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Sr.to :an.% •itt , f Ireland, 12 vol.; Arabia;, N ig ht-, Proof }'rites by Sntit4;e, sia r,„g„ vovages, t.rl, a fine set Hos' Briton tea, 22 col Annual lie4 l,4 er. ; 3-18.18, 60 vol.; Chalinvusi Bitnraphicli , ; Shakspeare, by Reed, 21 vol. : : `l,'l Morocc o; E dinburgh and Quarterly i‘evii,ses ; B. iris!; s-sa Yists,. 45 col. 7:1 Nloroccii; (Eovres dee Voltaire, Editi on d ' B rauntarchais, 72 torn. ; the Works of the nioot rhirtsh French, an d Italian Aiithor:; and A No, Law Bool•-s, fiy relating to - Elections :Ctrl BaoliroiticY• of I"ewi se. ten? Prints,- framed And glaz e d. a fine Selection . l Cllr e' Caricatures, and Annie Etegant Bookcases. To be viewed, and Catalo g ues had at the place it 541..• PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, JuLI- 10. _ ..7".------ FREMOLTI LANt) - Ell PROPIIR4 fre t -To pay Four and a flalf per Cent. clear ot all ciPitintSions. 04,1").kir Inti - VATE- ( 7 2NT}Z.4 "I'. ' A Very desirable PROPERTY f6rINVEST itA. MEAT, in a favottpte Not Cutio iy, c . oobs t,ll -1 of li„. "-ve excellent Farms adjoining each other, wall good fat to ..ous . ," and o tn - butldings in c•onplete repair, and 71h:wars of 'tar'nu l et , to roost responsible tenants, on leases of twelve '' (run! 1,,, dt-tlay last at very low net rents (according to )P'esew -4ere pssed state of agrietilture,) amouniing• to tie per Per film; the farms are i n tr : ,...! t:lV:t un ' a", • Itest state of cul- truantsmils under particu'o, c -, enatits and re-. : "brim so, situate witnn easy , ::.szances of .ever y • market towns in the kingiicor, wooyi roads d w le.mile from coal, and on th. ~,:ate are 10 1 4 1%. - I mill, and alargethreShing . . ur- e. by ream of waive, in which are great ttoti : . •.. •4 found on the prewises; and the the 46, ' , P 4 Y a • :1;! oui4iiings whatever; adjoinini W d ith i," ve are 7 Elie iiiriving pl a n ta ti on, wh i t ) l ane 'e inat ior • .• • •aer :069ricris„aod possess e s un""00 , or sold at a fai r p i i ce . P'll Uller • part', 7 y ; nosi ; • -•• I r., so of Mi. •'` r Ferr , ;* 1.0 show the Ad of Winstauley and Sons, .e a plan may he seen; parti• '"i , r, Durham y, and of Mr urn, 11110 w•i11 direct - a per• • By W. r. 7 ' , ..7 , ''C i ..7;T. 3 tr.. t i and Co. T SAR ACEN'S fi ,. ',F, ;:: 7 •• • , 10.'•;111.,L,. LONDON. RE followi P 0: - .; P-COACIIES, MAIL im c AcHEs. &,'. ~- .) , ,t. t*,_,:ai th, ~ eve !Ill.: 1, ""nOMPTON, ( i ,, ir',:ii:), lic.c.ieFter, 'a:l,l , travesead New . id .'" C ""eh, ereiv..l ftertioon at. kialf-pasz F. •ri'.. Fa: c, In -le, 10s. out-side 6sl . , •,.._' PALNIOUTH, Petiryn Trure ; limirria., Lisheard. PIY -1,..ut1i Dock, P;vo.•.,i t ti i ' Tot aess, Istwf,to flublleB• Exeter, ,weYmoutt), Dari:l i • • 1'; ier-t - ,,sih, , tint S;,l•siv.ry. new Puts, ael t , e , . ` s " r' ~. e inoril:: ;4 at s e r e , , ''' a'od Bgsbot, arrives at 1, port, irlatire, l',..isiaz , -e• .‘, ....,. 1 _ qtrioutli the ite-xt evene at , •it past ea„l t. it t SOUTI- 1,k hlPro, ',..ymi'-;.->!, '''''''''''''''' `1."'"". e t'.17.% • asingittdie New Feld,- 'mai- i....., is' t' ..., .: !, -' , sevet, o (... • b ... Lti the A lmaiin g arrives at I fo.' 1 -' l ' l l. --L ' • ‘tuernsey, S. . t4ll-'4,4 Five ' o'clocii.—Tiiik is a most deiightful t. iai ~eratice t o th e isle of Havre de Grace, Jersey, • Nlalties, Cherburgh, lit.c. 14 1 , 3 ,,T1i anti Blt ISI ()I, Firing; Post-Coaches, through Ch• . at -.,-1,441, Catrie, and INiatilioro.igh, every Afternoon ; arrive 1..:,"i.; 11123.'5, tl:e 'i'reyliourvi s Inn, .Bath., and the Londio,no log. .?,:i.:.!)ornas-street, and the Swat, u, Britst,ttll,llxeexti;rl, and Plyarit tni i . e ltts to Wells, Bridgewater, atm o ~E Tile nNitor siet ' I RE, a New LOO Light Coa,:li, only one vs o , .toad, IVERP L carrying- Ftair Insides arid Foar Ont .l.latitileitiro:.s out every Bay, tiii•eigh Dun-stable, W0b .. 0 . rn . , Y' Nor thampton, 1% elito - d, Luttet worth, .Hint . ti . Hinckley, ik,,....'t0t1e, Lichheld, Stone, Rugely, Newcastle, Knots.tnd giiil4gl4ut and Preston. - every tr'llMfiJß.l., V. ellington. and Shi ff nal WENA .e "'"g• at Flee o'cloch.—Guarded. and I.,"Wti'lli , Dorchester, Blandford, S al isbury, Anditv . er, W.. "lugstohe, n ew Post Coach, 'every Afternoon. lae iutlrtiknith Packet s to Gut:rnsey, Jersey, - Chert)urg, St. Ala- L EF..I) . N live ry mur.new ligh t Coach, called The Rockingham, sets tint : ttid, , ,,. ti " , l4, at Eight o'Clock; carries Four f lnsides p , a , s n , Le s , 6. 0 t . ,.. ks •eilittrkably ea4y, with it Guard throug rout. , .t . hritiugh Stamford, Isiewarh, Itetford, Doncaster, and Irerry. leitl i 'l e t t u the Golden Lion, Leeds, next tuttri . ting. N ut -110%,,7,11ti11ig the uncommon Expedition of this Coact . ), i t Is eya i , " t U 14 !lie most ao eeable and complete Public ( o.n -uL etun t ilt' North [toad, tieing unequalled by any otbe . t . trot e ;‘,,,G, OW, Longtowii, Gretna-green, Annan, Dung* les, 4 Ni l''''l,',4l, hornhill, Satioultar- Kiln, Canauock, Kingswell. 1•6 1 . 1 1 !'arts of Scotland, a Post Coach (daily). tati, ~ Scarbeirottgli, Whitby, Shields, Sunderland, New ( - 1 tlirou,',,a"O Edinburgh, New Four Inside Coach, with a Guar ford ) O,,luitt; sets out every Morning by way of Newark, !Let -I,eth, I.adcaster, Darlingtotr, Nortliallertoti, Durham, Mot *al the Berwick. Passengers finding themselves fatigued In.oce,d to te), 'tray rest what • time they please, and then hlAti,"ll any additional Fare. .ishron,,r-',,OItOUGH and Swindon, new four inside . Coach, 'rew4e;,' `l„,idbourn, Reading Lainboorn, Parton, Lydingtuii, 1.1143...,,, nOO4Oll Batset, tamsbury, Hungerford, and New 1114.1tt),%re,rY Mutating. . . ,ONOIIets•RTH & IValsal Post 'Coach, every evening. °oh, 1.1 adit, Pe'et borough, Stilton, and Hunting- C ' ll. uYal Mail Co ach,' '' 'i• E • ' to Spilsby, Louth, • 'lllsi ty . ,e ety Evening , (2 •ARL;,_!-Td Hull. Inaeb ,‘",&•E, Penrith„ and Whitehaven, Four Inside Post, 11P114lciura.,Citiat.d all the way, passes through Brough, Qtliei.tly tta-h t 1 tge, Itictiniond, Latter ich, liorough . bridge, !very ~,,,,_ ~ Aberfoid, Doocaster, and Grantham. Sets out lacility.'ot.titog, and performs the journey with great Neasure, 4sieligers detained on the Road by business or t ' I N i n tt ' a ve tlte C o a tiliar advantage of , their Seats being se ,.; h:EIN/),,„' oext I "luile Yr Onu s ` .'l teaste, Preston, Kirby-Lonsdaie, Bolton , . tlooli,rk, and Garstaug Post Coaches, every After lalypio tkit,44itiieit,2ol4ll,,lVarri.tigton, Knotsford, Stone, Stafford, eel a l e Sar a -- : He t Coach, The Defiance, every Evening thr( 1,„ 1 " 1 1 sad Inn.; Dale-street, Liverpool. --Guar - wA1,(17, lout. ti 'lll',v,•iFett•Nit) Post-Coach, every Morning. y. . 1 ortli w i ch , 1 ewport, Whiteliurch, Tarporley,:Nantw tc I, histitii)Elt a',Viliddiewich Post-Co-ach, every Evening. '41'4 4 t l i .--tt), Stockton T'and Yam Coach, every AlArc'e : , () - te Geor e ' S u nderland. ~ • kiltllV 'HESTER, "n, 1 ' N t , ,osrevii,_, W ins l ow, Conglettm, Newcastle, Walial, le ' I LI Pli,‘ r",,Ptolt, Post -Coach every Afternoon. Guarded.. is:lutn :•'-'-' and Rotherham Post-Couch, called the Rock . nip k ' every NlOrfli Aft "11.\GHAM bt lk e illuo n ', - Post Coach,. Guarded, sets out every t444tes by i.‘ind. reaches Birmingham next day at Noon : — zt:1•1471:„...! L",.,'N'Afl:),::3wh:ticcallill'ztLe,rieiaeli,vitidßgei tlr:rui,n4t a n d D h aventry, to the la 4tlit't2'lerY Mo rnitig at lialf-pla'silt°rSnix' , an to d r h o e n c oas To t s e s r, K P e d ys st , t)0vi,,w.,,% Hull. L.'''ersh a ,`,.l ii, al,mergate, Sandwich, Ratusgate,CatiterburY, ,oeniii ,o,.CLathans, - Rochester , and Stroud, Post-Coaches, %. 1i ta•P,,,, N , 00 11, and Night. ' Y fi,i nr - `.'4l-4, Ware, 1- loidestion, and Cheshunt. Coach, or 4 tt l i tY l n l ' . - - f. • HAM . a Edmonton Coaches (daily), at Elcven t is t . PaSt ' TWil Isla nd .I' . * MOUNi. and Eight o'Clock. k ,,'etki s kii . , AIN and Co. respectfully acquaint their h. 'Y p ;irc, l . tli:.., Public, that they will not be accountable fur rt:rsati 144 !-assenget's Luggage, Writings, Plate, &c. for 4 I I l h etit ered " pounds Value, if lost, stolen, or damaged, un "t Sarl as such, and the insurance paid pir accordingl y ceta's 'lead 1 iltl, Snow-hill, Lentkitt. • , Post-Coach, This motion was agreed to without opp os iti on or observation. the Queens Which movueede,thattllis Order b e A llis atcat eci LordshipwAs also agreed,agreed,to.; and likewise that en the 17th of Au to then EPRICE SEVENPENCE. The House. proceeded in Appeals.---The oaths were administered_ to the liarls-of MOJLTON and STAMFORD. - Accounts were - presented respect ing. the China Trade, .Sr.c. which were ordered-to be referred. to the Committee on Yoreign Trade. Several Bilk were brought up from the, House of Commons by Sir James Graham, Mr. Mon teith, and others. Lord RIEN-rox presented a Petition from In habitants of Mary-le-bone, against the increase in the Watt'. Rates.—Ordered -to lie upon the Table. I Lord ELLNBOROVGII gave notice of moving the second -Teading of (we believe) the King's Bench Proceedings' Bill on Thursday, but owing to the pressure below the Bar, and the noise that prevailed, we could not hear his Lordship dis tinctly. The .Lor4 were ordered to be sum moned for ThUrsday. On the motion of the Marquess of I.4.t.)'SDOWN, after some conversation, the Felonies Commutation of Punishment Bili t the Privately Stealing Bill, and the Capital ,Felonies Repeal Bill, were read a second time and committed for Thursday. The Earl of ENNISKILLEN presented. a Peti tion from Citizens of _Dublin against a .clause iri the Court. of Chancery (Ireland) ,-disqua lifying Masters in Chancery. from sitting in the House of Commons, but we believe the. Petition. was withdrawn on account of its informality. THE QUEEN. The . Earl of LlvEnroor..--4e. nQ becomes my duty, my Lords, to make some intnraAon to your Lordships, as to the course of iroCeeding which it is proposed to adopt with regard to the very painful subject before the House,' the Bill which has been 'read a first lime .respecting her Majesty. Your Lordships will recollect, that subsequent to the appointment of the Secret Committee, the Counsel for the - Queen. were heard at the Bar of this House, and that they proposed a delay of from eight to ten weeks, as she shortest period within which her Majesty's witnesses could be obtained to give evidence be.. fore. this House. After, however, the Bill had been read a first time, her Majesty's Counsel were again heard, and proposed to this House a. very different . request. They then, so far from.. wishing for delay, urgently called upon us t 9 proceed forthwith. I do not mean to charge any inconsistency in this case, because ci rcums t ances might have occurred, 'which might render it pro? per or expedient for the Queen's Counsel at one, time to request delay, and at another to call for an immediate proceeding: It should, as I have no. doubt it will be, the desire of this Ildhse to do impartial justice between the accuser and the accused. The latter having called for proceed ing without delay, I certainly think that such a. demand ought to be complied with as far as it is compatible with the ends of justice. 'No consi deration of personal convenience ought to stand in the way of proceeding with this Bill with all the celerity of which it is capable. I mentioned on a former' evening, that I then considered it to be fitting that this Bill should not be proceeded in - without the attendance of a - proportion of his Majesty's Judges. After Making every inquiry, and paying the utmost attention to the subject, I find it to be indispensable, according to the established forms and usages of thiS House, that. this proceeding, which is in- : its - nature judicial, though upon a Legislative Bill, should be attended by a proportion of his Majesty's Judges. I say :a proportion, because, according to all the precedents,. it does not appear to be ne- Cessary, that all tine' Judges should attend, nor has it been deemed requisite,, even in cases of im peachment, when a proportion of the Judges have been allowed to 'go the Circuits. This, being the case, I have made: inquiries for the . purpose of ascertaining When we -could have the . attendance of any proportion of the ',Judges, and I find that on the 17th of August we can. have the attendance of four of the Judges, but that none of them can attend previous to that period, without the greatest inconvenience to the. administration of justice. Under these circum stances', therefore, I find that the 17th of Au 'gust is the 'earliest day upon which this proceed ing can commence, consistently with a due admi-, uistration of justice. And however inconvenient ; it may be to go on:with such, 'proceeding at that season of the year, Ihm satisfied that your Lord ships,' looking to the high'importance of the case, to the consideration of the dignity of the Crown, and the' interests of the Country, will. not fail to make a sacrifice of every personal considera tion, in order that the attendance may be the fullest possible, and that whatever may be the re suit of the proceeding, in whatever way. it may-ter minate, it may be acknowl ege d on a ll h an d s to be an adjudication of the greatest number possible of the Members of this House'; let it be recol lected also, that upon such a subject no Proxies can, or ought to be admitted, and that no Peer ought to be admitted to vote, who does not re gularly attend. His Lordship concluded . by moving:, that the Bill respecting the Queen be read a second time on Thursday the 17th of Au gust. TUESDAX, LY 11, 1820. TIMBER DUTIES. FIRST REPORT (relative to the TIMEiER,TRADE), from the SELECT commirrEE of the .HOUSE of LORDS appointed to-inquire into the means of extending and se curing the FOREIGN TRADE of the COUNTRY, and to Report to the House ; together with the MINUTES of EVIDENCE taken before the said Committee.—Ordered to be printed 3J July, MO. By the LORDS' COMMIT'VEES appointed a Select Com mittVe to inquire into the Means of extending and securing the Foreign Trade of the Country, and to report to the House; and to whom were referred the Petition of certain Ship Owners of Sunderland, respecting the Duties on Wood 3 also, the Petition of the Directors of the Chamber of Manutactures and Commerce at 13irminghain, relative to Fat riga Trade : also, the Petition of certain Merchants of Lents, relative to the Duties on Customs : also, the- Petition of Merchants and others engaged in Trade with thellritisiVenlotistrs4srikeotth A-rnerica, and in the Fisheries of Newfoilisillatid, Nova Scotia, and New BrunsWich, re sident to London, against asiyAlteration in' the Dutiis - on Timber ; and also, the Patition•of the Ship Owners of Leith, Kirkalde, and iteiglitinuring Port, against any Alteration in the Duties en Timber from the British Settlements in North America. Ordered to Report, That the Committee hare met, and have proceeded to exa mine Evidence upon the Points considered in this Report; and having Understood that considerable anxiety prevailed in the Comuiercial and Shipping Interests with respect to the System which Pat liament aught think it expedient to adopt for the future regulation of the Timber Trade with the North of Europe, and the North American Colonies, hale thought it their duty to direct their attention, in the first instance, to that subject. They are induced, from the same motive, to, submit the result of their investigation to the House, with out waiting for the termination of those inquiries which they Mid it their duty, in pursuance of the instructions of the House, to institute into the state of other branches of Bri-. tish Commerce. The encouragement afforded to the importation of Woo d from the British Colonies in North America, by the imposi tion of !teary duties on Wood from Foreign States, is of comparatively recent date, and dues not appear to have rormed a part of the Commercial or Uolonial policy of the Country previous to the late war. Till the year 1809, little or no duty had been imposek: upon the various species of Tim ber; in that and the succeeding year, however, the nature of our political relation with the Baltic Powers, led to an ap prehension that great difficulty might be found in deriving the usual supplies of Timber from that quarter, not only for the general purposes of domestic use, but more particularly tor the purposes of Ship-bnildioK, It was however known, that Timber in any quantity, al though of an inferior quality; might he obtained in the Bri tish Colonies in North America. But this being new branch of Trade, and exposed to some risk and uncertainty, it was deemed expedient to give the Canadian Wood the ad vantages not only of an exemption from all duty, on such as was fit for Naval purposes, and of a duty little mere than nominal upon all other descriptions, but also of a consider able increase of duty on Wood fro:n the North of Europe. High permanent duties, and a temporary war duty, were accord►ngly imposed upon all descriptions of Wood imported fron► Foreign Countries by the 49 Geo. 3. c. 99., which were doubled by the,so Geo. 3. c. 77.; and these were afterwards partially increased by the 51 Geo. 3. c. 93. and by. the 52 Geo. 3. c.. 117., and a duty of 25 per cent. upon the whole of the permanent duties was added by the 53 Gco. S. c. 33. The several duties aforesaid were afterwards arranged and consolidated by the 59 Geo. 3. c. 52. ; and a schedule, taken from the said Act, of the details of the existing duties on all descriptions of Wood imported from Foreign Countries, is annexed to this Report. The Committee have been informed by those of his.Majes- Ws Ministers who are Members of the Committee, that the Canadian Merchants were never led to believe that any of these duties would be pertuanent , anal expectation was how ever held out, that the duty of 91. Is. first imposed would be continued for some considerable time, but nn such expecta tion was fairly raised with respect to the war duty, and the duty imposed in 1813, and the exemption from duty on Ca. nadian 'limber has always been temporary, and will, unless renewed by Parliament, expire in July 1820, although the parties have been given to understand that it may be farther continued till March 'set. This view of the subject has been constantly explained to the Canadian Merchants in va rious communications, to which this question has led between them and the Board of Trade. The Consuiittee have not therefore felt that there existed .any circumstance connected with the period during which, or the purposes for which, these duties had been imposed, which could preclude them, Or could preclude Parliament, after the return of a General Peace, fro► considering su important a question as the future regulation of this essential branch of Commerce, with a view to the permanent interests end ge neral prosperity of the Empire. , Under this impression, they hare thought it their duty to ascertain from persons best enabled to speak from experience upon those subjects:— First, the comparative qualities of Wood imported from the different Ports in the North of Europe, and from the North American Colonies; Second, the comparative facility and cheapness of the Sup ply of theie different species of Wood, considered independ ently of the Duties with which it has been charged. Third, the direction which the system of Duties in force the years 1909 and 1813 has given to the commerce and consumption of the country, as far as respects the Article of Wood ; and, Fourth, the probable effect which any material diminution Or alteration of those duties might be expected to produce on the consumption of the Counts y, on its trade with Europe and with the Colonies, and on the particular interests con cerned. Of the Fir imported from the North of Europe, that of Nor way is represented to be the most durable, althou6h of in ferior diannisions ; the next in durability is that imported from the Baltic, more particularly front the Ports of Dantzig en d of Riga. The quality of the Swedish is nearly as good as since that of the Prussian Thuher. The Timber imported from Memel, Dantzig, and Riga, it must applicable to the-purposes of Ship-building. The North American Timber is more soft, less durable, and every descriptiou of it more liable, though iv different degrees, to the dry rot, titan Timber the produce of the North of Europe. The Red Pine, however, which bears a small proportion to the other descriptions of Timber, and the greater part of which, though imported from Canada, is the produce of the Utrited States, is distinguished from the White PineTY its greater durability. On the whole it is stated by one of the Cumansiioners of his Majesty's Navy, Most distinguished for practical knowledge, experience, and skill, that the Timber of Canada, both Oak and Fir, does tint Possess, for the purpose of Ship-building, inure than um: half Ithe durability of wood of the same description the produce of the North of Europe ; that it Is particularly liable to the growth of Fungi, that species of vegetation which is the fore runner of dry rot ; that it has been observed by other professioual men, as well as by hintself, that in moist instences where American Timber has been brought into contact with that of this or any other Cuatitry, it has even bad the effect of destroying that which was in union with it. The result of its applieetion to other purposes of building is described by Ihnber 'chants and Carpenters to be near ly similar. The. Canada Pier is, however, preferable for its size to any other for bowsprits and masts, when nestle of single sticks .; for which purpose it can be employed without the.same injurious euil,s . eqm , ners, which might attend its being introduced into ttr, tabric of the ship. And it appeers to be used with van tage where masts are made of ioany parte, in those which are called the spindle and the cheeks. The .soft White Mire Timber is stated also to he preferable to any other Timber for Packing Cases, Carving, Mouldings, Musical Instruments, Blinds, and other objects where lightness and freedom from knots is desirable. . Independently of the difference occasioned by the amount of duty, the supply of Wood from the Baltic, without advert ing to its superior quality, can be procured, from the differ ence in the amount of freight and transport, at a rate consi derably cheaper titan Wood. from North America. As the comparative rate of expense, 'however, necessarily differs ac cording to the particular Port where the shipment takes place, your Committee must refer the. House, upon this head of their Inquiry, to a Table io the Appendix, containing an Account which they are assured may be relied upon, at the Prices of Timber from each Port, distinguishing the Duty, Freight, Charges, Net Proceeds, and Prime Cost. The system of Duties which has been in 'force since the year 1809, and further acted upon in subsequent years, has, however, be e n th e means o f i n d uc i ng a more general use (which no other circumstance could have occasioned) of Ca nada Timber for House-building in this Country, particu larly in Buildings of an inferior description, subject to all the objections which are stated to attend it. In Ship-building it has also 'toren more employed than formerly; and the Com mittee' have inserted an Account deliteitd in by Sir Robert Seppings, of the comparative duration of Frigates built ef Ca nada Fir, and of Fir from the Noah of Europe ; but the use of Canada Timber is now stated to be discontinued its his Majesty's Dock Yerds,i n consequence of the unfavourable result experienced from its employment. The demand for Wood from the Countries in the North of Europe has been progressively diminishing, so as to occasion great interrup tive to the Trade with these Countries, particularly with Norway, whose inhabitant's, notwithstanding the predilection they have uniformly shewn fur British Manufactures, are nut only left withunt the means of consuming them, but of paying for thus: which they have received ; and for' which nearly half a million is stated to be owing ; so that the ex pert of manufactures has been reduced to an. extent which cannot be - estimated merely by a reference to the direct ex ports to those Countries, as it appears that a considerable portion of the Manufactures consumed in them, are intro duced through the channel of the German Fairs. A consi derable amount of capital and machinery employed in this country in sawing and prepaiing for consumption the Tim ber imported from the Baltic, has been in a great degree ren dered, useless and unproductive. On the other hand, a great amid progressive increase of the trade with Canalla,artel•olatie tannage employed to import its_Wood into this Country, has taken place ; though that which is apparent for the last two years may be in some degree accounted fur by the apprehen sion which has prevailed, that some alteration in the Duties would take place about this time. There can be little doubt that any material diminution of the Duties on Foreign Timber, would almost immediately lead to au increased demand of that article fur must pur poses of building, and enable the countries which produce it, but more especially Sweden and Not - way, very greatly to in crease their Consaimption of British produce. As this cir cumstance, however, could not take place without diminish- . lung the demand fur. Canada Timber, it must in some degree affect the profits of the Capital now vested in Saw Mills and tither Machinery in Canada, which has been stated by a Gen tleman interested in that country, to consist of from 100,0001. to 150,0001. It could not he considered as directly affecting the interests of the Canadian Landholder, as the value of the Timber sold at Quebec does too exceed by much the expense and labour of procuring it for shipment, and the Land. holder himself gets little or •nothing for the - Timber. Some portion of the Shipping now engaged in trans porting the Canadian Timber to this country, might probably be compelled to seek for tither employment. And although there is reason to expect that the increased supply from time North of Ent ope would be chiefly imported in British Vessels, •.the average difference in the length of voyage might, r ender a smaller amount of Shipping necessary to carry on this particular . branch of Trade. , But the Com mittee cannot persuade themselves that time facility of pro- Miring the best.and cheapest comatedities from other Coun tries, so essential to the interests of Commerce, can be found Ultimately detrimental to those of Navigation and Shipping, th e great. instrument: by which Commerce is maintained ; more especially al a time when it appears by the concurrent lestinitiny of the best ieformed persons, that the rate of freight and other circumstances attendant on British Shipping, enable it to cutter into•e successful competition With that of every other Country on the Globe. The Committee at the same time indulge a confident hope that the consideration of the state of untie other branches of trade in which they are about to engage, will suggest the emeansuf giving additional empluyment to the Shipping of this Country. The Committee world by no means however suggest fur the adoptiou of Parliament, any sudden alteration of the ex isting system by.which Wood the growth of Canada might be entirely excluded from the means of competition in the British market. - Alai they therefore submit., that under all the circumstances in which this Trade has originated and been carried on, it may be still expedient to compensate to the Canadian merchant and importer, by such limited duty as may be necessary fur that purpose, the difference of Ft eight and Trausport, so as to bring 'their Wood i n t o th e B r iti s h market onreetral (rims With Wood of the same dimensions the growth of other Countries. But, the Coalmine:. are of opinion; that if it ihould be found necessary for purposes of Revenue, to let the amount of duty on Foreign - Timber ex ceed what isriecessary for the purpose they have described, a duty corresponding with - the flatulence should be imposed on the import of Timber the growth of the American Colonies. Independently of the above general considerations on the regulation of this Trade, the Committee feel it their duty to notice twit points of a subordinate nature in which it appears that stone alteration in the existing regulation would ha any case be reqUisite. It appears that from the same Duty baying been imposed in Great Britain on deals from eight to twenty feet, while in Ireland the deals were divided into five classes, the lowest of which was from eight t o •t we l v e f ee t, th e N orway deals, which are all of small dimen s i on s, have lab oure d wider an unfair disadvantage in the B. his') market. .The C omm i ttee submit that it would be expedient that all wood the growth of Fo reign Countries should be admitted into this Country, subject to an equal proportionate rate of duty, and that for this pur pose a graduated scale, according to the cubical cuntants, should be adopted. • ~ Ii a pp eus also, that according to the present mode, the standard hundred of deals pay hat would be chargeable upon an equal quantily of solid fir timber; ar.cl the Coat mime are.satistied that Parliament will think it expedient to remove thin itopedisnent froth the employment of British Capital in saw mills, by making the. duty payable on deals at least equivalent to that on.timher iu :tie log. 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