The Sun.
London, England, 1822-04-02 00:00:00

WOOLLEN GOODS.

Mr. COOKE laid on the table the following Resolution :
Resolved, That the President of the United States be re•
quested to cause to be laid before this House a statement,
showing the amount of woollens purchased for the use of the
any during the years 1820 and 1821; of whom the purchases
Were made, at what prices ; and'what proportion thereof was of
American Manufacture.
The Quebec Gazette, speaking of the Corn Laws and Timber
uutiesmarks , in the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, re-
:—" These laws, as far as regard this colony, have now
'borne the test of experience, and they shew that they have had
the double effects of directly and materially retarding the pro-
Pess of our agriculture—destroying our capabilities of supply-
Ing the mother country in emergencies, and lessening the im-
mediate enjoyment of 600,000 British subjects ; while, on the
Other hand, they have deprived Britain of as much in value of
a profitable trade, and forced, into very disadvantageous em-
-13193/nent, ti 3,336 tons of British shipping, and 2,320 British
Sailors."

Leave was obtained last night, on the motion
~,°f Mr. R0)31,N60N, to bring in two Bills affecting
'L'olonial commerce ; the first designed to simplify
and extend the intercourse between his MAJES-
's possessions in America and the West Indies,
end other places in the same •hemispherg ; the
second to operate in like manner upon the
trade
from these poisessions to the Old World..
these measures are fairly proposed to the House
'as a permanent and systematic abandonment of
the ancient policy with respect to Navigation.—
k;ontidering their deep importance and the evils
with which, to a certain degree, every per-
10° must perceive them to be attended, we
could have wished that their supporters had
given more satisfactory proof of the necessity
°r these specific provisions, and better iea-
son to expect decisively beneficial results from
their
adoption. It is a very loose mode of en-
°rcing such a proposition to repeat again and
again that our West India Colonists are suffering
great distress ; deserve very well of the Country;
are placed in a situation of much hardship by the
advantages afforded to foreign competition; and
htherefore that something ought to be done.—
e ought toi be irresistibly convinced that
!s measure now proposed is the very some-
tiling that can and should be done : we should
c/(°01v and feel that the necessities of our co-
onists demand this step, and this in partite
Lilac ; that foreign nations are waiting and eager
t 0 receive the cokeessions and to.yield the ex-.

' pected benefits in return. It should be claimed
by one loud and general voice, not partially mur-
mured for amidst a confused babble of complaint.
If the nation is to make what we fully believe
to be a weak and fatal sacrifice, we should at
least be urged by some distinct solicitation,
and see the bribe that tempts us, plainly
within our reach. Is this the case? Can we feel
assured that when these Bills are passed, our
colonists will experience an improvement in their
circumstances, bearing a proportion to the injury
sustained by our national interests ? Is any advo-
cate for the measure sanguine enough to stake his
credit upon the result? Mr. ROBINSON, in his able
opening of this debate, admitted that the mar-
kets upon which, when made accessible, our
,hopes are principally to rest, may be already
overstocked ; and in answer to this argument he
could only advance a speculative opinion that
commerce, by its very hature, would spread it-
self as fast as restraint was taken off. But will
the opening of these markets effectually remove
the difficulties under which West India Commerce
is at present stagnating ? In the Ist place, that
spirit of trade from which Mr. ROBINSON expects
so much, must still, according to his own scheme,
be damped by the necessity of imposing duties
to a considerable amount on the articles tendered
to us by the neighbours we propose to deal with.
If these duties are slight they will not answer
the desired purpose of averting total ruin from
our North American Colonies ; if heavy, they
must seriously repress that elastic force with
which it is supposed that our merchandize
will work its way into the airead •glutted
markets of the United States. Meanwhile the
commercial rivalry of Cuba and the Brazils will
not be a whit less active, nor will those coun-
tries, for any thing at present proposed, avail
themselves less effectually of the advantages
derived from the Slave-trade. It certainly is
hard, 'as gentlemen observed in list night's
debate, that we who have manfully and vir-
tuously abandoned that trade, should now be
sufferers by our magnanimity, and that too
from the very success of those who iniquitously
keep the traffic alive. But what. is the bear-
ing of this reflection on the present subject ?
Is it supposed that Mr. ROBINSON'S Bill
would drive our commerce into the markets
with such overwhelming force as to plunge the
slave-dealing Spaniard and Portuguese in ruin
and confusion, and triumphantly establish the
cause of Abolition ? When the British Colonial
Trade is brought into full competition with that
of Cuba and the Brazils, will the Planters of
those Colonies become more willing to forego
the Slave-Trade, or will they, on the con-
trary, more firmly grasp all means they have
hitherto enjoyed, to improve and extend their
cultivation ? Whilst it is not even pre-
dicted with confidence that the increase of our
trade upon the opening of the American market
will be such as to remove the present distress of
our own Colonies; is it not romantic to anticipate
that the alteration will tend to suppress the slave-
trade, by ruining the commerce of those nations
which carry it on
A considerable reduction must also be made

from the expected advantages, if the claim
started last night by Mr. BUXTON on behalf
of the East India merchants, with respect to
the importation of sugar from that part of the
world, should be received with the attention
to which it would become entitled, if England
should give up her monopoly of trade to the
West Indian Islands, and should consequently
be no longer bound to extend peculiar and exclu-
sive favour to the exports of those Colonies.
We have on this occasion directed our argu-
ment chiefly to the degree of benefit which is
to be expected from the proposed measure;
because if it be ascertained that little or no posi-
tive good will result from a project in contem-
plation, it becomes superfluous to ask whether
the plan is safe or convenient. In proceedings
of slight importance, perhaps, a step may be haz-
arded without any distinct prospect of advantage,
but a revolution in policy so momentous as that
now agitated, will surely not be sanctioned by
the Great Council of this Nation, experimental-
ly, and because it is thought necessary to be
" doing something."

We feel much pleasure in stating that we have
already received the thanks of several of our
Ecclesiastical Correspondents, and we have
manhfor the remarks which we made on Satur-
day last, on the proposed motion of Mr. CAN-
NING for restoring the .Roman Catholic Peers to
the privilege of sitting and voting in Parliament.
It is observed in one of the most respectable of
the Opposition Journals this day, that
" In the little remnant of the Catholic Peerage, which Mr.,
Canning's motion proposes to restore to its place in the House of
Lords, the Duke of Norfolk is premier Duke, and the Earl of
Shrewsbury premier Earl in the Peerage of England."
—lt is of little consequence whether the indivi-
duals, whom it is the object of the motion' to in-
troduce into our Legislative-Bodies, are high or
low, it is against ,the principle that we object.
Our Constitution in Church and State is guarded
by laws which-exclude Roman Catholics of every
description from any participation in our Legis-
lative Councils; and if those laws are violated in
one instance, a door is opened through which the
whole body of Roman Catholics may reasonably
demand an entrance. We know What Roman Ca-
tholics were in former times, and all their lead
ing authorities at the present moment declare, in
the most solemn, positive, and decisive terms,
that the Roman Catholic Religion is not in the
slightest degree altered, and that it admits not of
alteration. What, then, are we to expect
in time but a renewal of all those horrors
which we suffered when POPERY was as-
cendant in this country. We again and
again must observe, that the Roman Catholics
have the fullest enjoyment of their religious
faith, and if they are not satisfied with that, it
must be evident that they are influenced by
an ambition to obtain political power, and
if they could obtain any portion, of that
power, they would incessantly endeavour to in-
crease it, by all practicable means, till they
effected the total overthrow of the PROTESTANT
ASCENDANCY.

SIR ALEXANDER BOSWELL.—The Scotch papers
prove the high respect in which this unfortunate

Gentleman was held, by the expressions of deep
grief for his loss, with which they abound. The
Glasgow Courier says, " In him society has lost
one of its brightest ornaments,—his country a
man of superior abilities and one of its firmest
supporters,—and his family a most affectionate
husband and father. To them the loss is irre-
parable. The public regret is deep, sincere,
strongly expressed, and we are sure will be in-
creased, not diminished, as the more remote
causes which led to this fatal rencontre are
more fully developed. The fall of Sir ALEX-
ANDER BOSWELL, of Auchinleck, will long
be remembered, and with it, that BORTHWICK.
and his Counsellors assembled previous to the
fatal event."—The Glasgow Paper then goes on
to state that BORTHWICK, though his copartnery
in the Glasgow Sentinel had previously ceased,
went, after his liberation from gaol, to the print-
ing office, and forcibly carried off the manu-
scripts, even of articles which had been received
after his connection with the newspaper had ter-
minated. These he placed in the hands of Mr.
STUART, who, with his agent, waited for him at
an inn in Glasgow, and thus the hand-writing of
Sir ALEXANDER was discovered ! The Edinburgh
Star says,

" Mr. Stuart neither paid, nor agreed to pay, any part of the
debt for which Mr. Borthwick was imprisoned; he neither paid,
nor agreed to pay, Mr. Borthwick any money; and he never
was in the office of the Sentinel, from which he understood the
papers were brouglit.—W6 understand that Mr. Stuart has given
notice that he is ready to appear to stand his trial."

CITY, MONDAY EVENING.
Letters have been received from Gibraltar to the 12th March.
They state that the Lord Suffield had arrived there on the 9th,
in 112 days from Lima, with the same cargo on board which
she took out to South America, from England, nearly two years
ago. The Edward Ellice was also daily expected. Both of
these ships had been at Callao, under the protection of Sir
Thomas Hardy, but it was found impracticable to land their
cargoes, and as Sir Thomas could no longer take charge of them,
they have returned to Europe. Lord Cochrane had sailed with
his fleet towards Guayquil and San Blas. The Superb, man of
war, was taking specie on board, and would sail for England
about the Ist of December. The St. Patrick, not being able to
procure a freight of goods, had sailed a few days before the Lord
Suffield, with passengers only, for Cadiz, and the Lord Lyndoch
was on the point of sailing for the same place with passengers
and some little cargo. It thus appears that commercial affairs,
for the present, do not look very favourably round Cape Horn.
There is still a great scarcity of money, and the Public Funds
are extremely flat. On Saturday, Consols for the April ac_
count fell from 804 to 79i and closed at 79g. To-day they
opened at 79i, and at one time advanced to 80. Very little bu -
siness was, however, done, and the last sales were at 79i. From
France there are no later news, the heavy gale of wind yester-
day preventing the packet from getting across the Channel.
Independent of any political occurrences the decline in our
funds may be attributed to last Saturday being their settling
day, and the account being known to be a heavy Bull one. Here
scarcely any thing can be done in French Stock at about 88f. 50.
The Spanish Funds maintain their price of 68, and for the end of
April they have been sold at 69. Neapolitan Stock is very heavy.
—The St. Petersburgh letters are not later than the sth ult. A
good deal of tallow had been purchased for English account at
nearly 351. a ton, free on board. The exchange had not varied.
On the Baltic Walk here scarcely any business is doing, and
Tallow is nominally quoted at 401. to 421. either for the first
arrivals, or for what is already on hand. Both Hemp and Flax
are extremely dull.—There is not the slightest improvement in
the prices of Grain. The Report of the Agricultural Com-
mittee, whatever it may be, creates not the smallest interest, all
being convinced that no artificial means can in any manner
relieve the present general distress. Lord GREY'S motion is
looked to with great anxiety, and many still hope that some
exertion, will yet be used by Parliament to grant such relief as
can alone protect the kingdom from greater calamities.—
Suffolk, Norfolk, and Cambridgeshire, must soon be as much
distressed as Ireland now is, unless timely assistance be given
to the lower orders. In :Mark-lane, Malting Barley is only
worth 235. this day, and Distiller's Barley is extremely dull at
15s. to 17s. a quarter.—ln Irish provisions very little has been
done during the last week.

ord EBRINGTON, in the name of the Devon
County Club, has transmitted 100/. to the Sub-
scription for the relief of Sir ROBERT WILSON.
In the course of his Lordship's letter on this oc-
casion he mentions " the outrage inflicted on him
(Sir R. W.) by the Government, and sanctioned
by the House (f Commons." It does not become

us to point out to the 'louse of Commons the
offensive nature .of this language, uttered by one
of its own Members, not in his place, where he
might plead the privilege of. Parliament, but in a.
common newspaper; yet, we may ask, how
would it act if such a stigma on its proceedings
were to come from a public Journal, whether in
the Ministerial or Opposition interest?
The mail from Constantinople has
.brought
letters to the 27th of ,February. The negotia-
tions were proceeding at a slow pace, remarkable
even in Turkish diplomacy. Lord STRANGFORD
had obtained the audience he solicited, but with'
out its leading to any decisive result. Professions
and promises were liberally made by the Divan,
but they were not equally precise in fixing the
time for the fulfilment of them. Yet it was sup-
posed the Turkish cabinet had been so closely
pressed for a difinitive answer, that it could not
be much longer withheld, and that an audience
with the Austrian Ambassador, which was to
take place in about ten days, would produce the
desired termination to the suspense that existed.
The death of Ali Pacha, whose head was exhibited
on the gates of the Seraglio, had given rise to
'great rejoicings, which were much heightened by
one of the Sultanas having given birth to a Prince.
The Janissaries about the same time received
their pay, and the public mind was wholly occu-
pied with the general joy. Intelligence had
arrived from the Archipelago that the Greek
fleet had stopped two English ships, and having
taken out some Turks who were passengers, had
put them to death. An English ship of war had
sailed to demand satisfaction for the insult to the
British flag.

General ALAvA, the Spanish officer who dis-
tinguished himself so highly under the Duke of
WELLINGTON at Waterloo, and who subsequently
had a pension of 8,000 dollars granted him by
the King of SPAIN for his gallant conduct, has
generously relinquished the whole, in aid of the
exigencies of the Government. General ALA va
is Deputy to the Cortes for Vittoria. A unani-
mous vote of thanks was passed by that assem-
bly in acknowledgment of the generous sacrifice.
All the accounts from Brazil concur in facts
decisive of the irrevocable separation of that
country from the Crown of Portugal. The co-
lonial policy of Europe has long been deemed
problematical. Spain, from the most warlike
and industrious kingdom of Europe, retrograded
in the scale of nations to absolute decrepitude ;
Portugal, once pre-eminent in naval enterprize,
has for more than a century been almost blotted
from the list of independent nations. To the
importations from America, of the precious me-
tals, can alone be ascribed their fall, and if by
the privation of that paralyzing source of wealth
their industry should be revived, they may find
reason to rejoice in the separation.

FASHIONABLE AR RIVALS.
The Marquis of Huntly, at Nerot's Hotel ; J. B. Simp-
son, Esq.iu Saville-row, from his seat, Babworth Retford, Not-
tinghamshire ; the lion. Mr. Brudenell, at his house in Clarges-
street, from a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, at their house in
Hereford-street, from their seat in Kent ; Lord Dunsany, at
the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, from his scat in Ireland ;
Colonel Hughes, at ditto; Sir J. S. ‘Vitehead and family, at
ditto ; Colonel Buckley and family, at ditto ; Sir It. Taylor
and family, at ditto.
DEPARTURES.—The Marquis and Marchioness of Camden
and the Ladies Pratt, for their seat, the Wilderness, Kent, for
the holidays; Earl and Countess of Albemarle, for their seat
in Norfolk; Viscount and Viscountess Torrington, for Yates
Court; the Hon. Colonel Howard, M.P. Mrs. oward, and
family, for their seat, Ashtead Park, Surrey, for the holidays ;
Hon. W. and Lady Caroline Lamb, for Brocket Hall, for the
holidays; Lord Newborough, from Payne's Hotel, Lower
Brook-street, for his seat, South Wales; Lady Thoroton and
family, from Nerot's Hotel; Hon. Mrs. St. Quintin, from
ditto ' • Mrs. Dawson and family, from ditto ; Capt. Bulkeley,
from ditto.

EDINBURGH, MARCH 30.—Arrived at the Waterloo Hotel,
(Oman's) : The Right Hon. Lord and Lady Dundas, the Hon.
the Misses Dundas, the Right Hon. Lady Catharine Howard,
Adam Fairholm, Esq. and John Buckle, Esq.—Set off from
the same place :—Robert Ferguson, Esq. of Raith, A. Fer-
rier, Esq., and Colin Campbell, Esq.

FASHIONABLE PARTIES.
Yesterday his Highness Prince Esterhazy gave a grand din-
ner at his residence at Chandos House.
The Marquis of Lansdowne entertained a distinguished party
yesterday at Lansdowne House, Berkeley-square.
The Earl of Harrington entertained on Sunday General Gor-
don, Sir Win. Kerr, Bart. General Phipps, Mr. Sydney, &c. at
his house in the Stable-yard, St. Jamees. In the evening her
Ladyship had a select party of fashionables.
The Duke of Montrose has issued cards of invitation'for a
party on the 16th inst. and another on the 23d.
Charles Ellis, Esq. M.P. entertained a distinguished party
on Sunday, and another party yesterday, at his house in South
Audley-street.
On Wednesday last an elegant dinner was given by the Mem-
bers of the Lambton Hunt, at the Assembly Rooms, in New-
castle-upon-Tyne, on the occasion of presenting a fine painting
of Ralph J. Lambton, Esq. on horseback, surrounded by the
hounds, to that very worthy gentleman, and indefatigable
sportsman. The Painting was executed by Ward, and cost
near 3001. The Honourable H. T. Liddell (eldest son of Lord
Ravensworth), filled the Chair, and James Graham Clarke,
Esq. the Vice-chair. Upwards of forty Gentlemen dined, and
spent the evening with the greatest gaiety and satisfaction.
The dinner and wines were excellent, and reflected great credit
on the keeper of the Rooms.

FEMALE FASHIONS.
FROM LA BELLE ASSEMBLEE FOR APRIL.
ENGLISH BALL DitEss.=Round dress of lirling's patent
lace over white net and satin, en carreaux ; between each dia-
mond, a blue satin quatre-foil with a pearl in the centre ; this
bordering is surmounted by sprigs formed of blue satin, in
bias ; with a corsage, en carreanx•, to correspond with the
border of the dress. The hair tastefully arranged in curls and
braids, entwined with pearls and blue fancy. flowers; ear-
rings and necklace of topazes; white satin shoes, white kid
gloves, and carved ivory fan.
FRENCH EVENING DRESS.—Round dress of pink sarsnet,
ornamented at the border with a puckering of crape, confined
by palings of satin, placed in bias, of the same colour. Fick?'
of fine blond over the ha.;:, ornamented with ripe corn and corn
poppies; thisfichy, with a beautiful cachemire shawl of gold
colour, bordered with a variety of colours, are only. thrown on
at coining out of the Theatres, or from an evening party.—
The ear-rings and necklace worn with this costume arc of pink
topaz ; the shoes white, satin, and white kid :;loves.

FROM ACKERMAN'S REPOSITORY OF ARTS, FASHIONS, &C.
PROMENADE DRESS.—A French gray poplin round gown,
made to fasten behind ; the bust is ornamented on each side
with chenille to correspond, in a-scroll pattern, in such a man-
ner as to form a stomacher a l'antique. Long tight sleeve,with
a full epaulette, consisting of two falls disposed in bias, and
stiffened at the edges, so as to stand out from the long sleeve ;
they are lightly embroidered at the edge in chenille. .'.rhe bot.
torn of the long sleeve is pointed, and finished at the edge with
chenille. The trimming of the skirt consists of a rouleau of
Bros de Naples to correspond at the bottom, surmounted by a
trimming of Bros de Naples, quilled in the middle, and set on
in a serpentine direction.

EVENING DRESS.—The eveninaress is composed of gray
silk ; the,trimming of the skirt is of net, laid on full, and di-
vided into compartments by narrow satin rouleas, terminating
at the top in points, each point finished by three white satin
leaves ; a double rouleau of white satin goes round the edge of
the bottom of the skirt. The corsage is of net ; it is full on
each side of the bust, the fulness confined in the middle by a
narrow band of satin ; it is sloped down at each side to form
the shape of a bosom, and is edged by a singularly pretty satin
trimming, which also goes round the bust.

Hatfield House will be opened for the reception of visitants
during the Easter week. - '
The Marchioness of Salisbury has closed her Grand Assem-
blies for the season.

There is a rumour that the Duke of Devonshire is smitten
with the charms of the Lady Elizabeth Conyngham.
Sir Henry Wellesley is slowly recovering from his late severe
ndisposition.

POETRY.

SPRING.
Ile comes, to liberate the earth,
With healing on his wing;'
Anti Joy leaps up, and Love, and Mirth,
To greet the infant Spring !
Where'er the beauteous wanderer treads,
Herb and flower put for their heads,
To court his life-inspiring kiss ;
And, hark ! the wild bird's roundelay
Proclaims aloud from every spray
The age of love and bliss.
Alas ! how cold, how dull the heart,
That leaps not to the Spring!
That feels not every nobler part
Alive, and blossoming !

BRIGHTON, MARCH 31,—The KING Suite and
Household, attended divine service to-day, in his Majesty's
private Chapel. The officiating Ministers were 'the Dean of
Hereford and the Sub-Dean of the Chapel Royal, St. James's,
and Dr. Hugh Pearson. The latter delivered an impressive
discourse from the 2d chapter of St. Paul's,Epistle to the Phi-
lipians—" Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ
Jesus." In the pew with the Sovereign were the Master
of the Horse, the Lord Steward, and the :Marquis of Anglesey.
The King was habited in blue, and wore a star. In hbalth his
Majesty neverappeared better. Attentive and devout his manner
was an example adopted by all present. The Marquis of Anglesey
was plainly attired; the two former Noblemen wore the Windsor
uniform, as did most of the Noblemen and Gentlemen in attend-
ance. The King's Choir from St. James's-chapel gave a spirit of
harmony to the service, that maybe better imagined than ,ex-
pressed. As usual, the body of the Chapel displayed a crowd-
ed congregation: The Duke of Dorset, the Marquis of Anglesey,
Lady Jane Paget, Lord Lauderdale, Lord 'and" Lady Mary-
borough, and Lord Lowther, arrived at the Pavilion yesterday
in time to have the honour of dining with his Majesty. The
Royal dinner-party was also further increased by Sir William
and Lady Jane Houstoun, and Mr. Plunkett. In the evening,
after dinner, the Countess Bathurst, Ladies 9. and E. Ba-
thurst, Ladies L. and M. Lennox; Lord Sandon, Mr. and Mrs.
Villiers, Mr. W. Locke, and Mr. W. De Roos, in addition,
were present, and the amusement of the night wore a musical
feature. The grand suite of apartments was brilliantly illu-
minated. Sir W. and Lady J. Houston are sojourning at the
Royal York Hotel—A strong north wind has predominated
since yesterday—the doctors and apothecaries expect to reap
the benefit of it.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
March 27. James M'Alpine, general merchant and trader,
Corpach, near Fort William--Creditors meet in the Caledonian
Inn there, 16th April and 13th May, at 1.
James Brash, ironmonger, Edinburgh—Creditors
meet in John's Coffeehouse here sth and 19th April at one.
Peter Ferguson, junior, slater, Glasgow—Creditors
meet in the Lyceum Rooms there, sth and 19th April, at 11.
29. John Drysdale, grocer, Glasgow—Creditors meet
in the Lyceum Rooms there, Bth and 23d April, at 1.

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