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For some days past, the Loco-tcco press has
abounded in ridiculous perversions oil oif hooer
p.el's proposed amendments oil the BRITISH lauH
as ,,volvine the abandonment Of Protection. Moth
-, oo,d he farther fron, the truth NIne-tcnths OF
~. or,;cI.a on the new Free Last such as are


,.sd IN manufacturing, and the removal OF duties
:. DIRECTLY calculated TO benefit the Protected inter-
es,s Thus, the repeal Of the Cotton duty, which
will doubtless prove advantageous 10 our planters,
was directly forced on the Government by the
growth and activity OF manufactures, which are
rivahng the British in China and all other mar
kets. where the products of the two Countries
meet On terms Of equality. The British rnanuiac-
turers sav to the Minister, We can no longer pay
even the very light duty now imposed on Cotton; II
we must, the Yankees Will undersell as and drive
US out of our Foreign Markets" The Minister,
on inquiry ascer,ains that this IS really the case,
and takes off the duty. The FIRST consequence IS
an advance in the price Of Cotton, proving that the
consumer of an article does not pay al the duty,
but that part is often paid by the producer.


The intelligent London correspondents. OF the
Erentng Post says


'Sr has taken another important step In his
revenue policy in obedience the pressure from with
out Revenue must e raised, but the sae, OF the king
dom depends upon his not taxing the any more Ills
income tag meant therefore, reach the rch and
icye the masses Il certainly benefits the manufacturers
for under il sir Robert modifying the Tariff, which
bounds their advantage The removal ofduty from cot


on-wool will be agreeable 20 the United States but II
done pancc with the urgent demands OF the manu-
Cctures here ana with any view OF benefit
YOU English hey is not very di.inere-tedlr benev-
oent Whether the aborng hall starved poor Of England
will gain all by these alterations In the Tariff policy
be seen, but certain it is they will make the rich
richer.