The Sun.
London, England, 1822-04-09 00:00:00

WEST INDIA INTERCOURSE

tEXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM APRIL 6, 1822.1
" The opinion you give me relative to our public Colonial
Affairs ie nearly what my own mind suggested, when I saw so
riche or, indeed, rcthing, said in the House in our favour—not
a sale friend to urge a point either for the Ship-owners or the
Northern Colonists. The fact is, wonderful to relate, that the
14pposition wish success to every project that has a tendency to
Aii.inaernbeT the Empire, as I learnt from them unequivocally.
' when I was in . They, especially, greatly affect every
-aggrandizement of their old cronies the, Americans, and there is
some secret cause which I may conjecture,. but dare not state
that inanenees elsewhere ; therefore I agree with
there is no hope except in "contending for high duties,"
mad also I think for guarding against the Smuggling Trade—
la.st certainly comprehends a 'greet deal very interesting to
lans Kingdom.. IRELAND will soon feel the effects in Her
**Sion supplies • GREAT BRITAIN, in American manufac-
Invel, such as boots, shoes, .cordage, canvas, nails, (cut and
wrought), bar iron, gunpowder, candles (tallow and eperma-
. ccti3, unmanufactured leather, and sonic few articles menu-
-F*tured, especially ?addles, coarse slops, naval stores, tobacco,
-eyaw and manufactured) soap, tin ware, books, American Etli-
:ions, very cheap, stationery, Fa. Scc.. Of the European
-Continent, brandy, wines, gin,. sAecias,and other linens silks
especially, silk stockings, dry fruits. Of the produce of linens,
_and Curetie;teas, muslins, ginghams, nankeens in great quan-•
titles, pepper, spices, Bandana handkerchiefs, fine slops
twin thence, and many other such goods. As to high du-
tees, the best plan is that which was adopted by the old French
'.itsvcenment immediately after the American Revolutionary
wax. The plan proved most effectual, for it bad the tendency
totentourage the fishery of St. Piere and Miquelon, and finally,
drove the Americans away ; for the duties were given in
'BOUNTIES to the Northern Colonies, except a trifle reserved
to I..ay. expenses ; but then that Government knew how to en-
' Ibrte its ordinances, and as the Americans were not able to
scanstglc, they dropped the trade altogether, except when in ac-
anal distrese the high prices of the Islatids attracted them._
Vet this is not the case with our Islands, where the Governors
act in concert with the inhabitants, especially when they know
that a slender excuse will be cheerfully received at home by the
Ministry, as was the case in Mr. Fox's short Administration,
When the Northern Colonirw, were reduced to a state similar to
that I now anticipate. I am not scandalous in asserting that this
laxity existed at that time. Indeed we have . always found
that even total prohibition was a feeble defence against
the Americans, except in the bulky articles of fish and lum-
e,-er ; but that mere restrictions, under island connivance,
teceme a bounty, because they not only saved duties but port
charges, to which all the British Colonists were liable, and at
one period were even subject to duties. Besides, the Americans
could always afford to lose upon fish and lumber, if, by direct
or indirect means, they could make a profit upon prohibited
goods. I could say, or rather repeat a great deal more, but
thinking as I do that the poor Colonists are shamefully used
-in not having an advocate to plead their cause in Parliameet—
I am convinced that all is lost, except when connected with
Party, and that when the Ports of Nova Scotia and New Bruns-
_ - -wick are given up to the Americans, the very first war with
-that country will force the nation to see the error THEIR
RULERS are about to commit. For myself, I am too old to
contend, and having done my duty to the country, I am very
-willing to bid it adieu, retaining only every sentiment of re-
g.ard and esteem for
tions in so good a cause. Your youth will enable you, and
:your goodness will, I hope, induce you, to make yourself mas-
ter of Colonial Affairs, and that you will still become their Ad-
vccate as long as they continue their allegiance to the Parent
State, to which, I must reluctantly confess, I think they own
het very little affection."

FOR Till SUN.

MP. EDITOR—A man who was married a
the end of March 1821, when it came in, accord
lag to the old proverb, like a lion, and wen
out like a lamb, could not help remarking
on the difference of the same month in the pre-
sent year, when it came in like a lamb, and
went out like a lion. He took it to heart as a
reflection upon his own unhappy state, as in the
blindness of love he had mistaken a lion for a
lamb ; and then burst forth in a long jeremiade
-upon the bitterness of marriage, in its nature so
opposite to charity which hides a multitude of
Sins, while marriage not only reveals but aggra-
7e.tes them ; and therefore it is called a country
no stranger settles in, and its natural inhabitants
aerazild with all their hearts be banished from
Whose fault, however, is it but his own, if he
will not open his eyes to what all the most
stilp!d, even of his acquaintance, can see with half'
an eye ? If he will wink, when he might look
straight forward, he must pay for winking ; and,
pezhaps, after all, he may only be looking on
ore side now, clear sighted as he thinks him-
self. There may be something of the old ADAM
lurking in him : he may be too harsh now, as he was
before too tender, upon his better half; and may he
-guilty of the same offence with ADAM, who in the
most .sneaking, dastardly spirit, worthy only of
the devil that betrayed him, laid the whole
blame of his fall upon the lovely rib which his
Maker had raised to be a helpmate for him, and
• whom he could not accuse without accusing part
61himself, from whence she was taken.
Pesldes, let the married man consider that
When he took his wife for better or worse, she
' • might have been a lamb, but that from bad usage
under his hands, from too much indulgence, or
peevish opposition on mere trifles, she may have
become that lion which the slothful are said to
meet in the streets, and which the foolish husband
Tight to expect for his folly to meet at home.
To such a fool in his folly the best answer,
next to the contempt of sileoce, may be the por-
trait of himself; for' such men are commonly
iike.NARC“§USI delighted with looking at their
own sweet pictures, when they will not take the
..trouble to look any where else. A young lover
desired a painter to draw HYMEN more beautiful
• than A:notirs, with a flambeau in his hands, more
brilliant than Love ; and promised to pay him
handsomely if he would give the portrait all-the
charms of the imagination. The painter com-
plied with his wishes, and brought -it to him the •
night before his marriage. But he was far from
satisfied with the figure—it wanted a spirit and
air, a certain .7.3 tie sais quoi,—which dwelt only
in his own imagination. ! says the painter,
it is not yet dry : I will bring it back some
months hence, a very few months, and then I
prnmise you it will do. Soon after he appeared
again, and the young husband, quite astonished,
.said, you promised that Time should mend the
picture, and it has ; yet I must tell you that its
• looks are somewhat of the gayest—the eyes too
brisk—the twit ensemble too deborznaire, &c.—
.It is nut my picture, replied the painter, but
only your imagination that is •changed : then you
were a lover, now you are a hUSband. I will
give you another to suit both lover and husband ;
and he placed it at the end of a long gallery,
the passage to which. was by a slippery step.—
On this side, says he, is the critical spot on which
• z,it looked so lavely—but beyond, it appears quite
triste and melancholy.
. If the giddy and the foolish will pass over this
- slippery step, who can wonder at the faux pas
but do not let them add insult to injury, and
blame the very person who might still have been