Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-06-10

rhine power.
II appears to me, Sir, that in asking the a'ent OIL
hrs M,as,y's Government 10 the subject OF The gun
NH. tre,it with yiew To lis reconsideration, all,
-annrs,;nr nothing the part of the u b nconsst-
mt with The duties al Fra2ce 10 other powers. ~ au
-in,r The course oil the discussions upon ths treaty
preparatory TO the arrangement OF us PROVISIONS s
land had asserted to the other parties the pretension
La now asserts TO the L. s., as necessary cohse
opcnce of,,s obratioms, cannot be wrong IN presum
n, ,l,, France would not have signed il without
yu,rdop apainst tins Impending difficulty lie views
3f Cnoona are now disclosed 10 you, but to;unateJ
ro,;ication and this change of circumstances
MAY well Justify the French Government in 'nterpos
IN such a remedy as it may think 10 demanded by the
greater interests involved IN tins question
As,o the treaties Of 1881 and lc3o, between France
and Great Britain, for The suppression u Tue saw
trad. do not consider it my duty to advert 10 their
,;nn,,.;ons Their obligations upon the contracting
,,r,;os ,ybaryer these may be- are now complete and
i is for nv Government alone to determine wha' hea'
,nrss the L. States ought 10 take 10 avert t!e cohse
ooences wit, which they are threatened by The con-
,rncon which one OF the purties has given to these
Jh.rs Tho honor 10 transmit herewith copy of the
poss,ue of The President of the United States TO Con-
,ress !, December asst aud of the annual documents
which accompany H. Among inc ia''er "''' oe 'o""u
tho corresnondence between the British Secretaries OF
STATE md Mr. Stevenson upon the subject herein re
,rr,d - From these you wall learn the respective
views of the American and British Governments
II is proper for to add, that this communication
bos bsen made without any instructions from the
In;,od States have considered this case as one III
which AN American representative to foreign power
.bould &c, thou awaiting the orders OF his Govern
ment have presumed, IN The views nave submitted
10 Won that | express tie feelings Of The American Go
vern,ncnl and people. II IN this have deceived my
self the responsibility will BE- mine. As soon rs can
eceiye despatchcs from the United States in answer t"
nv communications shall he enabled 10 declare to you
either ha, my concuc, has been approved ny the IRE
sden. or that my mission is terminated
| avail myself Of this occasion to renew to your TX
cellency The assurances of my very high and dis
ncuishcd ns,deration. IL. Ihso.
His Excelency NJ. Guzo Minister for Foreign Affairs
THE NEW TARIFF. -
In the House of Commons on the ION oil May, or
Rober, Peel brought on the new Tariff and made the
leading speech that subject at great length lie
also gave notice of his Intention to bring mp the Income
Tax BIZ for It's third reading the 2id OF May Inc
following is condensed report oi Sir Robert sPeech
SIR r. Peel then rose 10 bring forward tie proposal
Of the Government for the revision OF tie Tariff Inc
Rrht Honorable Baronet commenced by stating that
the nreat objects of himself and his colleagues had
been TO abolish prohibition, by reducing prohIbtory du
ties and reduce the duties raw materials and on
materials partly manufactured. by these means lie
hoped to diminish the general expense of living IN THIS
country; not indeed, that any individual article would
he so cheapened 10 afford any great reei. but tha
OH the aggregate Of consumption, the reliet would DE-
conside atlc and therefore that the Government had
made lis reductions on great variety ol aiuct So d
to rive 10 almost every of those classes which
mrht inevitably suffer from some one or more oil The
reductions, compensation upon others For instance
the reduction Of the duty on various kinds OF seed
might BY letting in supply from abroad, impair the
profits of particular dealers; but the benefit thcreny
conferred upon agriculture IN general would be an
important one Again, in respect OF furniture woods
the huh duties had greatly discouraged the industry
If the cabnet.makers here and induced importation
of foreign furniture He trusted that the reduction
of duty would establish export trade IN that ma
ouCac;ure and lead 10 the excessive use OF maho.
cany in some branches of shiP-bulldlng TO which 1t
vas peculiarly applicable. Next, as to foreign ores :;
Cor example, copper. At present, that metal was
smeed abroad, and copper could be there sold and ap
ped TO the shcathng OF vessels and other purposes al
rates much below those at which the same OBJECTS could
ba executed in England notwithstanding our coal and
ou- manufacturing advantages. Spermaceti and other
whale oils important articles IN our manufactures,
aud 1t was proposed to reduce the duties upon
them, because whale oil had been 100 per cent dearer
IN this country than i'll the L. S which had manuac-
,rrs extensively consuming tins article successfully
competing with ours He reminded the House OF vi
Deacon Hume dctnm, that this country, having pien.
IL of unaxed iron, and plenty of untaxed COAL wanted
ony plenty of un,axed wood 10 give ample employment,
to her industry; aud this was the principle on whch
Government now proposed the reduction in the duties
an timber He now came TO articles OF foreign manu-
iacure on which II contemplated so to reduce dr-
ties that they should IN no case exceed the maximum
Of 20 per cent twas said that such reduction, I'M
less accompanied with repeal OF the corn laws was
ureat Injustice to the British operative. But, IN TACT,
there had been as the amount Of duties in this very
week eyinced Il very great reduction in the duties on
grain. Salt provisions, too, winch had been hitherto
under total prohibition, would under The new system,
he admitted az n duty of about penny pound. 30,
as 10 live animals about which he trusted he should be
ah. to make a fully satisfactory explanation. So ike
wise as to fish, particularly the fish IN which The poor
we:r nos, interested, namely behring's The IRISH
reasan, now pad Dos per barrel; henceforth lac would
yet that barrel from Norway for los or would procure
herrngs of his own coast, by means oil that improved
craft which Tie reduced duty on timber would enable
hin, TO obtain there. The duties were also TO be re-
Guced on The importation Of potatoes, rice and hops; on
the last Of which articles the reduction oil duty would be
from X Is TO IL los. He trusted therefore, that
full disposition had been proved the part OF Govern
ment lower the prices Of those articles OF food winch
are principally consumed By the poor
He cxpnsed the error commonly prevalent about the
comparative cheapncss Of living in the great manu-
featuring towns of the Continent, where, although
food was indeed produced chcap'y, the workman had
always 10 buy il dear, by Of the octrol duties
yablc al the gates Of every city He then argued rs
10 the straw plat and other nnactures, that under
the present extent oil smuggling, as induced by high
duties there was in actual practice protection at all
Now he to the great question touching the inpor
,aiou OF live cattle lie had been strongly pressed IL
d,G.r TO the apprf tensions entertained on this subject
but he believed il 10 be grouEdess panic Advertise
menls had been published for supplying English towns
through firm at Hamburger with meat at 3D. pound
and people had been frightened by those offers into sell
ing the ir cattle Il, n sacrifice. If they had waited to
inquire they would have found that n" such firm exist
ed at Hamburger and that meat in that city itself
a, Cd a pound lie would not say that there would
he no reduction in the price Of mcat-thrre would
he some aud some there ought TO be, for Tie price OIL
meat in England AS now TOO high. The influx of cat
Tie from Scotland and Ireland by steam, wiihln the
las, fifteen years, had been immense; vet the price o
me at had still gone increasing. All his, II must be
remembered, went TO swell the navy estimates The
meat consumed by Greenwich Hospital alone cos
eI0o0 more IN ISL than in 1880. The chief ohec
ton made against the intended admission Of Cattle
vas tina, the duty proposed 10 be uniform per head
on the ia, az well as the lean Now, the admission Of
the lean cattle Of course advantage 10 the gra
.;er whose business was to buy them for failing; and
60 far here was clear hercf 10 important elias.
or a-rculiurists, which benefit would be diminished il
lean cattle OF large SIZE we're made TO bear heavier
duty Than lean cattle Of small size. But now as &c
the tat cattle. The great protection on fat cattle was
not amount of duty, but the engih and rouehness OF