The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-15 00:00:00

COPPER ORES, &c.

A deputation of the Members for Cornwall and several of the
leading Representatives of the mining interests, was received
tsterday by Sir Robert Peel, Lord Ripon, and Mr. Gladstone.
we have reason to believe, that the result of this interview was
!%fretnely satisfactory. The Cornish g entlemen expressed their
lotention of not contending for such a scale of duties on foreign
tlres as may exclude them from the market; and the Govern-
!lent has shown its anxiety to meet the reasonable wishes of the
!wing proprietors and population. The duty on copper ores,.
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was originally stated to be Si. per 100 on the value of
1° ores, is now proposed to be 51. per 100 on the value of the
Leta' to be extracted from ores containing more than 14 parts
yr (topper ; and 21. 10s. per cent. on the value of the metal in
"oc parts eontaining less than 14 par of copper. The Deputation
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L'ged the propriety of making the duty Si. per ton on the metal,
'truing (as is the fact) that the average pi ice of copper in Eng.
al4clis about 100/. the ton. It appears, however, that there
la a Considerable departure from the original plan, and no slight
s'oger of fraud from the proposal toadmit the poorer ores at a duty
tf 21. 10s. ixstead of 51. For such an enactment would pro-
bably make it. the interest of the foreign miner to send his ores
Pregland in a poorer state, either by mixing the rich ores
ciqd the poor ones together till they should come in at the low
..4tY, or by stopping the process of dressing the ores at an
'Flier stage, by which means the cost of dressing would be
kotinished, and the additional freight would be compensated
7 the reduced duty. Thus, in point of fact, the importation
At copper ores to be smelted in England would take place
21 the low duty, oral the revenue would receive only
105. per ton of metal, instead of Si. Ores con-
jing 14 parts of copper are rich ores ; those of Cuba vary
11.,t 12 t 025, but the average of the ores of Cornwall is only
alnt. Hence it is clear that the higher duty would never be
'44, the revenue. would be less benefited, and a quantity of
totter ores would probably be brought into the market so sod-
. my and abundantly as to affect the prices to a considerable
=tent. We hope, therefore, that the final decision of the
04rd of Trade will fix the duty on copper ores at a uniform
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:tc of 5/, per ton of the metal. The interests ofthe tin mines
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,11 the
i manganese trade, and the drawback on timber for the
ti" of mines, were also satisfactorily discussed by the Deputa-
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n association of Russian noblemen and merchants
f; about-(says the Constitutionnel) to open a line of railroad
'°lll the centre of the kingdom to Nicolaeff, with a branch
had
Vi e Bt to Odessa. This line is afterwards to be united to the
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3,,5; Petersburgh and Moscow Railroad, to which alone it is
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me lrior in importance, and, when completed, will bring St.
'e'ershurgh n six days' journey of Con.taninople. In a
' poinht of view, this undertaking will make St.
.V 1 ce'ten rsburgh and Odessa the two great entrepots of the empire,
\11,`:117,P,, in less than eight days, the merchandise of the Baltic
*.11,,-..."‘_00 transorted to the Black Sea. It is calculated that the
sil;" will be completed in four years ; or, if the Government
1I tie *I decide 0.-1 employing troops, in a shorter period. Prince
, N. 1-leraidoff, so well known for his extensive scientific and
‘ 11,-4Uracturing establishments, and for his " Journey of Scienti-
l!,.; Research in Southern Russia,'",will, it is reported, have the
,section of the operations.
,litin-11ty millions of litres (rather more than 63 mil-
.: 1•,,t,b: of English quarts) of beer, says a Belgian journal, were
e; ti,-nrsed n Brussels last year, making an average consump.
Is,"r about four litres per day for each beer-drinker. It
4tt.,7111,41:(1. appear floln ;Lis statement that tee-totai;sm is not
favour at Brandi.