Star.
London, England, 1830-11-17 00:00:00

DUTY ON SEABORNE COALS.

Pram the Heil Adetraser.

Petitions to both Houses of Parliament for the roped of the partial
and oppreasive tax on coals amid coestwiae 2tave been sent from
Hull, most numerously and respectably signsi How much, it may
be • matter of inqufry, hes this azuseZ which is paid by the
marring peasantry in the South of gusted with other cams
to excite the poor of Kant to arts of sad folly, which now
but people labouring under the greatest ming mil be Witold to per.
aite ? With respect to the duty on mob amid aostletes, we sub.
not the following extract from the Report ot the Common' Committee
of last Session :

" Our Committee entertaining a doubt whether the cedar Its their
appointment empowered them to examine Into/and report an the *ley
of continuing in this part of the kingdom the Government Duty of is.
per theddron en Coal, and of Is. per children on small Coal carried
coastwise, have forborne to prosecute to any extent such an inquiry g
tough from many facts bearing on this !ranch of the subject, and
stated incidentally by some of the witnesses, they are strongly impressed
with the expedimg, both u regards the general prosperity of the
country, and that of its shipping Interest in particular of removing all
Duties on Coal, consumed In this kingdom, whenever financial
arrange.
ments can be made for effecting such removal with security to the public
revenue."

Petitions to the legislature, (a copy of which we subjoin,) are also
now lying at the Exchange foe the abrogation of the over-sea duties on
coals, which are so heavy as to be nearly prohibitory, and therefore un-
productive as a source of revenue. A -Foreign Coal Trade would be
highly beneficial to the ports of Hull and Goole, as Holland, and pro.
bably France, would be chicly supplied from the Humber, Tyne,
and Wear. Liverpool is indebted to her bulky articles of export for
her superiority over this port, as they tend materially to reduce freights
to that town. Indeed, it is no uncommon cricumstance, for freights
from Danzig and other Baltic ports to be lower to Liverpool than to
Hull, in consequence of return careen being more plentiful with our
rival. A free trade in coals would place this port in a very different
situation; and few vessels would go out in ballast, as coals at a
low price would always command a market on the Continent.
To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland. in Parliament assembled.
The Petition of the Undersigned, Merchants and others, interested in
the trade and commerce of the port of Hull.
Humbly Sheweth,
That your Petitioners beg leave to call the attention of your Honour.
able House to the Duties on Coals exported to foreign countries, which
your petitioners conceive to be very injurious to the Shipping and Coat.
mereial Interests of this kingdom, as they tend to abolish the trade in
coals to other countries.

That your petitioners submit that It is very impolitic to prevent the
don of coals by the imposition of large dudes, inasmuch as it
acres the coal-owner to the necessity of burning his superabundant
coal, which in other circumstances would find a ready sale for export,
thus increasing in a great degree the trade of the country, and cocoa.
raging the shipping interest in particular.
That your petitioners further beg to represent to your honourable
house that the amount of duty levied on coal exported is quite trifling,
and therefore the benefit it produces to the revenue of the country can in
no possible degree compensate for the serious lajury it inflicts upon the
commercial interests of the kingdom.
Your petitioners humbly pray your honourable house to adopt
measures for the total repeal of all duties on coals exported to facelift
countries.
And your petitioners will ever pray, Le.