The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-24 00:00:00

PORTRAITS,

FROM ONE GUINEA AND A-HALF AND-TWO GUINEA:
The solidity and brilliancy of Water Colours combined
with Daguerreotype correctness.

MR. JULLIEN, of the A.R. of Paris, whose Por
traits have obtained immense success, has the honour ti
announce his arrival to Liverpool, (for a short time,) when those
persons who, previous to his necessary absence from town, wer,
not able to avail themselves of having their Likenesses taken

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Mr. KEY'S Repository, 52, Buld-street, and at the Artist's resi
dence, 159, Duke-street.
Mr. J. begs to remind that, by the adoption of a simple am
original process, he is enabled to guarantee a faithful Likeness

in ar ew and most fashionable style, in two or three hours
sitting. Miniatures for Brooches and Bracelets, and Water
coloured Portraits, by the same unerring process, at moderato
terms.

MILNER'S
PATENT STRONG WROUGHT-IRON

H OLDFAST

TREASU

RE SAFES,

CLOSETS, AND DOORS

FIRE-RESISTING by internal non-conduction anc
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WITH IMPREGNABLE LOCKS AND FASTENINGS
MILNER'S PATENT
FIRE-RESISTING BOOK-SAFE, DEED-BOXES,
OF ALL SIZES.

CASH-BOXES and IMPREGNABLE LOCKS, for all uses.

SHOW-ROOM.
15, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, near LORD-STREET
WORKS, LORD-STREET and CABLE-STREET,
LIVERPOOL.

LOST, on SATURDAY EVENING, between the Bruns.
wick Hotel and Bedford-street North, a Metallic MEMO
RANDUM BOOK and a few loose PAPERS, of no value to an}

one except the Owner. Any one bringing them to the Bruns
wick Hotel, or 77, Church-street, will be Rewarded.

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL
GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the
BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY COMPANY will be held
at the White Lion Hotel, in the city of Bristol, on THURSDAY,
the 3(1 day of December, 1846, at One o'clock precisely, when
the construction by this Company, alone or in conjunction with

way, will be submitted for considersfion.
Ist.—A Railway from the Bristol and Exeter Railway, new
Taunton, to join the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway
near Castle Cary. •

2d.—A Railway, from the Bristol and Exeter Railway, ner
Bleadon, to Wells, Glastonbury, and Street, where it is intend(

JAMES GIBBS, Chairman
J. B. BADHAM, Secretary.

Bristol, Office, 30, Broad-street,
12th November, 1846.

ADDRESS OF THE LIVERPOOL ASSOCIATION

FOR THE

REDUCTION OF THE DUTY ON TEA
IN again calling public attention to thc
oppressive and impolitic tax upon Tea, the Association art
anxious to give prominence to those facts which indicate the
necessity for an unmediate reduction of the duty.
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)resent

expectations of the extension of our trade with that Empire.
It was reasonably anticipated that the low rate of duty imposed
by its Government upon British Manufactures, would be re-
ciprocated by a corresponding liberality in the admission of the
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staple production of the Chinese tor tne use of ourselves. the
elements of agricultural industry essential to the production of
Tea—the fertile and extensive territory, and the superabundant
population of China, estimated at above 350,000,000—arecapa-
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ble of enlarging its 'supply in a ratio at least equal to that in
which the machinery of our manufacturers can increase the
production of fabrics required for exportffltion. Our importa-
tions from China have never yet reached four per cent. of the
entire production of that country, according to the best calcu-
lation.

It is, however, a notorious fact, that the expectations thus
cherished have been disappointed. The merchants are exposed
to heavy losses in the importation of Teas, which are now sell-
ing in the British markets at prices below their current value
in China; while at the same time our manufactures are selling

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population at large are unbenefited by any practical result ac-
cruing from a treaty which has left behind it a tax upon British

competition.
There is no difficulty in ascertaining the cause of so disas-
trous an issue. The pressure of an impost, unprecedented in

any other tariff, crippl

excludes our manufactures frOm the larger proportion of the
Chinese population, while it deprives the labouring classes in
this country of one of the most needful articles of domestic
comfort. The foreign policy of our Government has achieved
a brilliant success, but its results are marred and counteracted
by the incongruous arrangements of the Home Eichequer.
The chief export of China is brought in abundance to our
shores, only to accumulate in our warehouses. A tax, as ano-
malous in its principle, as it isinischievous in its results, stops
at once the tide of commercial prosperity, and the pervading
currents of social civilization. . . .

Under such circumstances, it is almost as easy to predict the
future as to review the past. A losing trade can never be a
permanent one. The discouraging results of this year's im-
ports will curtail the shipments of the next. Comparative
scarcity, and proportionately high prices will follow. The pro-
fessed intention of the financial measures of Government for
some time past has been to cheapen the necessaries of life. In
this country Tea occupies a more prominent place among those
necessaries than in any other. Under the operation of any
uniform and reasonable system of taxation, it would, therefore,
have been recognised as a primary object for the ameliorative
interposition of Goveniment. On the contrary, however, the
legislature of the country in which it is most extensively con-
sumed, is the last to recognise its importance in the civil and
social economy of the state. The Government has afforded
every facility for its supply to other countries, where it is little

tion among ourselves, where it's.use is indispensable.
The necessities of the Exchequer—the only plea advanced in
palliation of an impost so obviously, indefensible—is one which
will not bear examination. There is no reason to apprehend
that the reduction of the duty to Is. per pound should leave a
deficit of any importance. The immediate result of such a
change mould unquestionably be the liberation of a larger
quantity from bond than had ever been taken out during the
same period before. If any temporary pressure upon our
finances existed, it would thus be promptly relieved. There is
no room to doubt that in the farther course of time the gradual
increase of consumption would enlarge the revenue upon a sure
and satisfactory basis. This is not a gratifitons conjecture, but
a reasonable deduction from the result of similar changes in
the duties on coffee and sugar •, and, above all, it is confirmed
by the only two existing precedents of a reduction in the tax
upon Tea itself. In 1744, the duty was reduced from ..13 188.
7fd. per cent. and 48. per lb. to ..t3B 185. 7fd. per cent. and Is.
per lb. The consumption immediately advanced nearly 50 per
cent. In 1784, the duty was reduced from -t55 15s. 10d. per
cent. and is. ld. 4-sths per lb. to 12} per cent. The consump-
tion was at once more than doubled. In 1795 it was trebled,
and in 1794 it was quadrupled. Since that period the duty has
gradually advanced. Under the monopoly of the East India
Company it was 100 per cent. • and under a system of indivi-
dual enterprise and competition, it is nearly 200 per cent.
Every reduction in the vice of the article has, however, been
followed by an increase in its consumption.

The prei.ent consumption of Tea in this country amounts to
an average of about ieb. per head per annum for the entire
population. This is about one-fourth of the allowance usually

it is less than one-half of the quantity consumed in the Channel
Islands, where all intoxicating beverages are far cheaper than
in this country ; and it is scarcely one-sixth of the proportion
used in Australia, by. a population whose physical requirements
will appear to most persons less favourable to its use. What-
ever test may be applied to our present Consumption, it Will
r..trieterl by the artificial limits of

c. !out' LI), appear to Ile ICl9la
price, and not by any objection to the qualities and properties
of the article. A careful examination of these will justify the
conclusion that it is adapted more than any other beverage for
incorporation with every description of diet, and for use at
every meal ; that it is suited to every variety of physical con-
stitution, and adequate to sustain every description of mental

The present duty amounting to two-thirds of the cost of the
most serviceable descriptions of Tea, it is evident that the

dealers require, in ordeito cover theii investments in its pur-
chase, three times the profit which would repay them, were the
article free of duty. The.ppblic haviwthus to pay a tax upon a
tax ;
_the magnitude of the impost, in the first instance, being

lb., the consumerVould obtain at least 31bs. of Tea for the
same money that he now pays for 21bs. ; and there is no doubt
whatever that the larger quantity would be used. As the con-
sumption.of every pound.of Tea involves that of 51bs. of sugar
the extra duty on the latter, added, to that on the increw-
-tit- •tt would at once yield a reven""

quantity of lea a,
four millions, according to the most moderate computatio.
while the future enlargement of this source of public income
might confidently be expected.
The Association conceive it unnecessary to enlarge upon
those moral and social benefits that may fairly be anticipated
under the operation of a more equitable impost. They are
persuaded that the removal of those restrictions which now
impede the use of a cheap and salubrious beverage would be
highly conducive to the happiness• and well-being of the com-
munity, by encouraging habits .of temperance and domestic
comfort, and by supplying practical dissitasives from crime.
They regard the burden of the tax as now pressing upon the
energies of the entire population under whatever character
these may be beneficially developed ; and they, therefore, in-
vite the sympathy and support of all .classes in their efforts for
its removal.

WILLIAM NICOL, Chairman

Liverpool, November, 180.

STREET ROBBERY.—.At the Police-court, yesterday,
three men, Thomas Wilson: and two others, were charged
with knocking down acid robbing, in Whitley-street, a
tnau of .£1 Is. The offender named could The
be
identified, and he was committed for trial. The other
two were necessarily discharged.
The workmen in the employ of Messrs. Hibbert and
Platt, machine. makers, Oldham, have raised among them-
selves £6O, as the commencement of a fund for the esta-
blishment of .a public park in that town. Two or three.
years ago, the Government offered a thousand pounds for
a park at Oldham, if a similar sum were raised by sub-
scription. Nothing, however, has been done in the mat-
ter till the present time. •
GRAND CONCERT.—We would direct the attention of
our readers to the concert announced to take ptace at the
Concert-hall, on Monday next, the 30th iiistant., The
attractions are great. 'Mr. Sunderland and Miss Whitnall,
Mr. Ryalls and Mr. Lunt, and last, though not le.st,
John Parry, the side-shaking John, the inimitable John.
Who would not hear him ? The programme is excellent ;
but John Parry does not announce his songs, which
would signify that he will treat the Liverpool public with
something new.
BRITISH WHALE AND SEAL FISHING COMPANY.—
The advertisement announcing this important project
will be found in another column. It offers' the fairest
prospects of being amply remunerative to the proprietors,
and is founded on an excellent plan. Whales are abun-
dant in the Arctic regions. and if the business of capturing
them he systematically pursued, no doubt very large pro-
fits will be realised. The prospects of the company are
very flattering, and the promoters are gentlemen of the
very highest respectability.
musicians rn a BOHEMIAN a
staying,ut a
durings
their
sojourntalented
corps of
here, n
t
Whiteman's, Brunswick Hotel, where they have been
daily visited 'by numbers of strangers and admirers of
harmony. They have, during the past week, been earn-
ing the admiration of the genuine lovers of fine music.
The clarionet playing of Herr Sobreon, and violincello
concertante of Herr Grease, have drawn down thunders
of applause. The efficiency of the whole company, in-
deed, 'is first-rite;both as solo players and at a band.
We observe that they are engaged to give a morning cor-
cert on Wednesday, at the A ssembly.rocnns; Great George-
street, which will enable families and young people; whom
tbe'recetit severe weather has not permitted t° visit the
tbktiVe,, to enjoy a treat.