The Sun. — London, England, 1823-06-18 00:00:00

THE LONDON' JOURNALS . DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, June 18. LMORNING POST.] The noble Subscription to assist the cause of a gallant nation struggling for independence (vide the advertisement in our preceding page), testi fies the feelings of the British community so une quivocally, that we see without surprise that small and discomfitted Party which has at tempted to vindicate the aggressor now seeking pretences for an outcry, which . in truth the anguish of its own humiliation extorts from it. Baffled, confounded, and deserted, this Party whines like a fretful and disappointed child, and like such child too, alleges any other rather than the true cause of its peevishness.—The English Government has declared its intention to mOn tain a strict neutrality during the conflict be tween France and Spain ; therefore it seems individual Englishmen who assist the Spaniards from their private means, violate the na tional faith, and stigmatize the conduct of _their rulers. Why do not these bewailers of the honest zeal of their countrymen strive at once to counteract its effect, and to illustrate the neutrality they affect to prize so dearly, by forming a subscription in aid of the military chest of the Duke d'Angouleme ? Or, if that doughty Commander require no such as sistanee, why not at least create a fund for the purpose of presenting honorary medals to- such individuals of the French army as may display the most signal gallantry and zeal in the holy enterprise in which it is embarked ? We will venture to undertake, that as far as Government is concerned, they may do this without either obstruction or discouragement. Their utmost efforts of this nature will , we are sure, not he held by any living creature to impeach the neutrality of the country. It is truly marvellous that the partiians of France should impute to. her so glaring an , inconsistency as that of doubting the sincerity of the English Go vernment, because the hearts and the purses of an immense proportion of its subjects are evi dently not neutral. IS not the person of the French Kingsonstantly guarded by an army of Swiss troops ? Is not an equal number of French soldiers rendered by this arrangement disposable for foreign service,- whenever France goes to war? But is there any man so deplorably ignorant as to imagine that the neutrality of the Helvetic Confederation is rendered by this cir cumstance either impossible or difficult ? Sup pose'the Corks of Spain should hereafter so far degrade itself and its country, as to surrender the personal protection of its members into the hands of Foreign mercenaries, would the country which had given birth to these guards, and which had therefore a perpetual claim upon their allegiance, be involved in every Spanish quarrel, if it did not attempt to withdraw them ? It is impossible to, glance at a page of European history without finding some precedent or other to negative the assumption. The truth is, that at no period have the, political relations of States been understood to restrain the freedom of individual action. No restraints have ever been imposed, unless by the letter of express treaty, or of positive law. It, surely will not be contended that a Swiss may devote his person to the service of France, whilst au Eeglishman may not subscribe a guinea to the cause of Spain, without compromising the neu trality of his country. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] Our readers will see with satisfaction among our advertisements, a large additional List of Subscriptions for the Spaniards. We observe, too, that Meetings begin already to be adver tised in the country. This is.as it ought to be. It never can be too often circulated that no time should be lost in this great work. The most important consequences may be produced by even a small supply at so critical a moment as the present. We must again and again: caution o*r readers to distrust.the accounts in the French . Papers. We have. seen commercial letters, lately received by the most respectable houses in the City, from their correspondents.in Seville, Cadiz, Malaga, Corunna, &c. which, one and all, differ lobo cce/o in their representations from those in the Papers in question. They represent the re, spectable part of •the population as Constitution alists, with hardly any exception. With respect to Portugal, we have only to say that the French accounts are unsatisfactory, and that no other accounts have yet arrived an which any reliance can be placed. The Barony of, Clonlisk, in the King's County, and the Barony of Ballinacor, in the County of Wicklow, are by Proclamation, dated on Wed nesday last, plated under the nsurrection Act. -4 . 4 It is admitted on .all hands (says The Dublin Evening Port), that an evil spirit is very gene-• rally diffused, a spirit not likely to be crushed or eradicated by the infliction (however expe, dient 11$ temporary measures they may be) of penal enactments." In fact, till a radiCal change of system I alcPs place in Ireland, tranquillity can be only temporary and local ; force or intimida tion may compress outrage in One quarter, but it mast immediately display itself in another.—The late proceedings in Parliament have had all the effect Which the Orangernen wished for. They have given tenfold insolence to the Orangemen, whose only fear seems now to be lest they should not have an opportunity of trying their strengths against the Catholks. All this is not lost on the Catholics. At a late Meeting, Mr. O'Gor man stated that it was the duty ofvvery CatlM lie qua lifi e d by law to bear arms to prepare for the worst."—This is a state of things calculated, one should think, to fill the stoutest hearts with alarm, And yet it does not seem to have in the least discomposed his Majesty's Ministers. We are unwilling to believe them so stupid as not to see what must be the inevitable consequence of persisting in their present system ; and yet this would suppose them possessed of a degree of wickedness,. which we are unwilling to impute to them. If they really . think that a country like` Ireland can with safety be governed on the Protestant a'stendancy principle, that is, on the principle of allowing to a handful of men- the power of tyrannising over a population of five or six millions, continually increasing too at a most alarming rate, their imbecility is without a pa rallel ; if they see the consequences, but are in different to them it W6iild be difficult, to carry debasement further.—(lbid.) [THE ,TIMES.] It does not appear -that so much attention as the subject merits has been paid to the singular occurrence of the three great Powers of the North having recalled their Ambassadors from Wirtemburgh. This act' demonstrates but too clearly the views of the High and Holy Allies. The King ,of France, in his celebrated speech to the two Legislative Chambers, asserted the prin. ciple that the people of Spain ,could only receive a free constitution from his Majesty, but that they could by no means impose one on him, or offer one for his acceptance. The King of.Wirtem burgh has given his subjects a free constitution ; they have by his ordinance something of a repre sentative government, and of a free Press. The other Members of the Holy Alliance suddenly step in, -and endeavour to check the growth of this newly created liberty. They recall • their Ambassadors from the Court of Stuttgard. In Spain, therefore, the people are not to claim a free constitution►.; in Germany the Prince is not to present it. The people of property in Cork 'and its en. virons have begun to thick about protecting themselves, inasmuch as the law appears unable to protect them. Armed associations are forming among the inhabitants, and the list of names is rapidly swelling. What will be the end of this ? Bands of volunteers in Ireland, if sufficiently numerous to quell the danger which gives rise to theM, have more than once turned into a new direction, and overawed Government, of whose feebleness they had been the support. The vo lunteers of 1780 did so : after first saving, and then emancipating their country, they menaced the Government, and were by a coup de main, in the shape of an Act of Parliament, extinguished. The armed Orangemen of 1798 contributed to put down the rebellion ; but they have contrived to put down the Monarchy also : and to this day, as pregnant proof has been afforded, they retain in their own hands a very formidable share of legis lative influence, as well as of the executive and judicial power. A pretty comment, indeed, upon the efficacy of the Insurrection Act, that this ne plus ultra of legislation should end in the sup plementary excellence of carbines and sabres! What more is to be "done for Ireland," as the phrase goes, does not appear. The Composition Bill seems likely to be thrown out l and it mat ters little, since the compulsory clause has been rejected, which contained the essence of the whole measure ; for how, in the name of won der, shall we ever see obtained a relief from any grievance under the actual tithe system, unless a right of compelling that relief shall first have been deposited somewhere ? The Clergy are known to be adverse to the Bill, clinging with desperation to the old chimera, that church property lies beyond the pale of Parliamentary interference. •The power of voluntary composi tion during incumbency, exists at this hour, and has for many years existed ; but how rarely, if ever, has such a composition taken place. We are, warranted, therefore, In fearing, that without a little gentle coercion, no compact of the kind will be agreed to hereafter. Ireland (if that be physi. rally possible) is to remain precisely as she has stood for 3 or 4 generations, until some foreign war shall encourage the spirit of pop u l ar insur rection, and the whole unwieldy fabric of the Irish church and state comes down with a crash, under the action of extraneous violence, and the weight of its inward abuses.—(lbid.). [NEW TI M ES.] Private letters from Paris of Sunday night state that the Ambassadors from the Courts of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, had left Paris that morning with their credentials, addressed to the Regency at Madrid. These letters also communicate a circumstance which may throw some light upon the cause of the holders of Spanish Bonds being so desirous of ridding themselves of these securities, even at a reduction of four or five per cent. It is affirmed, that a Loan has been, or is about to be immediately con tracted, for the service of the Regency, the French Government sanctioning the terms of the Loan, if 'not guarantying the repayment of the amount. The arrival of the Lisbon Mail, now daily expected, is awaited with much anxiety ; I and although little doubt is entertained as to the events communicated by telegraphic dispatch to Paris proving correct, yet the details of so im. portant an occurrence must necessarily create in tense interest. It was reported yesterday on 'Change, that accounts h a d b een rece i ve d con= firming the previous statements to the fullest ex tent; but we were unable to trace them to an authentic source, nor do we believe any arrival took place which could throw any light upon the subject. [BRITISII PRESS.] The Journal des Defeats of Sunday affects to conclude the accounts of the insurrection in Lis bon, communicated on the Bourse of Paris on a former day, by stating, under the head of ac counts from Lisbon to the 31st May, that the Infant Don Michel had put himself in motion at nine o'clock in the morning, with 30 horsemen and 360 soldiers, and proclaimed, in the place called 6i De Villa Franca," the abolition of the Constitution, and had afterwards, this account says, quitted the town, on the road of Santarem. The royal rebel then wrote to his father, the Constitutional King, the letter which will be found in our columns. Villa Franca, it adds, was illuminated on the evening of the 27th, and several detachments, this account goes on to say, deserted their posts. Now, there is no such place or square in Lisbon as that of " De Villa Franca." The town of this name, in Portuguese Estremadura, lies on the north bank of the Tagus, fifteen miles north-east of Lisbon; it is on the road to Santarem, a town also of, the same province, containing about eight thou sand inhabitants, near the river Tago, forty-five 'miles north-east of London. This same account then proceeds with the information that General Sepulveda, the author of the revolution of Oporto, was charged with the defence of the capital, but that, on the 29th, after publishing a proclamation, in which he called on the people to repose confidence in a man who never consulted any thing but the good of his country ; Sepul veda, the first of the Portuguese patriots, quitted the city, with all the troops he could lead with him, and joined Don Michel. The whole of this report in the French Ministerial Paper we look on as destitute of any thing like authen ticity. Don Michel may have turned traitor to the Constitution, but nothing is more unlikely than that Sepulveda, distinguished by his early patriotism and attachment to Portuguese liberty, Would have seduced his troops from their alle. giaece, and joined him. No conclusion to the attempt is yet stated, and the great probability is it ended like that of. the 7th July last in Madrid, and failed. The French Papers contain nothing beside whatever of any interest. [MORNING HERALD.] In the debate in the Lords on Monday night, it gave us much satisfaction to find, that the Pe titions of the Spitalfields weavers, and some of the master manufacturers, had been so promptly attended to, and that the Bill had been referred to a Committee. _This is one of the excellencies of the British Constitution, as divided into three branches, each one independent of the other. Time is thus given for the Legislature to consider more fully than it could do, sup posing there was only one estate, whether a law shall be enacted or not. This is a singular in stance of the Peers' branch of the Constitution attending instanter to the petition of the lower orders, after the Commons had been so resolute in passing the Bill complained of. Though we are still of the same opinion as to the policy of doing away with the old Spitallields Acts, as well as with all Acts which go to the fixing or regulating wages between masters and servants of any descrip tion, and though we believe that if this particular Act is not done away with, the silk business will leavi Spitalfields in the course of time, for places where trade is free, yet we cannot but highly applaud the Peers, for being ready to at tend to the complaints of the petitioners. In ge neral we observe, en what are called great ques tions, such as may affect the East India Com pany, or the West India Merchant, or the Shipping, or Agricultural Interest, which in. terests may be termed Aristocratical, that the utmost attention is paid, and has" been paid to their petitions and arguments. L on discussions from night to night, have tak en place in both Houses, and long Reports ha ve been laid before Parliament and the coml. try, drawn up by Committees, appointed by either or both Houses, We cannot see why the same deference should not be paid to the Peti tions of the less affluent orders, whenever they imagine that their particular interests are affected'. It is surely political wisdom to pay especial attention to the wishes or re monstrance of these classes, so that before any alterations shall be made in the laws re specting them, the Legislature shall give such measures the utmost possible reflection. If it did no other good, it might be a stop to the argument, that the rich are prone to oppress the poor; and if, on mature consideration, the law should eventually pass, in opposition to the supposed interests of the , poor, the latter could but say,—" Well, fair play was given us." It is this allowieg of ample time, and having a number of judges, that cause most people to be so satisfied with the decision of a Jury. even if that decision be against them; and this is the more conspicuous when the directing Judge has had the temper and wisdom to let the accused, if he wishes, defend himself in his own way—especially in cases of libel, either against Church or State. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JUNE 17. IX RE THE EARL OF PORTSMOUTH. This lunatic petition being called on, Mr. WETIIERELL stated that the petition was from the Committee, and only prayed a reference to the Master to inquire what debt or debts were due on the estate. Mr. HEALD said he was instructed to consent to this appli cation. _ The LORI) CrIANcELLon immediately gave his concur rence, and it was accordingly granted. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 17. ARRANGEMENT OF BUSINESS. The Lottp CHIEF JUSTICE announced to the Bar, that his Learned Brothe r s, a t their Sittings to be holden after Term, in obedience to his Majesty's warrant, would first take the circuit new trials, with t h e exce ption of one case from the northern circuit; next the Crown paper; and lastly the special paper. TIIE KING, ON THE PROSECUTION OF LORD 0. SEYMOUR, V. JOHN CORRY. Mr. No LA24 moved to make this rule for a criminal inform ation absolute, no cause being shown against it. The rule was ac cor di ng l y ma d e a b so lute. THE KING. V. TWO JUSTICES OF KENT. Mr. PLATT moved for a rule calling on two Justices of the County of Kent to show 'Cause why a criminal information should not be exhibited against them. They had convicted a person named George Cater in the penalty of 100/. for having smuggled spirits in his possession, but the information omitted to aver that he knew the spirits to be illicitly brought on shore. For this defect, which was unquestionably fatal, a certiorari was obtained to remove the proceedings, which were returned by the Magistrates, with this difference, that they rectified the error in the conviction. The COURT asked, how it appeared that the information set forth varied from . the information taken ? Mr. PLATT replied, that it appeared by the original infor mation which the Magistrates had affixed to the conviction. The COURT observed, that the conduct of the Magistrates, in returning the original information, clearly exonerated them from all suspicipn of corrupt design. Mr. PLAT T admit te d that there was no reason t o su pp ose any corrupt intention ; b ut the party out remedy. a ggrieved was now with. M. BOLLAND, for the Magistrates, stated, that the mistake had arisen from a defect in the printed forms supplied by the Customs, and th a t t h ey were willing to allow the conviction to be quashed. The COURT said this would be the better course, upon which Mr. PLATT withdrew his motion, and the conviction was quashed. SUMMER ASSIZES.--NORFOLK CIRCUIT. Before the Lord Chief Justioe ABBOTT and Mr. Justice Buckinliamshire— RICHARDSON. g Monday July 14, at Buckingham. Bedfordshire—Thursday, July, 17, at Bedford. fluhtingdonshire—Saturday July 19, at Huntingdon. Cambridgeshire—Monday July 21, at Cambridge. Sufro'lE.—Thursday, July 24,at Bury, St. Edmunds. Norfolk—Tuesday, July 29, at Castle of Norwich. City of Norwich—Same day, at the Guildhall of said City. To - ADMIRAL SIR JOSEPH S. YORKE, M.P Sia,—ln these changeful times when Radical Reform seems the ruling passion, when every boy comes from school stuffed full of Reform-and Political Economy—big with self-importance, and sneering at the old laws and the practice of old Statesmen—finding this mania extending and seizing on all classes, even to our Statesmen and Admirals, and rapidly cir culating its baneful influence—allow a Se aman of the Old School (not yet smitten with the contagion) to address to you a few observations on the Old Navigation Laws, intended as an eulogium on the wisdom of those who framed them, and as a tribute to those men who served the country in its ed, and served it faithfully. lam fully satisfied that on this point we are agreed, and that the defence of the country mainly olepends on the regular-bred seamen ; that-you, as an Admiral, would not like to risk your reputation as a Commander with no better material than shovel-and-spade navigators, even on board round-sterned ships. You have frequently asserted, in the House of Commons, that the sailors are a necessary body to the safety of the country ; your speeches are the speeches of a seaman—short and pithy, and, I have no doubt, honestly intended ; and I will give you full credit for having the good of your country at heart. After having so, ar given you full credit, I am really sorry to inform you, that, in my humble opinion, you have not kept so good a look-out, con sidering the situation that you Once and even now fill, as you ought to have done. You are still in a situation, from . your knowledge of nautical affairs, to render very essential service to your country. You will allow that the seamen are useful, neces sary to, and I am sure you will go further, and say, that they are the sheet anchor, of the state.—Whether, however, you allow this ornot I mean to assert it ! ! ! Therefore, as the sheetanchor, they should have full weight, and always he kept ready for any emergency of the state. You seem to express some alarm, per haps justly, that the seamen may be induced to leave the country, and enter into foreign service; your sentim e nt s and mine in this coincide. In fact, they have left the country for foreign service in ship loads. In that case you may likewise consider the Shipping Apprentice Bill as ne cessary to rear seamen for the security of the State, a Bill which compels the Ship-owners to be marine recruiting serjeants, and the recruits must have pay and rations from them. If so, then, you must allow that there should be a protection given to the shipping to employ them.. in.—Or have you 'been dreaming of rearing seamen without sending them to sea..—Or have you been sleeping in your watch, for surely you have not been on the look-out for the last three or four years; or you must have heard it asserted, and that boldly too, that Britain had too many ships and too many seamen !! ! That to con. ciliate foreign powers it was necessary to reduce the tonnage and compliment of men to 1792, and that it was moreover as serted, as necessary to repeal the Navigation Laws, the famous Statute of the 12th of Charles 11. which was the palladium of the State.—This has been diluted down from boatswain's strong'grog, to a thin insipid mixture of milk and water; and the country was told that this sacrifice was absolutely necessary.—And it was further asserted, in utter defiance of the most substantial and convincing truths, that the country had grown great in spite of that statute. The , experience of two centuries was set at nought; the experiment at all hazards was to be made, and has been made, withotit the opposition of any one of those whose professional situation gave them an opportunity to declare their sentiments against such et Measure. Without having read much of the writings on the Laws of Nations, or learning to draw fine spun conclusions, nor wishing to wire-draw nor split hairs in argument, the plain common construction of this milk and water conciliation is this, that if you reduce the British navigation, some other will increase ; and as effect naturally follows the cause, the British seamen must decrease and the Foreign increase. It must be regretted that such vital prin tocipel o e s o c h t a l t v a e te b f e o e r n e gsancripfio wers t an d T fo h o r n what wherep u rp are ose w ? e t l o t is d, d t 0 , flnd the effect of this humiliating conciliation? Where is it to he seen, or heard, or felt ? Have we any tangible proof' that this, our prodigal sacrifice, has gained us one friend or one be nefit ? We look for it in vain—Commission merchants, and commission brokers, and foreign Consuls, may have made themselves very busy, and misled the country as to the results for their individual gain; such men as these may meet toge ther, and vote thanks to those who have assisted them, or againstbtt rheaiedsn favourable to their views of how they are to gain the cobate u: nnmevnotfreofeayirswinyt the lhiCeaseof,trou S t at u te ot anrastmleislti restriction r insh Statute, time ie s toft s seiont asouu o i einto n entrei efhi , yvodaeoftt a %tdfhth,shreietaenas f pt at rttti Statute d)lnu m vt cahil it u, cosmopolitelf first r i a e abonthimed taz: citizens their o :T s g ! eeuv g etph o ,b e ei of s British t o h t States menme- morablerailingv i dr ihegitscaailig designated o i ta n utpe t hit h eoa nn e mon c uwdd a aras r! rigititt y iiinvi i mlb n elaeny g es. degradation e s e m hha a as n n dof beenoi i n a n w up by our illuminated liberals, as a disgrace to the Statute Book, for what in the jargon of the day is termed unrestricted commerce and freedom of trade.—This may sound very fine unrestricted commerce and freedom of trade does sound very fine.—Are the people of this Country a ll owe d unrestricted coin merce and freedom of trade? The answer is, no ! However visionaries may delude themselves, and delude the country, the fact is, there is no such thing as unrestricted commerce and free dom of snide.; our own Statute Book, and the usage of all nations, flatly contradict this bold, this barefaced assertion. Revolu tionary leaders, with arms in their hands, and plunder in their hearts, may put forth such high sounding jargon to suit their base designs. It is unworthy the character of Great Britain to indulge in such delusions—it is her province to oppose such measures. Napoleon Buonaparte, in the hey-day of Revo lution, proclaimed the freedom of the seas, but it was when his flag had been driven from the ocean. His ravings were ad vocated then by all the enemies of Britain by all the powers of Europe and America. His satellites did all in their power, Talleyrand, Hauterive, de Praadt, and others, to sound loudly the liberty of the seas. This may be , satisfactorily understood. They, railed kgainst the then Sovereign of the Seas, because they dreaded her power. Need it be asked, knowing all we know, and seeing all we have seen, how or what sort of free dom Napoleon Buonaparte would have allowed. But, it will be said there is no need to appeal to tyranny ; true, there is no need to appeal to tyranny. Civil society is founded on restriction—the blessings of mankind are founded on restric tion—and the safety, the wealth, and the honour of Britain are fou9ded on restriction—her navigation, her agriculture, and inepufactures, all depend, and are founded on restriction. Then, if protection is essential to agriculture and manufacture, and this leas been and is allowed, on what principle of policy and justice is protection taken from navigation, which is the. the strong protecting arm of the State, on which the whole fa bric depends. This is asserted by the arch economist Adam Smith, and the reason given is, that the other part of the com munity, from their habits, cannot defend themselves from at. tack, however wealthy they may be. Then, on what gro un d s does the repeal of the Navigation Law stand, which goes to the gradual decrease, and leads to the annihilation of the car rying trade in British bottoms, and transfer it to foreigners. Is this - done merely to conciliate foreign powers ; or is this an ac knowledgment that Britain had usurped a power under that law inconsistent with the commercial right of other nations, which she has been compelled most reluctantly and pusillanimous ly to relinquish, after carrying on the usurpation nea r ly t wo hundred years. The age of chivalry is one. But we are told this is the age of economists.—M. de Praadt said war would not accomplish the object of destroying our supremacy on the ocean, as the chivalrous spirit still remained with our seamen. That in peace negociations ' more efficacious- than force, would accomplish that which force could never effect. The experiment has succeeded—it is done—England has by some intrigue (not on the ocean) struck the flag of defiance, and unfurled that of her destruction, by inviting innovations and experiments on her vital principles. The pretended liberal opinions of this new era have accomplished the deed— That parent of ten thousand criniss, The new philosophy of modern times"— And if adopted by the Legislature of this country, must end in the ruin of the whole fabric. The Navigation Laws (they only) remain as shadows, were repealed ag,ainst the most direct evidence, that the British shipping could not compete with foreign powers without protection; even the Report of the Com mittee on Foreign Trade stands at variance with the repeal of that Act as the following extract will shew :--" That a just respect for the political wisdom front which the enactment of the navigation laws originated, and a sense of the national advan. tages derived therefrom, in their effects on the maritime great ness of the kingdom, have rendered them objects of attachment and veneration to every British subject." Then, on what ground have these famous Statutes been given up ; and on what grounds are the alien duties about to be given up to conciliate foreign powers as more liberal, and to please the visionary eco nomists, and to satiate the avarice of others, in ho e that com mission orders and the exports will be greater. Nothing has been said, nothing will be said, against a fair protection b e i ng given to all classes according to their benefit to the State. But when this is said, are , the shipping and the seamen of this country to be sacrificed to serve any of these interests ? They are most necessary to Its prosperity and freedom; are they then to be sacrificed because they served and faithfully defended it in its need ? Is this the reward due to them, due to their labour and perseverance, for tedious blockades, and tremendous ' battles in all parts of the globe ; their deeds demand more than a flourish to to serve them— " That flag that hrav'd a thousand years The battle and the breeze." Those who supported this flag are now to be deprived of their employment to. conciliate Foreigners, and satiate the cupidity of speculators, and indulge the economists in their liberal ideas on freedom. of' trade; there is not one of th em th a t d oe s not shrink froni this theirfavourite principle when applied to them selves. Are the shipping And seamen of this country unrestrict- ed ?—No. They are compelled by law to purchase, bull - 4, repair, store, victual and man their ships in this country; their materials are taxed from the keel to the truck on the masthead, if they are necessitated to get stores on their voyages, they must enter the same at the custom-house on arrival in Eng land, and pay the duties thereon. If there is to be a fair com petition, then all those Statittes and more should be repealed. Are those laws to be repealed ? There is no mention made of such an intention!! !-0 ye most just, most wise, and. most righteous cosmopolite citizens ! 0 ye most illuminated Philosophers of the liberal School—all the restrictions are to remain in full force on the British Ship-owner, and ei.ery faci-' lity given to the foreigner, and this ye call reciprocity, when it is in evidence that the foreigners can sail their ships for less than one half of the expences of the British !—This is the equal balance of the new philosophy I—Still they are doomed as if in mockery of their suffering to bw fresh burthens. It is well known by those who have cahied these measures, that the British seamen, under such restrictions, will decrease in num ber as the British Shipping decreases—the Ship-owner is there. fore under the Apprentice Act made the Marine Re cruiting Serjeant to the State--to raise recruits for the Navy, to protect the State ift emergency, they are therefore to rear, pay, and ration those recruits out of their depreciated capitals. This is another equal balance of the new Philosophy ! Still they are told that their remonstrances have no foundation, that they do not understand their own business, that to reduce their employment, and to reduce their freights, to still further re duce their depreciated capital and send them to comp e t e w i t h the barrren rocks o f Sweden and Norway is to render them es sential service—if this is not mockery, the words are incom prehensible.—There is no desire in this to find fault nor to influence, but to point out the absurd, the mischievous ten dency of this radical change in the system, and tl:e danger of modern British policy. These may be strong assertions, but the disease is dangerous and vital. " We pour, unpleasant truths into the ear, " Like nauseous drugs to the diseased, to work a cure." And should the measures which are now brought forward be acted upon for ten years, the same scene of carnage, which took place under the famous Blake and Van Trump will once more decide the question of supremacy on the ocean. To avert the necessity of such an appeal, is to maintain that supremacy, and not in meanness barter such a treasure for the precarious sale of a bale9f muslin overly other commodity. Trade may be good ; it has its uses, and it may have its abuses. This is not the lan guage of a pretended philosopher nor philanthropist —it is the plain language of one seaman to another, done with no other view than to point out the evil tendency and folly•of giving em ployment to foreigners under the false idea of conciliation, which decreases the employ ment o f t hi s hardy, brave, an d much neglected race of men, who are the first at all times called into the service of the State, whenever either defensive or offensive measures are necessary. I will end this with a quotation which seems much in point--" To stand in the old ways is not the precept of religion alone, but has had the greatest weight with the wisest men both of ancient and modern times not that antiquity abstractedly considered is any more proof of the excellence of an institution, than grey hairs are proofs of wisdom, or old age an assurance of prudence ; but woe to the rash hand that would daringly innovate on institutions planned and matured on the soundest principles, by the best men of their day, to secure their prospe rity against evils of which they had themselves the bitter ex perience." Before a prudent Statesman will tamper with such' institutions, additionally recommended and rendered venerable by the happy experience of nearly two centuries, before he will attempt a change in the principles in which they were laid, and the substitution of others of a direct contrary tendency, he should be satisfied with nothing short of demonstratton, that the change cannot in any degree endanger or derange the public welfare ; he . will act under the sacred injunctions and preserve the fabric, and not subvert the system, nor remove thematerials on which depend the future destinies of the British Empire. Allow me, Sir, with the greatest respect, to subscribe myself Your most obedient humble Servant, BRITANNICUS. From the LONDON GAZETTE, June 17. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. S. Turner, Stock-Exchange Ca el-court , stock-broker. BAN KR UP TS. S. Gee, Cambridge, tinman, July 4,7, 29, at the Red Lion, Cambridge. Solicitor, Mr. Nelson, Barnard's-inn, Holborn. W. East, Newbury, coal-merchant, June 27, 28, July 29, at the George and Pelican Inn, Speenhamland. Solicitors, Messrs. Aldridge and Smith, Lincoln's-inn. W. C. Pearse, Braintree, Esssex, grocer, June 21, 28, July 29, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basingball-street. Solicitors, Messrs. Amory and Coles Throgmorton-street. DIVIDENDS. June 28, 11. Berthoud, Soho-square, bookseller—J u ly 12, W. C. Atmore, Wood-street, Mancliester-warehousenian— , July 10, J. IVoakes, Hereford, upholsterer—July 12, J. Law.- ton, Delp!), Yorkshire, innkeeper—July 17, H. Quilter, Leicestey, victualler—July 12, S. F. Lettsom, Cannon-street, tin-plate.rnanufacturer--July l 2; T. Stanton, Drury-lane, cheesemonger—June 28, G. Richardson, Mecklenbu rgh-squ are, and T. Yokes, Glocester-strect, Queen-square, merchants—July 8, J. Dicks, London-street, Tottenham-court-road, carpenter --June 24, W. C. Keene, Marylebone-lane, farrier—July 26, J. an d W. Stirling, Copthall-court, merchants—July 9, E. Pealson, Liverpool, merchant —June 21, J. Bytth, Paternoster.. row, bookseller—July 18, E. Bostock, Earl Shilton Leicester.. shire, bleacher—July 9, T. Windeatt, Tavistock, Devonshire, fellmonger—July 16, T. Satterthwaite, Kendal, Westmorland, tanner—July 9, D. Sargent, Whittlessey, Cambridgeshir e , money-scrivener —July 18, D . Jones,. Mac hytileth, Montgo meryshire, tanner—July '2l, J. Me ssenger , Loughborough, Leicestershire, victualler. CERTIFICATES, JULY 8. G. Young, New Santm, grocer—F. Willats, Brewer -street, Golden-square, cheesentonger—G. Blair, Lower Thames -street, seedsman—R:Lyney, Fore-street, Limehouse, coal-merchant —R. Manning, Sackville-street, Piccadilly, taVor—J. Green, Great Yarmouth, brick-maker —H. A. Cooper, Stocklinch-Ot- - tersay, Somersetshire, dealer—J. S. Radford, Kingston -upon- Hull, merchant—E. Edmonds, Newport, Monmouthshire, draper. - PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. G. Strongitharin, T. Jenks, and W. Ellis, Daw-End, Staf fordshire, lime-masters-.-J. Mei r , Tunstall, and J. Taylor, Newfi,eld , China Manufactures—E. and 31. Wilshere, Wool wich, eurriers —IL Knight and W. Smith, Maiden-lane, Wood. street, wholesale haberdashers—W. Sheppard and J. W. Bar rier, Strand—J. and W. Clianibers-R. Sykes, and .1. and J. Tyas, alirfield West-Mills, Yorkshire, fullers, so far as regards Joseph Tyas, deceased—T. and IL srownbill, Salford, Lan cashire, brick makers—J. IL and E. Bradburn, Ormskirk, Lancashire, common-carriers -IV. and G. J. Soward, Totten ham-court-road, builders—J. Rider an d J. Hammond, Bristol, braziers—.R. Manley and J. Mallison, Little Bolton, rope makers. • COURSE OF' EXCHANGE, June 17. A ante, dam • 12 9 C.F. Ditto, at Sight l2 7 ..- Rotterdam ig IS Antwerp .12 9 Hamburgh 39 0 24 Us Altana .. Paris,3 Day's signt 9l 25 0 Us. Ditto Bourdeaux, ditto Frankforton the Main Madrid Cadiz 35 Effec tive G il bo a 3 64 Effective Barcelona 854 Seville Glbraltai . Leghorn Geiaai .. . 484 —Venice, Ital. 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