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rtruuld tc•-ecto the well digested representation of Jr. liAItING, 1 wonder not. I conceive the whole party to be mere men of abstract and theoretic notions, impracticable when brought to the test of experience, and miserable will the day be for commercial England shoiold that Party with their present ideas gain an ascendency inther councils. wonder not at many of the other side cheering such an advocate, for numb Yrs of them never did nor never will give themselves the trouble to investigate the subject, or if they did the politic and judicious declaration that however he (Ur. Ban- IN:G) might disapprove the principle of the Corn Bill, he wished not (good, easy man) to distorts its operation, effectually quieted their fears vs to any immediate effect on themselves ; but I do wonder, my Lord, and most deeply d , ..plore, that ine Vice President of the lloaid of Trade should so it , necessati!y hove tuet this question in the man ner he dill. SloatleS of :hose e lightette:l States men iv !loge cotineits hove placed this slat iirally small Hoti limi rrl iiiogtioto ott its ttr - ,sent basis of elevation, yr Wptlsioghams, yr ye CI ont was of e.dy (19ys, ye Chtvitarns, Pitts, Hitti }roses of wore recent times, where are ye, how rest your spirits in your silent tombs, - whilst Foreign Emissaries in the shape of British Com mission Merchants are Irrupting the Senhiors of your beloved Country to abaubou that policy tehich, originating iii that kst estimition, in your comwehensi ye miods, of the ,individual line of policy that the Kingdom ought to pursue for its own prosperity. If there YVA6 no other reason, my Lord, the fact of injuring one p art the community fur the imaginary benefit of another branch of the same comm u nity, ought at least to have induced Mr. R o mi N SON to have paused before he gave such an alarming publicity to his sentiments ; but when the magnitude of the interests, nationally as well as individually, thus to be offered up 'as a sa crifice is considered, when the best, the most tiital interests of England, the Agricultural and Shipping Interests, are to he destroyed, it is sure ly worth a grave inquiry, if the benefits to be de, rived from the change of system will compensate for the ruin and misery they are to give birth to ; fur my part, so blind am I, that with the exception of a few commission merchants, at whose head I find Mr. BARING, I cannot see how any class can derive the smallest benefit ; for I have already stated, and again repeat, that the ruin at home will more than deprive the manufacturer of an equivalent for the benefit that lie will get abroad. I.need not, I am sure, my Lord, remind you of the connection of the maritime greatness of this Country with the prosperity, of the Shipping Trade; hail Britain never possessed a cotton ma• nufactory, she would still have been equally powerful as a maritime State—(l shall enter inure into the proof of this hereafter), but deprive her of her shipping, she falls nerveless and powerless to the ground. I am, my Lord, of long and inti mate acquaintance with the Commercial Marine of my Country ; during that time I have known each individual ship form no contemptible nur sery for seamen by the number of apprentices she contained ; but of late years, such has been the depression of the Trade, and the dread of the Ship o , vner, of some impending danger, that few or none have been bound, for what would be his situation when his Ships were laid up, if, in addi tion to such useless and unproductive property, he has a number of apprentices craving from him that bread which his family should eat ; The conservence has been, my Lord, that few Seumen hare been reared, and you cannot but be aware how short the effective life of a Seaman is. Should a naval war break out in ten years, which is more than probable, I think it will be impose Bible to tit out a Fleet to repel the aggressions of our enemies, engrossing as they will then do, the carrying Trade, that should have been our own ; this is no phantom conjured op to serve a parti cular train of renoning, but it is the sure and in evitable result of the contemplated change of system. I am aware that many Naval Oil cers will tell your Lordship that the Navy can create seamen. L the rime of extended maritime warfare I admit that in a small degree it may, hut I tell you, my Lord, from the best of all sources of information (i►ractical experience) that the Navy never can be a nursery for the best seamen : the cnnfine ritn nt and bad air generated on board, in' spite of ell precautions to the contrary, debilitates and de• strays the actirity and energy of the human I, dy. Fresh and inrigora , ing supplies must be reared from early life in the trade of the Kingdom to I•edlthy regions, and perhaps the Trade to British North America, for that purpose, i. second only t that which stipvlies our enormous metropolis with fuel, And which Air. BARING, nut of that evi(!ent love be bears to his own country, would of c.nitse not willingly consign to the Citrmans and the D.itch. France and Spain had piincipaliy to entrust their Ataviri to seaftsenresre.l on board of them ; the result of their conflicts with us proved the inferiority of their crews, whilst the notch, and latterly the Americans, chewed tb the unpreindiced observer the superiority of men bred in the Mer chants' service, as the two latter Nations fre quently rendered our boasted superiority on the ocean extreindy doubtful, which could only arise from their crews being like our own bred in that service, and which in tact constituted the only difference between them and the crews of our other adversaries. It is surely too much, my Lord, to sacrifice our best remainivg intertsts to those Governments on the Continent. for lose deliverance we have expended our blood and treasure in a struggle un exampled in the history of the World, and tor whose deliverance - we have entailed a taxation upon ourselves and posterity, which nothing but the most unremitting spirit of induitry and applica tion, aided by our natural advantages, can enable us to support. I conjure you, my Lord, before you precipitate this measine, to appoint an able Committee, who shall accurately examine the exact increase of ex port likely to accrue ; let them as exactly exa mine the interests to be destroyed, forgetting or overlooking no part ; let them estimate the'value of freight in its situation,- whether as paid to the British or Foreign Ship Owner, for it it: an error moos sum, which his almost wholly escaped the acknowledgment of our political calculators ; to British North America alone, it is nearer two millions than one, or was ; the rate is yearly, 1 boldly assert, my Lord, that the interested commission merchant, the foreign emissary, is not knitted to i one particle of consideration ; the Bri tish merchant. is in too many instances no longer that hid) and honourable character, the best sup port and pillar of his Country, trading to foreign nations on his own capital and account, but he is become a commission broker, trading either in conjunction with the foreigner abroad, or as the depository of his goods on commission at home; in either case the honour and welfare of his country is but a secondary consideration with him. We are bullied, my Lord, but 1 trust not fright ened by the Americans. ,We have ceded to them, in compliance with the wishes of our manufac turers, the carriage of the next bulky commodity to Timber, that is Cotton ; they have the almost , undivided agricultural h( neat" of the growth of this immense article ; they pack it and supply our market without interruption as a matter of appa rent right; good and sound policy on our part would have made theta rest satisfied with the agricultural profit profit without ingrossiug the entire transit, But, my Lord, I will avail myself of some future op portunity to expatiate on this, as a right which every Englishman, has to address the Servants o f the Nation, of which you are one, high and com manding as your station is. 1 will not trouble your Lordship with complaints upon abstract questions of pOlicy, the expediency of w hi c h t h e wisest and hest may differ upon, I will not ask you for a stone when our children are in danger of wanting bread ; but I will call upon you, as the Palinurus of the Realm, to persevere in the track through which the vessel of the State has sailed majestically along, the envy and admiration of surrounding States, and not to suffer the clamour of interested men to cause her wreck on the shoals of innovation. 1 am, my Lord, with great respect, Your Lordship's very bumble Servant, lII►I'rrANICUS. Banks of the Tyue, May 17th, 1 920. 41 * * This Correspondent is not the Gentleman who, under the same signature, favoured us with an original Series of Letters on the CaTtioLic QUESTION, which he has since collected into a valuable 'Diet, highly interesting to every friend to our National Faith.—We deem it necessary to add, that tho►►gii we arc w►ll►ng to open our Paper to the free discussion of an important question, we are not responsible for the opinions of our Correspondents, and certainly not on those which relate to the character of our Manufacturers and :11erchants, wl►om we number among the most respectable Classes of the Community. CORN EKCHANGR, JUNE 2.—We have had but little fresh Wheat in since Monday, nor was there much of fine quality at Market this morning, yet th e trade was very heavy, but not lower than on Monday for superfine samples, although a few sales were made of the inferior descriptions at 2s. per quarter lower titan that day's prices; Oats are rather cheapei, having had several cargoes in since Wednesday ; in Batley there is but little doing, but prices remain as on Wednesday ; in Beans and Pease there is no alteration. SMITHFIELD MAIIKET, JUNE 2.—There was a very good supply of all kind of Cattle this morning, in cunseqpence of which the Market has declined in price; Lamb, Veal, Mutton, and Park, hare also Interred in price.—The Hay Market, in consequence of the rains, is looking downwards; Straw and Clover no alteration. ‘Ve have had no arrival of Paris Papers ibis morning. 'lwo days Jflurnals are due. Jamaica Papers arrived this morning to the 17th of April. Accounts wei e received from Rio de Hache that BRION, Willi 10 armed vessels and lour trans ports, having on board General MONTELLO, Com mander-in-Chief, with 1100 troops of the Irish Legion, comtnaoded by Colonel O'CoN NOR, made their appearance at that place, and sent in a flag of truce to demand a surrender o f the town, when she was fired upon and re turned to the vessel. At three o'clock in the morning, a landing was made by the whole of the force, who took possession of it, most of , the inhabitants retiring to the woods during the night, and a division was about to proceed against St. Martha, which was expected would immedi ately fall. After Admiral Bayne landed, he issued a Pro clamation to the Inhabitants, requesting them to return to their homes, as every protection would be granted to them for the safety 'of their pro perty. New York PApera arrived this morning to the 29th April ; Boston to the 30th ; and Baltimore to the 26th (Frans the New York Paper of the 27'th April.) A rumour prevailed st ‘Vashington City, that on Saturday last, just as the Senate were aSout adjourning, a message was received front the Pre sident of the United States, in which was inclosed the Treaty with Spain, ratified by the Spanish Government. Senate adjourned without taking any order on the subject. It was expected to be the first thing acted upon in Senate on Monday. -• TREAT It I CAL R.EGISTE It. Performed Last ,Night. fit kA 1'10: ROYAL, DuustY-LANG.-{Third Time), Virg;inius Mr. Kean; Appitts,_ Mr. Rae Plantia, Mrs. Glover; Mrs. West. After which (Second Time), GioValltil hi London. Tli E AIRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN:--.The Jona than (Anna, Mr. Liston ; Miss Isabella %Vat - done; Miss Stephens. After which, The Battle of Bothwell Brigg. TO CORHESPONDEN l'S. We are obliged to defer the Letter of a Burrtstt SEAMAN and SNIP OwNER, from Liverpool, to the Marquess of Liss- DowN, and other Articles, till To-tuorrow, PRICE 0 F STOCKS TB t)AT AT Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red (9 eiBg 3 per Ceot.Cons 6 94; 3i per Cent 4 per Cents per Cr. Nary Ann..... , U4ll 5 per Cent. Scrip...l 1i I pr. Liank Long Ann. 17 (3-ltittii oNE 0 CLUCK: India Stock 2W India ITnntls .... Us. 14$. pr. OW Annuities .... Kii 3 per Cent. 1741 ........ 611 i Excli.Bills, 2d... 2s. 4s. Is. pr. Ditto Commerciai 4s. ss. pr. Cons. for Account . 7O AbLitivzi,-1 Dublin, 1 Gottenburgi DUE••••i Holland, I Frinier, 1L,,. ImA, 1 Guernsey and Jersey, 1), I Jainaiea. 2 Hamburgli, I Flanders. HIGH ‘VATEIt A•l' LONIM hsi BRIDGE TO•MOILKOW. Nlurnit►g, 59 minutes after 6. Eveiliug, 28 tumult:s anus . 7. THE SUN. BOLEN! qv's 7 nic:Eam rAi,suNi A UDEAT LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1820. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, APRIL 22. REVISION OW THE TARIFF.-111C House again resolved into a Committee of the whole on the Bill to regulate the Duties on Imports and Ton nage. The following ulcerations were made in the Bill :—A Duty on Butter of 9 cents per lb. ; to provide for the use of such Hydrometers in deter rninirg the proof of Spirits as the President shall present ; to add to the Duty on Shoes of Leathar, Silk, &c. a duty of 45 cents per pair ; to prevent the frauds carried on under the words, " and other Green Teas," it was altered to conclude, " whet. Green Teas, with Hyson and Young Hyson, of 40 cents per lb." The Committee then proceeded to fill up the Blanks left in the Bill for fixing the Duty on \Vines, and after a good deal of discussion and rejection of various other sums, the Blanks were filled to read as follow : " On MAtira, Burgundy, Cisampaign, Rhenish, and Tol:y ; one dollar per gallon. On Sherry and St. Lucia, tiO cents. a gallon. On other Wines not enumerated, when imported in bottles or cases, 30 per cent. per gallon. On Lisbon, Oporto, and other Wines of Portugal, and those of Sicily, 50 per cent. per gallon. On Teneriffe, Faynl, and othor Wines, w h e n imported otluowise, and in casco, and bottles, 15 cents." The Bill Wa3 imendett, so as to reduce the pro posed duty on printed Books, from 35 per cent. ad vaioreal. The article of copper, manufactured into sngar boilers, was inserted amongst the articles entitled to dratvback. The Washington Theatre was burnt down on the 18th April. NPotto INsurtitEcTtozi.--Letters from Aux Cayes mention, that President IInYER has com pleatly quelled the Insurrection, occasioned by the revolt of GERNEZ. President Bovr.tt, in his Proclamation, declares that Insurrection at an end. Extract of a Letter from Waslaingt on, tinted April 23. " It is rumoured to-days, •thet the new N•auish Minister lias addressed a note to the Secretary of Strafe, comptainiog of tte condu& of Mr— r ' vita, to which be has r e c e ived no an-e'er, bi t he was called upon by our Government to 814 whether he VCRS prep are d t o act on the subje c/ , the treaty, unless assurances were given that t' u Government would not recognize the inder el Bence of the Patriots; the Pre s ident will prob ably communicate something in relation to our atilt with Spain to-morrow." These Journals contain various official notifi` cations rendered necessary by the receipt of wet' ligenre of the death of our late revered Sovereign' The House of Assembly was expected in coolie" quence to be dissolved. As true Friends to this Country we'beartily prove of the Motion brought •foiward last nig ht in the House of Commons for leate to bring in Bill to continue the Alien Act, with an additional Vrovision to prevent Naturalization in consegneece of the purchase of Streit in the Bank of Sc °l' land. We have too many Foreigners among already, and such an easy tootle of becoming loco' t sheet! may lead to art hark of the most excel' • tionable characters. But, what is worse, m an) Foreigners are permitted to hold public offices' which ought to be wholly confined to the Nati ve' Of this Country. We are unwilling to deP lite such Aliens of their situations, but a s vacanc ies occur, it may be expected of a B:itish Mieb" )( that they should fill them up with none but 13r ‘ i ' tish People: The times are hard, and the POP ie would have some consolation under their prey' sure, in knowing that the money required of !V al for the support of the Country is appropriated W their Countrymen, who must always. feel a woo l ?' I impulse of !wide as well as interest in its prosperi t y . But a more important reason for guarding against the free influx of ALIENS relates to the uncertoiri situation of the Continent. A revolutionary fe el ' ing is prevalent in every Foreign State, arra deg lends only on temporary events. it it breaks o ` i successfully, it will tempt Domestic Traitors"' engage in the same designs, audit it is-defeated' the disappointed miscreants will pour into country, and endeavour to spread their 1).4 0111, doctrines. From all circumstances and conside rs' Lions some prohibitory Legislative measure is ne cessary for the seenrity of Government, and tb e • protection of the State. We have taken an article from The Morli fi g Post of this day respecting the Queen, because that Paper seems to have the best intelligence on ' lie subject, and to have offesed her advice upon best motives- As to all the revests which slip is said to have addressed to Lord LlvEaPoot•' to be infoluted ,vhat residence is prepared for het England, and to Lost) MELVILLE, that a IThc i ' t may be sent to Calais this day to convey Its hither, though these requests mav been made, they are so contradictory to the 011. " reports, which sta'ed, that she had sear directi(l° to her Agents here to prepare for her receptio" that the whole looks like a mere farce ; a far ce ' however, that must disgust rather than a muse/ It she is animated by the consciousness of cence, which we hope is the ease, let her come /'‘ once, without all this preliminary parade, wh iell 6' we ascribe to the interested artitic , s of Party , C 1 titer than to herself, and she will he sure to friends enough in this Country to support he r. claims to justice, and to see that it shall be itte r# tially administered. But ail the rumours that 'lle is to come, and riot to come, seem intended to Pl c' : mote seciet ohjects, which, however, never c'; be accomplished, now that matters have °; v.incetl so far, and must be submitted to pn bli ', inquiry. We confess that though we were adveis: to the return of her MAJESTY, the imprtidelict officiousness of her friends, in rendering he r often the subject of public attention, induces Ij, to alter our opinion, and to think that her rep°l6l, don absolutely depend 9 upon her actual ar r° , i l l If she remains abroad, it ill generally h e w , ferred that she is afraid of inquiry, but if sh e re d (lily submits her conduct to lull investi‘gatio n ' tief we trust that conscious innocence will indu ce to do, and it that innocence shall be manifesto e a to the satisfaction of the people, she will be W e r to a height of popularity which she lies n el , o f before obtained, and receive front 8 1(” fo j a il d liberal Nation ample compensatio n rr the slandets that may have assailed b oo and her foes must then hide themstive9 fr ee , general contempt, indignation, and abhorrer/co We have al3o incluned among our daily 6/‘ tfa o il from the London Journals this day, n pri" 6l ti trout The Times on the sonic SUl;ject,, beeallseiao, subject must inevitably be submitted to e o°3 o don. The Times says, She stanils now" alevolj ENGLAND ; She has at least a right, s apprehend, to come to the Countty in 0 40 ' 17 % 01i indefeasibly occupies so eminent a stalli“ n i a nal the attention due to her tank, however 911 e ,, o r leave it." The Times need not 30 modestly coffie, prebend," as she has evitlently a tight