The Sun. — London, England, 1821-01-26 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. PAHA( EXTRACTS }ROM THE MORNUNG PAPERS: [The Tin:es.] It was onr intention to make no more observa-• tion upon the. Wounds saicl•to have been received by Browne, the agent to the Milan ComtnisSion for•we observed (aticl•We have the means, as-we suppose no one vvil deny, of taking..a *pretty ac curate view of public feeling), that the story only v e:. - ited sinile. However 5 a letter Was .yester . day publithed, Professing to come from him, in which the state and 'condition of his supposed vionn;ls'are described with a.nauseous., peculia- The publication of this letter has, we find, lendetne confirm than to alter public opi- Lion ; and we ourselves see no reason for indivi dc.:-..1 change . '" respecting this gallant and me of•ficer," as -he is called by some of the p4pers. lie told his friends before that he should thus wounded, and that he carried arms for his defence ; liut'one unlucky night, when he was Peedlessly and . more than usually exposed, he carried no arms, and was wounded as he said he should be ; so that lie're is .every possible kind of evidence for a'fact, propliecz;, and .confirma ti3r: ; and yet the people -laugh. They are very For oar own parts we are farfrom deny positively,, that he is wounded. Indeed, Vvheever considers the set of villains whom he sent over to this Country and reflects that it - . Was•impossible.tO satisfy them all--that some of them got• roughly.'used in England, and that Browne is now in the midst of them, will onlybe surprised that, iritead of four wounds on his head, his head is not divided into four parts. It will be satisfactory to the Colonel's friends, hoWeter, that one Who knoWs so well how evidence tO be gof together in the Alilatiese, should now iikewise predict by What kind 'of 'tesiiinany the . authors of the crime may he deteCted„ " For On - n . part," sayS Colonel Browne L—th e. Bala-* fre, we thinkhe ought to be called*, as the rival of the old,DUke Of. G for, my oWn Part," 1.-,y7s he, " I thilik. the only- chance is that by and 14 one of the a=sassins the other." That they they are . Paid for it at half the . rate - they impeached the Queen of Eng land ; or impeach any body else, or swear there are•nOwounds, or multiply elle four into twenty- rC V, Since writing the above; it is fi.ir to'state, that we have ourselves received the following letter on the subject % - ihich we present si ithout a ;void Of alteration :-- "'The * * at Milan are taking every in .. e;_ , ns to cast a .suspicion upon the Queen,..re . . n 64 at tack upon Browne who is not daragerolsly hurt, but - suffers a good deal. They Lave been very - active and buiv iu affecting to examine the 'people at' the Barona, •and at the inn Where the. QUeeri' Courier , . 7 . lodifed but they have not offered ~ any reward .• for the 'apprehension of the assassins, though there - w i ere two • ana it is- pretty Clear that one would rave betrayed the - other for a good sum. The Eng-, fiSh GoVerninent shoUld. insist on tills being done ; anSI if ti ey do . not it can only be that tliere is some mysterious reason for not probing the mat tier . to the bottom." • The contempt and ridicule with which The .Old !times treated the accouat of- the attack - on' Colonet BROWNE at Wan, excited feelings oL indignation, and , eren•horror„, in all candid 4nd humane rc,.alcrs of that Paper, And it was pro -Petty' repeolidred by it s'incCessfal Opponent; Tice Yew Times. foregoing article theses that The Old Times is utterly dead to shame. We need not euntrarnt slimo its gross-incon sistency in saying, " the wound.r said to have been received by - 138owNE"—that--" the' story our}' excited a smile'`—and his " supp,scti zeutimt.s."—yet using also, " for our own part, " we are far front denying, positively, that he is wounded, and conciadi x ith a letter, addressed -to itself, confirming : the fact !!? Such shameless incon3istency,we repeat,ne2tis iso coonnent, and we therefore leave the Paper in question to the contempt and aLlsurrence of .1 [lllorniizg Post.] , The. House of Peers - Vvas engaged for a consi derable time last night in recehing Petitions from various quarters. - Sonic rayed that no fur "ther measures might ~be adopted against the Queen, and thus unintentionally: admitted that sufficient grounds had been established to justify an apprehension amongst her friends, that new Proceedings might fairly be instituted. - Others complained ot the conduct of Sheriffs, in refusing to comply with factious requisitions to call County Aleoltings; or in interferhic- With their manave ,. r eta after they had been called: But the most important part of the whole business was, the an fonntement by the Earl Of LlYerpool, in reply to a question put by Lard Grey, that he would nex't week . lay on the. Table ehe Paper addressed ley the Court of London to allele Governments: of Europe, in consequence of the proceedings agalfist Naples ; "whiCh document would com pletely disprove the assertion that we had giVeu our assent to any interference "in the internal concerns of other States. The House then ad journed till ),Vednesday,ilext. [rhe Public Ledger.] SoMe strong animadvetsions were made last ni'g'ht :n the House of Peers on the conduct of those SLer'itiTof Countis; who had either refused to ctill County Meetings, when the object vas to petition for restoring the Queen's name to the Liturgy, - and-to ,9147 e—her all her other rights. The High Sheriffs of Kent and Cheshire werepar ticularly mentioned ; and Lord Grosvenor inti mated' his intention of obtaining the strictest in quiry into the conduct of the latter, at the late Meeting in-Chester, where his Lordship moved a cotinter Address". [Morning Chroo,isie.] The Hole 'and Corner Alm, stung with the coniPlete failure of the project 'to which they fent themsaves, and the reproaches iof The Cou rier and other Ministerial Papers at their supine ness and want •of spirit in not mak*r- / the-ir ap pearance-at-Public Meetings, but unable to. stem the ovhrwhehninr torrent of public opinion., have for some time past appeared more like . rabid animals than rational creatures. While the men to 'whom 'they oppose themselves have every where distingnished themselves by their calm and manly behabiour, and their desire of fair discussion, these disappointed and infuriated per sons distinctly avow, by their conduct, that they have no othet'object - than to create riot and Can- WO. The ,Captberwell Meeting was the first of the disgraceful exhibitions of the defeated party in ,thiS Metropolis. The hint was tatten throughout the Country ; and the exclusively loyal Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry of the county of CheSter, gave the World at,convincing prOof that high-life foobs can out-do in rudeness and vulgarity the'rnobs of humble - life, The Meet ing at the Mansion' house on Wednesday afford ed another specimen of rude violence, which will long be remembered, to the disgrace . of the actors in it. [A 7 eiz Times.] It is not long since fears were seriously enter tained by the wise and . the good in many parts of the empire. "We have seen,"'says the admira ble Address of the Clergy of Durham," with feelings which we forbear' to express,.men-of.ex altO rank and distinguished talents, fostering and stimulating the discontents of the multitude, availing themselves of .delusions which they de spise, and of vices which they reprobate, to for ward the. miserable objects of k party-ambition." t was Apprehended that these pow er f u l indivi duals Joining forces with . the leaders of the nib ble, and availing themselves,of the, pOpplar topic of " a persecuted female," would force their way to power amid the general wreck of loyalty and. moral feeling, and with imminent peril to all our Institutions - in Church and State. [British Press.] The number of Petitions presented to both Houses of Parliarrient, praying for the restoration of the Queen's name to the Liturgy, - and that her Majesty should be treated with the rospect and observances that belong to her- rank in the State, is already very considerable. This even ing Lord A: Hamilton will submit his motion to the House of Commons upon this difficult and delicate subjeet, and we think it probable that the result of thii matioit will, in a great degree, determine the line of treatment which the Aliuis ters of the Crown will pursue towards her Ma jesty. Whatever; their private wish e s m ay b e upon this matter, whatever their. own-resolutions, if indeed th e y have formed aitY, for the regu lation . of their conduct in the arrangerckent of her Majesty's circumstances, public or do mestic, they will, we doubt not,: o pursuance of their usual custom, accommodate theniSelyes to the - opinions of the House of Commons,and adopt the suggestions of the Opposition. itself rather than incur the risk of losing their places. ' The Ministers may, by this- happy facility: of dispo= sition, be in one sense at least said to be pre pared fur every extremity. Their first object in the consideration of every topic is to•ascertain as nearly as possible, previous to discussion, not the justness or expediency of the measure pro posed, but how far they are likely..to secure a majority of. the House. of Commons . Shohld they be deceived in' their calculations, and find thetnselves - either in an absolute minority, or in such a majority as carried no influence with it, they experience no difficulty in varying their tones to suit the temper of the House, and having vainly attempted to lead, are submissively content to follow. Should the House of Com mons this evening resolve that her Majesty's.name ought to be restored to the Liturgy, ,it will be re- - stored, and from the same vote.will result an ac know,ledgemmt,of ,the Queen's dignity, and of the rights that appertain to her rank ; but should the majority of the House think differentlyOhe system of cruet persecution twill still be pursued - ; the Ministers, exulting in their authority,' will abuse it to degrade the Queen ; and thecouiitry will suffer the miseries of continued agitation. Vidrnine Herald.] • . . An important communication was Made by Lord Liverpool, in answer to a question from Lord Grey,' respecting ,the proceedings in, the affair of Naples. Our readers. will. recollett have read in the Herat:l.of the 13th, a document; professing to be' a, _Declaration of the Sine - reigns met at Troppatt, and containing the following sentence v - 2 2 -- - cc As the system to, be followed has no. other fotindatiOn than, 'Trea ties already existing, they have no doubt of the assent of the Courts of Paris. a.n(l 7 . -LOn don." Lord Grey.wished to know whether any treaty existed, which bound England to resist all chauges.ol'internal government disapproved .by those Sovereigns, as set forth in this declaration. Lord LiVerpool denied the exiitence of any treaty imposing such an.obligation, and stated, that a communication from Troppau on . the suhject . of Naples had , reached this country, ;to Which an answer was returned, conveying the views of his Maje Sty's Ministers respecting Naples, which-la ter paper should be very speedily laid before Parliament. As to the " declaration," he admitted' such a doeqment did exist—but the Published version of it was imperfect, and incorrect. The communication promised - by the 'Noble Earl ivill- be looked for with much anxiety, from the un certainty which yet prevails respecting the inten tions of Ministers as to the affairs ofNaples.— Verbal explanations. in Parliament must almost necessarily be reserved and general, whilst ne gociations are yet pending ; but. it may be pre sumed that a document, intended, no doeibt,- to be distinctly understbOd, will remove any *suspi 1. - cions of insincerity entertained of his ..Majesty's Ministers. - . • ! DARINq Itocucay.—A most daring robbery was committed at the banking-house of Messrs. JONES and Co., on Wednesda•y• evening ; as the Clerks were making up their accounts, with the notes before them, a strange man entered, seized a pile of•notes amounting to 4,500/. and made off. A hue and cry was raised in vain ; the thief escaped. TlYnitopnoni.t.—An inquisition, was taken yesterday in .the Board Room of. the London Hospital; before JOHN WRIGHT UNWIN, Esq., Coroner for the Eastern Division of the County of Middlesex, on the body of Richard Jones, aged eleven, a chimney sweeper's apprentice, who was bit by a dog as he was going along Hermitage-street, East Smithfield, on the pth of November last. Verdict,—" That the 'deceased died in consequence of his being bit by a Triad dog." COLONIAL. TIMBER TRACE. A well-considered statement of the question'of the Colonial Timber ,Trade of Canada, and of the Foreign Timber Trade of Norway and Prus sia, has just F.ppeared in " Observations _.on the Report of the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the' Timber Trade';" by a British Merchant, from which we hasten ,to give sonic extracts for our Commercial Readers of London, and at the Out-ports, whom it so much con- CCS lIS :-- Preamble ofthe Act . of the 3d and 4th of QliCe7l Anne, c:.-10. . Whereas, the Royal Navy land "the navigation of 'Eng ' land, wherein, under God, the wealth, safety, and strength ' of this hingdom is so' much concerned, dependi on the ' dtte supply of stores necessary for the which being ! now brought in mostly from foreign parts in foreign ship: ping, 'at exhorbitant and arbitrary rates, to. the great pre ' judiee and discourageMent of the trade and navigation of ' this hingdoni; may be provided in a more certain and ficial manner from her- Majesty's own dominions. And whereas her Majesty's Colonies and Plantations ill America at first settled, and are still maintained and protected ' at a great expense of the treasure of this kingdom, with a • design to reader them.as useful as may be to England, and the labour. and industry of the people there, profitable to themselves: and, in regard to the said Colonies and PlaUta ' tions, by the vast tracts of land therein lying near the Sea, and upon Navigable Rivers; may commodiously afford great qUantities of all sorts.of Naval Stores, if due encouragement be given.for carrying on so great and advantageous an un ' deflating; Which will likewise tend not only to the further ' employment and increase of English Shipping and Seamen. ' but - also to - the enlarging, in a great rnea§nre, the trade and , cent of - the woollen and other manufactures and cokuniodi, ties of this Lingiloin, and of other of her Niajesty's dorni nuns, in exchange for such Naval Stures,, which is now purchased from Fore4,7n Countries with Money or Bullion: and for enabling her Majesty's Subjects in the said Colonirs and Plantations _to make due and sufficient returns iu thr ' coarse of their Trade.' " The notion that the British Marine, and, therefore, that the British Colonies deserve but little, or no consideration of protection, appears to be one of the most fatal whiCh the Itritish Legislature can adopt ; it is, however, too much the fashion of the present hour, especially with the political economists, and advocates for a free and unrestricted Foreign Trade, to deride as antiquated and absurd, the maims of our forefathers, who considered the power and security of the Country as matters of primary importance; and the pro tection and encouragement of our Commercial Alarine, as in dispensibte requisites to those objects." Monsieur TalleYrand„ in his celebrated Pamphlet published during the Consulate of Buonaparte, speaking of the contem plated acquisition of Louisiana, says : England suffer France tip possess the. most effectual means of prosecuting War ? Their Navy and th?ir Corn ' merceare, at present, all their trust. France May add _ltaly ' and der - many to her dominions with less detriment to Eng ' land, than would follow the acquisition of a Navy, and did ' extension of her Trade. _Whatever gives Colonies to ' France, supplies her with Ships and Sailors, Manufactures and linsbandmen. Victories,by land can only give her mu; ' litmus subjects ; who, instead of augmenting the national force by 'their riches or numbers, contribute only to dig ' peri'e and enfeeble that force ; but the i . rowth of Colvnies her with z e alous citizens ; and the increase of real ' effective nun:hers is the certain consequence, ' ' What, weal& Germany . , Italy, Spain, and France, cont 'hr inr their strength, do againit England They asci;ail:dc in millions on the shores of the Channel, but Ilan'. ' would lie the 11%4 of their enmity. • Without shiplo carry them ever`; without experienced mariners to navigate thcst ships, England would only deride the pompous preparation. The moment - wo - leave thl shore,' 'her fleets' arc, ready to pounce upon us, to disperse and de,stroy our ineffectual .ar- There lies tbeir seen: hit :ih their insular sittia• !Laments: lion znd their ,Navy consist their impregnable defence.— ' 'Their Navy is, in every respect, the offspring of their Trade. torOb them of that, therefore, is to !teat ch)wn,their last, ' wall , and to fill up their last moat. To gain it to ourselves, ' is to enable us to take advantage of their deerted and tie fenceless borders, and to complete the humiliation of our remaining competitor.' By the official - accounts it appears, that the ships cleared ,out from Great Britain alone (exclusive of those from Ireland and other places, which may be estimated at one-fourth more) for the British North American Colonies, in the year 1819', amtmnted to 1520, of the burthen of 340,147 tons, na- ,v4pte t l hy : 17,50t Seamen %—that the Ships which arrived in Great Britain from those Colonies (exclusive or those which went to trclaiid at other places, or were lost,) amounted to. Itc.> Ships, of 351,488 tons but-then navigated by - 16,395 Scamen - :-: - -abd that the' real value of British and Irish prO ditce, and Manufactures exported to them, in the last six veals; ivak as follows : . 111,1814 19 , .5 1816 1817 1818 1819 . L 4,119,393 17 7 :3,771,091 3 5 • e. 0270,065 9 0 1,:520,097 6 10 • 1,G1,9,120. 6. 5 1,867,030 12 1 • By an account, the Ton-nape entered inwards, and cleared outwards, frOm and to Nona}•, is stated to hare been as follows c- Arrived. Cleared. • British. Foreign. •British. Fo:eigrr. • _ , , - _Tons. • ,Tons... • Tons. 'Foos. - 18.17, 22;580 , 52;,713 12,200 44,719 )818,. • , 21,996 85.944 12,887. :2,018 1819, 17,087 82,889 11,700 65,05,1 361',663 221,386 • 36,547. - 1e1,791 Annual Z 20,55 , 2 73,795 1,282 60,697 - Average. S . . If, iherefore, we may judge of the description of Ships that will be crupled in the extended trade with Norway, fl'ori thoSe which have been, or are now engaged iv it, we may ex, poet the proportion Will be about one Bri Ship to four • Torelgn Ships- of equal size. Upon what,ground, then, are we to hope,that the increased importation - of Timber would be chiefly brought in British Vessels ? If the cheaper. naviga tion 6f British Ships be sufficient to secure-a preference to them (and it is assumed in the Report that they sail•chemlt), .why is so decided a preference now given to Vessels of Nor- way ? The shipping which arrived last year, in Great Britaiti„froru the 5: s o:Ili-American Colonies, amounted to 351,48 S Tons, navigated by 16,395 Men : And the number' which cleared out for those Colonies . from Great Britain-, amounted •to 340,147 Tun,, navigated by 17,564 Men. Suppose two thirds of the smaller amount to be ihrown:otit of the Triitte; t hat is.to say, '2,21;,763 'forts,aml 11,710 Men. Immense as this awonnt of Shipping is, it is little more [lie!. than -half the tonnage engaged in the trade of those Colo- Tuns'. The toll Entered Inwards in the year 1619, w2s 572,66,7 Cleared Outwards, 570,924 A Petition against the proposed new measures was pre sented to the House - of Commons by. - the Ship-}guilders of Lotsdon (who stated that the measure would necessarily. and unavoidably produce the most ruinous consequences to them) ; besides numerous Petitions from the-Merchants and‘, ship owners at the Out-ports; including' the following, viz.— Liverpool. Leitl - 4. Newcastle. Kit ally. Gla - sgoW. A yr. Greenock. Port Glasgow. Since 1817, the number of seamen employed in one }•ear in the North American Trade, from Great Britain alone; has increased from 10,370 to upwards of 17,000; and the haply result is, that a ditreS•sed setrnati,if able to Worli,is nn longer to be found in our streets. Dtitrive theni of the useful em ployinent Which that trade affords, and their only honest al ternative will be, either again to linger, and finally peri6, in the streets and fields, or to enter into the service of our maritime rivals, who sounder policy Will doubtless readily afford them the well•dcserved protection and encouragement, of Which it is preposed that theii,oWn country should de pris e them. • CyAda! value Lfßriii.sh and Irish Produce and Mannfeictures In 1617, 1616, 1819, caported. To Denmark and•Norwai , . Sweden. ,C306.96C . • 3 10 ,C 36',74 3 11 7 264,786 1 6 40;973 13 4 245,e91 13 A 40,419 0 11 3 )0 6 , 791 4 0 118,13 G 5 10 27i.9.63 14 8 39.37315 3 Add Denmark and Norway Q 71,263 14 8 Avera;e of three ytars, ,c 311,641 9 11. Official ralue y . British and IriA Produce and Manufac tures e.rportrd. T 9 Denmark and Norway. To Sweden. In 1799, ‘194,011 .3 2 ,C2e,120 1 3 1800, 166,703 17 4 29,761 8 S 1801, 144,901 0 2 46,110 3 2 3:525,734 0 8 191,991 12 !0 173,244 13 6 33.997 4 3 17:),-24 , 1 13 6 Average export in the above three year's L. 209,2.4! 17 9 Frbni these accounts; then, it appears, that before those duties Were laid} on Foreign Tiiaber, "for this nation, pre rise to the Timber - Trade-with North America ; Norway, and Sweden were in the prac'tie of tak ing about 1-6th part of- the quantity of British and Irish Pro duce and Manufactures Which, ritivi that a portion of the Tim , her Trade hasbeen transferred to the British Colonies, is an nually exported 16 them. The "official" value of the expOrfs of British and Tri3l) Produce- and Manufactures to North America' in the last three years, viz. In 1817. . . L. 1,012,894 19 6 1818. - 1,289,149 7 11 1819, 1,23,133 4 7 . . /373,8 . 24,111 . 1.2 0 Average of three yearg• L.1,274;705 17 4 Itt,order to-strew that, of late years, there has been no nta• aerial falling off the Foreign Timber Trade, it may be snf fieient to refer io . the ofsCial account of duties paid upon that portion of the•imports.entered for consumption in-this coon try, viz.— 760 .1 ,7 , 6 . 1; 7 1 d. In ISIG, • 1817, • 937,68 1 8 1818 1,152,285 0 GE 1919 • 1,00,311 18 Ileqides the Timher that paid duty, there, remained " in "1.1und,." on the 5111 of A ptil I ist. ' 3,735 Masts. Yor'ds,.or noistiprits ; 10.'05 Long hundreds ofDials • 9,:303 Loads of OA; Planks ; Cif Ditto olOttli • , 08.3,33 Ditto of ; 5,644 Hundreds of Stares; 1,7; 8 Lo . ads of fiattetis ; besides a considerable quantity of other descriptions of wood of less importante; The conclusions drawn, from . the official data appended to the Report of the Select Committee, it will, it is presumed, no More „permit the assertion, that the North American Timber Trade has swallowed up that of the North of Europe; or that the f;rraef derives greater protection aud - encotiraf4e: meat from the existing duty on Foreign Timber, than it:de serves and reit:tires; but the contrary, be admitted, that Foirigners still possess the greater part of the Timber Trade, which they carry on principally in their own vessels : —and that, so far from our exports to those countries hating declined, they are more ertimsive than _formerly. - The cfliestion, then, that would seem to remain is, whether we should give up. that portion of the Timber Trade whio our Colonies possess, and relinquish all the National advan tages resulting from it, anti leave ourselves again exposed to the diine•cr and inconvenience with which the mutable policy of the Northern States (the 97; . 1-;itt of the increase of duty) threatened us in the- year 1809; and which may come upon os, when the ruin and poSsibleloss of our valuable Colonies will have deprived us of a resource which we shall.have re- nailifced; merely that Frireikners may resume the inohopoly which they'ff , rtnerly.enjoed ? • Ituferririk-to the speeches is Parliament, in the month o f May 1810, when the system of high Dutiis on Foreign Tim her was first resorted to, (vide Appendix) it will be seen that the objects which the Legislalure had:then i❑ view, were pre cisely those whirr!' have been accomplished : - I. To reduce the price of Timber. • 4. TO make.-this Country independent of Foreigner; for a supply. - 3. To give- employment to'British Ships and Seamen. 4.• To encourage the British Coluuies,and thus enable them to take our Manufactures, • • II is to • be -hoped that the - following remarks, extracted. from the Quarterly Review, just published, upon the'subject of 4 , -Emigration to Canada," wilt meet with.tlEat. attention from the. Legislature, to which they are entitled for their truth - and importauce; viz.— '• . . The Market fur our Commodities, which is afforded by a-Nourishing acrd increasing Colony, is a - source of wealth to the Mother Country, •far.'exceeding.probably; what would have been prodoccd.by - the same amount of-capital, if re= ' tained at home ; 'it is speaking, we are persuaded,far within compass to say,- that for-every 10001. carried but to Upper Catania, 500 acres of fertile land, which .would otherwise . 4 have remained' an unprofitable desert, will have been within twenty years brought under cultivation; Let anyone cal ' culate the supplies 'of Corn and other produce which theS . r 500 acres will afford us; and the demands for our various ' Manufactures which they will create in. return. It is int ' possible indeed to'contemplate attentively the present state of the 'Continent ;-=•-t he extreme jealonsy'• of this Country which prevails in roost parts of it,—the zeal for improving • their- own Manufactures,—toget her with the superior cheap ' tress Of labour,—without nutioirtiug, as at least probable, azgreat and progressive diminution, of that demand which ' has hitherto ekiSted iu Europe for the productions of British enterprise and skill. With such an expectation • before us, nothing can be More consolatory than the prospect of that extended market for our Commodities, 'whi c h seems • to - /7l' opening in the-New World ; front which the other nations Europe, even 'should they hercaffer become rivals, can never hope to exclude us, in this point of viewin, the• Been. lution•in Soani.h America is likely•to prove of incalculable importance -to .1.1 s:. but our own Colonies are, on many accounts, suited to offer greater advantage to our Comnftree than those of aay other Country; our "own .Couutrytneu poSsesi In a pteitliar - Jegree r .aml are litielyto transmit to their descendaMs, both a taste for that description of luxuries width commerce and mannfactntes furnish, and a ' persevering indsistty in acquiring the means of conniranding Orem . ; nor to hietoion the preference generated by habit for such articles, as are most ntaise in the Mother Country.' Mr..BnouGHAM toe, in his " Inquiry into the Colonial Policy of the European rdwers," vol. t, p. 174, Ed. "11303, says, in.comparing the advantages of long and sloth voyages; Now tbe long voyage has another and very material advan tage.. Whether the distant mat het be a Horne or a Foreign_ ot.e ; and Whether it be more or less remote than twice the distrnee of-tire other market, with the profit! of whkly we may compare its returns, it encourages a breed of seamen essentially necessary to every member of the European Com monwealth which . would engage in an extensive foreign traffic of any description whatever. The Coasting Trade is, indeed, an eXcellent nursery: buit it is in no country sufficient to form A Navy, not even in Great Britain, however extensive her sea•coast. and her internal commerce, .may be. The cotts4 'tierce of the nearerzountries in Etirope, however enlarged, although the whole capital of the Colonial Trade wet e turned tato it, would still be inadeqnate. A Colony 'frade has this very great advantatfe. in com mon with tbe Coasting Trade, that the sailors - which it employs are seldom or.never in a Foreign Port. They are, of come qnence, much less exposed to the danger of deserting into Foreign service; vacancies in their number are more easily, and better filled tip, not by foreigners but by other intrabi- , tants of the Sallie country -and they .are always in some -part of the empire, where their services may, be needed for the military operati o n s o f th e state. Theseamen required for the Nary: upon an emergency, cannot •lir procured front the ves- , sels engaged is aTrade that requires them to remain in a Foretgn country, in the Guiph of Finland, for example, or its the Les-ant. In this case Government must wait for their return. For tho,e employed. in the Colony. Trade are.eitbet in some port of the Mother Country, or of the Colonies; ou both of. which - stations their services may be required for' ships of war. , !••To undervalue a particular branch of commerce, whiclii4 calculated to increase the maritime power of the state 0101€ :directly - Chain the - other branches, is surely to take la - silo . , view of this species of force, both to the defence and wealth Of 'the tration, Y 4.4 many politi c i a ns h ave denied. the inipartanee of those yery . rsuits which tend to promote narat liower ; because, according to then, naval 'wirer Must always be the - cOnsigitence, and not't be canse, of comniereial veriq - . They seem to forget, that commercial prosperity , act operate in a particular way, in order to produce this ef .1e.:1.; and that, if'it - arency is obstructed in 1 hat particular direction, the trade and wealth of the nation may flourish, `and no - Navy ever arise front it; any more I hatit he richness of the soil will rake plentiful crops, it the genial Warmth and . fo o istur e of the season be withheld; or the natural effects of ;fertility obstructed by the pressure of an intifinb4;nt establishment of a naval force then is the conse- - 'tptenee, no doubt, of commercial improvement: A Govern iin,tit would, indeed, be justly blameable which Should ant id pate this progress, and attempt to thy the 'foundations of naval power, by ordering a certain number of vessels to be constructed; • and draining the coasting- trade of bands, in order to into them. BUt a Government' worrld he as blame able if it slicitild discourage that sort of industry, Clio direct tendency of which is tu'accelerate the progress of naval ~ .honlit neglect those advantages, which the pili s,”ion of• distant and - fertile territories pre s ents fur the ae cortiplishment of this ohject:' • The following is a statement of the prices of Ntem e l Ti m ber from 1800 to 1810, tatien from the London Price Cut'ret►t, viz.:: L. 3. d. In I SOO 6.0 0 . L.; s. d: 1801 :... 5 0 0 to 510 0. pc-I-Lead. Iso' .... 4 .5. 0 - 5 0. 0 1803 . -5 .10 0 6. 5 0 -1804 5 0 0 5 5 0 .1805 440 0 5 0 0. 1806 6 0 0 7 10 0 • 1807 715 0 8 0 1803 .... 8 0 0 —. -14 0 0 1809 14 14 (8 16 . 1810 12 0 0 14 0 0 it is ttue that the taking R 1 1• part of the dilly world; enable' the foreign Mercliant to supply the British consunier so much cheaper; hot, upon what ground is it to be.expvcted,that he would do so especially when he tells you, that the reason' u•(ly be. wants the duty reduced is, to enable' him to raise• his own price.? . CLe inewre would also entitle our foreign friends in the, .NOrth . of Europe, to reinibum from the British Exchequer,. the a dvance? made to them bycertain commission me rchants in this c o unt r y ; kart if this.lp.so desirable an Object', would it not; in every respect,, be hater to' resort at once to, - st vote of P a rliament? The Chansellor of the, f,Netirquer, wlus coold assoit to the mode pnposed - by the Committee,• mttst he well pe.rst,tatiet that the Fettliar claims •or merits, ofth.,i* 'class of merchants entitle tiro. to sod- , bounty and •drilTric = i 1071 ; and having satisfied lis mind upon that pint, he surely deem a direct grato, 11101" e its it Wotild be .U 6 .more mafily and economical course, thart.ong which Chits is `deadly blow-at some of th, best And 'nosh natural intere s t, of the British In the late contracts with the Navy Board, the Contrrictors .have the option of deiit•e my Memel, or Canada lied Pine. at the same price. State of the Norway Trade for the last Three Team British. . Foreign).- • Tons. /Tons., Arrived in 1817, . - 6.e.713 1818 i ' 85,9134 1819, • 1,7,087 . 8'4689 . . . m , Listen& therrfore, oft pioportion of ore than one-third, it appears that only Ith4tit one-fifth of the.ships employed last year were British ; and that the Norwegians. are gradu ally superseding them. . - •State of the Prussian 7'eaile foi- th'ilast Three Years. - ' British. Foreign: : , Tons. Tons. Arrived in 1317, • • - 10.4,709 43,837 •• . - .1818, . . • • 129,742 117092 1819, • •:. • . 80,258. 78,266 Here the pro g ressive increase of Foreign 'Shipping over. British. 'is even wore strongly apparent than .in the case of Norway ;—arid all.this, too, lie it remembered, AA:es placi, notwithstanding the difference of duty against Foreign ship.- ping. Four yearly averages-of the quantity of Tintlter and Deals imported into Great 4.tritain in the la,st 20 yew...f t ri,-.:,-, . • TIMBER. Front 1799 to 1802 - -- 17(4864 Loads. 1811 to .1815~ 1816 to 1819. DEALS, &a. Deals. Deal-Ends. Battens. Total. 1799 to 1802. 40,9G2 4,239 5,225 . 50,471; 1811 to 1815 1116 to 'lBl9 ' '27,181 8,663 4,257 40,091 " The followin - 1 facts appear to be established by the British Merchant :---- Ist—That previous to the competition of the North Ac rican Timber Trade, when the duties were not half their• pre sent amount, the price of 134Itic Timber was higher to the consumer in thit country than it is now; Or (with the same competition), than it is likely to became again. 2tily--,Th4t.the extension of th r co!,,,iai Wood Trade, ha.; been productive of a corresponding increaSid dtuiand for British Mantrfactnres: 3rtily—That this trade has afforded support to man? thousands of persons wh o have twigialed front the mother . count r y; and greatly added to the value and strength of the• British possessions in North Nnterica. By recent accounts'_ ! from Canada to the 21st of Noveinher;. it appear's, that, 11,239 Settlers hag arrived out in the course of the present year. 4thlyi—That it affords erriployment 'to 'many , hundretis of British Ships, and to. many thousands - of British - Searuori. Sthlv.—That these important advantages have not been at tended with attp material diminution in the consumption of wood imported rom countries in the North of Europe : and • that so far from our export of manufactures ,to time countries having declined, in proportion as the trade with the North , 'American Colonit's hat increased, the amount of stch'es ports has been, of late years, even greater than before the existence of the Colonial Ntooti Trade. Sthly.- 7 -That,- notwithstanding the duty payable upon fo reign Wood, the importers thereof potses's, upon the whole, decided- advantages in the British market, in the compara tively small expence of importing. it., and the very general • prejudice still remaining in favonr'of its quality. And that, notwithstanding the•almott exclusive use of Baltic Timber in the King's Yards, and, the . preference given - to it in the. con- strttethin of buildings of magnitude, the demands for Canada, Timber has increased, as it s q't ali t i es h ave become known... ith.—That, therefore, any reduction •in the Duties on the Wood of the North of -Europe, would, by placing the North American Timber upon a more unfavourable footing than at present s give to the 'former such decided advantages, as would certainly and rapidly annihilate the Trade with the British Colonies. . . . . ,ONDONi Printed 43. P.. CARSTAIRS, of NO. e 9, Grcat Orroood-strect, Que e n"-sliurare; and plan - I - Jibed by W. A. SC1111•1'S, of No. ;, South i lolton-street, at TuE Strll (lai c , 7 , ..% ) . )1 , ), strand : WilVlli Adrettisenterm, Order', L , 'cr:, &,, (vt-v - ,.-rai.l) must be sUresscd.