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repealing the following taxes, according to Sir H. Parnell's estimate:—
| £. | ||
| Duty on Ashes, Barilla | 85,000 | per annum. |
| Ditto on Glass | 613,000 | " |
| Ditto on Paper | 650,000 | " |
| Ditto on Hemp | 104,000 | " |
| Ditto on Thrown Silk | 112,000 | " |
| Ditto on Coals | 838,000 | " |
| Two-thirds of duty on Soap | 650,000 | " |
| £. | 3,052,000 | " |
The duty on barilla has been already taken off, as well as that on coals. But let not Ministers stop there; let them with unflinching hand take off the rest of the above-mentioned duties, and the most important advantages will be the result. Look to the number of hands thrown out of employ by the duty on paper. Not merely does it affect the paper-makers, but the type-founders, the ink-makers, the printers, the engravers, the book-sellers, the bookbinders, stationers, paper-stainers, makers of machinery, and many other trades[1]. So widely ramified are the evils that result from these taxes, obstructing the labour and lessening the capital not of one but many trades.
Who then can doubt that the repeal of these duties would be in the highest degreeadvan-
