The southern press., 1852-03-16

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! For the borough of.Portailington, 10 the Dom
of Cololfl Dunno, who hat accepted the office
Of clerk II the ordnance. CA laugh laugh from
the orpoition.)
For ths county of Kildare, in the room OF the
Right HIN. Richard SoutIwell Bourke, COM
monty called Lord Mas, wlo had accepted the
office of secretary for ireland. (Cries Of Oh"
from the opposition, met by cheers from the
ministerial benches.)
For tie University Of Dlblin, in the room Of
Joseph Napier, esq, who had accepted the ONCE
of attorney general for Ireland. lHear)
For the northern division OF the same county,
in the room of Robert Adam Christopher, esq,
who had accepted the oflhe of steward Of the
Chiltern Hundreds. "a llugh)
From more literal ard extended report of
the Earl of Derby's speech, we take the follow
ing passage, in which his commercial policy is
foreshadowed.
Ny Lords have avowed the principles on
which think our foreign relations should be
regulated, and will not shrink from dealing
with a question of far greater difficulty, and
from speaking frankly upon the subject of our
commercial and financial. policy. In 1912, |
was the warm and cordial supporter OF the
financial measures introduced by the late Sir
Robert Peel entirely approved of the revis-
ION OF our customs duties which at that time he
proposed, and entirely approved of the princi
pies which i understood him to announce, viz
to impose duties on the principal articles Of i'm
port for the purpose Of raising revenue; but
not for the purpose of raising revenue sim
ply, but for the purpose oflevying the duties on
given proportion to the extent to which the
articles the subject of the duty admitted, or did
not admit, of the ex Jenditure of future British
labor. ! understood that the principle to be
laid down, in which ] acquiesced was of tho
freest possible admission of all the raw materi
ais which formed the basis of our domestic in
dustry. different system to a certain exten'
has been adopted since that pero1, and cannot
but think that, if we look to the whole of ouI
financial system, there is ground for believing
that it's open, in point of principle and practice
to considerable and useful revision. (Hear
hear.) Your lordships viii forgive me if ! con
trast, not in detail, but if merely contrast the
system which prevails with regard to the Gus
toms in this country with that which | have
heard Landed as the high freetrade tariff of the
United States of America.
That tariff evies on almost all imports duties
more or less extensve-duties, in some respects
to great and oppressive extent-but in almos Il
every instance, levies those duties principally
and avowedly on those articles which mainly
enter into competition with the produce of Their
own soil, and the produce of their own indus
Try. My lords, we appear to me to hive pro.
ceeded recently on different principle, for
while we admit, with entire freedom, all those
articles which do so enter into competition, we
load with an inordinate amount Of taxation q
certain small number Of articles of immense ex.
tent of consumption, entering directly into the
necessary consumption Of the masses Of the
community
And beg your lordships will not lose sight
of this fact, that when the whole supply of any
article is furnished from foreign country, the
whole amount of the duty imposed on the i'm.
port OF the article falls necessarily on the con-
sumner, in the shape Of an increase of prize. But
where you impose duty upon articles of which
portion is supplied at home, and only por-
ton from abroad, there the measure of the duty
is not the measure of the increase of price, but
the increase of price is duly in proportion to the
small amount of foreign produce which may be
excluded by the imposition any duty whatso
ever; and which may consequently diminish the
supply, and thereby, TO certain extent, enhance
the price,
Between those two principles | think the
American system is the easiest defended, and is
least burdensome TO the consumer NV lords,
at the same time don't shrink from expressing
again, as have on former occasions, and repeat
ing In office what have stated out of office,
that in my individual opinion see no ground
why, from that general system If imposing du
ties on foreign imports, the single article uf corn
should be made a solitary exception ! state
this as my opinion, but at the same time have
always said. and repeat again. that il is ques.
ton which can only be solved by reference TO
a well understood and well expressed opinion
Of the intelligent portion Of the community.
SWITZERLAND.
Letters from Switzerland speak Of a second
French note, repeating the demand contained in
the first, and asserting the right Of France TO in.
dictate refugees for expulsion, which she requires
shall take place, as a matter Of course.
RoME.-The Pope having still the dread OF
Joseph Mazzini before him, has given orders Ia
the Roman priests 20 baptise no more children
with the name of I" Joseph" as the popular par
TALLY for the name seemed rot 10 spring from
reverence for the saint and patriarch, as from a
regard for the ex-triumyr.
RUSSIA.
A letter from the Polish frontier, given in the
Augsburg Gazsne has the following upon Rus
sian military movements:
According TO our latest adyices from Kalisch
and o'hcr parts Of the kingdom Of Polsnnd, the
Russian government appears 10 doubt either In
the stability ofLouisNapoleon's power or the sin.
cerity Of his assurances, as military preparations
are on every hand again urged forward with sur.
prising activity and upon large scale. The
westward movement ofuoops has recommended
aud the munitions Of war are produced and nc
cumulated with great zeal. The officers be-
lieve that the summer will bring with il cam.
paign and a. the common soldiery believe alb.
solutely that the Gar is the supreme and right
fol disposer Of events on earth, they only wait
the word 10 march with alscrity wherever their
master may ibid them"
TIE VERY LATEST.
TeIegraphIe from London 20 LIverpooI.