The Sun. — London, England, 1820-04-26 00:00:00

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Tljut n lt • danghtg'r GolJele Henry ' Ockteg try, z . itoi). • i*-hobiet, Fieltitite beth, I%'ll' n, CharP s , yal ' e t,t •9, (I reAl ' by. 'fits • • 7 37 ,t. , -/ ; 1 - L yre • T . • - 10 1 7 /? Ar Ap 1 1 „ I/c 40 ,Z ° - I ! \ • ' 'W . trrii II ER 8635..] NEW WELSH MELO-DRANIA. ' ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, ASTLEY'S, WEsTmiNSTER-BRIDbE. I I EI IS EVENING, and during the Week, at Half-past Six ()Thick precisely, an entirely new in eresting splendid Equestrian Meto-drama, called' • • XAIA OF CHINA uy„THE FATAL FLOOD GATE. Xaia, the ui's Wife, Mrs. A stley. °4, zind last Scene, representing a Chitiese•Fiiitress, with the . Opening of the Flood. Gate, Rising of the Watets, and Mi raculous Preservation Of this Prince by the Sagacity of his Horst, i rbe Austrian's surprising- Horsemanship, without Saddle or Bridle, •Karticularly• his imitation of a Pro:im . Hussar, on the Horse's hire back. ` 4l ra. Brown will exhibit her varinus:EvoltitionssofflAprseback. A Comic Song, by 'Mr- Slomaw. Likewise, Eitraorditiary Rope batwing, by Monlieur Lon . gueaaas,, from Paris. Clowns. Messrs. - Fillingharn and Browia, The Troop of Voltlgeurs mid Tumblers will gptli'ough their surprising . Evntutions. • • .the. whole to conclude with, Third time,. a- new Romantic . Welsh Mehr-dtaina, with entirely new Picturesque Scenery, DeisSes; and Decorttic , ns, interspersed with Sotigs,'Duets, • Chorusses, and Cont:mts, called 'The %V HITE • BARD'S TOWER. 11 ,, ;(t's 45.. Pit•is. Gallery ts. Doors open at half-past Five,' and bggin at Half-past Six nituOYPrt'cisely•__l-lalf piiee at klaltipirfit, Eight • • Pkisves Ti-o the Boxes to tie taken of. Mr. Kinloch, at the Box Office, from Ten untii•FOor o'Clock. Equestrian Taitioufiow , Nine till Three. , .11/ER. GLOVER'S EXI - 1111‘TION of OIL . and WATER COLOUR PAINTINGS is Now Open '.' lll No, in, Old Bond-street, from-Nine o'Clock in the Morning till Dust:. Admission ONE SHELLING, Catalogue tith ! I ARROLL,, the Contrßvor, _begs to remind v the Pubic, that TO-NIURROW TWO FIRST PRIZES DRAWN NIUST HAVE TWO • of In addition; and also TO-MORItOW Alorrthan TWENTY OTHER CAl'; " (' WILL BE DRAWN. EVERY TICN ET AND SH-iRE bou g ht THIS DAY, Lottery will have a Chance throughout the• Lottery for the 4 2 2 &c. & e . Money and Consols, forming" •.- 102 CAPITALS. TICKETS and SHARES are selling by CARROLL, Con trnetor,'Ne. 19; CORNHILL, acid 21i, OXFORD-STREET, LONDON ; who Shared “n-d Sold, in the last low 2,387 30,0001. r 7,003 5, 00 01. 706 21 ,00J1. 1.2,22 G ' 2,0001. 1,3;5 20,000 1 . &c. &L. • EDUCATION OF POOR CHII,DREN IN THE METRO- POLLS. ATaMEETING of ;he COM VI I I'TEE of Ike WEST LONDON SUNDAY SCHOOL SOCIETY, for the Instruction of Children and Adults, in the Western Part of the Metropolis and its Vicinity; held llst April, 15120; JOSEPH. KUTT!!:RWORTH, Esq. M.P. in the Chair : The following Report was made lty the Secretary, and adopted by the Committee I. That by'a late return of Numbers in the Schools under the manage/nein of this Sociery, there were Three Thousand - One flendred and Fifty-two Children, besides a number of Adult Persons receivin4 instruction on the Softball). Day which Schools are •nituated, its poor and populous neighbour hoods, vie.: George -yard, Drury-lent.; Peter-street, Soho: George yard, Grown -stre=et, St. lilies's; Ilinde-street, Mary ls-ho,,e • Old Lord's Cticket . Grotnd, Paddington; Maiden lane, dattle-bridge; George- street, Chelsea, and King's- V"411, ditto; Horseferrv.road, Weiidmiuster ; anti Mill-street, t atolitals': and that terse Seltools since their establishment tart afforded lostetietioni mote ir less, to upwara of Twen 4-‘firt: Thousand Children. 1. •That itotwithstanding•the number Of Children in these 'old th e various other Charity Schools in the Mt - troPolis, it Itay been often:tined that - there'are still teany tOriusands , N Ito 4t4 " 1 10 School whatever; whose Parents . continually ab 'ent thentseives from plaees of public worship; and, lull ffe sent to their Children's imProeelfleOla leave Oren' to grow. up ' , I utter ignorance of all initial and religious duties, and in 11141 degrading habits -of vice and depravity. • Tl'llese la , Inetadttle facts are fully confirined by the ntioutes of et ideate 'Wee!' liefore the Select Conneittee of the Hotise of Conimons, N ) puitited to Inguite. into.' he Education of the Lower (Irders t 2 l the Metropolis, and also by an extensive inviry recently wade troth house. to house, by 'whic=h it has been ascertained, tlbit in Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-one Families in the 2 i glilieurbood ot. the Seven Dials and Drury-lane-only, there bee I'-keen Hundred and Tweitty Children, front the ai4e of in fourteen, who cannot read, and Thirteen H tine red and , 11 tY-on e who do nut attend -any School whatever. Many k liilthe it of peon L ish families have nu other means of In stroction than' fcoto Sunday Schools. 11 1. That the affecting increase of juvenile offenders of late )'ears, has heel, ascertained to originate chiefly in thy want of education and mural instruction. Then considerable improvement has been made in the rinds and morals of Many ef the Children,• by the- inetrue %l'M given in.the Scho o ls of this Society, for a lung . sell" of g a rs; and that nu merous i ns t ances h ave occurre d i n w hi c h th e parents and other parts of the families, hare also de ftved gteat benefit by means of the Cbildreh attending these V. That many of the Teachers in the different Schools have exerted themselves to aid' the Funds of the Society, and have Inanifested an earnest desire to increase their labours, and to I terst iade,tbeir friends t o un it e their services, it - an extended ° °lttber of Schools could be opened for the Poor On which the Committee Resolved; so l_ . That it is highly desirable to extend the-benefits of this r, i .'; 'e , t Y7 runt that 'the Committee would - open more Schools, ab e vid ed they could furtiislied with the means of defraying ..expence attending the saute. ti , 1 , 1 ,• That the instructoot atfor,led by this Society, is espe w4l calculated to. counteract that mural poison, which hit* violateo been diffused to an alarming degree, by the eireula -10,,,.. t blasphemous anti seditious publications amongst the Neis,olasses.; inasmuch as the Children educated in these s cr l i u .. _is are assidumbly taught to reverence the Sacred • 11, re, and to regulate their conduct by it 3 divine p re cepts. .. te l a l c l ; That the plan of employing none, but gratuitous thi s s i t e's, Seerttat ies and Visitors, he strictly adhered to by to e . resilt :e n i f et t Y: le a s k tlt ., e l best means of securing .attachment be the Teachers and Children , and of promoting the n w c os, kt%l bat-as th e Funds ?if the Society are inad e qu a t e t o th e .~e t expences of Schot-1 Rents, Books, itepails and other vaecebota.l charges, and the Treasurer-being already in ad -13,1 bet-u ly 2001., that an a be wade to the Public in Perlidolitin't this Socie”';—and as i I st:eh num . bers of Children are , or tap of knowledge, that benevolent persons . be I,(44:'uti,l,sltalill.n-earuestly requested to contribute their as r,ro al st stniplr and effectual teethed ot conveying ref gnus in , troction to the Children of the Poor,' teaching hen: to lead the Holy Scriptures. - F. W. WARR, Secretary. Scriptures. - Sit • . bscriptions (tilt' 43, t received by Joseph Butterworth, Esq. and s:l, eapsio, e ; l m t r s r i e h et ; Mr. John Cooper, 8, -Queen-street, h}der, Rlarke. enry Clarke' 52, 'New Bood-street ; Mr. Oxford -street; and Mr. tt'arr, Red - d 1 lon-square; a whoa' may by had the 41 tPorti Society; • AV A ROWLAND 1511(1 SON re3peCtfully inform 1 - 111.• the Nobility, Gentry, and Public at large, that in con sequence of the high repute of their celebrated Macassar Oil, insidious persons have imitated it with a Counterfeit, COW posed of deleterious ingredients injurious to the Hair;—to avoid such imposition, it is necessary to ask for ROWLAND'S MACASSAR. U EL.—Each bottle is signed on the outside label in red ink, " A. ROWLAND and SUN." This Oil is the °rite anal and Genuine, possessed of salts hrioos to afford the greatest nourish ment to the Human Hair—prevenis the hair being injured illness, change of elimattl, study, travelling, accoueljement, &e.—rentoves the scurf, harshness and dryness—renders it soft and glossy—prevents its falling off or twining gre)— creates a thick growth on the Baldest Places—wakes the hair strong in curl, which if keeps in damp weather, exercise, i&c. imparts it pleasant perfume, and produces whiskers, eye/n - 014, ilia The Proprietors warrant it , innocence; and to improve the hair from infancy to the: latest period of lite. The inestimable; properties of this Oil have gained it the patronage of. Her . Majesty, their Royal Higlinesees the Ductless of York, the Duke of Sussex, and His imperial Ma jesty the Emperor of Russia, by their especial authority.— Price 3s. (id.-7s.—l Os. 6d. and 'Fie Guinea each. Also, ItOk% LAND% ESSENCE of 'CUM.—By merely wet ting. Ihe Hair a ith this prelim n! ion, th e Proprietors warrant to produce immediately a perfect change in Red or (jury Hair, Whiskers - , Eye-brows, &e. to beautiful glossy and isermanent -Brown ur Black, imitating the exact natural co l our . wakes this Dye inure durable. Ladies or Gentlemen ; dye their flair with ease and secrecy. PriCe 6d.--ar i d I Os. Gd. • sold wholesale, retail, and for exportation, bv the sole Proprietors,: A. HOWLAND and SON, corner rot Kirby street, the. first turning on the right, in Hatton-garden, Holborn, London ; and, by appointment, by all Perfumers and Medicine Vendetsthrougimut Europe. Sec the Cottle is signed A. ROWLAND, and SON. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 26 it-220. FURTIIEtt INNOVATIONS ON THE NAVIGATION and COLONIAL SYSTE We are induced to call the attention of our Readers at the Out-Ports to the Petition which is in a course of circulation forignatores in the City. It was first noticed in the Morning Post of Monday se'noight, and on Monday appeared in the New Times. Its object is to obtain a complete change in the Trading and MaritiMe Sys►em of the Country ; but, for the present, we shall not enlarge on the subject, bat give the PeritiOn it self to the consideration of the Public, reserving our objections to it for another day. We under- stand that thepartirs who promote it are determih, e.rl to present It kiPTPliettent we cannot however suppose tbat it will receive the sanction of the Go rumen', or of those Members of the Legislature who STILL, feel the necessity of maintaining! the MARITIME POWER of the Country ; but that it will not only be opposed by . the Shipping and. Trading Interests, but also by the Manufacturing Community. The motives of the Merchants and Bankers who advocate the measure are obvious, and cannot fail to he seen through even by those classes of the People whose particular interests are the °Hedged and immediate objects of it. MERCHANTS' PE LIMN 'fo THE HONOURABLE THE HOUSI4; OF COMMONS OF THE UNITED EINGDONI OF GREAT AND IRELAND. THE HUMI3LE PETITION OF THE UNDERSIGNED MELCH ANTS OF THE CITY OF LONDOIt, " SHEwETH, " 1 hat foreign commerce is eminently Condu cive to the wealth and prosperity of a country, by enabling it to import the commodities for the pro duction of which the soil, climate, capital, and industiy of other countries are best calculated, and tosexport in payment those articles for which its own situation is better adapted. _ _ That freedom fet , in restraint is calculated to give the utmost extension to foreign trade, and the best direction to the capital and industry of the country. "'That the maxim of buying in the cheapest market, and selling in the dearest, which regulates every Merchant in his individual dealings, is sit ioly applicable, as the best rule tor the trade of the whole nation. • • " Tint( a policy, founded or tl4ese principles, would render the commerce of the world an ioier chaoge of mutual advantaKvs, and diffuse an in crease of wealth and cujoynienta among the hitants of each State. " That unfortunately, a policy the very reverse of this, has been, and is, more or less, adopted and acted upon by the Government of this anti of every other country ; each trying to exclude the productions of other countries, with the specious and well-meant design of encouragiug its own productions: thus inflicting on the bulk of its subjects► who are consumers, the necetsity of sub mitting to privations in the quantity o► quality of commodities; and thus rendering what ought to be the source of mutual benefit and of harmory among States, a constantiy-recurring occasion of jealousy and hostility. "'That the prevailing prejudices in favour of the protective or restrictive system, may he traced to the erroneous supposition that every importatiou of foreign commodities occasions a diminution or discouragement of our own producttons to the same extent ; whereas it may be clearly shewu, that although the particular description of pro duction which could not stand against un yestraiued foreign compe , ition would be dis couraged, yet (is no importation could be conti nued for any length a► time, without a corres ponding exportation, direct or indirect, there would ,be au encous'agetnent„ for the purpose of that exportation, of some other production to which our situation might he better suited ; thus affording at least an equal, and probably a greater, awl certainly a more beneficial employment to our own capit”l and labour. " 7 hat of f , ',4.z:ntirnerotia protective and pro, hibitoty duties of our\........,thercial code, it may he proved, that while all operate as a very heavy tax on the eotninunity . at large,, very few are of any ultimate benefit -to the classes in whose favour they xvere originally instituted, and none to the "extent-of the loss occasioned by theta to other classes. " That among the other evils of the restric tive, or protective system, not the least is, that the artificial protection or one branch of intlustry, or vernier of ptoductioti, against foreign competi tion, is set tip as a ground of claim by other branches for similar protection; so that it the reasoning upon which these restrictive or prohi bitory regulations ate founded, were followed out consistently, it would nut stop short of exeludiog us hoin all foreign coiumerce whatsoever. And the same train of argument, which with corres pondiog prohibitions and protective duties, .hould exclude us from 'foreign trade, might be brought forward to justify the re-enactment of restrictions upon the interchange of productions (unconnect ed with public Revenue) among the kingdoms composing the Union, or among the counties of the same kingdom. Th at all investigation of the effects of the restrictive system, at this time, is peculiarly caned for o U 3 it may, in the opinion of your itetitiouelS, , :00.!; !Ca [PRICE SEVENPENCF :lead to a strong presiimiiiion, that the ttlisttess which now so generally prevails, is coosideratllY aggravated . by that-system and that, some relief may 'ohtaed by the earliest practicable re. ntoval of such of the restraints as may be shewn tote most injwicius to the capitai and industry of th e . coajw,inity, and to be attended - with no com pensating benefit to the public Revenue. " That a declaration against the anti-commercial principles of our restrictive system is of the more importance at the present' juncture, inasmuch as in several _instances of recent occurrence, the merchants and manufaCturers in - foreign States have assailed their - respective Governmeafs - with' applications for further protccti,e or piohrhitory duties and regulations, urging the ex,imple and authority of this country, - against which they are aitni)st exclusively directed, as a ttanction for , the policy of such measures. And terolinly, if . the reasoning upon which our rearrictious have been defended is worth any thing, it will apply in behalf of the 'collations . Of foreign States against us. They insist upon our superiority . in capital and machinery, as we do upon their COm. paratire exemption from taxation, and with equal faundatinn. " That nothing would more tend to counteract the commercial hostility of foreign States, that► the adoption of a more enlightened and more con• ciliatory policy on the part of this country. " That although, as a matter of mere diplo !Meg, it may sometimes answer to hold out the rttnoval of particular prohibitions, or high duties, as depending upon corresponding concessions by other States in our favour, it does not follow that we should maintain (lour restrictions, in cases where the desired concessions on their part can not be obtained. Our restrictions would not be the less prejudicial to our own capital Ind indus• try, because other Governments ptrsistU in pre serving impolitic regulations. " That, upon the whole, the most liberal would prove to be the most politic course, on such occasions. " That, independent of the direct benefit to be derived by this country on . every occasion" of slicl.l concession or relaxation, a great inciden!ril object would be gained, by the recognition of a swind principle or standard, to which all ittbsequent arrangetnents might be referred ; anti by the sa lutary influence' which a promulgation of such just 'views by the Legislature and by the Nation at large, could not fail to have on the policy of other Stales. " That in thus declaring, as your Petitioners do, their conviction of the in►policy and injus tice of the restrictive system, and in desiring every practicable relaxation of it, they have in view only such parts of it as are not count c►et!, or are only suboidinately so, wi►h the public revenue. As long as .the necessity for the Wesent amount of revene subsists, your Petitioners cannot expect so important a branch of it ns ►he customs to be given np, nor to be materially diminished, unless 'some substitu►e, less objectionable, ,he suggested. But it is ,against every restrictive regnlation , of trade, not essential to the revenue, against all du ties merely protective from foreign competition, and against the excess of such deities as are partly for the purpose of revenue, and partly for that of protection, that the prayer of the present Peti tion is respectfully submitted to the wisdom of Parliament. " Your .Petitioners therefore humbly pray, that your Honoitrable House will be pleased to take the subject into consider ation, awl to adopt such measures ns may be calculated to give gfeater free dom to foreign commerce, end thereby to increase the resources of the State." FOR THE SUN. CON ritAcer FOR FLOUR. ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SEAMEN, AT GRENWICH, April 19, 1820. S UCH Persons as they, he willing to Contract for,supplying this,Ho i spital with Fire Hundred Sacks of FLOUR, may deliver in their Proposals to the Direc tors, of the said Hospital, at this Place, on SATUR DAY, the 29th Instant, at Eleven o'Cloek. in the Fore noon; and iH the mean time be furnished with Forms of Proposals, and acquainted with frrtlitr particulars, by inquiring at the Steward's Office here. N.B. No Proposal will be?etei tel after the hour aforesaid, uor• will any be attended to that.are l ktot agreeable to the said Foiuts; - nor unless the Parties pet:soil:illy appear. CUSTOM-11017%E, LONDON, April 18, 13TO. F OR e SALE, (by Ordr of the Hon. the Com ruissiouers of his Majesty's Customs,) on Wednesday, the 26tH, Thursday, the 27th, and Friday, the 28th Instant, at One o'Clock in the Afternoon precisely, at the Commer cial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane; THE FOLLOWING GOODS For Exportation—East India, and other Foreign Prohibit ed Goods, Pictures, Prints, Books; Drugs,lc. For 'acme Consumption—Foreign Spirits, Whiskey, China, Porcelain, Earthen Ware, Caster Gil , Tea, Coffee, Sugar, and ()flier Grocery, Succales, Drugs, Skins, Plate Glass, Pic tures, Prints, Books, Barrilla, Mother•o i -Pearl Shells, Horse Hair, Clover Seed, Chinchilli Skins, Canvas, Muslin, Shawls, Lace, Watches, and other* Jewellery, a Rock Amethyst weighing lailh. Rough Amethysts, Topazes, Aryum Marine and Crystals, Silk Worm Gut, Dell!, Timber, Wood Staves, Boats, Stone, Gunpowder, and sundry other Goods as men tioned in the Catalogue. CLEAR OF ALL DUTIES. To be viewed at the Tobacco Ground, Rotherhithe ; NT,nigles's Magazine•, Barking; London Docks ; the King's Warehouse, Custom-House, and at Gloi►e-lard, Warehouses, Lower Thames-street; on Friday, the 21,1, Saturday, the 22d, and Tuesday, the tsth instant, from Ten o'Clock in the Morning to Three in the Afternoon. li. - Goods bought at this Sate must he paid for at the I:e.;:eiret of Fines and Forfeitures Office, Custom-House, on or before Tuesday, the 16th May, 120, or the Deposits made thereon will absolutely become foi kited. ;lath! goes to he had at the King's SN .rehouse, Custom- House, on Thursday, the 20th instant, price One Shilling each. • PUBLICATIONS. • ACKERMANN, 101, Strand, proposes to Publish, in Six Monthly Parts (Part I. to appear May tit2o,) PICTURESQUE, ILLUSTRATIONS of BUENOS A YRES and MONTE VIDEO, consisting of -24 Views and Faithful Reim. sentatitms#,• of the COSTUMES, MANNERS, &c. G the INHABITANTA of • those Cities and their Enni runs. Taken on.the spot by E. E. VIDAL, Esq. This Work will he printed on Quarto Elephant Vellum Paper, corresponding with the Histories Of Oxford, Cam bridge, Colleges and Schools, Westminster Abbey, 11tieroes.sro of London, and Tour along the .Ithir,e. Each Monthly Part will contain "four highly cottiored Engravings, with 24 Pages of Descriptive Letter-Press, price 125.; large Paper, 21s Orders arc received by ak the Book and Printsellers in the United Kingdom; • It. ACK.ERMANN, 101, Strand, also proposes to Publish in I , w e le e Monthly Parts (Part I. to appear on May Ist, 1320,) A PICTURESQUE TOUR of the ENGLISH LAKES, illustrated with 48 Coloured VIEWS, Drawn by Mesirs. T. H. FIELDING and J. WALTON, during two years residence in the must Romantic Parts of Ciunherland, Westmorland, and Lancashire. Do , w w .h will he printed on Deftly Quarto Vellum Paper. Each Monthly Part will contain Foul' highly coloured gravih4s, and 21 Pages of nese, iptive Letter-Press, price 65.; on Quarto El'ephant raper, 10s. ad.—Orders - arc ica:ived by all Book and Printsellers in the United Kingdom. In the Press, and in the Month of next May will be published, by .1. Mawinan, Ludgate-.treiet, London, rWI2.A VILLS in 61CILY, GREECE, aiitl AL BANLV; very handsomely printed in Two Volumes Quarto, illustrated with numerous fine Engravings, price 51. ss. in hoards. By the Rev. T. S. HUGHES, Fellow of Emanuel College, Cambridge. The First of ihese Velumea will contain a Ciassical Tour in some of the most interesting parts of Greece, with a more particular and ditailed - AccctUal than Las yet appeared Of the great Cities of Agrigentum, Syracuse, Delphi, and Nicupolis, the Isle of Zante, and the Plain of Argos. The Second wiil he confined chiefly -t.' Albania, a country which the Author visited under circumstances peculiarly fa votirahle to investigation ; this part of tile Work will con tain a very detailed History of rim private and public Life of the great Albanian— Chieftain, Ali Pasha, with his Wars, Character, and Policy, interspersed with a variety of charac teristic Anecdotes; the whole drawn front the most authen tic doctiments that can be procured upon these subjects. Each Volume will he adorned with Engravings of Maps, Scenery, Plans, &c. for the most beautiful of which the Au thor i 3 indebted to his friend and fellow-traveller, Mr. R. C. Cockerel. To interrupt therNarrative as little as possible, the Classical, Topographical, and Critical Remarks, will he subjoined in Notes to tile pages of - each Volume. Ati Appendix will he given, containing two Dissertations upon the sites of Doduna and Delphi, from the pen of that eminent Scholar, Dr. Butter, Head Master of the Shrewsbury School. • r , ' \'' T .<l` l q 0 FREE TRADE. MR. EDlTOR—Haviug read the Petition of the Merchants of London in a Morning Paper ►►! this day, which has for its object the removal of the existing restrictions upon the trade of this coml. try in its intercourse with foreigners, 1-am de.. siroos of being informed of the extent to which the authors of the - petition are desirous that the principle should be carried. . . . Do these gentlemen mean that the laws which secure to the united kingdom the trade with our nuu►erotrs colonies shottld he replealed ? Do they mean that the Navigation Laws, which secure. to the British Ship-owner tire trade carrre,l on between this Country and' Asia, Africa, anti America, (with the exception of the United States), should he rescinded ? Do they think it advisable to let. foreign ships participate in the British Fisheries and Coasting Trade ? Do they propose to allow Corn, which can he grown at tall the price on the Continent u 1 Ea -rope, to come into competition OW) the Corn of British growl h, without any protection to the latter. D° they propose to let timber be brought from neighhouting States' in , the north or Europe, in foreign ships, without providing ony protection to the numerous vessels engaged, and the impor tant interests involved, in the trAde with the thi tish Colonies tit North America ? As I cannot imagine that they mean all, or any of these, l' would ask these gentlemen, would it not be better tor the petitioners to state at once the specific objects which they seek to accornylkb, or to Set tottli those exceptions to their general rule which they have it in intention to admit ? Unless this be done, I Cannot but be apprehen sive that the bringing such a petition before Par• liNment tii' do more ham than good. London, April 25. A MERCHANT.