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LIST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
ELL rose and state) his views and propo-
cting the sugar duties. The noble lord said, if
t government had consulted their own inte-
would not, at this advanced period of the
.ve proposed any alteration of the sugar duties,
considered that they had a public duty to per-
considerable evils at present existed; and he was
at to state to the committee the reasons for the
should propose for a permanent settlement of
:ties. It was a general opinion for years past,

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uties cn sugar were enormous, and required
and revision. The noble lord then took a re-
e average price and duty on colonial and foreign
ring the last four years; and read a number of
•om tti - of Mr. M'Culloch and others,

rely of figures

,asisteil

He considered the
)f the unantity of sugar in bond to amount to

I tons, and that the importation next year
e West Indies and other colonies in all probability
mount to two hundred and thirty thousand tons,
he estimates give a consumption of 252,000 tons,
,6!'!0 tons ; the question, therefore,
ciency to be made up. (Hear.)
the admission of other foreign sugars
try on certain term

deficiency of 2'

was this d

propos

so as to allow the peo-
t. (Hear.) He was

in the el

hat much would be said about the encouragement
:Ty by admitting sugars the, growth of slave labour,
ae of those arguments were used in respect to the
&don of cotton, sce., the growth of slave labour. The
wd then read extracts from several publications on
)f the sugar duties, and other import duties. If
say to the United States, they would
r cotton wool the produce of slave labour, it
e an act of iusaity—(hear,)—and most detrimen..

sts of this country. The same re-
d apply to forbidding the importation of co➢-

other ores raised by slaves. It would be injurious
ations who had treaties with this country. He
11 that there were reasons forbidding immediate
ttion of the duties. The West India body most
rged the great change produced by the emancipa-
their slaves, and the losses they bad sustained in

inence, and the interferference of this country to
t their obtaining a supply t.,f free labour, against
mediate equalisation, and these reasons were entitled

t consideration ; there were likewise financial rea-
;ainst any sudden and abrupt change. He should,
re, propose a complete withdrawal of the present
tory duty on slave labour sugar, and then a very

ht alteration from year to year until the duties should
equalised. He would propose at once to reduce
duty on all foreign Muscovado sugar to 21s. per
to be diminished from sth July, 1847, to sth July,
3, to 205., from sth July, 1848, to 18s. 6d. ;
at 1849 to 175., from 1850 to 15s. 6d., and that from
Sth July, 1851, the duty on all sugars, foreign and
mid should be 14s. The reduction of a clay ed and
feed sugar would be in a similar proportion, and
akl be diminished likewise from year to year. The
est Indians complained greatly of the interference
the government in preventing the immigration of Hill
dies. Now he proposed that the Coolies should have
inission to emigrate on certain conditions. He also

I to diminish the present differential duty on

n from Is. 6d. to ls. The West Indians also asked
t no molasses should be permitted to be used in brewe-
%lac. distilleries free of duty, but there were such practical
Realties in the way that he could not comply with it.
5' also proposed to enable the colonists to procure the
()visions and timber in the cheapest market, and to do
-ay with differential duties in favour of British produce
'ported into the colonies. According to the statement

Chancellor of the Exchequer, there was every

of a financial deficiency in the year 1847-48,

irable to increase the
especially if it be
g the burdens of the people.

fore, extre

of the cou

and to the sup

not more than from

o 10,000 tons of the foreign sugar now in bond
be admissible on account of the navigation
Taking the whole revenue to be derived from sugar,
ing to his plan, during the next year he would take
4,200,000, being £725,509 more that the revenue
would arise under the present system, and which
at once turn the apprehended deficiency into a sur-
If the proposed duties should pass in committee,
luld propose to make the settlement a permanent
,y introducing a bill making the duties permanent,
•ould propose some other source of revenue to be
the subject of an annual vote instead of the

ties, so as not to depart from the great

inciple of making a great part of the re-
nnual vote of the House.
lord concluded by proposing a resolution for

,endant upon an

porary continuance of the present duties for one
t the same time laying on the table the resolution
could propose for the permanent settlement of
to which, if the house should agree, her Ma-
s, however short might be their term of
inistered the affairs of the na-

have ad

r. GOULBURN would not go into the discussion until
ad considered the plan proposed. The Right Hon.
&man having put some questions as to the details of

,rd JOHN Ru

ELL said that he did not propose to

e navigation laws at all

d GEORGE BENTINOK would support the motion
temporary renewal of the duties; but the protec-
t party would not support any measure for taking
from the East and West India interests the protec-

'hich they at present enjoyed.
TTING AT TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.

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