was, that they should not
be able to rescind those general orders by a special
order, unless with the consent of the Secretary of State.
Speaking in general terms, all the regulations which
were generally applicable to a large number of unions
with respect to the administration of relief and gene-
ral conduct of the poor, were now included in the
general orders. There would be found to be six or
seven general orders which contained all the material
machinery of arrangements applicable to all unions.
Mr. S. WORTLEY said if he understood, it was in-
tended then to extend the power given to general orders.
Sir J. GRAHAM said, on the contrary, so far from
extending, it limited the power given to general orders.
I)IS PRESS IN BURNLEY.
Mr. COBDEN'ivished to ask the Right Hon. Gentle-
man opposite whether the Government had received in-
telligence of the distress • and consequent disturbances
at Burnley. lie wished also to know whether any
money, and what amount, had been sent to the assistance
of the people there.
Sir J. GRAHAM stated, with great pain, that the
Government had received information of a very serious
disturbance created by the hand-loom wearers in the
neighbourhood of Burnley, and he was sorry to say dint'
that report had not been exaggerated. 'Under these
circumstances the Government thought it right to re-
commend the pvr-la* Commissioners to turn their
attention' to tiiht district, with a view to the admi-
nistration of relief : from the public funds, however, no
money.had been issued, but froth charitable funds some
assistance had been supplied..
MANCHESTER. .

Mr. FERRAND said, he understood that the Man-
chester Anti-Corn-law League had circulated a placard
of a most inflammatory nature in the midst of manu-
facturing districts; where the operatives were in great
distress ; they had employed the Working men at a
salary of Is. 6d. a day, to carry these placards—accusing
the Prime Minister of murder !—about the neighbour-
hood. The Hon. Member then exhibited the placard
in question : it was about four feet long, and two feet
wide, printed in large, and headed, in enormous letters,
" Murder." with three notes of admiration after it. [The
following ii a copy :
"MURDER! MURDER! !!
ENGLISHMEN
" Read, if you can, from beginning to end, the following
sickening statement made at a public meeting, lately held at
the town of Stirling, North Britain :
" The Rev. Mr. Beith said he had heard an anecdote,
which he knew to be true, and which conveyed an idea of a de-
gree of misery and destitution, such as, he believed, was most
unexampled in Scotland. In a town, not far from Stirling, a
young man, of interesting appearance, was observed one Morn-
ing to pass a huckster's shop, at the door of which a measure
with some potatoes in it was placed. After pas.ing the shop a
little way, he returned and took one of the potatoes and then
went away. The person in the shop allowed him to go with-
out taking any notice of the circumstance.:. On the day after
the young man returned and did the same thing. On the
third day he returned once more and took another potatoe. On
the fourth day he returned and took four or five potatoes, put
them in his pocket, and and went hurriedly off. This day,
however, the shopkeeper had a police officer in waiting, along
with whom he followed the young man till he entered his
house. They went into the house immediately after him, and
there he found an aged_ mother and two sisters dependent upon
him for support. There was a pot upon the tire, if that could
be called a fire which was only a few embers. On the shop-
keeper asking the Mother of the young man if she knew where
her son had got the potatoes which he had brought in to her, she
replied, No; I was afraid to ask.' He then went to the pot
and took off the lid, and on looking in, he found a portion of a
• DEAD DOG,
which the poor fellow was boiling to eat along with the po-
tatoes ! !!'
" This is the testimony of a Christian minister. This, too,
is in Britain ! in educated Scotland, the land of industry and
sobriety ; a land where religion is established by law ! Nor is
this a solitary case, thousands are perishing around us, in all
parts of the kingdom, the victims of class legislation, of famine-
creating laws! Yet still the curie of monopoly hangs over
you and around you ; still the accursed Corn-laws disfigure the
statue-book, and more surely, if more slowly, than pestilence
and the sword, are destroying you and your children.
"ENGLISHMEN ! SCOTCHMEN ! IRISHMEN
Howlong will you submit to this crying iniquity ? How long
will you be participators in this national sin "?
" Read once more the above harrowing statement ; look
again around you, and then say whether the time is not come
that von should peaceably, but universally band yourselves to-
gethi'r, and, placing yourselves within the sanctuary of the law,
demand—in the name of Heaven, whose beneficence is insulted,
in the name of justice, whose requirements have been outraged
by the sordid avarice of our legislators—the immediate and en-
tire removal of all the . statutes which destroy our commerce,
fetter our industry, and wickedly limit the supply of food
which a bountiful Providence has provided for all the children
of men.
"Read also the following extract of a letter from Philadel-
phia, as published in the farmers' 'paper, the Mark Lane
Express :
" ' The quantity of land devotel to agriculture is this year
much increased, and ti..e general opinion is that flour will be
from one dollar to two dollars per barrel lower than at present,
before the end of the year. In such a case the exports to
Europe will be enormous, especially as the tariff on corn and
flour in England is about to be reduced, although not to a suf-
ficient extent, perhaps, to insure the fullest advantages of cheap
bread to the people. Salt pork, in Ohio, has been produced to
a greater extent thaw has been wanted, and at some places the
price has been less than a penny ( English) per pi:Rind I Con-
ceive, then, the quantity that might be sent to England, if the
duty should be low. Beef, too is lower than I ever remember
it ; wholesale at 2icl. (English) per lb. ; and sometimes, salted,
at 2id. in large quantities. Even in Philadelphia, fine salted
beef sells retail In the market at 3d. and 3d. ; and by way of
giving you the results of practical experience in this city, it
will not be out of place to add, that, on Saturday last, my wife
bought in the market, a loin of veal at 3d. per lb., and yester-
day, ribs of beef at 4d. • in both instances the meat was as tine
as in England ; indeed, the cattle are all descended from im-
ported English stock.'
" This abundance, for the want of which you are pining
away and dying, is prevented from reaching you. Neither the
new Corn-law nor the Tariff will bring you this plenty. Sir
Robert Peel has acknowledged that you will not have food
much cheaper; in other words, that you must still starve. You
owe it to yourselves, to your families, and to yoer country, to
tell him that you will not starve. It is in your power at once
and for ever to free yourselves from the landlords' curse. Do
it, and live I Refuse to do it, c.nd you must die; and die more
the victims of your own slavish weakness than of the oppressors'
power.")
He wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether he
was prepared to take any steps to put down such pla.
cards.

Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, that in answer to the
. ,
n
question of' the Hon. Gentleman e begged to state that
he had seen the placard which had been drawn up with
great violence, and circulated about Manchester. It
was anonymous, and there was only the name of the
printer attached to it. No steps were intended to be
be taken by the Government, although the language
used was inflammatory, yet he had great pleasure in stating
to the House that although such great distress existed in the.
manufacturing districts, on the whole the great body of the
people had conducted themselves with exemplary patience, and
no breach of the law had taken place.. He should *eater.
take no steps on the part of the Government.
Mr. HUME—I beg to ask the Hon. GeatltsAt* isiltposite
upon what authority he charges- the Asti Coia-law League
with circulating that placard ?
• Mr. FE eHAND—A Melly respectuble gentleman in Man.
chester— ( Cries of " Name, name ").--stho informed me that
the Anti Corn-law League paid the mot wages who carried
those placards about Manchester.—( Cries of " Name, name.")
Mr. HUME—I beg to state that I received's copy of that
placard five days ago, from a Member of "ths Anti-Corn.law
League expres,ing his great regret that it had been published.--;
(Loud cheers.) I think it is unjust in the Hon. Member,
having made the charge, not to nametheindividual.—(Cheers.)

BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS.
Lord J. RUSSELL said there was a motion on the paper,
of which he had given notice, for the introduction of a Bill for
the better discovery of bribery at elections, he begged to state
that he should be unable to bring the motion forward unless late
in the evening. He had consulted persons of professional emi-
nence on both sides of the House with respect to this Bill, and
he was not prepared to bring the Bill on then, but he hoped
to be ready on Monday. He hoped the Right Hon. Baronet
would not object to the proposition, if he (Lord J. Russell)
asked for leave to bring in the Bill at. five o'clock on Monday.
It would not lead to discussion., and he hoped he should not
take'more than a quarter of an hour. That being the case, he
hoped the Right Hon. Baronet would accede to the proposition.
Sir R. PEEL said, he was prepared to make a special excep-
tion, so far as he was concerned, in favour of this Bill. He
trusted it would not lead to any debate, as he need not say how
anxious he was to proceed with the tariff. But, at the same
time, he should offer no difficulty to the Bill being brought in
at five o'clock on 'Monday. He had now exhausted his con-
cessions, and after the Noble Lord and h:s Noble Friend had
disposed of their motions, he hoped no other Member would ask
him for a repetition of the favour. _

Sir R. PEEL moved that the House, at its rising, should
adjourn till Monday next.
The question having put,
Mr. HUME said, that as the Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr.
Ferrand) had made a charge against the Anti-Corn-law League
in Manchester, he hoped the Hon. Member would'think it but
fair to name the party tom whom he had his information.
Mr. FERRAND said that he did not think he should be
justified—( Hear, hear)—in mentioning the name of the party
in that House. But he mould ask the Hon. Member a ques•
tion in reply to the one which he had put. He would ask him
whether the gentleman who had corresponded with him had
denied that the Anti-Corn-law League were parties to the is-
suing of the placard?

Arr. HUME said that his correspondent had stated that the
placard had been circulated, and that, he regretted extremely
that it was so. Rot that was no at swer to his (Mr. Hume's)
question. The Hon. Member had,said that an individual had
informed him that a respectable body was concerned in the
transaction ; and if the Hon. Member did not name the author
of the statement, all that they cou'd do was to attribute it to
the Hon. Member himself.—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. FERRAND again attempted to addrgss the House,
but was interrupted by
The SPEAKER who put the question of the adjournment
of the Hou,e'till Monday.
The mot i,,n wfls tiker a,•~e,.,, • •

WAYS AND MEANS—SUGAR DUTIES.
On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE.

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QUER the House Laving. resolved itself into
W3aisr.anpdAlileKalsß.
pilrlers.eeGteedeeate
je,etinititehee, Chfrea
reir;ulC7::::
Anti-Corn-Law ,Association, praying for a further ei. euctice
in the Sugar Duties.
Chamber of Commerce at Manchester, to the same
_.,
Mr. MARK PHILIPS presented a' petition
efffeeelculthil
ER etee be....rw°
to Thechl. eCpHeeA CHANCELLOR EHLeLesoeßteofmtahkee E
thatX e IlprEevQl.U.
'eon for the-6.410
of the tear, which was derived from the Sugar DetieL sires
these Members of the House who had the advantage4i
4,tthe
tee financial statements of his Right Hon. Fri:e ,
aeees of
commencement of the Session, it could not b leeeet
doubt as to the course he was about to re",:tote
to the House. It was his intention .t" ;toed
that the present Sugar Duties should he woo if if
for another year. It would have been gratifying t . , bos
be could, consistently with the finances of .the cOUntill f hi
adopted another, course. He should have been _hapPreem
could have recommended to the House to have admitted lecnot
the produce of fore ign countries and the colonies, nt% me
rate of duty. arid-thereby have given an advantage to the
sumer and the foreign trade. The same circumstances :iat
bad induced him last year to resist the propose t ion of theitiVetii
Hon. Gentleman the Member for Portsmouth, would.%
of $
him from now submitting to the House any propositi°_,, ,I,
simi'ar nature. His own opinion was, that whenever
,a
iffy
to ation should be made in the sugar duties it must-71:n sae
to be in conformity with the general interests, be made, fe the
a manner as to mate a great reduction- is the anetuneroaretl
general duty payable on the importation of sugar, reta_isoe
the same time a discriminating duty in favour of theces
It was impossible to deal with this question, unless the Ili:nt or
prepared to make a great sacrifice of revenue, and teieeefte
abandonment of many of the reductions on articles of consrbi 'l, 0
which had been recently proposed it would be imeo,%, re
make so large a sacrifice of revenue as would be necce`e‘bed
the reduction of the sugar du' ies. Many persons might'
opinion that it would be advisable to reduce the ite'tfres
colonial sugar, but although he believed that the seer, of
the colonies would be fully adequate to meet the ec°3ol;osie
the empire, yi t until he should be satisfied that cure „ tot
could send us a large surplus supply, he could not coop'_": of '
large . reduction of the duty on colonial sugar, because D'e,,,e
apprehensive that a large sacrifice of revenue might Oe.;te
without any benefit whatever to the consumer, as unless poll
were a large surplus supply, the benefit of any reduction chit
go into the pockets of the producer alone. He th7T ego
would be equally objectionable to reduce the duty 0° ~:d sr
sugar. On that subject he adhered to the opinion b
loif/
pressed last year that great moral and political questionvee' tier
ed up with that proposal which required the gravest coneidefforsse
He could not consent to a reduction of the duty elLirit)
sugar, while they had no concession from ether cotlntr;,beir
regard to slavery. He could not consent to give uP ' osi
strurnent for achieving that for which they had "orbit
laboured, and which he believed
,they were nearer 0 seel
how- than when he last addressed them. The Tiritisit'Dori
was to one to which it was most desirable for slave''
cottotries to obtain admission, and within a recent pert 'of tle
become eet more an object. with them, in consequence 0501 i
increased rate of duty put on foreign sugar by the•coe°"'lV
Europe, France, Russia, and the German Leagued 00
slate-holding communities, were therefore more preeareeed
heretofore, to make sacrifices.to obtain admission to the pie
market. Ile thought it Would be gratifying to eh°,
were interested in the suppression of the slave trade. ideiet
those foreign possessions irom which they expected to ,l
their supplies of sugar, there was a disposition mardee
late, and it was particularly apparent in Cuba, against the
tinuance of the slave-trade. It was-:impossible to readtb°lol
documents and papers issuing from the press, witheue'-eis
to this conclusion. In those colonies, where formerly o,° le,
son could express an opinion adverse to the slave traltil
advantage that would result from its extinction was t:0;K
discussed ; and one of the arguments they used against I,l•`for,
was that it would bring large tracts of country into culli°.eit
from which sugar would be produced, so as to comeetege?,
the old sugar-growing countries. He net wish to detain the as
with documents. There was one, however, with which lie roar.% '
trouble them. In a letter from the Governor of Cuba. to
le4l, to the Home Government, he stated that a spirit ? i
Po,
to the slave trade had r:sen up there, so practical in 113(4
racter, as to induce many planters to seek for free laboureois 0,
their estates, instead of making use of slaves ; and thet._a
lel discussions on the subject had arisen on the pat t of peT -I
eels, in the capital city of the island. He (the. Chance' old
the Exchequer) found, by the latest information, th,e id3,t fY,
spirit • was progressively going on in the colony: Y,
latest despatches, he found that the Governor had pee /;-ale
the fraudulent introduction of slaves into the colony. He AO
these facts as confirmatory of the views which .he had toefjee
this subject, on a forner occasion. . They ought not to at 01
the slave-grown produce of that country to the benefit °Ol.
British market, for, by so doing, they gave a motive to 'g,
• e'•
rested parties to oppose the growing spirit of liberreitpn cl
It was for these reassess, therefore, that he -could not 104
mend to the House, during the present year, to rela-the ~o,
upon the sugar of foreign possessions.. He had already ''ato
the reasons why he thought it inexpedient, without a rolax3ooo
of those duties, to make any reduction in the_ duty on Oliaer
suear. The only alternative which was open to him, th'rettlf
was to recommend to the House to continue the present fie
for another year. In making this proposal, he had the see
faction to feel that he was not taking a step which te7oo.
injurious to the con'umers of sugar in this country. His elf
Hun. Friend stated, on a former occasion, that from efett
account he could then obtain of the prospects of the pred,_,°'oo
of sugar in our possessirns, he had reason to believes Ms.,
production would, during the current year, be ample' etaitlif
to afford a more than large supply for all -wiz 9f thiloedtaeli
—( Hear.) 'I o those statements, which his Hon. Eriend weel
he, from subsequent information, might add his confirreat'f'ee
and he believed from all the accounts he had received, 010
from India on the due hand, where the growth of sugar oil •
increased, or whether from the Mauritius, where the aleo
production had been for some time past increasing, and tette
they had the means of labour not possessed by those hitlae/
slave states ; or whether they looked to the West Indies, 'le, 4 .
they had had a fortunate season, and where the drought
former years had, been superseded by the most genial weatfed
he believed, taking those three sources of supply,
would have 240,000 tons of sugar for the supply of t,i'e Lee
The quantity consumed during the last year was 200t€country
which was the largest consumption ever known in this l
They had before them the prospect of an abundant s"i'Pri'se
Now, with respect also to the twice. Could it be maeint'ilitet,
that, at the present moment, the price was, too .high ", 0.
knew, in the course of laet year, that the priCe was
,the 561)11,
it was now. It was 36,- in 1841; and it was 34 how. „h t
House would form an erroneous view of the actual price, ilet.ieei
took it from the average of this year, as compared witelfat
average of last year. With respect to the average el stii;eo
year, it was known that there was in the market, at the ,
large proportion of most inferior sugar. The 365., then, o'li '
year must be considered as much higher than 365. now, I•
that f,
the sugar in the market was of a very superior. 114'1,01
At that price, they found that the rate of consumption
Oft
1
equal to any antecedent year, with an almost equalltOr ft ;'
prdspect of supply at, the present moment, to sleeseenit'fboe
stated. There was no reasonable ground. to apprehend or
the price would be such as to interfere with the constune..et
or prevent the enjoyment of that article by the inferior,olelieft
of society. It must- be gratifying to every one to knetv' ir
they were able toprovide amply for the wants of the convioe
pity, and that they could provide for an extension of the
i,.tee
sumption, without infringing the princiPle which toe el
the
had for so many years contended, the suppression ei tad ~
slavetrade and slavery. It was on these grounds i.J e
that
he trusted the House would concur in the resolution tell f
which he should Conclude. He was quite aware that entice
occasion he was to be met by two distinct opposing r‘rd Of
pne from the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Batbpaa..bor 4
other from the Right Hon. Gentlemau opposite (Mr. Li' este
there).. It was not his intention to go into the arge°,,,tti
likely to be used by those Hon. Gentleman. He had Po' re
the reason which appeared to him to render it desirable 01 at . .
tinue the duties as they were at present. He did not feeceetl°.
they were in a situation to cause any-further risk to the re' old 5
in the worse of the present year. He did not think-that. 0
~1
oe -
were justified in throwing away the chance of cOnceas,befg.
the subject 'of slavery by foreign countries. Under al''ool4 4
cireqmstances, he could not think but that the Howe.' pre :
consider thaf the sugar-duties should be continued for toeosief '
sent year. He-sheuld, therefore, move that the situ
be continued.—( Cheers.) ,
WATERFORD ELECTION COMMITTg.E.
The House resumed for the purpose of Ids
Lord GRANVILLE esOMERSET moving, .that 0 .
aOP r
Somerton, who was now in the custody of the ..7erge,a.,..,,, ~
Arms, should be discharged on payment of his fee '•
i
Agreed to. .
Pi •
The following Members were sworn in to •try the
,r,
against the late return of Members for the City of Witli-aeiti e
—Mr. Jervis, Captain Boldero, Mr. Dundee, Cart. A gilt:.
Mr. J. H. Vivian, Viscount &Merton, Iliad. biz -
Chairman.
WAYS AND AiIIa44IIIIIIGAIR DUTIES' ,OW
The • House again resolved MU ieto a eseimittees( g f
and Means. - ,
The motiemef the CHANCILLOkg\
tho EXClifMg- '
relative to the S'ltgar Duties haviegbeiw.put,. - tie
Mr. ROEBUCK said, that by the motion he basl t"oe
under the consideration of the Committesi he enliPOptf . .
tc: carry cut the principle that the people a thireotutieY lost. - ; 1
boable tei getevery important commodity in the cheapest °ilea it d
That was the general principle of poll which he belie. • 00.) to
was almost universally admitted tho--we should WO.' b 4
1"- j' ,
should, in discussing that principle: as it related to the s° '
inusediately under their notjee, feel it his duty to geelosi ...
1 some of the arguments acklitced by the Right Hen. Ge,n : lit
as reasons for deviating from ehat•ordinary rule, of polite' 140 '
arguing the subject-he had various interests to corteki.
;64- hfi -'
had to confider the consumer in this country; hid to
again to wilder our colonial interests; and then- h! tie for
consider a sort of exotic argument, pressed into the rot. 0 , .
the-Special purpose of the iv °merit, namely, the qualti_for t! '44
-slavery. in considering these three classes he would ref oss " A
them in the order he had stated. No person would Mu:. the ,
sugar was one of the most important articles, and on° (.?.,` Of • '
greatest necessaries of life in the present state of society Tool,
country ; and if lie wanted a proof of this, he might stet; te
above four millions of hundreds weight were consumel'ole .
year 1841 by the people, The cost of' that, .exclusive 0 7
was something like between seven and eight, millionh 1701 ' '
addition -to that there was levied on it four millons. 7.1 Or'
when they considered the enormous wealth and Call; 00'
pended on this' article, he 'could not take it .at le toe t°, •
ten millions. There needed, therefore, nothing there elle
show that sugar was not only an article of
nttoot n 1,
importance but one of primary necessity. He we rapeil'ef ' •
enter into that wide question, but, looking at it in *atoll,' 7., i
~
of view, it was an article that tended to improve the ;elle! 0,-
the people,'as it induced habits of sobriety, and wasaAnot folt; te0!„,
opposed to the consumption of spirits. It was also of 7, to Ilik9e, drit
portance in another point of view. He was anxi?' fa feast #
the moral desires of the people,and do all that he could
sod fisic!.;;Ms/
them happy. Looking at the subject in a nictrel_t 0014 Tc. t Il.°.
point of vieweit was one of the most important thee, lot tese;,,,_„2
brought before the . House. . Such being the ea' nee of ;1, 1.% i
.4
look at the losses sustained by the people in conseque a esaarettlifais
present rate of duties. It appeared fronbat in Urge."
moved for by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, t
iirt,, 04010e4s i
the average price of colonial sugar was 49s- Pereccos, ogi,p,,,
the average price of foreign sugar from Brazil ene',o jyrk„)
21s. per cwt. Now, he would not take the lossete..n. li_ee.. (e,-,,
people at 28s. a cwt., he would only reckon it ei_l'Aeis Ine
Now, it was 'clear, taking it at only 20s. a cwt., tne„01100'b.
pie of England had, in the year 1841, paid fuer 1" of °, a
money more than they need have paid, for the Purjt 'll6
taining the same quantity of sugar.--( Hear, hear./
mere matter of figures. This sugar had cost 495.-e-No, p0,4'51, t.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER--4e -. 13 1,
Mr. ROEBUCK—The Hon. Gentleman said seeineeee.
so; it- made no difference to his (Mr. Roebuck'`) be at the
for he did nut take the loss at 255., which it ec°?_ it at ,sed i
Right Hon. Gentleman's showing—he only toot of Engiot, ,e fe'et
and, taking it, at 205., he repeated that the reel3.!-Id hay° he 14,
paid four millions of money more than they e°"some ell le 1,
.7,,;011
tamed it for elsewhere• He should wish to near fit the 'ettijee ela
rd
nation •of this—be should like to know what belle Got (citify, -it
~ 'f
(5: England derived from that expenditure ? 110.1::e theceeso .
opposite might say, that if they were to l?' Cuba -"eihat ,
they would raise the price of Brazilian an fit bijeo -
The only effect of that. would be to lessen that '1" f. FM' 5^
peep} ° 141 s
amount ; but take it at one half. Say the tie°. b, ccoe or .
paid only one half morn than they ought to PaYleeseeleroase
the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of; the the% tit -, , •
lie would ask the whole Government, he week; impose v.; lePete • •
he would ask all in authority, why they shoal" ,be were* eesee ei,%'
Beer peep:e. ef tie •.• ee ei:: -., ----Lees we, see l'e;r per Oa . t„4 °.
Eeitk fit consumers of sugat—a tax of two millions_ bor.)
What advantage was derived from it ?--(11""