We have repeatedly spoken...
W\re have repCatedl!y spok.,ii with severity of Ihe CRsAN- CELLOR of the ExCj 1lE(2FR'S nC',V plai or finance, IIot for what it hals dor-c in allkviating taxawion, but for what it has left undoine-not for the principles of financial policy on 'vhich it' is gi onideticl. but for t: ying vecn a successful rxpleriment in fb:cign trad: or caimnervial regulation, to thle obs:ruction or po-tponcmncnt of that imute(diate relief from domlestic pressure, to which the expectation of the pub'lichlad be in so iittLiselv directedl, and to which their long patience under s"ffiring lhad given thein so just a claim. It calnnot, noreover, escape the attention of the muost careless, uor will it be left a se,ret to the C11AN- CELLor of .the ExcInE st m -or the Parliameent, that the benefits wlhiel may uhiltimtely result from the new sehemne are not purchased witho;lt couinterbalancinlg evils, and tliat wlile the pubiie is not sensibly benefite d as the re, venue is diminished, partial interests feel themselvcs severe- ly aggrieved. How wise. then, -would it have been to have abolished the winidow-tax in the Brst instance, an unde4 htiable ancl unequivocal advantagc, against which nothing CoSI1 habaie becnr said, and of Whicll no h.uman beilg co?Ud ha!ve complained,-and to have left to a futulre opportunity, or to a more propereltts period, the change in ,-Ur commercial system. It is already known, that meet- tngs of perscns engaged in the silk andc lVool trades have takern place. and have a.?opted. resolutions to peti- tion the Lrcgilature against th. finanacial plan, so far as it interfercs withi their interes's. To thc remonstrances of tITose bodir.s w.;Ill nrew, wve are assured,. he added that of the British ilistillers, hieow sidler themselves injured by the rediuction of the hn:v on ruin. As this latter class of persons ill be suppoite<l in I.rliiament by the landed gent'cmcn u-hose inc,me will bh affected hy any (liminution of the 'enanid for cor:i wh:i'h ii iy be ccasioned by the stic- -stul compi,i.i1in of riun in the spirit market, and. whio ((ii', kno-,;cl a-e ;1lwivs s!ufFiciently loitri in calling atten- 't tt tO f}eir ,u-z i!tore-ts, it would be superfluous in us { 't- - upi% o; anvy lcnbtiiene1 s-atement on the subject. P le followitfi. t '.t, ho xcver, will show that the distillers 3re not less plroi.lcdl wihit a ca.e fir the consideration of tl ii N- L1 AiiR'. of th(e EXCt EQCIER than the silk "wollenl-niantif.turers. to tvho-e representations we tilrzieerlv ailud, 1l. Thlle duity on \Vest Intlia ruin im- T`rtel inlo tl1j; cototry is at present Ils. 7T-d. at ll fr.nz h ,of thvdrotinter proof, wvhile that on the cllln of e -rn spiriti ,istilled in E-iglanidI is lOs. Gd. at i|'smt. Rle ,lO b-hvIrMoneter proof. It has iitherto been }'i poliev of tTovernmettt to protect the British distiller i-ainc- r;n;. hy subli-ethig the latter to a rate of duty some- n-: ! tiglhcrt' anl ;a'a plv:ihleon spirits distille-i in England. "-ht . in '10. this pAoliev Aa partially aband'onQeI hy a;n Ono t Iuir on corn-Npirit is. .3%1d. pergallon, the Eng- f-h listillers -Iuly criplained, an,l were ablesilbsequent- 'M tO -an.l :?.,r - g-unl only lby the low price ofbarlev. I t inf, ri-r bar'-. t,wlneinilv. whicli is used in distillation ld it theO ma.rket fotr stich harley be lost hv a re- 0.1 o' i elitcnitih Oistilt%ries. the agricultural in- .re 1 w d'l f1e the c-n' -o!urnlcos. The (CHANCE SL.T.or of 7X Cu ! - in evepnjni :ll c heutiget gave notice, that hle 't-d- in fitotr. to allow hew introdtction of rmm at the <ITre rate ,fui:nt i a; thit on Itriti-!i spirits, or INs. 6d. a : lio. thius '^-a -ngv a reductiOn( of Is. I LAI. from lIs. TAd. ahl ints ri -ed,s to inentionl that itl the lIrest Intdies 'tk !X- fro-u surtar an1 molasses, anr that as a pro- :t irtlh arrhcu Ibtre the uSe of these articles - - h t-,! 'at PrI-Rent to the home distiller, thougil in 2 '' '-' Ir h colrn 1!a; somelim-s been prohibited, andl * .' :';. nit rial lerinittvd. Now, sty the dis- r' --.1.:, ir t I-:;I L in th.' \IYest Indies shiill be ad- i f X .uv kwoin :.ion iln l,anIzLnd upll oni an cquiality of : ;. n ufl ir-:i v 'rv prt-iniple of jiistic, that the :-. 1r-till l h allowed to use the satne r t dii ill 'r in tie ll cst Indies-nainely, Su- _l e.. inciple of equalization, in order ' - Vi ;-.;.9Oll a ll. should go the length of ad- : a ;u itn of nmaterial as wvell as of dilty, ': t ni?'" hC pus-'i.. ile the late rise in the price -' , - 1w . n n :.:- h i iistiller now pays 40s. or 42s. har le., wlhichl somne years back he - ::':t e lT. ;Te !tarter oi birley yields 18 gal- fr: -:'' t'nc ti in the price of the material, ~. :-ru. i: e.n c-l irtit to albout ens shitling a gallon on ;: a,i 1 a rehluct;on in the dluty of is. I-tl1 on '.*1]li.-,- spirit. '> the saine in effect as a farther ad- . - .-. ;',a: :nn ii: hic trice e-f harley ; or, in other words, : .' !; .i- i thB ritilh ilis ihler, if he is to keep htis ground - ;ip* &ttrio of turn, from giving so muclt for ' ' ..1:'trtir. as lie cotl(l have done ha(l the - :,, sinit( as hefore. The (listiller fart';er h is to ,av hi5l duties imme(liately on 1te*n;aliq, wNhereas rum may be bondledl, - i-.vars frce of duty. The quantity of lva riti;sutned in England is known to be : o ii0O gallons, 'ieldling a revcnue of about a I a half. The (niuntits of corn spirits made in {.i ~t. .1 intl ci i)rnult in n0 it trout Sicotlanil, is annually - - . i enlm r!ocN, leding to G lovernitent a duity of . b t. n!iest'u-sipion that t;creiduction ofthedtity r-:- a l-1. wit tha t on crrn spirit wvouldl eff.ct no =, e e n 1 ros qaunti v of spirits of all kintds used, and V -. ::'1 -d :fx nodihinhiuio' of rtvenite beyond the 1.50,0001. Ix. ,.r ::I'-ntil`'-tt nf tile (.1ANCE e.toRofthe ExcitE- r r,a ll no d mlit tOht on the abmve premises thfi ': . :*! i'Ir -. 'n scriotsh i ujiired, anl the cotn- : r- ltB-: i-! ahtrleo v-ry nouch lessened. After the 7. ) 'f acts. wve Ieave the Finance Minister, atiil *,.-a ',r- S !>nor uline te;S' y intores ced-the 13ritish lanoi- vni r-s a: -1 the WV-t India illanters-to settle the matter I.,:R:"I t}'I-in. w:!Ilt thes(, gle remark, that the abolition . w'v- 'w-:t ^sm'ilill have rcaresel among theimi no . i-:; I c- ;..n: 'etr, while it vwouldl have been imiver- - a:-. 1 as a hron lby an applaudling nation.