Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-11-22
MOND WING.
A vExED QUESTION syrrtpn

T'"" "e London Ii'aes, October 25.
The DAYS Of shipping dues all numbered. v.xa-
nous as almost all tolls regarded merely pot and
imports often of very unjust ch.ract they are dosby
so on account Of the soppages which th. paym.u, ~
them continually involves Their. nothing that an Eng
h@hman hates than stopped in hi. progress,
A" all the pasengrrs OF railway train were To Civ. free
oppression To their feelings the continual stopping Of
'e tram at d'nrrnt stations what hurricane Of malsic
eton- ~e should hear This is mainly the cau-e of that
"'sss' which the vision OF turnpkegate nfably Gre
s"- ~ the iind OF every trueborn Brion IL was tn.
deliberate opinion OF Mr. Antony Weller that .n .pk
Keeper disappointed men They hav. met -itb ,;.
fortune, their min -oured and they revenge tln
selves on mankind by shutting themselves up In .pk
.nd eH~et'ns tribute from every With wha, an
Offensive dehberaton the melancholy L,kerper ru his
yes at night when he come- out "a open the y,,. .
and whatever respect may have on pubic grounds
i"r the nights OF property, sbo does not ia his ,e
ere soul sish Tor ReLeeca and her children tn pitch
the nhunan wrich who stands Ia his white apron sxly
counting the change for siIpvnce-,og-ther With hi
gatsnto the river the passage OF which he
guards. What would Englishmen say 10 an oetroi ali
round Londou, by which every vehicle entering tho me-
iopos rhoud be stopped To be examined aud TO be r-
t-d| Ii IL torture not be imagined The wonder il
indeed. that with all the grum5ng which the, impo-,s
'ecason We have never yet been ingenious enough
vent the means OF raising road which would be
an equitable substitute ior tolls The DELAYS .r.ng %
shipping however from the collection dues are so much
greater than lsnd subject aud th.
lose on the marketable value OF goods saw nothing ot
the injustice Of the nposts themselves il 30 much III,
that the grievance has become ntoerabs and the system
must be abolished In reality the question OF the Sound
Dues has been already sstted and virtually the passing
DOOM -
Ine question OF the Sound Dues has been settled by
acceding the proposition of the Danish Cover,
neit to Capitalize the impot and have to congratu
late the country What must regard A. an
"duuon oi the difficulty Whether transatlantic cou
's who started the difficulty, and whose share Of these
urdens not " be compared the Incidence of the
AK upon the shipping Of other countrie had the great
est right OF complaint shall now st.y a, ipou,ne
enough that they refused payment and that through
their eeusancy We have purchased what conceive
10 be favorable erms boon for our Shipping In deal
ing with these dues indeed England has been placed in
peculiar dilemma from the fact that they are the guar
'ee Tor part of the Danish debt II refused TO nav
required no great diplomatic ingenuity TO point out that
we were nullfying an important security on which British
ondhoidets depended On the other hand if We paid
sc we're offered advantageous terms had the
" releasing our shipping for from all mpost that
sas not only annoying in itself but created still greater
,n"oyauee by OBTAINING OH inhosptable coast hun
dreds OF vessels for days together and we ran
rsk Of tampering with the security of the
debt Accordingly the sum annually paid by
English shipping ia Sound Dues amounts TO 10 oo0L ".
nave agreed to capitalize this for the interest of
~hich .il amount to OOO So far wel but from what
took place al Sunderland the other day n seems pretty
eA 'ha' matters VIII not rest at this point. IL
having oncs begun to look into the propety Of these
ions III other directions One Of the speakers at the
meeting report Of which furnished in our impress
ion OF yesterday took occasion to level his
,gahs another little tax upon shipping known as the
>ade Dues StAde, il will be observed belongs to Hano
yer, and is situated the Elbe on the highway TO the
fee Gity o Hamburg Some years ago all vessels bound
o hamburg were bound TO heave in passing the guard
'hp Toned here 10 send their papers on shore and TO
submit TO the yexaious kind OF duty an ad vaLora
duy oi about one-hai per cent Some twelve years
ago Certain relief granted the vessels
Sere allowed 10 proceed direct to Hamburg
aging the same duties there instead. As
very large proportion OF the foreign trade OF the Ebe
IN Engish hands, these dues which are monstrous
grievance, press with peculiar weight on our shipping;
and Impossible find any reason for the e1sciion
hamburg pays the cost Of all the lights and buoys in the
nver Hanover eves and sppropste .he Tax while En-
ssh vessels pay large proportion OF it, and the trade of
Hamburg suffers from the depedatious the ordy State
mat holds Possession OF the nouth Of the Elbe Lately
lock has been constructed the Hanover side OF the
'er at harburg, little higher up than Hamburg and
has been decreed that ships making these docks all
oe Tree from the levy If to continue to paw bur
lens that are 80 unequaly aud unjustly charged
-houid IKE TO know the why. There was some
rvason Tor the Sound Dues but Sade Dues appa-
renty none seeing that Hanover almost moth
ng TO the proper navigation OF the river. 1.-THE toll
the Ebe said Mr.. ACuloch loug ago. 'is outrage on
all commercial natons. and instead OF being modified
should be wholly repealed"
The Stade Dues in fact exactly similar to the pas
-ng tolls which levied by the worthy citizens of Iv-
verpoO and NeEcase; they are a fine upon trade levied
ia the interest OF certain parties who have nothing to do
%" To draw the money and to spend it for their be-
hooi. Such system will not any longer De tolerated
aud -hen Liverpool friends point With pride To their
n Georgrs Hall unrvaled specimen OF modern ar
theS must be content with the reply that IL
Justice no" sits enthroned in IL courts il is founded in
'Jusuce anu that amid the music of its splendid organ
good ear can detect the groans OF a score Of English
towns that have been mucted in order provide this
luxury Tor the city OF the Mersey IL is OF
exp regret that the Government consented to with
iaw the which would have done away with this
abuse and perhaps the merchants OF Manchester aud