The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-03-16 00:00:00

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Mr: KiLLy. postponed, until a

rded to Const

The house having resolved itself into a committee on ti

trade of British possessions broad, Mr. LABOUCHERE pr
ceeded to bring under the consideration of the house t'
customs duties of the 'West Indiei and North Amerie
colonies. The course he meant to propose was, a followi
out of the policy of Mr. Huskisson, in the relaxation of t

ep that
lasing our commercial restricth

restrictions upon our colonial trade

and salt provisic

mount to pro

, were a

resent

bitions, if the

tudecl with t

ad valorem charge of from 20 to
was to pen the colonial trade to for
principle laid down by Mr. Huski
the West Indies that this should 1

had recently granted to tl

) duties

therto monopoles
that the advanta

s enjoyed in ti.

upon articles of consumption of such imoor
East Indies, should be

also. The three cl
subject to ad valore

ided to the
is in the V

cent. A fourth class, from which all
excluded, and which was subjected to a duty of
he did not propose t

important articles w

ttei fere with

With respec

salt provisions, and other articles of the last importance
the West Indian colonies, he should propose a new tar
subjecting those articles to ad valorem duties of from 12 to

3er cent. Feeling the importance of the Brie'
iurseries for our seamen, altho -
with the duties amounting to

nsnerie
,611 he proposed to do a
absolute prohibition. ye

could impose a duty of not less than 25 per cent., and Wou
subject pickled fish to ss. per barrel. He proposed a unifor
duty on wines of i per cent., and he also proposed, in ord
to prevent smuggling, to legalise the importation of tea fro
the United States into Canada, subject to an additional dui

Another proposition he meant to st
to admit the Channel Islands
the sam

hatever

)t prove to be it

PALMER was alto

t to the nous(
lthe colonies

trade, and sn

to any B

whole matter to a committee of inquiry.
Mr. EwAr,T was opposed to referring the matter to a cm
mittee, and only regretted that the mother country was sti
to be deprived of the benefit of those enlightened principle
which the right hon. gentleman was now proposing to exten
to the colonies.
After some observations from Mr. WHITE, a resoluti,

greed to as to th
;t, and the house

)ringing in a bill upon tl

The house then went into committee on the East Ind
Rum Bill, and a discussion arose as to the propriety of a(
mitting rum made from dates in the East Indies at the san
duty imposed on that made from cane. It was stated th
one-half of the East India sugar was made from dates, ar
that no distinction could be made between the si
from tl

xo descriptions of sue

st Indies, a

was only fair to th,.. . .
maple tree was allowed to be imported from Canada
Mr. LABOUCRERE said he should like to have an
nits of looking into the matter, for if the spirit was

distilled from ---s
dates, he thougl

ugar, wheth
ht it ought to be acct