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That those discriminating duties have ten:led
greatly to increase the navigation of the United
States, have given to the Ship-owners an advantage
over foreigners in the carriage to the United States
of salt, wine, brandy, sugar, coffee, blankets and
other coarse woollens, coarse linens, hemp, earthen-
ware, and other bulky articles, and have enabled.
them to be almost exclusively the carriers of all the
fine articles of importation necessary to the consump-
tion of the country.—This policy combined with
the advantages resulting from the late war in l.v.
rope, had increased the American tornage to au
amount (it is believed) not inferior to that of any
nation in Europe except Great Britain.
The effeas of these discriminating duties did not
escape the observation of those foreign nations with
whom we have had the greatest commercial inter-
course.
By the fifteenth article
commerce, and navigation,
1791—The British Government
off countervailing thou discriminating
'nitre! Slam bound themselves
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qddiriolal duty on the tonnage t,
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of the treaty of amity,
dated Loudon, 19th Nov.
mat has reserved the right
ratioatinz duties—ald the
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It is belevest by your committee, that the Pailia- •
meat of Great Britain, by a statute passed the fOtirth
ci July, 1797, (in the exercise of that rest ved right)
have exceeded the fair intent anil meat of the
treaty of amity, Bcc. Scc.•;--and thEreby In4c• secured
to the Ship-owners of that nation the exclusive car-
riage to Great Britain. (in time of peace) of erne of
our most important nlneCts of exportation.
They have seleCted fish.oil anti•tobacca (articles
of great bulk) as objeCls on which the. highest
countervailing duties have' been imPosed. fie
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'countervailing duty on fish-oil being 365. 3 12-20 d.
stet]. per • ten 0f'13.2 gallons, and 'upon tobacco
Is. lid. per 1001bs.
In consequence of which a British ship of 250
tons, carrying 750 ton of oil to Great Britain from
the United States, will pay 4531. 15s. sterling less
ditty thereon than the same oil would pay imported
into Great Britain in an American ship-the whole
freight on such quantity of oil would have •been
prior to the late war only 62.51. sterling-the net
freight to an American ship, (after dedulting the
countervailing duty of 1521. 135.), would of course
be only 1711.'35. sterling.
By the same operation, a British ship of 250 tons,
carrying 400 hhds. of tobacco of 120Olhs. each, to
Great Britain •from.t;te United States, wtaild pay
3601. sterling less duty than would be payable on the
same quantity of tobacco imported in an American
ship-the whole freight at 355. sterling per
would only .amountto 7001. sterling, which (after
dedwaing the counurvailing duty of 3601.) would
leave to the American a net freight of only 3441.
Is. sterling.
Rice, when imported into Great Britain in an
American ship, is charged with a ditty of eight-
pence 8-10 sterling per hundred weight more titan
when imported in a British ship ; this extra duty
amounts on a tierce of rice to about Ss. 9d. sterling;
the freight of a.tierce of rice may be estimatedat 12s.
sterling.-No person will give 13r. 9d. freight in an
.American ship, when he can have the same carried
for 12s. in a British ship.
Pot and pearl-ashes pay a countervailing duty of
14-153. the hundred weight. A cask of ashes
contains about three hundred weight : the extra
• duty on that by an American ship will be nine-
pence per barrel-the freight of such barrel is pre-
slimed to be ss. or ss. 6d. sterling in times of peace ;
a difference of ninepence sterling per barrel will
effeEtually give the carriage to British ships, of all
the ashes exported from the united States to Great
Britain.
The Committee !lice leave to refer the house to a
table of duties impose:l by Great Britain on goods
imported in American and British ships, which was
printed the last session of Longress, and is here-
with exhibited (N. 3.) On recurring. thereto, an
important countervail in the articles of wood of all
kinds, a small one in tar, turpentine, pitch, and
other articles, will be discovered.
The Committee take leave to state, that the Par-
• liament of Great Britain, by a statute bearing date 1
the 7th of May 1802, has imposed the following
new additional duties on articles the produce and '
manufakture of the United States, to wit :
Ashes, pot and pearl, 14. Gd. the cwt.
Ginseng, E. the ICO bls., •
indigo, (American) 12s. the WO bh;
Bar non, • 4,. Gd. the ton.
Pig irons 4s. tid. the ton.
Bitch, Si. Ad. I the last tif 12 bar-
Tar, Sts.lld. rels.
R 4,1. the cwt. ••
Rice, Bd. the cwt.
• Tobaceo, Ls the 100 bts.
Turpentine, oho ton.
11...e5-wax, • bs. 9d. the cwt.
Cotton, (Arterieari) 75.10 d. the 100 his.
The countervailing duty of ten per cent.. being
also levied on all those new duties, (except that on
tobacco) adds farther to the injury already sustained
by American ships carrying such articles, and sa
cures to British ships the exclusive carriage of the
. following articles, in addition to the objets already
mentioned, viz.-Indigo, iron, gin seng, bees-wax,
and- the important and bulky article of cotton.-
Prior to the passing of the
.British statute of May
last, American cotton and indigo were free of duty
on importation into Great Britain, the countervail-
, ing duty on indigo will, (in consequence of the
. duty above stated) be Is. 2 4-10 d. per 1001bs. That
nn cotton ninepence 4-Hki. the 1001bs. The freight
of 1001bs. of cotton may be estimated, in times of
peace, at about Bs. jd. sterling; the difference of
nir.epence on N. 4d. will give a decided preference
• to Iliitish over American ships.
Thus, then, it appears, that Great Britain, by her
stanntervailing act, has secured effectual's the carry-
ing ( for Ixr 611'4 warts and b.:7- foreign e..wor:rce,) of
. our fish-oil, tobacco, pot and pearl-ashes, rice,
go, and eotton, and having the carriage of those
bulky articics, the minor ..hiects, (except naval
stores) not being sufSciently iMportaat to ferni en-
. tire cargoes,.will also he carried in British ships.
The Committee' take leave further to state, that
by the same statute of Great Britain, of the seventh
Of May last, v duty of 2ne-half per cent. is imposed
.onall goods,seares„ and;inerchandize (of the growth
er inanuiaanre of Great Britain) on their exporta-
tion to any port in Europe, or within the Streights
of Gibraltar, and of one per cent. on similar goods,
when exported to any place, not -being in Europe,
or within the Streights of Gibraltar; thus subjecting
the United States to a duty .0 exports duuliie that
which is paid by the nations pf Europe. dis-
crimination your Guniniittee believe to be in contra-
diCtion to the spirit of the treaties existing between
the United Stites and Great Britain.
By thett atute of Great liritain, passed the fourth
of July, 1797. a duty Of -tonnage was imposed on
American ships entering her 'ants, of 2s. ster. per
ton, which is admitted.as a lair ,countervail of the
discriminating dot. of 4.4 cents per ton on their
ships eatering th ports of t. 1••• United States. -

Frnm the preceding view ache tubjea, it appear.
to )-otir Committee, titat American Aies9els will be
preferred to Brifiqh for the carrvinq, :Al the fine
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nranufa&nres of Gmit brita:n ; but that the decieed
advantages that ,hips nva. &me over Amer--
can, in the carriage of all the F uli y and important ,
=Met of the United States, tsetefisary for the eon_
sumptiort er foreign commerce of Great Br%t-.iin
will enable their Owners to enter into an advant*p.
* • ous competition with the Arnericans in the carrying
from Great Britain to the United States, of British
salt, and of all the contst and bidkf articles of the
produce and Instit,afaiture of•Gieat liritain.—fte in-
, smuce.: •
' k, 4.aege4 w:Ilt only two cents per bnali.:l wire when,
- • istritted Than when imported in-an Ant:.
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LON DO S,
MONDAY, MAitcu i.

We day preeat our reakrs with an article,
that cannot fiil to interest the commercial world.
It is the Report of the Committee of Commerce and
.2i.fanufaarre, uper that part et* the Y1ert7.11,,,-e of the
President of the United rates, w'aich relates to the
discriminating and coanterva::ing duties, aad the
late A& of the Aritisli .I):trlianteut, respe&ipg them.

Mach has been said and writtrn open the F,ubjen,
but seehae; not met with any dscutnent, in which it
is so well ;11ustrated, as in the report to whit:hive al.

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lode. It st ates that rhe diserirninatinp,dnrie, had tended
,to encrease the navigation of the Loited States; that
England had contrived to connteraa their operation
by means of Countervailing Duties, and that France
L's gone still farther, by imposing duties that
amount, in some caws, to a prohibition. Were the
United Stares to attempt to remove this disadvan-
tage by an increase of discriminating duties, the
Committee think such procedure would only lead to
s commercial warfare, and therefore they recom-
mend the total abolition of discriminating and coun-
tervailing duties, in favour of such foreign nation
as shall agree to abolish theirs. This was the re-
medy proposed by Mr.YANSITTART, and contained
in the British Aa of Parliament referred to the Com-
, mittee. We may now consider it as accepted by the
American Government, and that it has evinced a spi-
rit of justice, moderation, and an amious desire to
cultivate the friendship of the United States.—ln the
present state of the world, and particularly of Eu-
rope, it is prudent fur England to multiply and
strengthen its bands of eonnea4on with America,
and a wise' policy would even sacrifice something to
the attainment of so important an objet. We
trust, however, that we shall not suffer by our libe-
rality in the present instance. We have the start of
all the world in commerce, and, therefore, need
not fear the competition of any nation upon equal
grounds, It is not so with France : she is far
behind America in trade, and the duties complained
of, are among the means by which she- hopes to
overtake her. To relinquish them will, therefore,
be a great sacriCee on the Frt of France, and if
she persists in their continuance, her conduit must
alienate America, and attach ber more closely to
England.



• Yesterday we received Paris Papers to the 9.d in.
elusive. The Moniteur announces the 4.ppointment
of a new Grand Master of the Order of Malta, by
the POPE, in pursuance of a power vested in his
noliuess by the principal powers of Europe. .The
Bailly de Thomas!, a Neapolitan Knight, and a
vessel, has been dispatchei from. Rome•to Sicily, td
inform him of his elevation. What has become of
the late Grand Master elefl ? Whether he has de-
clined the office, or suffered an inVolaniary depriva-
tion of it, we are not informed. We ?Pay, how-
ever, conelu,le, from the circumstance, that the ar-
rangement-. reapeiting Malta are finally settled, culd
that the Film. Co mut. has no longer reason to com-
plain that the English have not evacuated that island.
The discussion of the chit code continues to fill the
pages of the official Paper. In the sitting of the
Legislative Body, of the CStit February, a projet
of a law was presented, upon the three grand eras
of mar, bis birth, marriage, and death.—The long
explanatory speech accompanying it states, that
children are flocking to France, in search of their
fathers; without any clue that may lead to them.—
To prevent then this inconvenience after any future
war, several new forms are recommended fur the
purpose of facilitating the proof of marriages
contraned in the armies.—This article is a mere
abstrad, moral argument, upon the I.,ree points
which we have stated.—The .Vrench fives were, on
the 36th February, 64 E. but on the Ist March, they
fell to 63, 80,

General D'Ovt ay was at the Leree on We:lnes-
day ; went in perfeCt health, accompanied by his
Lady, on Thursday evening, to a Concert in Pall
Mall ; returned home to his house in Half Moon-
Street, Piccadilly, on Friday morning, and after re-
tiring to bed, he fell into a swoon, and expired.
Lord WILLIAM CAVENDISH licNrinca's baggage
left town on Saturday, for -Plymouth ; the Earl
Howe, East Indiaman, sailed from Gravesend last
night, for th Downs, and is expeeted to arrive at
Plymouth on the 42%1, and his LoAdship will take
his passage on the `23d for Madras.
Accounts have been received from Bombay,
dated the Ist of January, by which we learn, that
the King of Persia had received the intelligence of
the accidental death of his Ambassador, with great -
distress ; but that his Majesty was perfeCtly satisfied
with the explanations which were given by our
Government in India on the occasion. 'file Am-
bassador's nephew, who was wounded, is so far re-
covered as to be able to ride abroad.
A letter from Aux Cayes (St. Domingo), dated
7th January, mentions that tranquillity was restored
to that town and neighbour)
The American Papers mention, that a micander.
standing has recently taken place at Washington,''
between the President and some of his warmest Con-
gressional friends.
Mr. tivoiNoms has been induced without any
solicitation, either from A:r. MeßPti Y ur any of his
friends, to move his MaJes-ry to confer a mark of
his royal favour upon this truly loyal, erudite; and
v..aterable man; and in consequence thereof, his MA-
J ESE Y has been pleased to grant him :!001. per ann.
The rumours of an infeltions f..l.isease having been
communicated to Dover from France, are totally
void of foundation.
A ;elect detachment -from he corps of Royal
Marines, having under their f rge 500 male con-
, eietsoireabout to proceed in .. 1 tlesty's ship Cal-
came, to form a settlement 1, crt Philip, which is
situated on the northern si I f Lass Streight, on
the southern part of New Holl:•rd. They are com-
manded by Lieut. Colonel Cot t INN who is appoint-
ed Lieutenant-Governor of New otith Wales.
Mr. Cuest is about to beealled to the Howe of
Peers, and co rewire a Pension adeotsate to the
rank to which he is to be ezalsed; the post of Chan.,
cellar .of the Exchequer of Ireland, it is added, is,
on his scccsaielrt, tort:// abolithod. i94lrWr•

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