The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-02-03 00:00:00

SCHEDULE OF SILK DUTI

PRESENT RAT:

£1 7s. 6d

Velvet, figured, the lb
or, and at the option of the offi-i
cers of the customs, for every
£lOO value
Ribbons, embossed or figured with
Velvet, the 1b......
or, and at the option of the offi-i
cers of the customs, for every
£lOO value ......
and further, if mixed with gold,
silver, or any other metals in
addition to the above rates,
when the duty is not charged
according to the value, the lb.
Fancy Silk Net, or Tricot, the lb.
Plain Silk Lace, or Net, called
Tulle, the square yard .
Manufactures of silk, or of silk
mixed with any other material,
not particularly enumerated, or
otherwise charged with duty, for
every £lOO value ........
Millinery of silk, or of which the
greater part of the material is
silk, viz. :
Turbans or caps, each
Hats or bonnets, each
Dresses, each . .
or, and at the option of the
officers of Customs, for
every £lOO value
Manufactures of silk, or of silk
and any other material, and ar-
ticles of the same, wholly or in
part made up not particularly
enumeratedorotherwise charged
with duty, for every £lOO value.'3o per cent

130 per cent

130 per cent

10s.
L 1 4s

ls. 4d

130 per cent.

15s.
£1 5s
£2 lOs

40 per cent

PROPOSED RATES.

Manufactures of silk, or of silk mixed with
metal, or any other material, produce of
Europe, viz.:—
Silk or satin, grain, striped, or brocaded, viz, :
Broad stuffs, the lb. ......... .........
Articles thereof, not otherwise enume-
rated, the lb ..
or, and at the option of the officers of
the customs, for every £lOO value ..
Ribbons, the lb.
Silk gauze or crape, plain, striped or bro-
caded, viz, :
Broad stuffs, the lb..

Articles thereof, not otherwise enume-
rated, the lb..
or, and at the option of the officers of
the customs, for every £lOO value ..
Ribbons, the lb
Gauze of all descriptions, mixed with silk,
satin, or any other materials, in the propor-
tion of one-half part of the fabric, the lb
Articles thereof, not otherwise enume-
merated, the lb
or, and at the option of the officers of
the customs, for every £lOO value
Velvet, plain or figured, the lb
Articles thereof, not otherwise enume-
rated, the lb ...
or, and at the option of the officers of
the customs, for every £lOO value ..
Ribbons of silk, embossed or figured with vel-
vet, the lb..
Manufactures of silk, or of silk and any other
material, commonly called plush, commonly
used for making hats, the lb.
Fancy silk net or tricot, the lb. ..
Plai❑ silk lace or net called tu11e......
Manufactures of silk, or of silk mixed with
any other materials, not particularly enume-
rated, or otherwise charged with duty, for
every £lOO value
Millinery of silk, or of which the greater part
of the material is silk, viz.:—
Turbans or caps, each ..
Hats or bonnets, each
Dresses, each

or, and at the option of the officers of the
customs, for every £lOO value... .....
Manufactures of silk, or of silk and any other
materials, and articles of the same wholly'
or partially made up, not particularly enu-
merated or otherwise charged with duty, for
every £lOO value.

POETRY.

THE POTATO HAS DONE IT ALL

" The Immediate cause of their resignation was that great
and mysterious calamity which had befallen Europe—the failure
of the potato crop.—Vide Peel's Speech on the Opening of Par-
liament.

'From Mephystopheles.)

When first Sir Walter brought
The succulent potato,
Had Bacon in his wisdom thought
How powerful its nature,
He might have managed burly Bess,
King James, and envious praters,
And saved himself from heavy cess*
By stuffing James with " taters."
Had Pitt but known their potent use
In stopping innovators,
He might have silenced Whig abuse
With mealy-mouthed potatoes.
O'Connell, Lord of Darrynane,
And Irish agitators,
Derive the power and rint they gain
From misery and potatoes.
Corn, currency, and commerce yields
To leaguers and debaters,
When fell disease befalls the fields,
And rots the crop of eaters.
Potatoes then hold sovereign sway,
No influence is greater ;
Peel yields, and Russell runs away
At sight of the potato.
Then let us sing the glorious fruit,
The golden renovator,
That may a nation's health recruit,
Peel's magic—bad potato.

ALDOBRANDEIVSIS

* Sir Francis Bacon (Lord Verulam) was fined £40,000 for
bribery, and dismissed from office.

VARIETIES.

PADDY'S USE OF CHOCOLATE.—The porter of a Dub-
lin grocer was brought up by his master before the ma-
gistrate, on a charge of stealing chocolate. On being
asked to whom he sold it, the pride of Patrick was greatly
wounded. "To whom did I sell it ?" says Pat: " why,
does he think I took it to sell ?" " Then, sir," said the
magistrate, " what did you do with it?" "Do with it?
Since you must know," said he, " we made tay of it."
A. WORD ABOUT THE LA RES.—We have now taken a
hasty view of such objects and scenery as will engage
the attention of the pedestrian. But they should be seen,
and not merely read about. How much does he lose who
travels only by book ; by whom the luxuriant park, the
broad and crystal river, the vocal woodland, the grassy
and verdant meadows, the grey ruin, the village church,
the lake, the mountain and the waterfall, are seen dimly
and faintly through the medium of reading! Much, in-
deed does he miss of all that enhances the pleasures de-
rived from rural scenery :—the hum of bees—the re-
sponsive voices of the cattle and the sheep—the joyous
song of birds—the refreshing breeze, which gives apparent
life to the trees as they throw about their branches—the
fragrancy of unnumbered flowers of all hues, profusely
scattered about by a beneficent Creator—and the soothing
sound of the river, as it flows amid scenery, to adorn and
embellish which a hundred springs must rise among the
hills. and send down their crystal streams into the valley,
that the voice of their congregated waters may " dis-
course most eloquent music."
THE HUMAN VOICE ADAPTED TO SOCIETY.—A. cicada
in South America may be heard a mile off. The most in-
genious of entomologists, Kirby, has calculated that if the
powers of the human voice increased in the ratio of the
size of the body, it would be heard all over the world !
And if this be so with the ordinary five-feet-nine, what
would it be with six-feet-six? Think of Mr. Carus Wil-
son in the little island of Jersey! It would become one
enormous bell, with the iron tongue rebellowing in fright-
ful iteration. Or, most terrible of all, imagine the world
one vast reflection of the Conciliation Hall; the voice of
Mr O'Connell omnipresent; and the Repeal of the Union
in every family ! Then indeed, the designation of " The
Agitator" would be properly bestowed. Hermetically-
sealed apartments would be advertised in The Times; the
Royal Society would bestow a medal upon the easiest me-
thod of promoting deafness ; Mesmerists, like postmen,
would be under the direction of government ; every round
would be anxiously watched ; and there would be a com-
petition to pay " extra" for an early delivery !—Fraser's
Magazine.
POSSIBLE EXHAUSTION OF OUR SUPPLY OF COAL.—

The consumption of fuel is a consideration far more seri-
ous. It is not many years since some person made an
estimate of the quantity of coal existing in the country in
attainable situations, and came to the conclusion that the
supply must be altogether exhausted in half a century.
This conclusion was not very cheering for the national
prosperity. To believe that, within the probable lives of
many of us, the grand source of all our enterprise should
be destroyed, and that we should be left a manufacturing
Nineveh, amid the ruins of furnaces and warehouses—our
energies crumbling to dust, and our locomotives made
stationary—our poor-houses crowded with manufacturers
—and our engineers petitioning parliament for enquiring
into the means of making fires without fuel—the whole
nation, in fact, in an ante-promethean state of wretched-
ness and darkness—all this made a gloomy picture, and
one which might have induced many persons to buy in-
vestments for their grandchildren in the foreign funds.
Fortunately, the calculator knew but little of the resources
of the country. Unf'oubtedly, many districts, where the
coal is found actually on the surface, will be exhausted in
a very appreciable time ; but the quantity is enormous
which lies beneath the surface—unworked at present, till
we have used what is more readillattained. It is in the
magnificent coalfield of South Wales to which we must
look for our enduring supply of fuel. The quantity
known, or probable, is almost incalculable. Still, though
we may trust that it will be long, very long, ere the nation
shall be deprived of so inestimable a benefit, the inconve-
nience to some districts will be very great, where their
supply shall fail, as fail it must, long ere many living tra-
vellers shall have performed their last journey. To
preach economy is useless, but it would be well to be
careful. We should almost tremble to calculate the con-
sumption in a few years.— Church of England Quarterly
Review.