Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1843-10-03
Tariff Of Europe.


Hunts Merchants Magazine for September has
ce the debts aud tariffs Of the South Of Europe by
sensible and wellinfOrmed writer Francis Wharton, Of
Philadelphia.
The tariff Of Spain a tariff Of prohibitions Instead
Of shutting foreign goods by high duties, they 60 to
the Of the matter and exclude them wholly spain
with commodous ports the Atlantic and Tree harbors
on the Mediterranean, which, as the writer Justly says
might have enabled her to the trade of the South
Of Europe has neither manufactures commerce and
one Of the finest examples Of the restrictive policy in
all Europe. The following passages from this article
Spanish DeJt and RepudiattOH-"The gross amount OF
the Spanish debt according the budget OF ISL was
H,lGbOO-.n44 TcaiS, or about S119OOuOUO; OF when
tie Internal debt amounts -3l -'-121J reaiS, or near
Is S3li 900 900 the interest Of the greater portion OF
which has been, for long series of years, unpaid In
les great reforms take place, OF which some promise Is
ula5c, spain viii sink into irredeemable bankruptcy
Portuguese Tariff and Portuguese Reputation - Her
yearly exports covering half the imports of the new
world. do not amount To SlOO0O,Oce Vine, iTut ana
salt the last representatives OF the once numerous cat
alogue Of Po.tugue>e exports; and IT Judge OF
he effects of the existing tariff probable that The de-
mand 10 which they were once subjected VIII, before
long Ca stop - heavy the duties laid upon
foreign mporauon that unless the wine fruits and s'it
of Portugal paid for IN specie, II Is difficult to see how
they be paid for all For exchange cannot exist
when % per cent dulles, comprising ~ cent dfc,wd,
~ per Hsa, per donara per cent o0Hata-
do. and per cent frHgGa conbey Ind ndiscuuli-
na;ely upon al imports Fish only admitted after the
The d,bi Of Portugal il has been the peculiar elcity
of the Portuguese gov eminent mysiiy BY the budget
of February H. i2 the regular income l. rated al s.
600 600 aud the corresponding expenditure comprising
81 200 for the payment of interest on t"rcIsn b"hds
az Sll 1000 Whatever loss exists ~ at once tossed
upon the shoulders of the public creditors anu u
Is found the revenue falls short, II ALWAYS does tie ue
clencN made up out ct the fund appropriated To- tHe
payment of One halt of the interest has al
ready repnd,cd and unless the young queen calls
wiser and more honorable couuscllors 10 her aid Is
& a. en-
debt computing the large slices which are occa-
,nally cut Oft by reputation amounts to nearly STA
500 coo or about thirty nine dollars to The head
Tarif IF Nap'es anil its DtJt-"The scale of duties
in Naples and the Sices Is eXOrblianlly high, al
though BY treaty lately concluded with Great Britain
considerable reductions made IN favor of The latter
country The duties upon both trade and navigation
within the limits Of the two Scies are almost prohibit
ory Il, the Ncapotan tariff from 81 to l70 cent i
imposeon cotton manufactures; from 30 10 - per cent
WuOllen cloths; and colonial produce sugar col
fee and the like the duty l. immense, that thirds
of the consumption according tu the report oi the farmer
OF customs. l. Struggled from Trieste aud other parts
In the words o Mr. Macsrcgor. Ills Sican Majesty
govcrnm,n ha, conrsrd enforce the most eieciua
measures of INSTRUMENTATION. taxation, aud CONNER
cia restriction, the industry and trade and =" nm
pOVcfl.h hiS subjects all parts o ms dnnlnions
~ well drive those of England from the island o
Sicily The debt Of the papa States j. about S6o-OOo
COO twenty dollars To each inlabuHnt that at Ma
pies Is S26OO0 600 or about sixteen dollars To each IN
, habilant.'
.iustran Tarif-The short space before will not
allow enter large into the intricate abNrnih Z"
the Austrian tariff. - badly managed have been the
m'noPoes IF of tobacco and ct salt, that sum
more than sufficient 10 sink the national debt has been
lost through their nsumentniy. strong Illustration
OF the fact Is To- be uund M the instance OF tobacco
Great Britain with population oi 2l.OOOOUO, with du
heavy u shoot beyond the highest revenue lev
e receives Notwithstanding the partial use OF the weed
within her limits n much H. f30000O0 sterliug on To-
bacco duti,s Austria. with AOO0.OO0 eft inhabitants
all of whom smoke. with bui itile distinction either o
age orseN has gathered from the sVurcc by means
OF her monopol, machinery. only S5300O0 - great =
the inequality OF the Austrian tariff, great the poilh
lions established, that but fw articles able TO bear az
agilns the heavy duties imposed upon them forrisr
trade almost end. and the revenue OF which II Is
susceptible has been cXtinguislcd.