The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-02-12 00:00:00

k iv 04A-1 17. r uaW,Ari& No 463,4. _ NI It. ALDF:R NI t N 11 00 D. if lig C ui o , Mill sJ a l' i l t i t l. , : e r. who , : ii supp o r ted ee A rai.2ectio Ni n r. tnk ide r tt l;- jet! re irocitul to aliprize the 11 ortt” and Independent I iv,-,41 of ID. DON, that it la Ms intention to re-offer • .4 es a C.IN DI D.VrE. whenever a Dissolution of ~, Je w ALAI occur. lout the 1 naintittee cannot bat ea ': , Nigh .4,l4r:ince. that continued expericure b) the f" - s ( his in'errit , zeal , and iisdependenee. will Induce ....... awr amsrfady to *fiord inns Weir stretattous support. l os I ). 11, Itila - -- TO THE LIVERY OF LONDON. Old South Seo-Hoose, Feb. 10, 1810. liarnsysyl. 4%11,10 upon by in numerous end so highly re speciasle a hotly of the Livery. it would be itieonsisi the wir.ir felnr of ley ptiblie lite it I reused to 't " ! with tote repeat. again to stand forward a, a Can • tiat 111.1aJur of representing this great City kw Pat i , zealous. tr. 4 ;ill. teantioii rea rsto o t the e m lni:t a r re e; ll2 .o l s t e let in mr, and i l •04 , nobly and an unequivocally hodos e.! on it, t , •• ttacutrillt recorded testimony of so many of my fel re:,. er any Frog . ..vinous of my Principles wholly eritcry• y lied ••••a! of the Meeting of this day has induced my giewb.to ree..annend to the Livery that the arduous duties .!...nr :144 on my part should be dispensed with—a wale of telvet to that eaticittenwl anti independent body w►it%l hive at :di times con,itlered our from a Candidate ; a gboagh I may thus he relieved from tds mark of intag lio myself. the members of my family mill most cordially ! i-ripsrsie *Rh my friends in this servlce; and I bare only ; D ia that should their nailed evertkns be crowned with m ei* to beat energies will constantly be directed to the j u gaillisesrge ut those hi. h duties which the vast and imsand laterests of this great Commercial Community re lies; the heads of its Representative. I hare the honour to be. (lentlemea, lour faithful and de% uted sennath W. Craps. 'kQxuaCbc eStato T i PUBLIC and most ntinterotis 11EETING et LIVERYMEN. MERCII.%NTS, B.VIKERs, Tlt %DEUS. add others. en r d hp L. held at the I. melon Tavern, Bishop%gate this italt day of Febniar. 1+40; WILLIAM MANNING. Esq. M.P. in the Chair. I.lllaved br Sir C. S. Pouter. Bart.—!Seconded bv Mr. Wotan Atkin..—Resolved nttanimousl%, That this Meet- MVP ilLpreSltd with the highest sense of the long and faith to, rer‘lees of Sir Wisa. Curtis. Bart. as one of the Repre sentatives of the 1:4.:) of I. !.,n. for sic 4ticeessivg Pallis er.... :taring which period he has htoen most saaidsou% and orfAr in l in-muting the Comatercial Prosperity of the Me t-npolia. in giving a constant and iinreinitted attention to the local interests of his Conellient:. oh; in facilitating the In r.trnorse and rood anderstaadint wiocl, shoold ever siabalst lib-etre. a the first City of the Enayire and a British lionse of MOOS. 1. Y..;17;14 by George Blackman. F.4..—Secomled ltd Sir Charles Flower, Bart.—Resolvaid intattlinously. T'utt it Is tI r i itsiou of Ms Meeting, Qat the dignity end best bi t 3. %pew. of the City of London repair, the its Represents hi Ptirliaetest should be Citizens of high Commercial rte. illored by Jobe Jacks. Cose-411•001bibil by Tells Clay. .—Sestifted anaaisinuNir.nittt this Meeting is therefore of ofisiern thin Mir 11t1t. Curtis, Hart. slid .lldermate, be 11.14 '.tithed to ogee himself* as owe of the Candidates to re 'ph• ,it the l'it of I. ion in Parliaiuent at the ensuing General Eleetiou. and virt.l 4 e: 'itself 1.. use its indit idual Id ine.,l9 sad exertion to leet111: the retail of the Iluiwurable Sunset. & Moved by Sir Charles Flower. liart.—S,•conded liv Mir is I)essa uges.— it est.: sed unanintousi , That this iret rations to t,stify in a pnr;ienlar Innotier its respect fur lathe. Curtis. earnestly and re',ertfttily recommend to rn ! e 'nary that the arduous duties of • personal caavass oa lipart should hr dispensed n itli. 3. "gored by Win. Word. E•.l.—Seeonded by Sir 11f. Mos sw—ltesolsed auaninions,y, 'not a deputation, consisting St ne t'hairnian and Si. I. S. Hunter. Sir Charles Flower. Ar. Aldessnan %Inanity, , tit% %Merman %Mins. and J. list!, Esi. do wai: upon Sir Win. Curtis forthwith, and columnist- I rate to him the foregoing Ilesolittit:ns. T. Deputation havine complied therewith, the Chairman Imported to the Meeting that sir Win. Curtis had expressed self to the following effeet : Old Scent Sea-flowse. Thwrarfay, Frh. til , Weir). THA thitiavti thy tl and unprecedented mark of the favour May fellow-eitizens, evinced thin day, cannot brat he moat Illehly flattering and gratifying to me ; it is indeed a proud Icatimory that my humble exertions have met with their ap probtuhm. If I were to consult my own feelings alone. I I will frankly confess that I should not again offer myself as ('gulidate fur the arduous situation of a Representative of the rity of London in Parliament—a situation which, front the T . arious and compli c st e d interests It invOlves , and which Ivllstre constant attention and rare. becomes one of the siest responsibility. lam sensible. however. that I have Wier and 111111 T important irbitv to perform, superior to any para^nal estrideratinns of my own, anti I eannut hesitate to vier forward at the call of so numerous and so highly re table a body of the !Ayer) of London, as are this day winkled. • Toe MOP. Gentlemen, la that of the City of I.ondos--in cause I have laboured tldrty-tive years as an .11denuan, • 'arlety-seten years sr your Representative. und I will from fultillini my (tatty to the utmost of my qh amistaining it.—By your Itesointiona, I obsene :ow zeal and kind attachment have indueed you to tin t!, ardnovei duty of rant 3... dug for toe. thereby me this (under any other circumstance.) neeerrary his duty I have ;.: t-r considered due from a Can t and although I may be thy.: personally relieved from PPII7 car rerpeetgi to the Livery individually, the members mv family will cordially cu-operate w ith your t'omailltec „ f=owing this respectful attention to that independent rived he Mir Chsrles Price. Bart.--Seconded by Sir loriefuton.—itesei‘ed sinualmonsiv.Thst the Thanks r Mi< Meeting are lierch given to Sir I% Wises Curtis, fur "Pruning of his sentiments. as reported by the Chair sad the Nadiness with which he has complied with its Vovetl by Mr. Alderman Atkiass—Seconded by Sir Bart.—Resolved 'maul sssss usly. That this •mg do form itself into a Committee for conducting the .se of Sir 1k Mime Curtis. RIM meet 'tails at the London „ rr'+• That William Manning. Esq. 11. P. be Chairman. Je.ai Hall. Esq. Tlcputi Chairman of the same. That teloaittee be an open one. and nil friends of the Hon. let desirous of promoting his return, are invited to join eo-opPrate with the same. @!lllaverl by Sir Chart., Price, Hart —Serondell by Sir look S. llairtw , Hart.—Hrsolved nonnknonaiv. That the • i ll of this Meeting are due. and are hereby items to 411 ;nhan, for his able and judicious conduct in the ir. I. Moved by Thomas Poynder. Rsq.--lieconded by John 1 • Esq.—Resolved unanimously. That the proceed ' a this Meeting be published in the Aligning sad * 11 ; Papers. It Th Committee will sit dad% at the London Tavern. W communications relating to the Election are re _ to be nada to the Chairman or Deputy Chairman of • , man LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1820. " The Gina , for which HAMPDEN fell in the Field, a►d SIDNEY died on the Scaffold!" AT a numeroin and highly respectaWe MEET- GEOItOE THE THIRD. INO or LIVERYMEN, MERCHANI'N. BANKERS. T HE STAR • or, EPEITIME of CHRISTIAN and Others. FRIENDS of the Right H o nourabl e the LORD JIL KNo ‘V 1.F.D0 E (in the centre of the Plate, in a circle. M %TOR, held at the London 'Pavern. Itishortgate-striset, oat is an admirable Profile in Black, from a Bronze Bust, of an Friday, the I Ith slay of February. ISM), eminent Artist of his late excellent and most gracious Ma- Sir CLAUDILS STEPHEN HCNTFR. Bart. in the ('hair.. esty George the Third), comprising the f'ateritisei of the ritziest, Churn of England, Morning and Evening Prayers, and Morning. Evening, Christesas. and Easter ripens. set to Sir Richard Carr Glyn. Bart. Charles Barclay. Esq. Musk. as snug at in.”it of the Churches end Chapels its nod and .tidentian. Sir es Di•salici... u-ar London. Designed by JOSEPH TAYLOR. .llderman Sir Wm. I.rightou. Gerard De %lime. Esq. London : Published be Welton and Jarvis, 66. Pater- Aliterisinn l'hri•topiier Smith. John Carstairs. Esq., n..ster-row. and may be had of all Booksellers le Town et Alderman Magna,. Thomas Roberts. E..t. Conakry ; iii)..ii ti Sheet in Case, 34. ed. ; Mill-board, Se. : .11:lemma Cox. tieorw.e Barnes. Es t. in a meet black Frame. or upon Cloth Rollers, Si. 6d.; a Sir John William Lubbock, !Matthew Illarrisim. Esq. new Impressions epos Inc Paper, lOs. ed. ; India Paper. Ilk. Bart. M. P. John Plummer, Esq. Sir Charles Price. Bart. VI Minim ilorrailaile. Esq. John Josiah liolforit. Esq. Samuel Dixon. Esq. James Campbell. Esq. (Norte IPathorne. EA. William Ward. Esq. William Fry. Esq. • ~ Akfilmikv [teller, Figs . JamesOvehant Webster; Req:' i ffi a' - • &c. &e. &c. It - was moved by George B . Esq. —seconded by Mr. Alderman Christopher Smith—and re..ilvei unanimously. lit. That It is, in the opinion of this Meeting, of the that importance to the welfare of the British Metropolis. that it should he represented in Parliament by Gentlemen who are steady in their attachment to the Constitution of the country. and to the rights and prig ...Ales of their fellow-citizens, el. perieneed and interested iu her ronititercial prosperit. and of tiled independence anti honour: and that they. therefore. rejoice that the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor has acceded to the wishes of his Friends iii proposing to utter himself as a Candidate for the Representation of this tity at the ap proaching dissolution of Pet Bement. Moved by Charles Banta . Esq.—seronited by Sir Francis Desaages—end resolved unan!mously, Yd. 'flat this Meeting cannot but highly appiose anti respect the driiescy and feeling which have restrained his Lordship (note itlistanding the elifieulties which are on all sides opposed to a new Candidate) from taking. during the I.r...ent esPertitul season, any prominent part in the proceeilim;s of a Ge.wral Kim lion. SERMONS, EXTR ter!' OF. rE BE TIES of SINCERITY: being Ex- AU tntets of upwards. of & prooeboll WV* Ihresh of her ROlllll illicitness the rItINCI4II CMAIIII.OTTE (the prominent parts of Tills TITLI Ails PAINTED IN COLO, with a Plate of the Fuseral Proeesslon. Svo., price b. bd. To our eLitireu, and our children's children, the character of this illustrious and virmous female should be handed down. as the brightest pattern of moral excellence, of conju gal aiettiun, and of strict conformity to the dictates of her London: Published by Wetton and Jarvis, 63, Pater noster-row, and may be had of all Booksellers In Town or Country. MODERN HISTORY TO TIM ACCESSION or GEORGE TYE FOURTH. This da) was published, price ea. bound. illustrated with ounterous Ent o rait; i cs i mad a h larle , Map. 11°'L°') ch lew DE gu it t. lN t i o l th i e llB A . ccelssiu; of ru lii m et t or; the Fourth, a rzl e ii - - bitleg a summary View of the Rise. Progress, Itecolutiuus, and Public Et ents, of the various Nations of the World. Ac JOHN RODINNON. Rector of Clifton, one of ►is Majest)'sJu.tiees of the Peace for the mantles of Cumberland sod Westmoreland, &c. &e. Printed fur tiir Richard Phillips and Co., auJ os.i) be had of all Booksellers. Moved by Robert Jones. E4l.—secondell by Samuel Dixon. Esq.—and resolved unsaiu.oush, 3d. Teat. is pro portion as his Lordship's eonsideratiou tor the honour of the high station %hick hr MIN IHIs, preeittdes him from taking the public steps uses! on the Inc of a dissolution of Perlis meat. this Meeting feel that they are called upon to exert themselves in adopting With promptituoe and euerg) such measures as ntss filtimate4 insure him success. Also, by the same ktitlinr. I. ‘SrIENT from the I:arliest Records. to the I) line of the Roman Empire ; prier 774. bound. V. TUB UAAIIIIAR UV I. •IVKX/AL ill/TOll%, %MI Ques tions. te.; prier 4/.1,01111d. a TUX TBOLOuII AL, 11°.:1•CLE11%/TIC , 1L, AND BIBLICAL Dts-Ts . ; price the. boordse. Moved by Cletries Drum.. Esq.—seconded by William Berretta'le. I.l.q.—and resolved unaninsouylt. 4111. fur this perpose a Committee be isumedistels Pinned. of which the Gentlemen whose names are contained in the List upoti the table be Members. with power to add to tlicir num bers: sad that Sir Clstolists Stephen Diluter. Rant. be the Chairman., aud %%aril. Esq. Dewitt Chairman. Moved by I'harlr. [twist, Esq.—seconded by Mr. Al derman Christopher Smith —and resolyml unanimously. bth. That a Deputation be appointed to await on the lotril Mayor to eonernstsieate to hint the proreediugs of the .12y. 'he Deputation to consist of toe Chairman and Dewitt Chairman. Charles Harriet. Esq.. Sir Francis Desauges, George Barnes, Esq., and Wildan. Sortedllle. Esq. Moved by Samuel Dixon. Essi.--seeoaded by Mr. Alders 111•13 Christopher lirsith—and resolved staselmomib. tith. That the TitanLs of this %lerting be offered to sir Claudius Stephen Hunter. Bart. for his able rentiviet lathe MA; ' • Resolved umtnituonslt 7th. That the proeeerline of the Metairie be published in the Morning and Evening Ness papers. The I)eputntion hutiiis waited on the Lurd Maier. and returned to the Mr./title. reported— Tnat the Lord liasor had repressed his most crateful thanks for the obligation that 411 ntl MrrOiii sod respectable a Meeting had etonferred upon hint. mot begged to mature them, that as soon as eireuutstaners would penult. he should he happy to present himself to the Livery. and share the labours skid' his friends had so kindly here ill his behalf: dad dint although he felt it to be Ida duty to support the Cos eminent whilst they acted faithtully is discharge of their duty. yet he trusted that he• should ever preserve his perfect indepeutience; and if he had the honour to be circled. give his Vote iti Par liament according to the best of his judgment for the benefit of his country, and the advantage of his fellow-citizens. N. B. The Committer will lilt daily at the London Torero until alter his late Majesty's Funeral ; and it Is request el that all communicatious relating to the hllectiou sissy be made to the Chairman or Deputy Chairman. LIAIIILIES FURISHING may obtain the most decided 11.1110AINvi in 1111141 f LINE \H. by an early application at Linen and sheet Inellare bouse, 3S, Great Knoell-street, Bloomsbury. corner of Charlotte-street. where he is selling his last Importations at mach unprecedented low priers as must. WI inspection. en sure universal approbation; each piece warranted grass bleached, and of dnrabi. fabric. • • • • N. 11. No othrr article sold. BRITISH PAINT M.INUFACTORY. Oat, VEN-STR Err. (lit %Pi. DE. ILUN DON. UPTON and Co.'s Cheap. Durable, and Im penetrable 11'.1INTS. per cwt. per cat. Int isible nrern -44 h. Stone Colour - 4th Olive Green - Black - - - Fiae deep tireen - I Its. t% hite - - - ills. Dark Red - - Yellow - . Mts. Bright Red - SI ite and Lend Colours 4t4 s. Chocolate • - 4410. I Prepared Oil to thin fur use. per gallon, 4s. (111. Linseed Oil, Turpentine, sad Colours of miry description. These Paints are eery uraatnentsl, and may be applied a ith great adtantap to all the purposes of useful Painting. inside and oat, where a liandaosue appearance. thirahitit). and atomism, are eunsiderstions. Fur park-palings. out buildings, stiteco and plaster trouts, iron and wood and shipping purpose.. the) ire peculiarly adapted. as they resist the effects of weather iu an nareseel degree. and err a cure for the worm and dry rot. They also cuter a sartare nearly twice as greet as other Pailds. and way be applied with little t ((((( Mr, requiring toil) to be thinned a ith or Prepared Oil. ••• Helloed Coal Tar Brown. dUs. per cat. Varnishes, &c. &c. OALLAM's PILLS: the best preparation for indigestion, giddiness in the head, bile, and the ill elects of intemperance. that ever has bees recommended. They are the moat pleasant and effectual remedy in all balms euespletwee, whether arising (roll a weak or deranged action of the stomach: from colds, whereby the seeretioo of bile is obstructed ; or from exress In eating or drinking, wherein the bile is rendered aerid and eorrosive. and repot.- gated to the stomach, musing siclness, jaundice. windy disorders. indigestion, Ix. Their operation is very gentle and mfe, never griping; a meet excellent remedy fur relieving these troubled it's thr piles; in habitual costiveness. • sluggish state of tbe bowels, 'irk head-ach. and also during pregnancy, the) may be taken wish singtdar and good elect. Pries ts.l/d. and M. ed. dot> included. Bold b 7 Edwards. 06. St. Paul's Church-yard. London: and retail by Ward. -Holborn ; Chandler, opposite the pantheon. Ozford-stneet ; Emerson. East itsnishaeld; W ill met, Landes-bridge; Parse, Portseveatb Cockworrhy sad co.. Flmouth Bead. Varroadi: Pritchard. DeiL he. he. - ' THE WF.ST immix THE NEXT - i'ART of •• I'HE MONTHLY JOUR U. or NEW VOYAGES AND TRAVEI.S." pablished February IL will consist of an original and vary' Interesting Recent Voyage in the West Indies, descriptise of Barbadoes and other islands, by 1. W. WALLEn. E. with engravings from original dustings; price 3s. sewed, or M. dd. In boards. . . Thi* Part completes the 14'rond Volum which ma) hr had of all Booksellers, at YtM. hatolsouirt)lialf-bouutl. lint tam %ilium.% contain Tarlor of the must recent end mast valuable W oda of ‘'toy ages and 'Crave's, in various parts of the World,* ithout abridgement ; and score or eight collars. professedly abridged. Esery Monthly Part finishes the Wort. which It CO M 1111.110111: and in regard to every par 'dreier Work atabißeet. beams a 111,1141W0 Fabliau* ioa within o a Series of tile Newest Voyages anal Travels, neces sarily forms the most interesting and popular of periodical pultdiestioas. and is adapted to every class of readers. Printed fur Sir Richard Phillips and Cu., and to be had of all Booksellers. N.tPOI.I•:ON'S NIENIOIRS. BY 11INISELF. The rwilqin Engross, Its. beards; The ENG kosot Eorroos. It).. lid. boards. IS NINTH 13LIOK of the great Work of THIS Napoleon is published the lest, on account of its temporary interest. as relating to the return from Elba, the battle of Waterloo, and en• snbseipient events. 'Pb. Estorrn and ticso:osTio Books are in course of trans lation. and *lll appear its French and English, in corres ponding sire. t% pr B.c. with the Ninth Book. tbe Ninth Rook has been added numerous proofs, die hard at Longwood to Mr. O'Meara. proving •• the Nleau script from tit. Reims - to be a forgery , and highly curious, as eurretaing falsehoods relative to the noir( moots of the Lite of this distinguished Personage. The MS. of the Ninth Book, with serilleation. may be sects at the uelee of the Publishers, CT, Bridge street. PROVED SPECTACLES. CWESI', 83, St. inmes's-street, hating been • established ea a practieal Optician more than thirty years, the greater part of which time he been iu the habit of attending on persona under the direction of Sir Win. Adams, and other eminent Oculists. Is enabled. with roan drwer. to recommend his INIPILOVED SPEI - I'ACIAS, the glasses of width are atoned on a principle that rsumlers them perfectly free from the dangerous consequences arising front the indiscriminate use of Improper glasses. C. W. begs leave to emotion the Public. against the gross impoaitioa of thoar persona that advertise their Patent Spectacles. as there is no Patent tad. farther, that those persona are not, nor ever were. nsioorseturers of glasses. C. W. attends persoaally at SS, St. James's-street. from eleven till No o'clock. where the process of manufacturing glasses Loy be seen. OBSRRVATIONS ON .1.11ER1(*.43" TRADE, EV A NATIVE OF THY. UNITED STATES. An extensive sad profitable trade is now carried by revalsippesg foreign goods to European market., and obtaining in exchange other goods, for nor own con sumption, which we would otherwise be obliged to pay for in %twit.. Now, Units. tnerchanto are not allowed a drawback on exportations, they will only import such goods as will supply our own demand; and consequent ly our lioversiment will low the duty of 24 per rent, which they now retain, on an immense amount. IVe shall be deprived of a profitable carrying trade, which will throw vast numbers of seamen and litany ships out of esuploe. Ky making the ditties payable in rash, none but capi talists will be able to export ; and the prices on goods uitl be enhanced is proportion to the interest on the money annoyed ; and; to crown the whole, an exten sive smuggling trade will inundate as with goods, whereby the 11m-eminent will sot realise near the pre sent aunt for duties. The regular importer will not he able to compete with those who pay no duties, and people will gradually crane to look on smugaiing a % a crime ; fur, if these resolutions are carried into effect, they must pay from their own pockets the deficiency in the revenue. Then we shall he blessed with internal taxes, and our boasted freedom from taxation will exist only in memory. I trust every one wishes well to the manufacturing interest ; butt have laboured to shew, that these resolutions, so far from affording them aid, will produce a contrary effect ; besides beiug of incal culable injury to the mercantile enterprise of this nation. My reasonings may appear incorrect ; but if I suc ceed in calling the attention of mercantile men to the I *a bject, it will be a source of satisfaction to one, who is interested no farther than every American who wishes I the joeli of bls country. A. fg: 117.'9 niti • . p. PRICE 7u. ON THE EFFECT OF OUR COMMARCIAL RESTRICTIONS. It runt be sufficiently obvious to all writers on poli tical economy, that restrictions on trade injuriously em harass our commercial relations with the Continent.— Impedetrue to a considerable extent is absolutely ne cessary to our prosperity as a great exporting country. We make large exports, fur instance, of manufactures to America, the West Indies, ludia, am. Returns come, either in raw materials, such as cotton, to he tuansfac tared in this country, or in coffee, sugar, and various other articles, some of which, not being the groith of the British plantations, are nut permitted to be eon. snmed at biome, and must therefore find a market abroad. Now, for ftscrehanoliae sent to a foreign market, the only return, frequeotle L which can be obtained. it tles dice of the country where the sales are effected ; and this is peculiarly the case in the present state of Rurope. But our prohibitory laws have shut our ports against such articles as our continental neighbours could have given iu exchange for our exports, and better a stagna tion has necessarily taken place to the discouragement of almost every branch of one commercial Sfstem. There is another restriction on our commerce with the Continent, viz., the transit duty un foreign linens. By this legislative measure, an impost of fifty per cent. is laid on all linens manufactured in fine*n parts, which paw through this country to a foreign mart. The effect of this regulation way easily be explained. A merchant in Cuba, fin example, wishes to transmit his goods for sale to Britain, as a convenient and profitable market : but Ise must take into account the nature of the returns lie is to receive. He find., perhaps, in his own island, a great demand for linens of routinental manufacture. hut he cannot obtain these in this country except by paving a tax amounting to one half of the original value. 111. at then will lie do ? The answer is obvious. Unless, on his calculation of profits, he finds that the advantage of trading with Britain is so great as to compensate the dirollvantage of losing a profitable article of sale, he will avoid our ports iu which surto an illiberal policy prevails, and go direct to the Continent, where, in Bre. men, liatoburgh, St. Petersburgh, or the marts of Hol land, be will procure the gnats hr reotires,fere 19 . all impost. If our Legislators bad set themselves down with the iutentioti of contriving in what manner they could brit drive commerce from unr doors, how could they have fallen on a inure effectual expedient? The renew for this restriction is a tenderness fur oar Irish linen manufaeturers; or, as the President of the Board of Trade has himself explained it, the duty is confirmed " to satisfy the pre:jollier," of that class of subjects.— There is not, however, a truth iu the whole circle of r - • litical economy more capable of strict demonstration than that a mantsfactnre, which requires to be bolstered up by the exclusion of fair competition, is hurtful to the country which encourages it, and ought, on every consideration of sound policy, to be left to its fate.-- It dors seem strings, that in an enlightenodeonsire like Britain—a country, tote depending, almost fur existence, on the wisilinu of its mercantile police— such a concession sl Id be made to the prejudices of any body of men, after the principle on which it is 'founded has been rundetioneil. But this is one of the disadvantages of a free government. It is a tax which we have to pay for our liberties: and therefore must nut lw too severely reprobated, however steeply it may be regretted. In an arbitrary government one dash of the autocrat's pen may Abolish a whole system of impolitic regulations ; and the trembling slaves who suffer by the change nuts' sink to ruin without a min now. hut in Britain the case is altogether different . The rights and the claims of all branches of the coalmine pity must, in this land of freed ttttt , be carefully can• vassed and minutely examined ; exclusive privileges must not be abolished without remuneration; even the prejsilires of the people must be consulted; and thin, at every turn, the administration finds its operations cramped and itopedeol by contending a icws and opposing ic interests. Heine the difficulty of effecting chap es in the policy of this country, even after the inex iency r and folly of the system in actual operation as been proved, to the couviction of every rational mind ; and hence the extraordinary fact which has tilled foreigners with astonishment and disgust, that the native country of Adam Smith should be among the last to adopt' that liberal and sound policy which he was among the first to develop* and rntorce. But the progress of improve ment in a nation of freemen, though sometimes impeded by circumstances ' is certain and irresistible. As the imblic sentiment becomes more and mar e ea li g hs a ne t e the claims of the few must yield to the rights and the interests of the many. Commercial restrictions and mo nopolies must fall one by one; and the good sense and enlarged views of the nation most rouse at last to be telt in every department on our political economy. The restrictive nature of our navigaCon act is lumber subject to which the consideration of government ought to be seriously directed. That act provides against tie importatiou of foreign roods except in British vessel'. or 111 such foreign vessels as belting to the subjects vl the couutry where these goods have been produced or manufactured. The object of this law is to preserve to, our own merchantmen the ttttt noply of the carrying trade. But observe the consequence of this narrow Fa hey. The American government, whine wise principb. is the general freed of trade, r bitted with counter. veiling restrictions against all nation, whirls adept the restrictive system. bay,' inrne:l the tables on us, lov pass ing au art exactly the counterpart of ours; declaring, however, at the same time, that " this regulation shall not extend to the vessels of any foreign uatiooi which has not adopted. and which shall not adept, :o similar regulation. - The effect of this law is, this s•o long as our navigation act is in force, no Baltic, French, or other foreign produce. ran be shipped to the I•lairec. States in a British vessel, either from the countries of their production, or from Herat Britain, sailboat loth. jecsing the goods and vessel to contiscatiou: The au vantage of the navigation act must he great indeed, if it counterbalances this most grievous restraint ou our commercial enterprise. Another branch of our restrictive policy, as it efferte the United States, relates to our colonies. We have prectu.led all direct intercourse between vessels belongi rug • to that country and our West India possessions, the per of Bermuda alone excepted; and, in retatiatien. Congress. hare enacted, " that the ports of the United States -.1 14 11 be and remain closed against ewer vessei owned by if subject or subjects of hisßritannic Majesty, which is, or shall be, by the ordivary laws of navigation ur trade, closed against Times of the United States," Inc. IN - .-- . The same act obligee the consignee or agent 41 British vessels departing front the 'American States, to give bond '., that the article shipped belinskj in some port whint be , not closed against vessels belonging to the l'oriuto. Thus the direct trade between the United States and the, British colonies in the Wee: holies is closed to the yes eels of &At amosirias. By the late speech of the Am. ___ .._ f .1 1. 1 \I 4 • ~ 4 I