The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-10-15 00:00:00

PRICES OF CORN.

Weekly Rehire of the Average Price of British Cora.
Winchester Measure, as received from the Inspectors in
Mse respective Maritime Cities sad Towns in England ■uJ
Wales, from which the Priem that prier. importation
are calettlated.—Uctolser 6. 1831.

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SPAIN.

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UN CONTRABAND TRADE.

[Frans " The thierereel.")

Smnggling will alosys prevail is proportion to the nom-
bee mid rigour of prohibitory laws, or the excessive privi-
leges gives to certain articles is legal commerce, so spite of
the wisest sod sliest efficacious nsessures that may be
adopted to extinguish it; for, besides the stimulus of gain,
there is among a certain class of permits %sort of pride
overcoming the dangers Ulrich this traffic presents.
Notwithstandiug the present outcry against the evils at-
tendant on smoggling, sod the relaxation which is so much
consplained of, I tie set • believe that greater frauds were
commuted thaw is 1903 sod the following years, at which
period the exclusive privilege conferred uu cottou-msnistisc-
tures of Catalysis gave an murk offence to the oseichausis
of other provinces, that they vied with each other its eluding
the prohibitive system, is doing which they were assisted by
the English, who -established warelinuses of coitus goods its
Gibraltar sod Porringal; at. prices suffieleutly low to indem-
nify the smugglers for the rialto they eneiiAereil, and to len-
der all conipetiriou WI the pert of the Catalonians impassible.
The coineivience war, that all the classes who lure by mer-
cantile industry esitered into Na. trails-, and evilly fipstaisto
nacrehant hail a coca raid stuck of Encliab roods. Bona-
parte pushed the.probitotions to the 13-4hest ealenl in eier.y
country where be peoar‘geit power; but all !Ile CUllfi,CA.
tines Anil burning. of- linglistegooils had no other s t
than to excite disgust throughout all Europe agsinst sous
uabeard•of oppression.
It raunot be doubted that a guard well mooted, well corn.
sanded, sod well'supporterl, would have great egret in
pednig the contrabsud trade ; hot sorts memos of peran tons
to be considered merely as auxiliaries of the law whist's
should SIIMUI or reduce wtlhlrt as Narrow hunts as plitasitAr
the pruhibitire system, is order that private interests, svh.c!‘
will sissy. overcools, the obstacles opposed to stains, ruay
not too strongly revolt against that system. Flow u• it pin,
able to prevent sinivggling, and to guard wish fire er in% or
even wish fully thousand wets tsar vast exteut ot our comic
and frontiers ?

Tu the inconveniences already ms esti 111 l ed, we have to sill.
that a military guard cannot How int. r ere in commercial
trasisactions in that arbor iry anions r which was formerly
practised, Iwcitiae such lutes feiessre mould It quite Moms-
anitent with a represesslative Govt moment NI suppose It
possible su to instruct and regulate this military body a• in
make it set is harmony w:th the cousiitutitniii a)st,lig, it
would still lie iteceasary to have a !gym' ime guard and
tiuels placed is Watch torte., to ~rare the prompt to vis ri.
tion of the fusers mu sea and !nod. What 1 btale vn Stu.
ons.ject is fulasideil to as rap. r11'11(1. of 12 years in an W..
Which I di•ehergell with the •pprobarinsi of the ti ei.tty ;
and to show the dimehlty of prvatistimt mougglisq, I shsil
describe the manure io whirl, the Jamul/union of contra.
band good. is effecied.
Suppose, for example, that a cemtrahand cargo is tut, m!eti
to he landed um the 11th January, at a putni determined on.
The broker, or prattles as he is railest, scuds pa by aliticipi.
town Isis letters of invitation to the dilfereot torus of the dis-
trict, accompanied with saispies of the rinds, one a note of
the priers. Hr at the use time sends a notice to the sump