The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-12-01 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STAND4►RD.

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and the consumption per he id increased from one to favourab,
eight ounces. (Hear, and cheers.) Now at the time of Wt
this reduction in the duty, did the revenue suffer ? No :
the contribution per head then amounted to 4d. This 11•
alone would show that there was no danger in making e
' a great alteration in the duty upon any article of general ch
' consumption. In 1821, the expenses of the state required t I
fresh duties to be put on, and many of the government 11,
officials had told him that there was no duty so much tu
liked as that on coffee ; it was so clean, so nice, and easy nt
to be collected. (Hear, hear.) But this was nn reason he
why they should put their hands in the pockets of one tip
class of the community rather than another. In 1821,
the duty was raised to ls., and the consumption was 'r.
7,000,000 lbs., being actually less than in 1811, when the , 1
duty was 7d. (Hear.) This was a very strong fact. In th.
1831, the duty was reduced to Gd., and the consumption .
jumped up from 7,000,000 to 21,842,000. Was there any SUPPLY OF WATER FOR LIVERPOOL IN 1771.—
loss to the revenue by the reduction from Is to Gd. ? the Highway Board, on Thursday, a curious old docu
None whatever. (Hear, bear.) And what was the effect meat was exhibited. It was an estimate of the expense
on the consumption of the population? It was from 3oz. of making a canal from the Infirmary at Liverpool througt
to 11b. 50z., and the contribution to the revenue was Bd. Walton and Derby to the coal districts. As one of the
Per head. (Hear.) Here was a crest vain to the Chan_ I irtfilvnorrianhe fn. cheir5.,14...... .1..,. ..."1...,.....- :4. :- _...“. _1 ..1

, M.P., rose for the purpose of nssurin
the meeting that he had listened with much attention t
the instruction which he knew he should obtain upo

this important subject from the merchants of Liverpool
He was s ttisfied they had made out a strong case, an
that, at the first opportunity, if not itnmediatelv, the le

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gislature would see the necessity of complying with the
memorial. He hoped he should soon have the pleasur
of congratulating them upon the accomplishment of thei
wishes.

Upon the motion of Mr. Alderman Nicol, a vote o
thanks was then passed to the Alav,-

separated at a q

east three o'clock

cellor, and a grelt addition to the comforts and enjoy-
ments of the people. In 1841 the consumption rose

the heights of tfieea-nalthe whole own and port

from 21,000,0001b5.. to 27,000,0001bs

The duty

ae houses and s

the same. but the consumption had been progressive ;
the contribution to the revenue was tenpence per head ;
and the amount consumed Ilb. 7oz. In 1841, when
the duty on colonial coffee was reduced to 4d., and
on foreign to 6d. per pound, they found again an increase
g I in the consumption, from llb. 9oz. to llb. 10oz., and

out the use of engines, in cases of fire. In the es irnatek
of the proceeds from the canal there is an item of £2,000
being at the rate of 4s. upon 5,000 houses. A meeting
was convened at the Exchange, on the 4th of November,
1771, to take the project into consideration.

only a deficiency of one penny in the revenue. This
was snon made up. In 1844, the consumption rose to
44.000,000 lbs. , but in 1816, which was as early as could
reasonably be anticipated, he had the satisfaction to tell
them that for nine months of 1846 the consumption had
been at the rate of 46,500,000 lbs. or two pounds per
head, and the contribution to the revenue 10d. per head.
This brought them up to the present time; and the
increase was so ast,nishing, and the reduction so large,
that he had no fears whatever as to the effect of any
reduction that might be made in the article of tea. He
thought it might be done with the greatest safety to the
revenue, and there was no doubt it would add largely to
th- forts of ' "f

t_,OMMITTEE, 1 ItURSDAY.—The Chairman stated
that having received a letter requesting stone for the base
of Mr. Huskisson's statue, which is to be placed in the
area opposite the Custom-house, it was thought more
complimentary to order it at once, and this had been done
by the Sub-committee of Works.—The Marine Sub-
committee reported the services of the Magazine life-boat
to the crew of the Harlequin, and recommended that a
gratuity of 15s. should be given to the master, and 10s. to
each of the crew, for their services. In consequence of a
communication which had been made to the Chairman, it
was agreed to defer the grants until further inquiry had
been made into the facts of. the case.—Mr. Horsfall sug-

~le email, . the people a _le country.
....lacers.)
The calculation was, that 1 lb. of tea required 5 lbs. of
sugar. He based his calculation on 4 lbs., as he wished
to be within the mark. And if the increase in the con-
sumption of tea were 20,000,000 lbs., the increased con.
sumption of sugar to meet that increase would amount to

servators of the river against steamers getting up their
steam immediately opposite the Albert Dock. The Chair-
man was authorised to communicate with the Corporation
on the subject.—The Sub-committee having inquired into
the complaint against Mr. Drury, clerk, in the harbour
ste ,f being eneaeed in the block and numr

35.000 tons, which would bring the Chancellor the enor:
mous amount of #:735,000. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.)
He felt he bad trespassed too long upon their time, and
he would, therefore, conclude by expressing his entire
concurrence in the resolution which he had the honour to
second. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. DIXON, wine and spirit dealer, read some calcula-
tions from official documents as to the effect of a reduction
on another article hitherto made, to prove that such re-
duction bad not diminished the public revenue, but had,
on the contrary, augmented it. It would be in the recol-
lection of many in that room that, early in the present
year, the duty on brandy was reduced from 225. 10d. to
15s. per gallon—a reduction of nearly one-third. Mr.
Dixon then read a tabl- from which it appeared that, not-
withstanding the extensive reduction of duty, such was
the increased consumption, that there would be an actual
gain to the revenue of about £60,000, in Liverpool alone,

master's office, o,
trade, and he having admitted being in business, it was
recommended that he should be required to relinquish
business, or give up his situation, the salary of which was
30s. per week. Mr. Drury had asked for a we( kto con-
sider of the course he should take, and this bad been
granted to him.—The receipts of dock and light dues at
Runcorn, for the month ending 24th instant, were stated
to be £44 ss. 2d., on 170 vessels and 8826 tons.—The
following Sub-committees were then re-ai,pointed :
Works—Messrs. Nicol (chairman), Middleton, Wood,
Aikin, Shand, and Sandbach. Marine—Messrs. Hen-
derson (chairman), Tobin, Lockett, and Mann. Ware-
house Management Messrs. Molyneux (c airman),
Saunders, Rankin, Bold, Henderson, and Mann. Har-
bour Masters, &c.—Messrs. Bold (chairman). Chilton,
Rovden, Kendall, Saunders, and Adam Gladstone. Fi-
nance—Messrs. Molyneux (chairman), Rankin, Hough-
ton, and Horsfall,

early ano _.y to consider the subject, and adopt
such measures as would lead to a very great reduction of