The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-02-04 00:00:00

Ag-ain-

The foreign export of soap from Great Britain for the last
a not exceeded on an average 220 tons weekly.

ten years

We have every reason to believe that in Marseilles the export
of soap is not less than 300 to 350 tons weekly to the different
markets in the Mediterranean, South America, &c. The
apparatus required to make soap similar in quality to the
French we are prohibited from using in this country. With a
free trade in soap, we could command a large portion of this
trade, as we can manufacture cheaper than the French : w
we 4 salt ----" ley have, and '

..,Kall, coals, anu .- . much lower than t
raw material fully as low."

Now, since this had been sent to the Council, he had read
a letter addressed to a member, which stated that the
duty on our home manufacture was more than that paid
by the foreigner. (Cheers.) Enough had been said to
show them, briefly, that some very important subjects had
demanded and received the attention of the Council. and
without being subject to the charge of interfering with
politics, for they were well aware that it was necessary
the expenses of the government must be maintained.
(Applause.) There was, however, another subject well
worth their consideration, and that was the cultivation of
cotton. The subject of an increased cultivation of that
article had been warmly taken up by the merchants of
Manchester, and the Chamber sent there a deputation.
The gentlemen forming that deputation acted with great
discretion—they refused to commit the Chamber to any
particular opinion. He (the chsirman) mentioned this
subject, because it had been said that the deputation had
a political object in view. That was far from their inten-
tion ; the great object was to ensure an increase in the

cultivation of cotton. He would just read the opinion of
one of the deputation on the subject—
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"Mr. Riley, of Liverpool, said he attended here, with
another gentleman, as a deputation from the Liverpool Cham-
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compelled by other public business to be absent. InLiver-
pool they had not yet received any details of the plan; but the
general principles, that more cotton was desirable, and that
India was a likely place to obtain it from, had met their
universal approbation."

There was nothing political in that. The same speech

'ent on to say—

' It was desirable not unnecessarily to introduce the discus-
in of politics ; but it appeared to him individually that the

54, declared th;right of the public .Co judge of the pro-

(Loud cheering.) They had all felt the advantage of
inquiry into that, and he (the chairman) did not see why
ny company should shrink from inquiry. (Applause.)
py the attention of the meeting

He would only jus

for a few moments, whilst he read the opinion of the
chairman of the Commercial Association of Manchester
on the subject. He merely read this for the purpose of
showing that the object of sending a deputation to Man-
chester was not political, but simply for the purpose of
securing a further supply of cotton for the country. After
apologising to the meeting for occupying their attention
so long, the chairman called upon the secretary, who read
the following

REPORT

The Council of the Chamber of Commerce, in meeting their
constituents at the close of the first year of the existence of the
institution, are happy in being able to lay be'ore them a report
which they trust will show that the institution has realised the
expectations of its promoters.
After recommending that the services of Mr. Leone Levi in
establishing the chamber should be complimented by present-
ing him with a life membership, and stating that it had been
determined to hold quarterly meetings instead of yearly, the
report proceeds to give the subjects which have engaged the at-
tention of the council under two heads t --
Ist. Matters of general interests to the commercial commu-
nity.

2d. Matters of a local character.
Commencing with the first, your directors would call atten
tion to.

1. THE MERCANTILE MARINE BILL, an important measure
introduced early last session by the President of the Board of
Trade, and one which affects most materially the shipping in-
rests of this country. The bill, in its original form, was most
objectionable, and your Council thereupon put themselves in
communication with the government ; and, after a correspond-
ence and several interviews with the President of the Board of
Trade, the principal objectionable clauses were either with-
drawn or amended.

2.—THE DANISH BLOCKADE, the inconveniences of which
to British trade having been brought under the notice of the
Council by a forcible letter from one of the members of the
Chamber, the Government was memorialised, and a successful
result had followed.

3.—NEW STAMP ACT.—The Council have memorialized the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, as a commencement, in favour
of a repeal of those on receipts.
4.—COUNTY COURTS EXTENSION BILL.—A series of ques-
tions were addressed to this Chamber by Government, but the
Council had confined themselves to expressing their approval
of the extension of their jurisdiction to causes not exceeding
£5O.

S.—CULTIVATION OF COTTON IN INDIA.—This important
snbject the Chamber is, no doubt, aware has long engaged the
attention of the manufacturing interests. In November last,
on an invitation from the Chamber of Commere at Manchester,
a deputation from your Council, consisting of the President
and Messrs. Aikin and Riley, attended. and reported that it
had been resolved to despatch a commissioner to India to in-
quire fully into the causes which hitherto have interfered with
the increase of the Indian supply and the improvement of its
q ual it y.

3.—STEAM TO ATJSTRALIA..—UPOR this subject several COM-
municatior4s have been received; but seeing that Government
have advertised for tenders for the conveyance of the mails by