Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-04-25
FOREIGN NEWS

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ne pncket snip Sheridan, Capt Depeyster ar
rived al New fork on Saturday nIternoon 1ron,
Liverpool having left that port ON The ie,b 81
MARCH The news for the most part is unimnor.
'ant, SIr Robert Peel brought into Porln,nen,
on the l1th Of March, n new revenue Hill lie
principal provisions of which ure an income ,ay
tax on spirits, and on exported coal.
Or Robert Peel stated in the House of Com.
mons, on the llth in reply to interrogatories from
Mr. >. Wortey, that the Government had ndyices
from Calcutta, up TO the 22d of January, and
from Bombay, up to the LIST of December. lie
says, -" fear 1t is impossible to deny that our
troops at Cabool have met with a great reverse.-
cnphuiaton appears to have been signed with
Akhbarkhan, and by an act which was ms perf-
dous as treacherous, tho insurgents attacked orr
army about three days march from Cabool. Our
Iorces met WIN great misfortunes, ! must add,
ment."
The London Sun states that the Government ia
about TO send from 8 to 10000 troops Immediate
ly to lndin. more numerous force may he ex
peeled 10 follow.
lie following American articles come in for n
reduction OF duty among others, by Sir Robert
Pee"s proposed new tariff bill. Rice, from l5s
cwt to os Ashes, Pot and Pearl 6s 10 q; Tar.
los TO 6s; Turpenline As id to IS Id; 81 6s Cd
reduced generally to IL. In all cases the duy il
more Than double on articles from foreign coun-
tries, than on those from British possessions.
| The London Tunes of the 9Th March contains
digest Of the speech of Sir Robert Peel deliver
eel the evening before, from which it nppeors ,ha,
the deficit for the two years ending next NAV
would he G4700000. The entire deficit, which
had been increasing and accommodating for the six
years past in the British Government had been
more Than ten milton sterling. The deficit was
! yearly increasing in amount.
| In looking about for the wterewithal to sunnlv
tins deficiency, it appeared evident to the Minis
Try that no additional taxes on articles of con-
SUMPTION could lie endured. The country had
arrived at the extreme limit of taxation upon nrti
Giles OF this description. The post office. m con-
sequence of the reduction on postages, was no
longer source of revenue, hut of charge He
would not, however, venture to propose any at.
tempt TO obtain revenue from an increase of nos
tage.
Neither could he expect TO increase revenue by
amy reduction Of duties. Recent experience had
shown that dimnuOn of duties brought with
It dlmlnu;ion of revenue. This had just been
shown in the case Of sugar, coffee, hemp, rum
wine, tobacco, aud other articles Tho PRINCIPAL
thing to which he would look as a source of rev
enue, was an income tar OF I'd in the pound or n
bout per cent He also proposed tux of Is a
gallon on spirits and of four shhlings ton OH all
| exports of coal
From all these sources he estimated the reyen-
ne TO he derived at about GA $780, 000 This would
cave considerable surplus over the deficit, which
lie proposed TO apply TO the reduction of duties on
raw materials or partially manufactured goods
| ms he urged for The encouragement of domestic
manufactures. The total dinIinulion in the reyen-
NC from tue reductions he proposed would not
exceed E2I00O0 On sugar there would be no
reduction; on coffee n very large one. On TIM
Der he proposed the principal reduction, princi-
paly for The sake of fauoring The Canadian posses.
SONS. lie proposed duty of 25s. on IA load of
timber from the United States aud other foreign
countries, and on Canadian timber a duty only
noiniaal, namely IS load In every instance the
reduction rs Utmost exclusively in favor of i'm.
ports from British possessions Thus the article
OF cleaned rice pays duty of only Is quarter
when from British possessions, and of IS. when
from foreign; rough rice duty OF eight shlllngs
from foreign countries, aud only one penny ,chen
from India and other British possessions. Atlas.
France. There continued to be good deal of
excitement in Paris, about matters connected with
Spanish affairs.
1t has been recently discovered at Paris that the
soldiers have been selling 20 the members Of Sc
cret societies the cartridges entrusted TO them for
military purposes, and vigorous measures have
been taken in order to put a stop to this Infamous
traffic. chasseur named Julien has been con-
v'cted oithe offence, and sentenced 10 six months
imprlso nment.
Syria. The Emir IIecbr had been sent under
guard TO Constantinople, which clused a good
deal of excitement at Beyrout. Omar Pasha had
been formally invested with the plice of the gov.
ornment of Mount Lebanon. Bishop Basilius
who made such gallant defence ofZahle against
the Drnses, and Abou Sunni another courageous
Christian had been appointed Governors of petty
districts while the Druse chiefiains had been con-
| tinued in authority. Omar Pasha was thereby
doing all he could TO heal existing feuds, and APP
parently with good success.