Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-07-29

t""ciuueu ny moving the IoHoWlDS resOiu-
tons /:
"Thai il is the opinion Of this Committee.
that his Majesty lie authorized, by order in
Council, To declare that the impaTtation or
expectation of merchandise in foreign vessels
may take place upon payment Of the like du-
ties, and with the like drawbacks on bounties
and allowances, as are payable or granted up
on similar merchandise when imported or
exported i'm British vessels from or to coun-
tries In Which no other duties are charged, or
drawbacks, bsuntes, and allowances granted
on the importation or expectation of merctan-
dize IN British vessels, than are charged or
granted ON such merchandise when imported
or exported in vessels of such coun tries
" That II is the opinion of this Committee
That ms Majesty may, by order in Council, iii.
rect the levyinS and charging of additional
duties OF customs on the Withholding of any
drawbacks, bOunties or allowances, upon mer-
chandl1e imported or exported into, ,ef from,
the United Kingdom in vessels belonging to
any coartry, in which higher duties shall have
been levied. or smaller drawbacks, buunties, or
allowances granted upon merchandise when
imported into, or exported from such country
In BRUSH vessels than are levied or granted
Iupon similar merchandise when imported or
exported IN vessels of such country.
Mr.. Ellce concurred entirely ia the liberal
PRINCIPLES which actuated the British Govern
hhent IN the proposed commercial regulation :;
but he strongly entreated the Right Honorable
gentleman TO consider the Justice of putting
The British shipping, in its original cost, as
nearly as possible upon footing with foreign
shipping, now that he was about TO requali2e
The duties upon both. He begged to reminds
the Right Honorable Gentleman that the hemp
duty of To s 10 ton, varied considera-
my IN ITS character now when the price was
i 30 or 40, from what it did when the price
was / 80 or + 90. 1t was impossible that the
shipping interests could bear the pressure of
such tax, while foreign shipping interests
were exempted from il, without feeling a great
comparative Inconvenience. He was sure that
the Government would do well to reduce TO
the lowest possible scale the charges affecting
British shipping.-He also wished that CO.
pies of the proposed regulations both of this
and of other countries, were communicated
10 the House.
MIR. Huskrsson replied that it was intended
they should.
MIR. Sykes said, that " hen he considered
mat TINS bill would so 10 the root of the naval
system of Great Britain, and when he consi-
dered tina, 'hder the law as il now stood that
navy had thurished and become great, he
could not help recommending the utmos;
caution, before ,the proposed alteration was
adopted. He hoped that under the impression
OF such feeling, it was not too much TO ask
the Right Hon. Gentleman To permit this bill
to stand over to the next Session, and 10 have
1t IN the interim circulated in printed form
among the shipping interests Otherwise, those
Interested woald have no opportunity of being
heard respecting their property.
I Mr.. Huskisson, in answer 70 what had fall
len from the Honorable Member, who spok.
last respecting delay, observed, that he thought
it advisable that the bill should be brought in
ana passed through the House as speedily as
possible.
MIR. Wallace merely rose at the present mo-
ment TO express his general concurrence i'm
the resolutions of his Right Hon friend. He
t ala not mean TO deny That the system of dis
terminating duties which this country had a.
dopted, had been of advantage as long as fo
reign powers were disposed TO submit 10 il ;
hut now when every country was DESTROYS of
ahordinS protection tO its own commerce. il
f was impossible that such system could con
2 tinue without producing retaliation against u.s.
lie was perfectly convinced that a SYSTEM of
reciprocity, between this and other countries
would he found TO bc the most advantageous
that could be pursued for the mercantile inte-
, rests of Great Britain. Ii would not change
his opinion oithe propriety of his Right Hon.
friends proposition, TO find that il was opposed
by The shipping interest; for in the course of
his olIcial experience, he always found that
: on every occasion when the ship owners had
come forward To oppose public measure
originating with the Government, they were
in the wrong. With respect To what had been
said about the necessity of delaying the intro
ducton of the bill, he must observe, that il the
measure was desirable at all, the sooner il
was adopted the better. (IIrar) II the shin
+ owners were hostile TO the proposed bill, Par.
lament he had no doubt, would soon he made
acquainted with their sentiments, for he had
ALWAYS found them very readv In st,t. tL,,;.
ObJeciIOns to any measure which had hren
proposed by him. He believed that the fears
which had been expressed of The injury lilsrIy
To result to the mercantile interest frnm car
Tying INTO effect the views Of his Right Hon.
friend were perfectly roundless.-The shin
ping OF Great Britain, WAS perfectly able 10
compete with that of any other country.
! lIIear.)
MT Robertson opposed the resolutions. on
Inc ground that, IL car ricd into effect they
would increase the distress under which the.
shipping interest at present laboured. He
would prove, from documents which he held
~ his nand, That The shipping interest was not
u" 90 1"uflshIng 4 state as had been represent
CO. In Tie period from 1921 fo 1895 it ap-
peared That there had been a falling of in shin
building TO the extent Of Iel ships. and 122.ooo
tons. In the same period there had also been
decrease IN our navigation fo the amount of
I32 ships, $4,000 tons, and 5000 scamen.-
ms was the consequence Of the system re-
commended by political economists
\ Dir isaac Cofin delivered a sentence " hicb
we could not hear.
, Mr. Ricardo thought The right honorable
gentleman who had pruposcd the resolutions
deserved the thanks OF ms country for bringing
forward measure go much calculated To add
b 10 us prosperity. (tIear.p Merchants had, at
nerfh H.. ~