The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-07 00:00:00

A PRIVATE- STAY-ROOM,

SPRING FASHIONS.
MRS. POWELL respectfully informs tke Lidies of
Liverpool that she has just returned from London,
and flatters herself that she has been successful ink selecting
from the First Houses at the West End, one of the most
choice and Fashionable display of MILLINERY that she
ever had the pleasure of submitting to their notice,. which
will be ready for their Inspectiou THIS DAY, (Tuesday,)
the 7th instant.
132, BOLD-STREETseconct doorfrom Berry-street.

Mr. POWELL having also returned from London and
other Markets, begs leave to say that his STOCK is novr
replete in every department of LACE, HOSIERY,
GLOVES, FRENCH RIBBONS, FEATHERS,
FLOWERS, and other FANCY GOODS, which are too
numerous to name.

67, BOLD-STREET, LIVERPOOL,
AID 199, REGENT-STREET, LONDON.
IN returning thanks to the Ladies of Liverpool and its
Vicinity, tor the patronage with which she has so long
been favoured, Mrs. DAWSON begs to acquaint them
that she has added to her usual

STOCK OF SUPERIOR FRENCH CORSETS,
an Assortment at graduated prices,. from which selection
may be made without sacrificing the peculiar elegance and
comfort for which they have always been distinguished.
She has also combined with the above, the FRENCH
WOVEN STAY, in one piece, at the Caine prices as in
Paris, on which scale, all Corsets in Single Coati!, Basin
d'Orleans, &c.. will in future be charged.
A considerable REDUCTION to FAMILIES and
SCHOOLS.

WHOLESALE BONNET WAREtIOUSE,
17. WILLIAMSON-SQUARE.
AIRS. BARFORD assures her Friends she feels highly
1.Y.1. flattered by the simultan.ous manner in which they
attended the solicitation she adverti;ed last month on her
return from London and Paris, and assures them it has
been a source of regret to her, that consequently site has
not been able to attend so promptly to their favours as
she wishes.
Mrs. B. chose rather to disappoint her patrons a short
time than send out Bonnets of any other q,natity or style
than those manufactured at Mr. Bartnrd's Establish-
ments.
The extensive SHOW-ROOMS being now completed,
and the immense Assortment of NEW STYLES daily.
arriving of every description, in Fancy Bonnets, Ribbons,
Feathers, Flowers, &c., warrants Mrs. B. again inviting
the Ladies of Liverpool and its vicinity, being assured
they can at once select whatever taste may dictate.

TUSCAN STRAW HAT AND MILLINERY
ESTABLISHMENT,
26, RAN.ELAG H STREET; (opposite Dean-street.)
Air RS. STANISTREET begs respect:ally to annou,,ce
11'1 to the Ladies of Liverpool and its vicinity, that she
wilt have ready for inspecton THIS DAY (Tuesday), the
7th instant, and folloaing days, a new and elegant a sort-
ment of MILLINERY and FANCY GOODS, embra-
cing every novelty of 'he present sett,on.
*** TWO OUT-DOOR APPRENTICES WANTED.

E.!‘DAMES SAMBROOK and WEARY respect-
1' fully inform the Ladies of Liverpool and the.
Neighhnurhood that on TUESDAY next, the 7th May,
they will have reedy for insoection an el-gant Assortment
of MILLINERY and DRESSES, with a variety of
FASHIONABLE MATERIALS, selected by Miss
SAstnnoox in Paris and London.
112, DUKE-S7'REET.

MISS WELLS
(From Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, London)
RESPECTFULLY informs the Ladies of Liverpool
and it, Vicinity, that her MILLINERY & DRESS
ROOMS will be open on THURSDAY next, the 9th Inst.
Miss W. begs to inform them that she has engaged Miss
REED, who for the last six years has been conducting the
Dress Department at Mesdames SAMBROOK & Wu-tar's,
Duke-street.

114, Bold•street, or 2, Colquill-street.

V( RS. SCOTMAN having just returned from Paris
111 and London, begs to inform her Friends and the
Ladies of Liverpool and iti Vicinity that her "Rooms for
MILLINERY and DRESSMAKING will be OPEN
Is DAY, (Tuesday,) the 7th instant.
73, BOLDISTREET.

PARISIAN FLOWER WAREHOUSE,
UPPER ARCADE, Next Door to the Savings Bank,
BOLD-STREET.
MRS. GIRVAN respectfully announces her arrival of
FRE:NCH SPRING FLOWERS, which she en-
tertains the most confident hope will be admitted to be
the most bii,liant Collection, either as to extent or vari-
ety, ever introduced into this kingdom.
The Trade supplied on the same terms as in London.
Flowers altered to any Pattern in one hour's notice.
Also, a large Assortment of BERLIN WOOLS to be
SOLD OFF, at cost price, to make room fur a most
elegant Selection of FRENCH FANCY GOODS.

PARISIAN MILLINERY ESTA BLISHMENT,
128, BOLD-STREET
ATISS YEOLAND having ju-t returned from London
IVA. and Palls, has much pleasure to announce thit her
new and elegant Seleet‘on of MILLINERY, and every
description of Fancy STRAW BONNE I'S, will be ready
for Inspection THIS DAY, (Tuesday,) the 7th instant.
Several IN DOOR APPRENTICES WANTED.
128, BOLD-STREET.

MAGAZIN DE MODES,
83, BOLD-STREET.
VERS. BROWN, in an• ouncing her return from Paris
-al and London, begs to call attention to her Stock of
Nov(Ries suited to the ',resent Season, comprising
BROCADE, Checked and Glaice SILKS, BA RAGES,
BALGORINES, and MUSLIN DRESSES. Cashmere
Barage, and Fancy SHAWLS, MANTILLAS, &c.
French Embroideries, Ribbons, Laces, and Flowers.
Her display of MILLINERY will be ready fur inspec-
tion THIS DAY, (Tuesday,) the 7th instant.

MILLINERY AND STRAW ESTABLISHMENT,
57, RANELAGH- STREET.
MISS WILLIAMS respectfully announces to the
Ladies of Liverpool and its Vicinity that To-MOR-
ROW, (Wednesday,) the Sth instant, she will have ready
for Inspection an elegant Assortment of MILLINERY,
FRENCH FLOWERS, and RIBBONS, selected from
the first Houses in London.
Miss WILLIAMS declines sending Circulars in future in
consequence of the uncertainty of their delivery.
57, RANELAGH.STREET.

MANTLES.
CRIPPS and SCURFIELD invite attention to their
splendid Stock of NEW SHAPES in MANTLES,
offering w most distinguished choice to the admirers of
French Taste and Style.
The "Petit Courrier des Dames," and other fashion-
able publications, are eloquent in praise of the beatify and
elegance of these graceful Envelopes. Scarcely a day
passes but some novelty direct from Paris is added to the
Mantle Room.

MAISON DE LYON, 48, BOLD-STREET,
LIVERPOOL.

BONNETS ! BONNETS ! !
BECKWITH HOUSE. 15, PARADISE-STREET,
LIVERPOOL;
MANUFACTORKIIIGII-STREET,DUNSTABLE
I
7 ELLIOTT invites the attenti.-n of Ladies to his
0 • varied and extensive STOCK of BONNETS, con-
sisting of every Novelty in shape and material, that has
been produced either in London or Paris.
J. E., being a manufacturer, is enabled to offer to the
Public daily arrivals, direct from the Factory, at EXTRA-
ORDINARY LOW PRICES.
Chip Flats, Doll Heads, Shapes, Chip, Willow, Whale-
bone, &c.

L,
TUSCAN, S TWRHA %
BONNET
TRIMMING WAND
AREHOUSE,
Fl 7, WILLIAMSON-SQUARE,
LIVERPOOL.
REDERICK HARFORD begs to acquaint his nu-
merous Friends that he is now fully prepared to
commence the ensuing Season, and hereby gives his usual
notice to Merchants, the Trade generally, and Country
Buyers, that he has ready for inspection the larg-st, most
varied, and choicest STOCK of GOODS of any House in
the Trade, including some entirely New Styles, peculiarly
his own, consisting of Tuscan, Fancy Tuscan, Diamond,
Fancy Rice, Dunstable, Fine Patents, Rice Bedfords,
Brilliants, Honeycombs, M hole Dunstables, Satin Straws,
Modems, Rutland, and other

BONNETS,
ton numerous for an advertisement; STRAW PLAITS,
WILLOW SQUARES and SHAPES, RIBBONS,
FEATHERS, FLOWERS. BLONDS. RUCHES, and
every Article the Trade can require or elegance suggest.
F. B. considers it needless to state, except to those un-
acquainted with his Establishment, that the whole of his
Stock being bought for Cash in the Markets at the time
they must be Sold, and that his mode of business being
established upon the best principle yet discovered, small
profits and quick returns, he again defies cornpetitio
M B

...rs. -ARFORD takes this opportunity of informing
the Ladies of Liverpool and its Vicinity, that she returned
this morning direct from Paris Ani London, and will open
to the Public on THURSDAY MORNING ntxt, the
instant, the extensive SHOW ROOMS in c 160
systit the Wh,lesale Establishment when wiltpe
Srl tip nof BONNETS and TRIM
in quanii!y. quality, with elegance and neatros:
any t..ing of .he kind ever exhibited by 9rl e .14.1
April 4, 1844.

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HOUSE: Or LORDS.—MoNnAv.

Lord CocoaEstatt wished to knew if the Board of
Directors of the East India Company had assigned any
reasons for the recal of the Gov.-nor-General of India,
and if so, what were those rias.ms ? (Heir.)
The Duke of WELLINGTON sad the Bard of Direc-
tors had certainty stated their reasons, which were not
considered valid by her Majesty's government : nay, fur-
ther, ministers had remonstrated against the procedure
of the' eard of Directors, though at the same time there
could he no doubt that the Board had acted in a p, rtect!y
legal 'Manner in reciting the Governor-General. The
Board had that undoubted right conferred upon them in
1784, and it hail been ratified since that time ; but it was
a right which ought to be exercised with di•ieretion. The
-present exercis.- of power. to say the least of it, was not
a discreet exercise. (Hear. hear.) He ripe ited it was
not a discreet exercise of power to recal an officer who
bad been in office little more than two years, and alto bad
,given satistactton—recalling tint, ton, vtithm t making
provision for a successor, in the present ethical state of
India. (Hear.) It was the more indiscreet, inasmuch
-as the members of the Board, as a body, had no know-
ledge whatevr r of the causes which induced the Give:nor-
General to act as he had thruzlit fit; it was indiscreet,
.be repeated, to recal that officer, who had given such sa-
ti•factio.i. He w iirld illustrate that indiscreeon by going
a little further. Tne Board of Directors, no doubt, fr.,
-9uently issued orders fur a recal; but they had hitherto,
In most cases, attended to the reinonstrain es of the Go-
vernment : even with respect to the pr-sent Governor-
General, during the last year they had done so. What,
he would ask, would have become of the great ooeration
before Gualior, if his noble friend the Governor-G-neral
bad been withdrawn six or eight months ago? Cense-
quences of a most dangerous character might have taken
place had the gross indiscretion of the recal been persisted
in. The present recal was the na, st indiscreet exercise
of power he had ever witnessed during the long period of
time that he had been in power.
Lord BROUGEIAM said, it appeared to him to he a very
anomalous law by which the {Governor-General was com-
pelled to take office. He-was of opinion that ill-omened
clause in Mr. Pitt's bill df 1789 was intended to be con-
sidered as a dead letter., an& if exercised, only to be so
with the utmost discretion. Whether that bad been done
on the present occasion he left the house to judge, alter
the strong censure pronounced by the noble duke.
The Marquis of CLAN-RICARDE expressed his surprise
that the noble duke opposite should pronounce ste h a
grave censure against the East India Company without
giving noble lords some notice of his intention. The
house could not but suppose that the Board of Directors
bad cogent reasons for acting as they had done. He
Wished to know if it were the intention of-ministers to lay
on the table the correspondence welch had taken place
between the Board -of Control and the East India Com-
pany ?
The Duke of 'WELLINGTON said there could he no ob-
jection to give all the informationrpossible.
Lord CAMIAIMLI. could not help regretting that the
noble duke had thought proper to pronounce. on this oc-
casion, such a heavy censure on'the directors of the East
India Company. The noble chike should be aware that
what fell from him had very great weight; and he was
sure that all who heard and all who would read what had
fallen from him mnst come 'to the 'conclusion that he
strongly condemned the conduct of the East India Direc-
tors. It might turn out that they were to blame, but at
present the censure was altogether prema:ure. Their
lordships were ignorant of the circumstances under which
this recal had taken place. 'The noble duke had informed
the house that the directors had accompanied their inti-
mation of the recal with the reasons on which they acted,
but with regard tottaase reasons-the noble duke had been
entirely silent.

The Marquis of 'LONDONDEURit presented a petition
from the coalowners of the north, against the ploposed
tax on coals, for the improvement of the port of London.
Lord WgianNcLumn said, with reference to the sub-
ject of a reduction of the duty upon coals, which had been
mentioned in the ether house, of parliament, he had only
to rematlc that the government had not as yet decided
upon otrrying out and he rattier thought
that the governmentwould not at present be disposed to
decide upon taking such a course.

The Matquis.of NORMANBY postponed his motion for
an inquiry into the.•sutxject connected with the Board of
Charitable Bequests in Ireland for another week.

HOUSE OF COM M ONS.-MONDAY.
THE BUDGET.

- On the tantion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
the house then went itrto a committee of ways and mean's,
Mr. Greene in the chair.
The Ca ANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose and said,—v
He thought it desirable to avail himself of this opportunity
of' brioging under the consideration of the house the view
of the financialeondition of the country which the house
is entitled to expect, and. which it must be anxious to re-
ceive at the bands Of her Majesty's government. He was
happy—and he was sure those hon. gentlemen who differed
from his views would he happy also—that the views which
he had entertained of a speedy revival of industry and
commercial -enterprise had been realised, and that the
alarming forebodings which were indulged in had turned
out to be groundless. He called the attention of the house
to the situation in which they stood when this question
was last before them, touching more part;cularly on the
China opium debt. The balance sheet showed on one side
£2.000,000 to hare been received from the East India
Company and the China opium claim. The estimate he
had made of the ;public income during the course of last
year, has undoubtedly been very greatly exceeded. The
amount that had been- received from the Customs is
£21.426,000, instead of the £l9 000,000 at which he had
estimated it. This included £350,000 arising from the
ditties on grain and wines, the importations of both of
which were coosiderab"y greater than was expected. The
ditty on sugar ,had increased £200,000 and upon tea
£300.000. Mire was an augtnentition also iii the duties
on cotton' wool, amounting t0.£200.000. an indication ot
increased activity-in the manufacturing districts. He es.
timated theexeise revenue at £13,000,000, and the amount
it yielded • was '12,900.000. The taxes esimated at
£4.200,000, produced :4,192.000. The increase from /lie
Pest-office. be was happy to announce, exceeded anticipa-
tiOn, the receipts were £628,000. The revenue from the
Crown lands, estimated at 130,000. produ-ted 147,000.
The miscellaneous estimates were £870,000, the rece pts
were £803.000. The total of the estimates on th •se
several items were £50,150,000, arid they had- produced
£52,138,840, b •iug en increase of £2,700,000 beyond his
calculations. The army expendi'ure last year 'yes
£6.188.000, being a aseduction of £500,000! Taking the
sums together lie had calculated on a surplus of-MO.OOO.
but it had from the causes shown, and £650,000 less
being required for 'the navy, produced a surplus-of
£4,165,000. (Loud .cheering). At the close of
last year th re was a deficiency of £2,400,000.
He howei er believed that deficiency to -be rather appar-
ent than real, and recommended to the House to make no
provision for the payment of that deficiencys-not to raise
means by loan for tire purpose of getting rid of it, but
that it should be detrayeri out ot the surplus of future
years, as circumstances., from time to time, might al'o
and I; was happy to he able to announce to the House
that the deficiency lot 18411, which amounted altogether to
£2,749,000, had been id .weed t ff and discharged out of
the t roduce of the revenue of the present year, and after
the disc Jorge of the d, bt iacurted in the course or last
year. it ;alienable us to pre-eat to t ,e,public a surplus of
£1.400.000 on the Ist of April last passed —(Coeers.)
So fir then as the past year was concerned he believed the
House would agree with him that his startment was sa-
tisfactory. . He would proceed to consider the estimates
and prospects for the year en they had entered.
Mr. COLLETT (Athlone.)—What is the amount of the
• pronerty• tax ?
TheiCHANCRLLOR of the EXCRECIUKR.—XO,3IS,OOO,
which is somewhat larger that Vie estimat., he had made
last year, in consequence (as we ands rstood) of there be-
ing a larger return from Scotland thao he had anticipated.
Now. in making the estimate for the year on which
they had-voter-el, he would adhere to the rule he had laid
laid dowiefor himself on a former occasion, that of not
being betrayed into too sanguine expectati ns, which the
future would nor bear out He therefore _unit-liter! him-
self wait taking the Customs at little more that the amount
they had actually prodieed last year, viz., £21,500.000.
£Buo.ooo of. which was c;erived tram ci en; arid as the
state of the harvest in this country was not yet ascer-
tained,- be thaapt it prudent to estimate the Customs at
DO more than thee hail produced list year, viz.,
£21;5011,000. Ile • Is s est'ma•e-1 tie Excise as in the year
guise- by at £43.000,000 He took the Stannis at
£7.000.000, the Tax,- s at £4.200,000, and the
Property Tax 3t 4.5.100.000. To these he added the Post-
office at .£6(10.1:0() only, and. for this reasati, tie revenue
of the Post •offiee -ins-to sotne little progress to the course
of last-year. tm.l bectou'led r.ot that in the coarse of. next
year it n-ake,,o .certain progress also. The Croan
lands he w, take at £130.000. and the toiscellamoos
estimate% et 1:250.W. makii g a total of £51,790,000.
With regard to tb-•National debt the payment for the last
year aye £29.1,0.000-401 the present, £27.697.000.
(Cries'ef " Heix, hear:".) The deficiency of shat must
be 'odd in the pr---rat year ascoiered witn last, amounted
to £1.400.090; but ,tine m[Lase mu't not he led ion, the
delusion that ti-at is it he-reirl (leer, ase. Toe real diminu-
tion
of the den?, in the tireseat year, was one-halt of the
benefit tletivesble from the 'll.ieE.- and a-Hall per ce t..,
beieg ;013,000. The chargts for the vein on Recount of
the c,-tit and consolidated livid it,nnuntt dto £3.097.000.
This included the Exchecuer-higs, and ti eioterest teere-
on. The estimate for the armvamounted to £6:66,000.
The 1.-lin:ate of the nary -to .X 6,250.000 instead of
£6.3130,001. all in the preceeing yecr ; .a, d, in this expert-
diture, prat ;on' had heron atide for the great national
wroka. -Ti' orOr:arice to a sum of £1,842.000, and the
estimates, -to* eaLeulated would amount to
Boniest/her.' annul £3,000,000.
oAu to the hens•ficiliti workine of the refine-
tion or .the Tb,;e and-a- -At per cents 'rite amnot-t of
40and amounted to
di's-lair:it sin iE
4;04994, and in Ire-
lout to £13.28!1. lle •h-ri alluded io the p,-.-tt-m. of Go-
vernment an). the-Soleil Sea a.‘.d mite pa t of the
gra, etiv th 55 I, Gt. rce 111. for ahint >i hind had teen
sniik which r o :•-'ll/-ed a I ow £300,000; and t) ere was
a deficit of *.•239010, -f t whit" the public acre pswiiig
£11,860 a yea . He recommended ant arr,fiveinent we h
Comp, v. The twat d 'tire a f
tile year for the
ordinart s evict is .1.17.700,0P0. ar d for the extr iordioary
e 1:8 Si. It aking t• td (11;18 546.000. So hai
if that sio, o er• atinte; to the tit-ht,wts'eh sac £30.(47 170.,
. the i. tt I t•Np -:n .ture of the year would be £48.643 170. It
. th t 13, rind., 4tror. tl egri,s aimaioroi the rev roue. that
. is a:51,790,01'0. it Mild Item. a . apt.ar.-e.t snrplit. (-or i-j- et
. t, 'e .to•tittroa ithieb 11- anti b t alluded
X3..116.0 )0 hilt if anti wa ir •-'s ere ,riade for th, t rriutt
• of 4s, ex' t ear.,lNt wit
the .p744,;t2ZW,00. • ( h-ar,' !beers.)
It.n:rtg.'avensiti ti,en wrgrir4 to the jl.lco.4kP

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which ad produced in 1812, £5,100,004, and that Vito
double iiiij -et of supplyirig, dur-
tax was iiipased with the
big an interval, the pr•vieu‘i deficiency of the regular re-
s,-..ne o. the cenntrv, and or giving time for yet taiii re-
. pealral dir ies t r. so as to be as produe ice as be-
' foie the reiluetniti was effee.ed As this question is in-
' terra rig and imperta.o, we will give the
own words upon it. "Tile income tax was suliiiiired by
my right lion. friend to the house, and he stated his opi-
nion th it if tin, t jx were coritinued for five years, it. would
• have the effect which he anticipated. (Cries of " Thr, e
tears.") My right tam. tr n,l took it for a -hurter pe-
' riod. My rig,t him, friend in'leed took it for a shorter
' Period —for three years—and he did so on ails groom',
tat if at t he expiration of that period the result which he
' had entieipated te occur at tee red of five years shoolil
not ocean; then tie house would have an o 'portunity of
considering whether they w0,,1 I no.iiinue that impost for
the same p-rind, or whether they would take another
mode of sulply,ng any deficiency which might exist. I
have no hesitation in saying that, at. the present moment,
I cannot form a ,y estimate of vihat those reductions may
be. %Veen I I olc at the list of aitcles in the tariff on
which le:lie:tines of duty teak place, and at the increased
ciirisuinp.ion vrtsieh his taken place of those—when I find
that only on five has consumption di-en ass d, while on all
the rest consionv. ion has increased—l must say, I enter-
tali, very sanguine teeliegs as to the ultimate success of
the experiment. But he house will he good enough to
bear in mind that ii some main articles—timber, I will
esoecialiv mention—on which a reduction of the duty has
taken place, th it reduction did not come into operation
until the middle of last year. The experiment, therefore.
in these instances, has not had a fair trial; and I am not
therefore, .prepared to say what .noise (light hereafter to
be pursued in respect of them. In the course of the next
year the prop olt tax must necessarily come under
the consideration of the house, arid it will be for
it to say what course it w,iuld pursue with respect
to the continuance or discsutinuance of that impost."
The hon. gentleman then went on to state the reasons
which Lai induced him to refuse to consent to any large
reduction of taxation. He proposed, however, to effect
some reductions, and the first was to remove the di-tine.
tive duty between tint and bottle glass, the former pa)ing
a duty of 2d., and the latter ot dater farthings. This al-
teration is to take place on the sth July, and will only
cause a reductem of £45,000 a year. He also proposed
to repeat the duty on vinegar, which produced last year
£23.000. He wished for this r. duction. because manu-
facturers uld be much benefited by its repeal, and also
because it was an artiele so generally in use by the public.
Be would however allow one year for the dealer to get rid
of the stock on hand. The next reduction was aa import-
ant one—on marine assurance. "The present rate of
duty," said the hon. gentleman, " is as follows :—For
every £lOO, ahere the premiun does riot exceed 15s. per
cent., the duty levied amounts to Is. 3d. per cent : where
the premium exceeds 155., belt does not exceed 305., the
duty is 2s. 6d. per cent.; and where it exceeds 305., the
duty timeurts to ss. per cent. This presses unduly upon
small its. I therefore propose to reduce the duty
and to vary the rtes according to the following scale.
For every £lOO insurance, in which the premium does not
exceed 108., I prof ose to levy a duty of 3d. in-tend
of Is. 3d. ; where the prtmium does exceed 10s.,
but does not exceed 205., a duty of 6d instead of
Is. 3d. ; and in some cases 2s. 6d., as At present
where the premium • xce,ds 20s, but does not exceed 30s.
a duty of Is. ; wht re it exceeds 30s. but does not exceed
40s. a duty ot 2s ; where it exceeils 40s. brit does not
exceed 50s. a duty if 3s ; where it exceeds 565. but does
not exceed 60s. a duty of 4s ; and where it is above 60s
a duty of ss. I calculate that (luting the course of the
present year the diminution of revenue consequent upon
this renuctiun will aniount-to £lOO,OOO. But 1 calculate
that during the course f the following two years after the
change shall have he,..n effected, there will be a sensible
increase in the disposition of foreigners to come to this
country to effect their insurances, and that the country
will reap the advantage even if no advantage should be
derived by the revenue in consequence of this reduction."
He prop .sod the reduction of the duty on currants from
225. t 155., in consequence of the great consumption of
the article by the lower orders. The duty on foreign
coffee he proi osed ti reduce trom Rd. to 6d., and he
iu-
►ended to increase the duty on ch cory root, which had
been mixed with coffee to a gnat extent. The last article
in. which he intended to propose any alteration, was wool,
and be proposed to take off this tax -altogether. That
duty produced last year about £lOO,OOO. The total
propose.' reductions would amount, in round numbers,
to £400,000. The hon. gentleman then said he was de-
sirous of placing before the public the determination of
government with respect to the article or sugar. (Hear,
hear.) He said that the treaty which enaeled Brazil
to bring. slave grown sugar into this country would
expire in November next, and he intended, in mov-
ing the sugar . duties, to recommend to the house,
that from and after November tiext he duty upon sugar
produced in those countries which are exempt from the
taint of the slave-trade—that do not raise sugar by means
of slave labour—shall be reduced from their present
amount. By this means we shall throw open, under certain
aulations, to couqtrit s eastward of the Cape of Good
H pe, a valuable ti ade, and shit!' most especially encour-
age the growing commerce with China, wiihwhich couotry,
ktherto, .our relations have nein ex, remely confined.
In thus speaking of countries eastward of the Cape of
Good Hope, I must impress upon the house that I
refer only to such with winch we have retstons, and
wherein the Bug it is not raised by m.-ans of sl ivei y. Sir,
the dSferet:tiai duty which 1 slialf propose to this house to
be imposed on sugars from cuutittie- free from the tat nish
of slavery will he 10. per cat —that whereas British co-
lonial sugars pay a (iuty ot 24s per cwt., toe sugar from
the countries I refer t t shall pay 34. t per cat. I tarn quite
aware it may be said that although the treaty with
Brazil is brought to a conclusion there is a treaty
with America, which contains a similar clause to the
other, entitles America to the rights extended by us to
the most favoured nation. Nothing can be further from
my intention than to infringe the letter of any enactment
existing with thht or soy other country. but I t oink that
when we take the discussion on the sugar daces I shall
be able to show that the sugar produced in the southern
states of North America is not calculated to be brought ;
into competition with the sugar, the produce of free la-
bour, I have now been speaking of. It would have been
desirable to place the reduce io of the duty on colonial su-
gar nn a solid and permanent fouudati.‘n; but it is obvious
that till Novemberveit it will!), u t-oly itnposslileroact up-
On any principle of that description, for the doings° would
paralvseall the trade in the i.iterior. I think that the better
course will be to admit foreign sugar at a discriminating
duty, arid continue it till that perio-1 sl all arrive whet) the
sugar cuies come again under I onsideratiom In doing
this, far he it from me to entertain-any ill feeling- toward
those coon. ries whose sugar willretnain excluded. I think
the reduction we have made in the coffee of those coun-
tries proves sufficiently that no such feeling animates the
Goverr merit. The hon. gentleman, at the close of his
luminous address, was loudly cheered ; and was congratu-
lated even by Mr. Hume, on his clear and satisfactory
statement.
The house shortly after adjourned.