The Sun. — London, England, 1820-06-19 00:00:00

mu THE ',UN. ON TH E RECENT PETITIoN , i FIR A FREZ TRADE. (Nit. VI.) Mn. EDITOT:..--it is plea-sing, doubly pleasing indeed, to observe that one of the most promi nent argnments of the advocates for a Free Trade is inching away like snow before the Summer's Sun. That crinnlvil state ot Commerce of which they complained, and on which t hty have 'ft►un►led their dAngerous and destructive experi- seeing to be giving way to more wholesome remedies than the twist rioms Politickl Quacks, NO) professs to set tip the Consti , ution of the Empire, " without risk or confinement," as other Quarks profess. solely by their new Essence of Lignum That Commercial men, whose cella-erns RTI etinfitted to the Baltic and East Country 'Trade, sh.txdri wish to extend Coat Trade, is perfectly and they may, perhaps, be excused, even though .they shut tbe;s . eyes to the consequences that must result to another class of their fellow Merchants but the Politician most take a more exteneed view of the suhjert, as we hive reason to Lope was done by his Majesty's Ministers, even when application to that effect was first 111,1de to them ; and who, we trust, stopped very far short of any thng like an assurance that the Baltic Timbrr Duties should be lowered. That a pro- Lnist should have been given to take the question into consideration, may naturally be supposed. — Such an answer to a respectable body of Mer chants could not well be avoided ; hut then it contained no pledge, as the East Country Agents ire Slated 10 leave asserted most indiscreetly.—lt might, indeed, be difficult for Ministers to decide upon such a momentous question, if they were solely tO hear the opiitions of the two Parties most 4n , itenstMy interest ed--the Baltic 811 d Canada Ship veers; mist, even if the evidence of the iVestern IN)rts was thrown into the CA1)4(11,111 scale, Still /might that evid , nce be considered as proceediog More from self-interest than from a liberal regard to the question in a national point of view. But, Sir, we have now a more powerful support of Colo oral Inter (!,itl, even from the first mercantile men of the Eastern Fors, wLio, nobly.disdaiuing every 01'fi,11 prospect of pin that might accrue to Nem by shifting half the Tintl , cr Trade from one side of the Kingdom to the other, have come forward candidly to express their opinions against any change in the system as's!' present arranged. Here, too, 11c. Etlitor, I must observe that the 'temptation was very strong ; tor the very rapid increase of the Colonial "'Tuber Trade of the Port of Live'ponl alone, during the last five years, is sufficient to excite both Commercial envy end cupidity lit a very high decree. Between _the years 1613 4.1(1 1820, that Port alone has in creased from 99 ships to 320 ; from 26,000 tons to 85,000 ; and from 1310. seamen to 4245—a Commercial prize which null, Lynn, &c. migl►t well expect to share in, were the channels of the Timber Trade to be stilted agreeable Lo the new plan. At the same time I must acknowledge that the proposed change would not give to the Eastern Forts that which the Western ones would lose; for, though the same annual proportion of Timber ton rage nlight arrive in Britain, generally speaking, yet, as 9-10 tbs of the Baltic increase won't' be in foreign bottoms, the possible increased employ for British Eastern Shipping would be too small to operate even as a boon to the Eastern Ports, But what would be the boon that we should thus grant to our Political and Commercial Rivals ? Sir, it it not going too far to assert, becrjuse it can be borne out by incontrovertible docu ments, thst at the present moment our North American Colonies actually employ nearly, if not q uite, one-half more tonnage and seamen than the whole of our West Indian Trade ; and this is what our Rivals wish to share in, and what their Agents, residing in this Country, are liberal enough to wish to give that► ! How much this has increased since the peace is matter of very serious consideration, because it Shevrs that much of our home improvement, since the year of deepest distress, must be attributed to it. In 1816, the whole of the North Ameri can Colonial Trade only employed 772 ships, averaging about 160,000 tons, with something less than 9000 seamen. In 1817, this incre a s e d j►early one half ; and it was in that year that Dlinisters most•wisely and patriotically determin ed 'not to attempt any increase of Colonial Duties (luring that Seasi9n, even altheingl► they were of opinion that the Trade would bear an extension of Duty equal in amount to the Jtdditional Duty imposed on Foreign Timber in 1313, adding to the Revenue ,without any de. erior:ation of existing interests. But, even if we were to grant the precise view of the subject to have bten correct, and that no deterioration would have ensued, could an amelioration have been hoped for unde► the pressure of an equalizing Duty ? h it lor one We received yesterday and this morning the Paris Papers of Thursday and Friday last. The Chamber of Deputies were occupied with the dis cussion of the items of the Budget during Wed nesday and Thursday. The debate was again ad journed till Friday. On IVeduesday a Deputa tion of the Chamber, conducted by the Count Simeon, Minister of the Interior, delivered the Election Projet to the KING. ai agreed upon by the Chamber. The same day the projet was pre sented by the above Minister to the Chamber of Peers, who ordered . it to be referred to the Bu reaux, and appointed Friday for its further con sideration. Paris appears to have been quiet through the whole of Wednesday, it being expressly stated that the most perfect tranquillity prevailed in all quarters of the capital ; the . Boulevards were' pa. tioled by National Guards, and Gend'armerie, but it is added they found no mob to disperse. The KING on WedneidAy transacted business with the Duke de RICHELIEU and the Marquess de LAToutt MAUBOURG, the Minister of War, and late in the evening with the Count Stmnoti. Marshal SOULT, Duke of Dalmatia, is gone to his estate of St. Arnaud, in the department of Tarn. The Gazette de France, of Thursday, mentions, amongst the persons who have been arrested in consequence of the late riots, Colonel PAILEz, M. PARENT, formerly on officer, M. LHVILLER, a bookstller, M. DoLats, and M. SAULQUIERR DR SOULIGNE, Editor of La Renommee. A new Ordonnance of Pollee has been published at Patis, strictly enjoining all hotel-keepers, &c. and all persons letting lodgings, or having inmates, to make a daily return of all persons in their houses, whether residing there as lodgers, as vests, or as biends. Two young Neu Ita.t'e been arrested at Gre noble, ehargcd with being the promoters of the di3torb3oces which took place there on the 2d and 3 , 1 instant. An article from Iran, dated the 6th instant, says-- " Messrs. CADIAON and Cettrzo, comprehended in the late Royal Decree against the 69 perjured nembers °lithe Cortes, are at Bayonne • and Messrs. LABQNDESA, CATTERO and SAN CUEZ, belonging to the same party, are at St. Jean de Lus. " The Marquess de VILLA-PrAvnus, Secretary-General of the Supreme Tribunal of the Inquisition, was to leave the capital on the il', in order to proceed to Genoa, where be is conveying all the furniture tif his house, and even his library. Two rC4iments have had a quarrel at Zerez, but the particu--- I,irs arc not yet known." A Frai:kfort article mentions :the ncgociat ion of a new loan of 100,000,000 roubles for the Court of Russia. The following are extracts from the Journals of Friday : " PARIS, JUNE 16 —The King transacted busi ness yesterday with the Duke de Richelieu, the Baron Pasqttier, and the Minister of War. His Majesty also gave at private audience to the Mar quess de Caratuan, the French Ambassador to Austria. (There is not a word in either of the Journals of Friday as to any disturbance at l'Aris on Thurs day.) PIVR PER CENTS. Wcaneday Thurn!ay 75 f. 10c. 75 f. 35 c. DEVERRED STOCK. Weduesday. Thursday. Of the 22d March, 1820....90 f. 90 e..... 50 f. 90 c. " MADRID, JUNE 6.-11 u several towns of An dalusia, detachments of troops on their march Is rye over thrown the ConStitutional stones (as they are called) which are of wood; measures are tak ing to substitute real stones. " VIENNA, JUNE s.—Orders have heen issued for the formation of a grand camp of pleasure he tween Pest and Sorokzan, in Hungary, on the left bank of the Danube, towards the end of August. " INSPRUCK, JUNE 6. `—According to the last letters front Naples new eruptions have taken place at Mount Vesuvius, and a new crater has beet) opened." moment to be supposed that the Coloni I; ! Trade of 1819 would have dmitrled that of 1815, as it actually has done, until at length it amounts to one seventh of the whole icade of the Ent- vire 1 believe no one will suppose that possible— but now that it exists, shall we check its increase? Shall we risk its loss ? Could we, Sir, even now compete with fo reigners under an equalized Ditty ? But if we cannot, where would be the advantage to the Re venue? It is true, that the same gnanti!y of Tim• ber being imported,the samequantity of Duty would be paid at the Custom House ; bat where would be the advantages that the Revenue now detives from, the employment of British capital, of British labour, of British shipping, when a great, a very grey portion of these %void.' be transferred front us and from our Colonies to Memel, Riga, Stock huhu, &e.? Supposing that our Coloni3l Trade should only diminish one half, a calculation, fear, tar within bounds, what should we have to compensate us for the loss of 9NR FOURTEENTH of the whole Shipping Trade of Britain ? What must become of one fourteenth of our Shipowners, Sbip-builders, Ship-fitters, Seamen, &c., and of one fourteenth of the whole laborious maritime pr,pulatloo •of Britain ; to which- we must add ONE HALF of toe Capital and Labour of the NORTH AMERICAN CoLoNIES? But I need not fill up the - outline—the sketch I trust is sufficient to convince every F'►iend to his Country that the experiment, if tried, must begin in ruin, and end with despair ! It may be urged, indeed, that I have not proved the incapability of the Canadian Timber Trade to compete with that of the Baltic, under equal duties—that, Mr. Editor, I shall endeavour to do in my next communication. 1 now remain, ynnr•s, RA LEr GIL THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed on Saturday Night. TIMATRZ ROYAL, DRilitY-LANE.—(FirStTitne),Dari4lßizzio: Rizzi°, Mr. I3raham ; Mary Caut4,n ut Scots, Mrs. W. West. After which, Giovanni in London. THEATRE Ito I'm., CnVENT-GARDEti.—Henri Quatre : "Ir. Macready; O'Donnel, Mr. John Johnstone: Florence Saint Leon, Miss Stephens ; Clot'lde tic Biron, Miss Brun ton; Lunison, Miss M. Tree. After which, Midas. TO COItiIt3I 7 ONDENTs. Fcr an Aceonnt of the Chester Church Missionary Associa tion, and The Colonies, see our Fount,' Page. PRICh. TscocKs ONE 0 CLOCK. Tilts DAY AT Bank Stock 3 per Cent, Red. 4 per Cents ...... fl6iiii 5 per Cent. Scrip. 1 pr.. Bank Long Ann. 1 i 13-16ths Exch. Bills, la. ts. Ditto Commercial .... Ss. pr. Cons. for Account.. 70 GM MKT Ls. Amisiveo-2 Dnl,lin, 1 Waterford, 1 Guernsey and Jersey, I Malta, 1 France, 1 Flanders. Waterford, 1 El ,, llarul, 2 :..iuttenburgb, 1 Lisbon, I Hamburi:ll, F~tGU WATER AT TA /NOON BRIDGE TO.MORROW. ;11,,rninz, 28 minutes after B.—Erening, 54 militates after 8. THE SUN. OOVENI QVli DILERE FALsUNI AUDEAT ? LONDON, MONIMY, JUNE 19, 1820. TIIE FUNDS. This morning Consols opened at 6941 for the Account ; Omnium to discount. Friday was the day on which the deposits of 10 per cent, on the Loan was made, ever since which great dis tress had prevailed in the Stock Market, in con 'sequence of the extreme scarcity of money.-25 per cent, was paid, on Saturday, to carry Stock over until to-morrow, which is the day fixed for the delivery of the Containln Receipts, and it is looked forward to with no little anxiety by the Speculators in Oinniom. This day will decide the fate of the QUEEN, and the character of Ministers, in the estimation of the Country. Her MAJESTY resisted all at tempts to prevent her conduct from becoming the subject of public discussion, by returning to this Country, contrary to all the efforts of Minis ters to induce her to remain quietly abroad, and to the advice of her best friends. She im mediately demanded an open trial, and Ministers came forth with the necessary documents for that purpose. A negotiation was then set ou foot, obviously proceeding from her MAJESTY in the first instance, and Ministers assented to the mea sure, disposed however, to proceed to the in vestigation. This private Treaty, according toge neral opinion, has failed, and, as we have stated from the beginning, the trial must proceed. Her MAJESTY cannot possibly hope to preserve an un blemished character till all the charges against her are fairly developed, and fully refuted. Every intermediate measure proposed must be unsatisfac tory to the world, and disgraceful to those who s:ould bury the matter in silence. ft is said that Ministers were averse to the investigation, chiefly on account of the disgusting details which must be derived from the Contents of the Green Bogs, and it seems evident that their reluctance did not arise from any doubts as to the propriety of proceeding to the inquiry on the grounds of justice. Mr. TIERNEY may, we presume, be ex. 'pected to take a leading part in the debate this day, as he so emphatically declared that his MA JESTY must have the relief which the meanest of his subjects enjoy, that of being released from his Consort, if she should be found unworthy to be the Partner of the British Throne. Can she possibly be admitted to such an honour, unless after the fullest investigation of the charges alledg ed against her, and her innocence is folly manifest ed i Common sense and decency say No. Though we generally differ with Mr. TIERNEY in politics we consider him as a solid plop of opposition, and an opposition ought for ever to exist as a guard over the conduct of Government, in defence of the Constitut,ion. The public feelings have been strongly agitated ; .711 E QUEEN has a strong Party in her layout., who give her credit for in nocence, and the rational and motel People of that Party must desert her if she- consents to A private negociation from interested motives. T he world at large, therefore, reasonably expect that the trial shall proceed to a fair, impartial, and just conclusion. We have iosertediletter from a well-meaning Corre'pondent at 'Sandwcb , who taxes us with tincha'rifahHiess for bav' ing said that her MAJEsTY's name shoold not be admitted into the Liturgy till ber cha' racier is fully vindicated. We abide by that opi" nion, for it would be an insult to the Majesty of heaven for a religious People to pray for one whose character is not cleareol from every charge of impurity. We now conclude, with a so' lemn requisition, that a question which so deeply involves the honour of the Throne, and the racier of the Conwry, may not be stopped by the clamours of Varty, but may be decided on the grounds of substantial juvice. We stated in a Second Edition on Saturdafr that all disturbances %I.ere at an end among the Soldiery, and that the 11.ke of ‘VsLttNoTow with must laudable zeal and activity, bad on Saturday morning at four o'clock, superintended the de' parture of the remainder of this Regiment froo Town. SIR JosEPH BANKS.—This morning, soon after tight o'clock, died, at his house in So!to•squarer the venerable President of the Royal Society, the Right Honourable Sir JOSEPH BANKS, G. C. WI &c. &e. &c. The loss to Science by the demise of this excellent man and liberal patron will be lon% and severely felt. Sir Jose Pti had been for a lon% time labouring under a most distressing illness; for some years he har been deprived of the use of his lower extremitie, and tendered so feeble 0 to be lifted from his room to his carriage. Ile possessed a princely fortune, of which he assigne 4 a large portion to the encouragement of science , particularly Natural History, private and publiC Chat ities, and domestic hospitality. EAST INDIA SMITING. The Company's ships Windsor Castle and General Kyd rived off Weymouth early yesterday worning; they left CIO * 2d February, and St. Helena the 24th April. The Atlas and Bridgewater were all well in lat. 40. 4°. North. long. 38. 50. West, on the 31st May; they are r e ' ported to have sailed from China the 17th February, a° 4 from St. Helena the 23d April. The Warren Hastings was to leave St. Helena for , Engla n on the 25th April, and the General Harris in a few glar after. All the ships of the Seaton had arrived in China exci# the Bombay and Herefordshire,_ Yesterday, at one o'o°4, a Cabinet Ce l inel/ was held at the Foreign Office, which sat , but • short time. On Saturday Prince GUSTAVUS of SWEDEN I ' 4 Suite were introduced to the KING, at iris lace in Pall Mall, by his Exceltenet/ the tt.asti' Ambassador : the Prince VV/IS most graciously ceived. His Excellency the Russian Ambassador a 4" 14 introduced to his MAJESTY the Prince L evi LICHTENSTEIN , Lebo was most graciously recelvd`; Saturday the Doke of SAN CARLOS, the be Ambassador front the King of SPAIN to (1W C 044 1 0; accompanied by his Duchess, bad an audience his MAJESTY, and took leave previoni to th eif leaving England on their return to Spain. lotfe, Viscount CASTLEREAGH, the Duke of 4 LINGTON, and the Archbi•hop of c ANTE nani had audiences of the KING oil Saturday. Yesterday the Doke of YORK % isited the The LORD CHANCELLOR, Viscount CASII" Ie S REAGiI, and the Duke fir WELLINGTON, WI a diences of his MAJESTY yesterday. J3J . The Active frigate, Sir A. GORDON, K "* J . is waiting at Spit head the arrival of the Coun t PaLmeLLA, the late Portuguese Ambassad toor r. this country, from London, who is about 0 /. .. turn to Lisbon in that ship, he having beeo r ie pointed Minister for Foreign Affairs at Pilo Janeiro, It is supposed the Actiye will tak e • Count on to Rio. a lb The Duke of YonK passed through Pait', l on foot, on Thursday morning, surrosinde" „ s l several mendicants imploring . alms ; his 11 %,, Highness liberally rlistributed money to ifie .amid their hearty blessings. A letter from Dublin of the 14th inst. 911 5 0 " It affords us particular pleesure to be 5 1316. ,60 state, from undoubted authority, that the c°,4o (knee of the public has been restored. '! 0 , business done at our private banks Y est ,; (l 4 terdav has been tiniform and satisfactory; " if e We now trust no Inrther inconvenience wi ll sr , c ‘ trotn the apprehensions entertained in cons(P lel ' or the late occurrences. lis C The Marquis of CAMDEN was on Friday bl presented with the Freedom of Canterbury' Uh the Mayor and Corporation of that. City, f ar , iof Lordship's disinterested conduct in relent:oi° the material psrt of his emoluments, as (W e the four p*tent Tellers of the I.,xcbegoer. The Right Hon. CHARLES LONG is CC/06°0(1;1v his house at Bromley with the h o oping -c° oll The Archbishop of CANTERBURY bad tb e ., 6 0 00; complaint only A very shoat time since , ‘l' 00°. at all knowing in what way he caught it / 00 et having confirmed many children at va rioug oc te o who had the disorder, without being ° Of by A it. D pore •; eputation of Gentlemen from die , Newcastle-u!on-Tyne has arrived . toweoil° consequence of the great alarm whic h t e r ' ll6 l there of the intention of Government t o 1°- /roil- Duties on Foreign Timber; and Deputations the other out-ports are expected. ~eif!!t l , Thursday the m , agistrates fined twen se tic s" r ll - S shopkeepers and publicans in the , I „, j e visiou, fur using dekctive weights ;Ind W (Bath Licrald.) It take tore linio how that tith e j ~~, tri m 'hie! turn 16. 3 Lib Pnic tkc ?o ni k Aj by ? that Se i tu% 4 nd hi! bre tuti