The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-04-11
LATE NEWS FROM ENGLAND.

by the arrival Of Tho packc, ship Queen
|Cf the West, q, New York, intelligence
from Liverpool 10 the 9th OF March has
been received. Cotton had advanced Id.
An attempt was made in the House of
Commons TO rrjec, S.r X. Pecl's tax bill
but II failed BY majority Of ~ in thin
house. A debate tick place in the House
III Commons on the 9th uIi, on the Sugar
|escsiion, from which is copied the annex.
I'd extract relative 10 American Sugars:
Nj Thornley, said wish 10 repeat the
question which put to tho right honorablc gen
teman, tic FRS, Lord Of the Treasury. | yus
! i'fday stated that qpaniity Of sugar had reach
ta tins country from the United States, wlie. Sas
#ro'otiously The produce Of slave labo: Tie cues
Ton which thon put has become Of more impor.
haes, because to-day find that samples have ar.
8'Pcd Of cargoes Of two or three shipments from
Aev Orleans The question wish 10 put is this
whether this sugar, tie produce of Louisiana, and
therefore the produce Of slave labor, will be ad
nlited a, the same ratio Of duty as sugar from
China, Java, rid ManiH1, which is considered
lie produce of free labor
"Sit Robert Peel. There ore certain countries
tho United States being one OF them-where
'lgaf IS produced by the labor OF slaves. Tho
lnlted states and one or two other countries
hsyo concluded reciprocity treaties with this
country, which treaties stipulIie that the produce
Of such countries shall be admitted into this coun.
w on The footing of thc most favored nation,
mat, npprchcnd, is the state of the case. But
Up 10 this hour there has been no official informa.
lion received by her Majcsty's Government from
i 'hs Custom house with respect to the arrival OF
] 'lhs shipment. nor has any communication been
made TO the Treasury Board upon the subject,
| nor any application for an order IN Connel, which
would be necessary before the sugar could be adj.
milied. Al prcsen, appreltend that tho sugar
eo1ld no, DO admissible, foF no order in Council
has been issued for its admission from the u lifted
States. AT The same TIM have no hesitation in
saying that my cons.ruotion Of thu treaty ., thai
sugar from tho United States would. under tic
reciprocity treaties, be admissible on tho same
terms aud footing az sugar ffom Java, Manila,
ana china. Loud cheers from tho Opposition
benches
"Mr. Thornley, had heard tho answer Of the
night hon. gentleman with great satisfaction, lie
begged simply 10 state tina, the produce of sugar
IA Louisiana was such as woild give great profit
Oh Us expectation 10 this country, ard that there
w" ivory reason 10 believe tho new trade would
ss carried on 10 a very considerable extent
" Mr.. Ewsri said there was another question
connected with this subject which he WIS anxt
Gus 10 have answered. lie wished to know
whether tho right honorable baronet was aware
,ua' oil the sugar coming from Louisiana was
''own muscovado sugar, and therefore would
come into this country at the duty Of 23S. and
not at 2Ss. Z So that. in fact, THE slave.growr
aagar OF tho United States would be imported a,
lower duty than the lpee-lahot sugar of Java
S'am, and Manila
Sir Il Peel declined entering into any argu
R'enl upon the subject at present"