The Sun. — London, England, 1820-06-14 00:00:00

1i)I THE SUN. ON THE RECENT PETITIONS FOR A FREE TRADE. (No. V.) We live in an age when greater changes have taken, and still take place, both in things atid in Words, !hart during any specific period which History sets before us. Nay. we have even adopt ed a systrm which substitwes words for things, nnd, it permitted, ►vt►uld strike ;It the root of every mot Al obliglition, of every politic4l duty. Amongst thee there is not one vvht►se potent rnctgie has been mitre extensively felt qr thre,vrens more ex tetv!ed co ,, serptencec than the so c.:lled c' libera lity" of the pre4riit day. Tl,is libel genernits—it fretly give, that for which it carts not—it readily l oompts to rartiug Ivith that xvhich bdon z s not to itself-- it will roost pi ilosophirally resign what others providee. for it st If it can obtain a Imo it in return ; h u t ! fl itch its own interests, then, in. deed, Ifeaeen and E.rib, and boil) Humes of l'ailiatnt-nt are moved to avert tite threatened evil. I am sorry to see, Sir, that this liberflit y, like the ;T:y rnt, has recently found its er3y into the 'TIMBER 'ERA DR, where its ravAfzes will speedily be worse than ;huge of the Tropical Seft Worm, if not seditiously watched a nd speedily pre •ented. But our nett , Dealers, for such they literally are, almost without a pun, who think so to shuffle the cards as to have every deal to them selves, may laugh at this as a specimen of the bathos, and compare your hum!de Correspondent to the Lubin Log of 'he. Farce, who intended, on the morrow, to marry and to sell a lo! of timber-- I rare not, if I can bark off their arguments and 't hew the rottenness of their planks to the true Timber Tasters of the Legislature. I wish to impress upon you, Sir, and upon all your Readers, that the present question is totally distinct in its princinles front almost every other connected with our Foreign Trade. 'Tis not like the Wine Question, which turns simply upon the propriety of a preference given to France or Por. nip! ; but it is, shall tve use our own produce, or give a prefetence to Foreign Nations I call it '' our own produce" bet•anse, altbottch absolutely the produce of our Colonies, yet has it been proved most clearly and circumstantially, both in the Petition and " Considerations" of the Ship-Owners, that the Mother Country realizes all the advantage: both of ht.,- own business and of the Colonies, connected with Colonial Trade, through multitudinous ramifications ; whilst in exchanging it for Foreign Commerce, she, at the utmost, could not expect more than one haY ! It has been she►vn, Sir, that not only is the rough material the property of nor own Colonists, and paid for by British pro duce, but that the whole increased value on its rending here is the produce of British Labour and of British Capital ; on the principle now brought forward, of opening the Foreign Ports by a repeal of duties, in the, I fear, ill-founded expectation of further opening the vent for Bri tish Manufactures, or else of laying an increased duty, really an equalizing duty upon Colonial Timber, under the idea that it will hear such an increase, it has been clearly proved, that nothing can ensue but ruin to the Colonies, and a certain loss to Britain, witl► little hope of even a partial equivalent. Into this part of the subject, I shall, in a future communication, enter more at large; in the mean time, permit me to state one or two moat impressive facts, that cannot fail to open the eves of all to the risk, nay to the certain dan ger of intermeddling with the Timber Trade, as it at present exists, unless it were indeed to give greater facilities to our own Colonies. Even under existing circemstatsces, the balance of ton nage arriving in British Ports front the Baltic, on an average of the three years preceding 1817, ►t•as decidedly against us. The total amount of Bri tish tonnage was only 76,022 tons from Sweden, Prussia, Denmark, and Norway ; whilst the Foreign amounted to 206,81 3 and that too, under the immediate action of the additional duty of 105.3 d. per load, then laid upon Foreign Tim ber. Now, if we give greater facilities to the importation of Foreign Timber than it at present enjoys, we cannot expect the increase upon the Baltic Trade to be an increase upon the whole Timber Trade, because the increase of Timber imported, cannot of itself increase our I-lome de u►and ; the Baltic increase must then be followed by a Colonial decrease, and that decrease must be an absolute loss to Britain in Colonial export, in Home freight, in Sea Men's employ, and in every article connected with shipping outfit. In fact, when we see that, under increased restrictions, the balance of Foreign freight haS been so decid- edly against U 3, must we not expect, nay, must we not regard it as a moral c - crtainty, that the balance will be even greater under increased ad. vantages 2 With such home truths before us, Mr. Editor, shall we imitate the dog in the fable, and lose the substance' whilst catching at the shadow / If we do, we shall then literally be sad dogs indeed, and none more so than Yours, RALEIGH. THEATRIcA l', Ef:lSi . F. It. Pei:former( Lust Night. IFICA FRE ROYAL, NIURY-LANE.--ToWn and CiitintrY . : Pen ben Glenroy, Air. Rae; Rosalie Sinner s, Mrs. After which, (jioranni in London. I'l4.E.vrnr. Roy. b t CovENT-GAttnEN:.—ilThe Barber of Sertel Count Atinaviaz:a r Mr.donesi Mrs. Dicliont. After which, Husbands and Wires; to which was added, Har lequiii and Cinderella. EttRA rn —ln our last Wee ltly Retro9ieet, Line 19, for " obey „tic(.,' read " abeyance," and Line 27, fur "warring busi ness" read " roaring business." 'V For Letter 11. on A4ticultural Putitiont, sit ticel " A Daily Reader of yonr Paper," see the First Pasze.----For the Proceedings in Parliament, see the Fourth Pagt.. PRICE (tie STOCKS l'Him I.AY AT ON CI U CK. 3 per Cent Red. per Cent. 4 tier Cents 3 per Ccot. Scrip.- 14 I pr. Oaniium . 7 Ba n k L o ng Ann. 17 13-Ict hi ( I , lls. for Account 7v,f, 70 AwitrvFl-1 11111)1in, 1 Vaterford. Dug—l Gutteribult;ll, I Li , htart, 2 Hain Imrgh. 111 G /1 I%',kTEIL AT L. ' IA URI OG 1 . 0 7 N111111101V. Nlorning, 57 minni(:4 alter 4.—Evening, 15 minutes Alta 5. FOR. IstlE SUN. • P.l I'iSTS. Ma. EDITOR—As you have now ,net then ad mitted my Letters into your truly valuable and loyal Paper, allow me to give you my thoughts as they arise on the Catholic atestion. In looking over some old papers, I find the following is a copy of our late good old KING'S Answer to Lord GaabiViLLE.oll the Catholic Bill. It is indeed cheering in the days of pulirical apos they, to thiuk of such a tsar :--- " MY LORI),--,-.^l ant one of those who respect an oath. 1 heve firmness enough to • quit my Throne and retire to a Cottage, or to place my bead crt a block it my people, require it ; but I have not resolution to break that oath . which I took in the most solemn manner at my Cot ona- tioti." Methinks such noble sentiniewsof our good old King ougl►t to be universally known. U may the whole Ol his Protestant subjects be resigned to the will of God, and the good of their Country ! The Catholic boasters say, that his 'Majesty's Councils are divided., and that a moiety of them are for their cause. Gracious God ! can men who have taken a sacred ovh to uphold the Protestant Establishment in these Realms, can they lot ego that sacred obligation ? Have they received ar Jesuitical dispensation to salve over a seared con science ? Impossible ! 1 believe better of them. I do look op with confidence to those whose Councils have saved subjugated Europe - hum the gripe Of a Tyrant. That these men can forget their Country, and those blessings which it has received from the Protestant Ascendancy, seems to me impossible; the thought ought not to be endured ; the very supposition saps the foundation of social order — it undermines the fountain Of truth. Stet yeritas, ruinat Ceelum ! Since the French Revolution, lying (plain lan guage) is reduced to &science ; and where there is not truth for a foundation, what have you where on to. build your superstructure ? It is well known that a Papist can receise from his Priest absolution for the past and the present, and indulgence for the future. When man looks to his fellow min for the rectitude of his conduct, and not to his Creator, what a field for crime ! " When the blind lead the blind, shall they not both fall into the ditch r' I am an old man, a Protestant of the Church of England : I ant truly thankful to my God for the inestimable benefits he has been pleased to pour down on this my Country, through t h e E!ta• Wished Religion and the Royal Line of Baorrs• WICK; and I ask not for a new Religion, and a new Pretender to the Crown. I wish not, with the old nor with the new Croakers, to ask a Log for a King —to despise it ; nor do I ask Heaven in its wrath to give us a Stork ! The Royal Line of BRUNSWICK 68 been a blessing to this favoured Country and to Eurnpe; and my tervent wish and prayer is, that its De scendants may continue to rule us until the stream of time is lost in the ocean of eternity !-1 beg to remain,•Mr. Editor, your humble Servant, A PROTESTANT of the ESTABLISHED CHURCH, AND A LOYAL ENGLISHNIAN. •** 'This Letter was unluckily mishit!. We hope our Correspondent will excuse the long delay. HOP INTELLIGENCE. SOUTHWARK, JUNE 12.—Not withstanding the letters both from Kent and Sussex speak of a great increase of fly in the Hop Plantations, we have Vet y little - demand for the article.—We are obtaining rattler better prices tor such few pockets es we tell, but bags remain stationary —The duty is at 105,000/. AlarnsTose, JUNE 12.—Most of the Hop Plan tations in this neighbourhood present a very un favourahle aspect. The flea has made most de structive ravages in many grounds, so much so that the occupiers of some of them have taken up the poles ant) planted the grounds with turnips. The fly has af k lo increased, and the cold nights have been exceedingly injurious to the bine. The grape sots appekr to be much more affered than the other kinds. Accounts from the Weald and Sussex are alike utqavourable. CORN EXCItANGR, I IIINR 1 4.—Onr supply of Wheat continuing very, large, and far exceeding the demand, the trade was very heavy this morn ing, and only ►he finest qualities found buyers, foe which Monday's prices were obtained ; but there .s•as nothing doing in, the inferior sorts, although offered On lower terms ; Oats are rather cheaper, in consequence of immense Arrivals ; Beans are Is. per quarter lower; In Barley, ileas and other articles there is no aUrration. THE SUN. goi,Em Qv Dic.F.RE FA I.SUM AII DEAT LONDON, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 14, 1820. %Ve have nu arrival of Paris Pape►s . this morning. From the Cornwall Gazette (North Side, Jam/ilea), 4pril 12. It having been represetattl to the Admiral, on the arrival of the Venctuclian brig ,ThuF ger, which sailed on Saturday se'nuight from Kingston. that the Independent cruizers were in the habit of ocating men from that place, which is prejudi cial to the commerce of this Island and the Mo ther Country, he addressed the following Letter to Captain BARBASTA :--- " SIR—As some armed vessels have lately en listed British Sailors, through the medium of their Agents in Kingston, to the great detriment of the Commercial interest of this Country, and con trary to an Act of the British Parliament, I think it 'right to inform yon, oflicially, that if I learn that you commit so gross a violation of neutrality as that of embarking any seamen front the pall sadoes for other places, I shall be obliged to take steps tile most effectual to have these men return ed to me." [Extract of a Letter from St..Tago de Cuba, March M] " The state of this Msrki:t is truly dreadful. Prices of every thing are entirely nofflinsl ; sales low and uncertain, and only to be made payable in produce, on which f.rd per cent. avuoll be lost; salt provisions here are destined to rot, the ex• portation of flour prohibited, and five months stock on hand." There have been many reports within the last three or lour days of Resignations, On eceouut, as surmised, of the measures which Ministers proposed respecting the QUEEN. §ach resigna lions may be conceived, it there were any founda tion for them, to arise from a reluctance to cons; ply with the desire of his MAJESTY in reference to those measures. But it is well known that in a il the efforts which they made to prevent her MAJESTY'S return to this Country they obeyed the' . Royal Will, naturally hostile to"those discussiooe which were deemed to he unavoidable in the . nt of her arrival. Ministers, from all we harC heard, have proceeded in the same ~nurse. From a pro- . per sense of what was due to the Sovereign and to the Country, when her MAJESTY, listening to her Wooden s •headed Counsellor, thought proper to return, contrary to the sound advice of her le gal Officer, and demanded inquiry into her con• duct and the possession of her rights, it was deemed necessary to proceed to the investigation. The documents were collected and laid before Parliament, but, attending to other counsel than that which led to her return, her MAJESTY then thought proper to'suggest propositions tending to an amicable arrangement. Such an 'arrangement would certainly obviate public discussion, and the conflicts of Party, but it would involve the sacri fice of her reputation, which can only , be cleared by the fullest proof of the falsehood and malignity of the Charges against her. It appears, according to the deciar‘oion of Mr. BROUGHAM in the HOUSE Of CtrinnlOnS, Mat the QUEEN bas not wanted for pecuniary supplies, as that Gentleman signified that she might have as money much as she could possibly rt quire. As to her not having been accommodated with a Royal Residence, it does not appear that she had re quired one, but had ordered her Agent, or Agents, in this Country, to prepare a habitation for her. Another reason might be the improbability of her retin:). But presuming that she was ac; Hated by e delicacy of moral sentiment and a landable de sire of manifesting her. innocence before she assert ed her rights as a QUEEN, 3he 'tniglit herself have telt a reluctance to avail herself of any of those rights, trifling or important, till that innocence should be irrefragahlY establishes], Such a re luctance is suitable to the slelkacy of the Sex, patticalarly eviren lalstrita log tinder heavy 4harg r/1 an& the consciousness of nOt hcing decaying °f. them. Hut that some delicacy should ol' e4 rate upon her MAJE!'"FY . 3 mind, WWI in a (Ince her to resist with indignation 1 11 r it ' tempts to leave her charterer unvindicatcd against accusations, which, if merited by au inferior of her sex, would consign the object to exclusion front all decent Societe, and devote her to indelible infamy. The Mills!) People have long be e " rank( d among the most mot al People on the fac e of the Globe. '1 ties' revolt at all times Against any advantages, however important, that 1 1 "1 be obtained by the sacrifice of national honour : Can it then bra supposed that they win no t feel the same laudable impulse of national pri de in matters relatiog to domestic life, when, Pis ilt . the preseat instance, strongly interwoven 'NH' the Nation:ll Character ? We cannot but impute the picific. Compiomisiog, svtetn which TO QUEEN lids lately 'adopted to the mistaken lit' manity, or party feeliogs, of those who call them.. selves her friends, among whom, ho Never, , ce d not include her legal advisers, who must kna , v her reputation cannot be untainted if no ingoil takes place. In this respect, we can see to' ail' ference in the conduct, however they may differ its their motives, bet ween those mistaken lends, an ts the mobs who committed all sorts of riotiugs ttr order to demonstrate their attachment 10 her vIA JESTY, tsithout knowing whether she is guilty 0r innocent. lint persons in higher life might to " actuated by just principles, and nobler sentimen ts. They ought to feel, that when accusations de , plf affecting the character of any individual are no e° they should not be passed over in silence, itt' d cannot be burred in oblivion. Such we believe will he the sentiments of the People at largo and such sentiments we shall continue to or hold till national justice is satis6-d, the nationsl character supported, and THE QUPEN, c leare d from all iujutions charges, and surmises, s llB3 be placed in full possession of those honours tt' which she will in that case be legitimately en. M. l'AccA,--It was mentioned some time sinc e in The British Monitor, that ti is Person, 0 ' 11 ; held the important situation of Goviti,No4 l 'toms, h ill suddenly quitted that Cupiial, TO * fact has been confirmed by sit:)sequent counts, and it is said that he is gone to 1116 Brazils. This is rather an extraordinary e veli f ' though it has ex,eited little attention, Ve.rio" l conjectures have been circulated . on the occasi'''': Some suppose that as he was acquainted with all the SPIBS in Europe, he ‘VB9 afraid that he s kofol ti be the victim of his own kuowied 4 e, in under I ' l prevent discovery.; hut all report; Agree ,hat ba has not left the liumiu Capital empty-hat:del, His MAsesTY gave audience yesterday to the Earl of LIVIIIPOOL, Viscount CAsTLFRV AO'd Count Mt.!:.(TER, and the Martinis of Burg• YrS?erday the Duke of ItronK visited the 5 116 ,; Yesterday the Duke of Yoetc. held a Mit",' Levee at his Of fi ce to the noise G•tardi, as C° l/... to'dnder-in-Chief. The Duchess of CLARENCE visited the Princes° SornlA yesterday, at Cambridge House v ir i y. Mr. BsouonAm, Mr. DRNMAN, and Mr. r • Ltams, held a lOng private conversation yeoein day niornin, during the sitting of the Courts he Westminster Hall. supposed to be respecting t affairs of the QtikEN, in one of the recess's the window of the Court of Exchego , r, ,00 The Dublin Papers say, that it is the itel''so of his MAJesTY to visit that Ci , y it CO lir i . " of his nautical excursion the eos,ing ant" 11). and remain there three or four days. nn A temporary covered way was fixing tit Monday and yesterday in the front of the giv",o Palace, at the top of St. James's Park, pro' to his MAJESTY'S Drawing-rontn, to•inot°o4 for the convenience of the company Set tiOg " pfi and taking up on leaving the Palace, in ea° ruin. The Cattdidate who opposes Mr. J-IFNR I '" 8 0( TAN at the eliqtlintg Dublin, is a Mr. ILLe..ts, a Master in the Iris Chancery. A. letter from Britzsds of the sth SWY s . 1) 0 ". The foreigners who wrote for one o ', i r eJ Journals of this city. and who have been 1 B b 9 to leave the kingdom, Lave live!' 3 , 14 4v/rull ,in escort." 11 0 A Paper his been ptiott , d, by order v ' f 1 ftlt House of Commons, sitewiog the state °' 1,44 I)ebt of the Empire, footled a nd.urtfJ as it stood at the nth of January, 18-29% 13 1 - 4 % t etiC it !!!!hears, that tie ontretictAnol tfehr of Britain and Ireland, on the sth of Joinaryt v - vo ol bwounted to 836,94 G 9231., tv (he , 1 % 1).- :( 1 charge amounted to 49,592,15°1. 'Ube re ue ; ,; (l ,e o debt, standing in the winte l ot the Cornmig" - :01 0 for the rf..doe,tion of the National Debt, af9°-) to 420,528,7 L 11. The High Ba lift' of Viestmieftter on jt t:etii . rned an answer to the ii„ l „i s i t i o n °IC I jai to , v uant lionsenol,:ers ‘Allo 11.,d lo convene a Public iiee;ing adrireto b e ' e k JRSTI" on her arrival. lie r.xpiessed fr-s4,e-ri ties.ti to comply with the Requisition, tits , - f moped), suggested, thai - e j/ f. th4t hid t4ken ilice Ott:. P' ° . ct :figs of Perlidltofot reit' ive to her MArt ol.l ; 5 alt # f . it would be expedient to postpl ,l ' e " c e it ol " poitainent of the M ee ti ng f ill after ate re' ll ne4ociatiou9 wajt KI2OWIL; tin end 8 for ti le newa tray ( G I trom ' J r /nlir ti n. Lid 11 411 th e the bri;• L„ th, of bp„ ti, . IF, 4 1 , 11c t , . .