The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-17 00:00:00

SMITtiFIELD MARKET, JAN. 17.

This day's market had beat a sho-rt supply' df
dif-
ferent kinds of Cattle ; the prices for the greater part
are }educed since Monday's market, and the trade
was but ,indiffekent. The bitsiness transa6tedsin the
Haymarket was trifling ; neither .:Hay, Straw, or
Clover fetched last prices.—The following prices
and numbers is a correa statement
To sink the Otilti per stone of 31b. -
Beef 4s. od. to 5s od.----Mtitton 4s. otl. to ss. od.—Vell
ss. ori. to 6s. Od.—Pork. ss. ed. to 6s. oti,
Beasts 473.—Sheep 16.---Pigs 2So.
SMITIIPIELD u.svistAnkr.r.

Hay3l. os. to 31. ios.—Clover 31. Os, to 41. os.—Strawt
21. los: to IL 14i.

CORN-ECIIAIGE, JAN. 17.-'_—Wheat i 3 here in
considerable supply ; expeC.tinv, large arrivals, the
buyers still continue to make few purchases ; se-,
cond and ordinary qualitie,s. are Cheaper ; garle.y k
plenty, and but little fine; Malt dull sale ; White.
Pease rather cheaper ; having 1ar,7.'.. quantities of
Oats, and few bilyers,, sales in this trade are at
fprther declining prices ; Flour scarcely supports
the quotatiQn.
Wheat . 485 a 6os a dos od Beans - —s a —s oi
Fine ditto - 7is a 74s'ocl Tick Beans 425 a 48s od
Rye - - 365 a 405 od Oat; sis a 26s a 28s od
Batley sas a 36s od Poland ditto 3os a Sts od
Malt = - e6s a 72s ad Rape Seed '" 391 -•421
White Pease 345 a 415 od Fine Flour 6os a 65s od
Grey dittO 305 a 34s ad Sonia . 55s a 605" od

•
ill BRIEF VIEW
OF TFIE RET.ATIQNS fIETVEEN-I'llE UNITED
STATES AND FOREIGN NATIONS.

[From an Ani.rican Paper.]

In many of the Papers, which ,are supposed. most
in the. confidence .of. Administration,. we. haverea
marked withima few weeks an uncommon degree of
inve&ive against Great Britain. F.reuch and Spanish
aggressions are buried in profound silence ; and if
only those Papers were published, it would be. pre-
sumed. that Great Britain alone was the.only,Nation
against whom we had any cause of complaint. The
injustice of- the Spanish Government in. refusing- to
ilia., its solemn .eugagements, the countenance
Which the 'Giniernment.affords- to the injustice of
Spain, the piracies of both Nations, and the murder
or her. Citizens, are all consigned to oblivion, in order
that the whole national indignation May.be Colle&ed
and turned against-Great Britain. The most violent,-
the most-immoral, and vs e.do think the most inapea
litic, nieasures are recommended. In some of those
which we have seen recommended, more zeal than
discretion is discoverable. ,
Ambng the- nieastires. w hien claiM attentiOn,,is.that
of sequestration. Without expressing' the abhorrence:
which the bare mention of such a pleasure excite' s,.it
would be well to. examine how far it would be, insti-
fled as a measure of policy, and to ascertain what
would be-the probable result of such a policy. It is
presumed that no one is SQ 'chimerical as to suppoae.
that such a measure would pot. be retaliated by all
the -means which Great Britain could use. Those.
whOtalle of sequestration appear to consider things,
as theyawere, and not as they are. The time has
been, avben a sequestration of debt would have been
a measure operating against that Country
only. This,
eras ast a time when we depended unon British capi-
aalsbnlya
~Sinceethat time the United States have
become.opulent
.1 Her Citizens do not depend upon.
British-capital; thenumerousbankingeatablishments,.
the increased and increasing industry andenterpaize
of our .favoured by the late and present
War, have ,Chana-ed the relative situation, of Great
Britain and the enited. States. We are not less in-
dependent of her commercially than we are poll&
cally. It is very true, that-ow -merchants do derive
great facilities from British capitals, but thosefaei-
cannet be, considered as debts, for they are
made on property placed under the' immediate or-,
ders, 'and subje& to the controul of the British mer-
chant. Itis well worth a calculation, to ascertain
the amount of peeperty daily passing to
Earope, under _these circunastaricas, and then to,
consider what would be the result if Great :Britain
was to retaliate. .
The result would be, that the property would fall.
into
.the. hands of the British merchant, and the
- facilities be,denied ; or, in' mercantile language, the,
bills drawn upon th 6 property would be returned.—
We. think every man must perceive the ei,'ident
distinaion between advances made on property, and
debts. contracted upon the perserial responsibilty of
the debtor ; it is chiefly in the former way,that the
Citizens of the Unite& States are aided by British
capitals.
Extensive credit for:pods imported direaly from
Britain, are not so coming') as heretofore, and,it is
-not-unusual for the dry-goods merchant to remit for
the half, and sometimes for the whole, of his goods,
before they are shipped. These who are independent,
find their account in this Mode, as the very-large dis-
counts which. are allowed for prompt payment form-
a handsornaa profit .
- Again, from the great Met-ease of capital in the
, United-States, and. from Brititip being at War and.
they at Peace, we have at all times in their ports and,
on the way to them, many hundred sail -of vessels,
all of which would be lost. Again, we have at all
timesan immense property afloat and unproteeted in
the East and West Indies, and in Europe, one third
or one half of which would be lost.
' What then can we promise ourselves by-a seques-
tration, when we have more -to lose than to gain"?
We can see nothing which such a measure would,
produce, except national disgrace and/individual
ruin.
Another favourite measure is non intercourse, by
which means we are to Starae the' manufa&urers in
Europe and the Colonies, in the West Indies. If
- men will reject the experience of the past, and the'
probability of the future, •it is. in vain-to contend.--a
Were we- not seven years at War with Britain yet
her Colonies were not starved, nor her inanufa6tures
ruined. This, like the other measure, would do the
greatest injury to us., Our produce would find its
way to neutral, Islands, from Whence it would be
carried to British Islands; and manufac-
tures, and the produaions of the Islands, would
find their way here by, the same means. The-eflia&
would be, as operating on the.lslandse that our proa
duce would' reach them at an increased price. ,Our
. produce, would depend, for its value; on the enter-
prize of foreigners,. the freights on our produaions
would be transferred to, others ; and the industry
and :enterprize; of our merehapta suspended. The
efre& of measures that are calculated to destroy eon-
tidcnce-between the merchants -of, Britain ,and the
United
,States, _ will be appreciated by every men of
observati6n and experience.. Ile pricp, of our pro-
duce is well known by, two circumstances, and it is
doubtful' which has the greatest operation ;- the aid
which the lands- in this, Country afford, and the
facilities given ley British
,merchantse From th6e
two circumstances, the American merchant' is en-
- • abled to indulge a spirit of enterprise; frequently
ruinous to his own fortune, but nevertheless highly
advantageous to the agricultural interests of our
Country.- For the truth of these poaition, we 'appeal
to the information and understanding of every, man
-) who has any knowledge of commercial aflifirs.—
The more we, examine these measures the more we
shall he persuaded 'that their Operation would be
more injurious to the-true interests of this Country,.
than embarrassing toGreat Britain. `
That we have just grotind of complaint - against,
Great Britain, is not denied, but we have also causeof '
complaint against France and Spain ; let us, then,
adopt measures that will show that we are not in-
tialed to endure every species of injustice and'injury
from the two latter, • while against the other We are
ready to ruin ourselves to gratify our resentment.
The United States have not found Great Britain tin-
Willing to enter into explanatiops upon pOinta- in dis-

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