The Sun.
London, England, 1807-08-27 00:00:00

tainly t L)e. rnaike.. of 'this count
or iltly which. Might be adoptiirTh tins-
, country that %%Qui i tend to enable British
produce to awci that of inretrt:colons in thdinar-
kers of Europe, by iuere.vq-cli buubi ies or othersNizie.
The specific measure to which allude, as 'best 'cal-.
ciliated to impede the trade of neutrals with the colo-
nies of our' enemiei,_ would be a blockade of the
ports:of those colonies, partienlarly- of' 'Martinique,
Ou4daloupc., and Ciiha.
• What have been the lowest prices' at whigh you
hate known the coarsest sugar sold, within the last
eight months have known Jamaica sugar sold
a low as sos, per cwt. including-the duty of Q7s.
Have the contingent etipencei of sugar estates in-
curred within the Island, namely, for taxes, white
men's. salaries,' hired !ahem-, fresh provisions, cattle,
mules, and lumber, been conSjderably increased of
late years, and if so, suite ‘vhat you, know relative'
L"to the,sanae ?:--Within the 'twelve or fifteen
years, many of tliOse articles have doubled in price,
and some of them have advanced in a much greater

Can lands, long -employed fdt_rlising canes, be
converted to any other Objed Of cultivation, without
a great and ruinous sacrifice of prdpetty ?—;Accord-
if% to my opinion, they cannot.
Has not the price of British supplies, furnished
for, the plantatiOns in the West Indies, considerably
risen of late yeers -?—Yes ; the price of many of the
principal articles have been doubled. • '
Is it necessary that
.the British West India Co--
lonies should have a dire& intercourse with the
United States of America, for several articles requir-
ed for the use and maintenance of sugat'plantations,
and if so, state what they are ?—Many of the arti.:
clds most essentially necessary for 'the plantations
can only, in my opinion, be procured in adequate
qUantities, and at priCes which the planters can att'ord
to pay, from the United States bt America, such as
lumber of all hinds, dour, rice, and other articles of
food for the negroes.
Can an atleqqat supply of those articles be had
from the British North American Colt/iles ?—Most
,assuredly not, in my opinion.. Tile British North
American Colonies cannot sUpply many of the arti-
cles, such as rice, pitch, spine, lumber, flour in
small.quantities only, and of interior quality ; several
other articles of lumber are not grown' in the Bri-
tish. Provinces..

In What way did the British oolonies obtain a
supply of those articles during the American War
It will be. recolleeqed, that doting the Atnerican war
a considerable part bf what now forths 'the United
States of America, was in possession of the British
Forms, and froth those parts octa,ional supplies
were received; there were also- captures to a con-
siderable extent taken by cruizers„ which afforded a
certain quantity; and though occasionally there was
a great scarcity, as I understand, of particular arti-
cles, yet, upon, the' whole, the inconvenience was
not found to be quite so great as might naturally be
supposed. Floor, staves, and other articles, usually
obtained from .America, were also sent froM this
cowitry, although not so suitable tbr the plant-
el's use, were made to answer the purpose.
Does your Jilswer' refer to the British West. India
gc,.,:rally, or only to-Jamaica ?—I wish it
to be understood, that my answers relate to Jamaica

In Abe case of a suspension of a dire St intercourse
with the North American States; do you Conceive.
there would be Means of obviating the ineonvenien-
cies likely to result to the British colonies, from the
interruption of that intercourse ?—Any suspension
of the direct intercourse between the United States
of America and the • British colonies would certainly
occasion great evils to the latter ; but some resources.
may perhaps be fund to obviate • a part of those
evils ; I do not think they could be entirely averted
or removed. - •

In, consequence of the facilities of intercourse now
.allowed to neutrals siith the enemy's sugar colonies,
does not the produce of those colonics, reach the
neutral and hostile markets without inti,rruption ?--
According to the best itilbrinzniott I have been able
to obtain, the whole of the produce of the hostile
'Coloniet reaches the places of its destination with
little or no interruption, by means of new ral carriers,
with gienter,tajilities, and at less expence, than the
produce of the British colonies.

If relief, in some mode Or other,‘'bo not speedily
administered to the West India trade, will not the
most serious inconvenient:es, and in many cases,.
total ruin, ensue ?--I'he pressure which-the.planter,
and all dependent on, "or conne&ed with him, has
sustained for a length of time, is fast 'approach-
ing to that 'crisis, that nothing but inevitable milt
can be the consequence, unless some alteration in
circutn.tances'takes place. - •

. •
ANECDOTE. OF GENERAL MDRAT, GRAND DUKE,
OF BERG.—After his elevation. to the rank of a Prince,
of the French Empire, he halted, about ,the close of
the last war, at a small town. in .Germany, where he
staid for' two or three days. Happening to fincl,the
bread provided for his-tablt:of an inferior kind,
dispatched one °lbis suite to order the best baker in
the town to attend him, to receive from him his in,
struaions with regard to that necessary of life.
. baker, who had been long established in. the place,
was selected for this purpose; and, upon the Alder,
de-Camp ordering him to wait upon tho Prince itn.!
mediately, he observed, to the no little surprise of
'.the Odieer, "..It is useless my going ; the Prince
will never employ me. 7 On being pressed to assign
.his reascus, he declined stating any; but, as the or,
der of the messenger was peremptory, , he. followed
him, and *as immediately admitted to lquit.•ivr,
with whom he staid about ten minutes, and then re-
tired. As he quitted the House, he Observed to the
Aid,de-Camp, "I told-you the Prince would not
emploTme ; he has .disinissed•pe with this," dis-
i
_playing a purse of ducats. On being pressed. to
.ex-
. plabHhe reason of this singular conduct, he .replied,
The. Prince Mutt AT, when a boy, was appfemiced
to a biscuit4mker in, the South of Franc;„ at the time
was a' journeyman to him; and. I have -often
thrashed the Prince for being idle ri the moment be
saw rue just now, he instaintly iceAleatelme,
without altering infothesubjeaat .our o4titcq 'a m-
ance,. or of that which led me to his present, ,
,he
haStily took this purse csf ducats from the drao.r.of
the, table where he sat, gaveit to me, and:ordered
maito,retire.' • r •