The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-03-18 00:00:00

Mar. is, 184.5.

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I THE SUGAR DUTIES. ALLOWANCE OF DRAW'
I BACK UPON DUTY-PAID STOCKS IN BOND•

On Friday evening, pursuant to notice, Mr. HoWei
brought before the House of Commons a motion,
that provision be made in the Sugar Duties Bill for 111.
allowance of drawback on such duty-paid sugar as no°
remains in the Queen's warehouse; and, in urging tlll3
case of the parties on whose behalf he made the claim, 01:
stated, as shewing the heavy amount of the loss which
would be sustained by the trade, that he had some
ago presented a petition for relief signed by six of thi
principal houses in London, who held 1000 tons of del;
paid sugars In the bonded warehouses, and that al-,out 554,
tons were held under similar circumstances in Liverpool.
The motion was resisted on the part of Government bri
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Mr. Cardwell, 811
by Sir George Clerk, on the ground mainly of the Pr!•
cederat which its concession would establish, and l°6
encouragement which it would hold out for similar de;
mands from other parties affected by the reduction of
duties. Another ground, urged by the Chancellor of O.
Exchequer was, that the loss to the parties woold
compensated for by the increased demand created, an,
the consequently increased price of the article.—a ratite;
unfortunate argument, inasmuch as it almost goes tit®
length of intimating that the dealer, and not the put"l '
is,to get the benefit of the reduction of duty.
Sir Robert Peel, however, who certainly on this ores'
sion seemed to treat his colleagues very cavalierly, after
having put three of them forward to defend the retention
of the entire duty, informed the House that he was die
posed to accede to the generally expressed wish of the Houses
and was willing to make an allowance to be adjustent
upon the following principle, viz. : that the total among
of the duty should not be returned to the parties ; butt
" supposing there had been, in consequence of the redoe:
tion of duty, a rise in the price of sugar, that circumstance
should should be taken into consideration, and a drew hack ad
to the amount of the loss sustained ;" or, in other word`
that the duty should be returned minus the advance ichic7
has taken place in prices. We have no doubt that thie
concession will be satisfactory to the parties, and meet, 113
a great measure if not entirely, the justice of the case.

The annual expense of the Metropolitan Police Fore
is upwards of £367,000.

Lord Sandon, who has been slightly indisposed with $
cold, at his venerable father's, the Earl of liarrowbiS'
in Grosvenor-square, is convalescent.
THE BISHOP OF ELY.—The Cambridge Chronicle ?1
Saturday says that the health of this venerable prelate 1
still precarious. On Friday evening his lordship was no
so well as he had been a few days previously.
NEW SUGAR. DUTIES.—On Saturday last, being tl2:
first day of the operation of the new Sug+r Duties, the
duty paid at the Custom-house here on that article alone'
amounted to na less a sum than twenty thousand pounds'
We refer our readers in Birkenhead to the letter j
Mrs. Richards, in contradiction of an erroneous an
injurious report that has gone abroad relative to be',
highly-respectable establishment.
MISSIONS TO THE JEWS.—Many of our readers 0.31
be glad to see by the advertisement in another colunl:
that Dr. Keith, the well-known author of mans' able
works on this subject, is to deliver an Address on Jew'sb
Missions.

THE. CONVICT TAWELL.—The execut'on of Phri
Tawell, for the murder of Sarah Hart, is expected to Ulla
ter;
place on Tuesday next, at Aylesbury. No hope is ,n
tamed by the prisoner or his friends of a reprieve. I.l't
legal expenses incurred by the prisoner are said to amoan
to upwards of £7OO. He still maintains his tocituroirP
and is not expected to make any confession of his eriolei
In deference to the wishes of the Society of Flier-As, "
will not be executed in the garb of a Quaker.
GRAND JUNCTION AND BIRKENHEAD AND Mfrd:
CHESTER RAILWAY COMPANIES.—A report, we I.°
has got abroad, and is very confidently circulated in Mr.;
chester and the neighbourhood, that an arrangement f.. 0
been come to for an amalgamation between these o'l
Companies. We are authorised to contradict the rePa
in question. No negociation for the purpose is in Pro;
cress, or intended ; and the latter Company will go
Parliament upon the merits of their own measure aloon,
without seeking support from any other Company.
Mr. CHARLES KEMBLE.—This distinguished gen'le•
man is about to increase his fame by giving readin.o
recitations from Milton's Paradise Lost, at the Coital;
ate Institution, on Tuesday next. His theme i.O th(
words of a great writer will be the noblest monument or
human genius, the two first books, by universal conse,°4
being allowed to stand preeminent in sublimity, and ll',
recitation of the poetry has been described to as ble
gentleman who has had the felicity of bearing it in pril it,,t
as being calculated to render almost palpable the gigantic
ideas of the immortal Milton.
OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE.—This .fine
aquatic contest took place on Saturday from Patna'
bridge to opposite the Church of Mortlake. The Cate
bridge having won the choice of station, tcok up ~01„
position at the fourth arch from the centre on the ."1j
dlesex side. The Oxford placed themselves at the secle
pier from the centre, leaving one clear arch betweenut,r,
two boats. For about 200 yards the boats were togeti:og
the Oxford having slightly the lead ; eve nerve 'O6
strained to keep the advantage, but about this point ty
Cambridge gradually drew their boat in front, and 9°4
lily continued to gain upon their opponents ; the distal;
between them was enlarged at every stroke, and evel'inpo
ally the Cambridge boat arrived at the winning rst,",l,
posite Mortlake Church half a minute before the ON, 5,
having completed the distance in exact 4 23 minutes an
half.

A DEBUTANTE.—At the Royal Liver Theatre,
Thursday last, when The Beggar's Opera, The Yco
Dragoon, (as an interlude,) and a favourite afterPlecii,
were exceedingly well performed before a crowded an g,
ence, a young lady of much vocal ability, Miss '7,1
Penketh, made a most successful debit' befo, e a LiverPgej
audience. The song of " The Ray of Hope," conlP°se,
„
by Bishop, and one of the most difficult songs of that :hp
lebrated composer was most ably sung by that lady! wce,
displayed great taste and considerable musical Fele" 11,
She was accompanied by Mr. Leonard, our old and 0?,,A
known favourite, and the clariouet and voice bleno
most delightfully together. It is to be regrettedsqi.
think, that so few sons are written with clarionet nubo
gatos, otherwise the public might more frequently 0.
charmed with the sweet tones produced by a skilful ctiec,
bination of the voice with that—in such case—most en
five instrument.