The Sun.
London, England, 1807-10-02 00:00:00

REPORT

PRO/4 THE commirtn; ON THE' cOMMERCIAL STATE
OV THE WEST INDIA, COLONIES;

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE.

John Inglis, Esq. culled in, and examined.

What tire your means' of information with respe&
to the commercial state of the West India Colonies ?
have been a good many years connected as a
Merelvint with the West India Colonies, and inte-
rested as a Planter, an&also as n Mer Chant trading
with' t he provinces of Quebec, and with the United
States of America..

What is the firtu of--your housel—lnglis, Ellis,
and Company.
the CaA! of the suSpension of a direct inter-
witll the North American States, do yell;
conceive there would be mean r of obviating the in,-
convenienceS likely to result to the British Colonies
from the interruptio9 of that intercourse ?-171our
and salted" provisions can certainly be supplied tram
Great Britain andlreland, excepting in , some extra-
ordinary case, and from the 'British Colorties in
,North America, in sufficient quantity to suPply the
W,: it India Islands : fish c:an, be supplied from N. w-
f ouhdianii and the Bay or rtindy ;. and .1` would estate
to the Committee its a reason for my opinion, As
far us regards the` article of tisb, that what iy called

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West shul nreti- rats!) Ea-leas,
has been carried to hoston arts other places, and
from .thence,transpcirted:to ttie.Wt-st Islam!4
in ,Arnerican VesselS, and that tragic Lai been at-
tended with' this disadvantage, that it his induced
British seamen-oh() fishermen to quit their
meat in' Newioundl n and-in thel3:ry of Kipdy,
and enter law the Ainerican service :
proved to a Committee of the Privy-council :.'
have at present ininimation,.thai there'is fish in the
market of Jamaica, which has been carried from
Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, more than call be
sold. There certainly will be more ditlictity in
supplying the articles of lumber, beouse they are
chiefly imported' from the United States at present;
but there. i 4 no' doubt that Canada and Nola Scotia
could supply a very great proportion of What would
be required, 'proVided 'there wai a res,rulartrade for
the article, so as to encourage the people there to
bend their minds to procure it': '
. Have yeti. any preCise idea of the extent of the
consumption required for the West India Colonies ?
—No; I have not.

, Can you state the extent of the stiPply of fish and
flour which could be obtained from the British
North American Colonies ?—Yes, I' can ; there
have been exported from Canada :tout 30,000 bar-
rels of flour, and 800,000 bushels of wheat, in
one year, and the culture of wheat, and manufac-
ture of flour in. Canada is increasing very nuKb
fish could be procured in any quantity that can be
reqUired;
IJo you know , the extent of the supply-Of rice
and corn whiA can be obtained fron the British
:North American Colonies ?—No ; rice and corn is
not at present cultivated to any great extent,
.but
it can be cultivated to any extent in Upper Canada;
but there has
sheen do market for it hitherto.
Do you know the extent of the consumption of
lumber in the British West India Colonies ?;---No, I
do pot so as to name it.

Front what part of the British North American
Colonies could you obtain the white,Oak lumber for
! puncheon staves ?-7-From Canada and will add
to that,. that. the Commissioners of the Vianalling
this week contracted ter the Supply of- white oak
staves from Canada instendof front Daritzic.
To.what amount could that supply be furnished
—To any extent' with proper encOuragement. -
What is the nature of the encourgement 'which
you conceive would be prof er encouragement
monopoly of the West India Market, and slue prof
teoion to the trade by means of convoys.
Can fish be cured and carried from Newfound-
land and the Bay of Fundy' to the West'lndie3, etas
Cheap a rate and of as good a quality as fish can be
sent from the. United States ?—I have no doubt. of
that; certainly of a superior quality, and at as mode-
rate a price, .
Can fish be cured and carried from Newfoundland
and the Bay of Fundy, to the West Indies, at as
cheap'a rate and of as good a quality as from Great
. Britain ?—Yes, herrings and mackerel have hereto,
fore .been carried to 'the West Indies from the Bay
of Fundy at a cheaper rate than front Great Britain.
- Are there. any, impediments and difficulties at-
tending the navigation from the Bay of -Fundy
Yes, upon soma °cosigns it is ft-Oxen up.for two
or three months in the winter? and in, Canada for
six :months; 'but we find no difficulty in making,
our supplies fyom Canada to this Country, because
we time our navigation. I think that that circum-
stance would not obstruct the. trade if it was. once
regularly established: •
'Can you form any precise idea of the comparative
prices at which these artielescould be, supplied from
the United States, and from the British North Ame-
rican Colonies ?-7-Flour, salt pk.tvisions, and fish,
can be supplied at Much 'about the'same prices;
lumber will be somewhat deni'er, but it is of a much
better quality ; the farther North you go, oak
her is of a better quality.' In this market the Que-
bec staves bear a.higher price than Ainerieliii stave's..
Can you 'state 'et how mud' a thousand hogshead'
and puncheon staves can now be supplied: front the
British North American Coloniet ?—The value of
hogshead
,staves at Quebec at present I take to be
from i2l. to 151. per thousand '• at what price 'they
might be delivered in the West Indies I onnof state.
Can you inform the COIIIII3I ttee'in Wlist 'way a
supply' of these 'articles was obtained during the.
American war ?=-Flour. and 'salted provisions were
chiefly exported from Great Britain and Ireland,'
and fish from 'Newfoundland ; lumber was exported
by America to the neutral Islands, and from thence
carried to the British blends,. and freqUetitly taken
in prizes ; some sorts of lumber were oecasioniilly
exported from 'Great'l3ritain, particularly pine 111 T,
her.' •

Upon what do you ground.youi assertion, that a
sufficient supply of lumber could be obtained froM
the North American Colonies i.Becriuse there are
inexhaustible, forests of timber hi the provinces-of
Canada. .

Are theresuch facilities of manufaeuring.those
articles, and transporting them from the place of
I beir-growthlo that •of their. consumption,. As to inN
sure a salicient supply-being always furnitthed with-
out - considerable increase of price-?—lhere is suffix
cient water carriage to transport the tiMber, from the
places of its growth to a shipping port, but no doubt
the mantfaature would be attended with greater/tx,
pence, particularly in the beginning of the business,
than it is in the United States. •

What time, in your opiniotr,_ought to be given
to enable the preparation of supplies to the, extent
the West India. Colonies require ?—'rimber is al-
Ways cut in the winter, and it 'would require one
years previous notice to procure any considerable
supply, and an extended One would 'of course require
a greater degree of preparation than is. in that coun-
try at present-`; but a certain' quantity and a very
cousiderable'sopply could be had in one pear.
(To be'cowinued.)

A fire brhke out last night at a chandler's shop,
in St. Andrewstreet, Seven Dials, which raged
with great fury for cowi but was got imder
with no other damage than destroying the interior
of the house where it'broke out.

, .
On Monday last as a \Vest-country barge was
towing* up Ow liver by six horses, near Hampton—
Cige, tbe bind I losing his foothold, the oth6's•
were dragged with him into
_the, Thames, and west'
Drowned nab, e a ,:litance could he procured.

irdSitIONS $ll grP7TAIREIf, NO.

rxitfAcrEA FRoNr Tate l'liptTEßNiTit NUMStrtOl4
OR 1./TILKAICIt AND
MAGAZINE.

Au ELcO&NT LiVcit4la Da. ass, mtde of purple blown
soft satin sprigged With small (lush:re/of ['phi dot,; the
dress to 1.:11 a lath! below the kneci,• with a-risen gtdribal-'
Hon trimmed in tilt jt nuf VAtta)ke; tJII bacg.'.l4,t •,:ored wf*
rri the shape, with A t.V.II3AC Ifca te)lftliteJ \t Nth ioi4.blll.
als down t,., dart; sicrves :Jun: J:ht low eV 4ie shoulders,' •
n:trrs;w tiktudiag to -actoinitaiT.tt:e tihe
dresi, worn round the 41-In lzfr tltein ut COtk •
give u the appe.irmcc ot vntet4 co:stint nicht ; •te ia.e
train petticoat is. worn under this itt-ss,with bori'er of
Vandyke,, worked with a light Aoki cliwatttto coriespund,
Head-dress entirely of hair,Conibed strait ova tiia
head, front t4c. lronrot the tbrelleact, plaited in asirck cable
plait, brought up so the crown of ta;: head,
.tu; t;e4 utidor anti
fastened with att.illiant comb. The: bait .a /a 11,14.4.14,0 it each
side of the forehead, wit!, a long cork-scrzw curt on the right,
side of the lace. a rich 11.1!t-wreath gmen
intermixed with small gold' tiou ens; ortiantents the, riOS
sideot the head. E ar-rincs of: thick gold ; gloves of whin;
lace ; shoes Qt purple satin ; and tall, avoq ano
Tits Atirt.ANDHALE et4lll)o,4rli et a ti,:anriluf
fine lndiartnalin, in three Oirt4r,:lit Icosti:s ; the first is inarlC'
appareitAxtoote., caught up in the c..ritre of the
contintie.-,4g fall in loose draperiestlown the troilt,.aril tas-
tenet' at the end with a rich g 03.1 'tassel ; the secpud and
lengths arc combined into we, and are tinistii3., into an an..
manse length, 4Viiich titSCentiS the waist, Ornamented:.
round the bottom and draperies with a rich boidcr aif point
lace,stampedwith smallwhlte satin Powers; tlieback and front
of the dress are made low awl-. square, and urawn uttwit
corner of the bosom;" sleeves are quire snort, so as only tw
cover the top o'f the shoulder ; nude ‘3;ry oil not ins. back
part of the shoulder, and tight across the trout, wszo a ttliclk
rope of lace and satin intermixed, wind), as c..,ntined•rcidn4
the Jun, acid continued across tide twin pt the ;mu.. to tut
top of the shoulder. A superb 'head-dress of runt. I tie hare
long behind, combed straight tip. and last:tintri.iii inithient:
forms rcamd the head, with small Egyptian cum' )s on pia.
The hair is brat,!ght. AtrAigitt BraunV.lll:4ll ot hair on
the front of the torehead, round the lett side ot [tie i'l,w
a small 'ringlet or /fair down the side of the lace. ot
'Paradise of gold set rasa half-moon, fastened in the thicic part,
of the hair,, on the lett .141e,,droopipg over tne,ta..e. A bril-
liant necklace of rich gold, friim •s dente descends an Eki.oria4
Amulet 1 gloves'straw coloured, and shoes White s,stu.

GENIULAL_PagtiVATIONS ON LADIES' DR?SSES Drag,-

I NG AUTUMN.

'the. abse.nce of the Fashionable World from London pre..
eludes the possibility of a .detail on the . miall:ia- -Liam;
.11retses.. The only dresses of novelty that. I bout intro-
duced strice our,Jast,'consist of tile I: pt land Kobe, and
which'. in point otiplendour and initgr.iticence sui hisses every' . -
dress or its kind. An ilegagre of Inc- first rink a,:d t ai,s 113 •
whose taste in dreis is unrivalled by her fair conip,:ti •
and whOSe gracetul form asplaya art asseitiol si;c ins„
when arrayed in the Livonia diet white lace no; s uala
petticoat, enriched with a light gold border,
to greater advantage than when v‘ first with th:: ,wove
Live costume. A fashionable IlilS co,g,,,riapi S li?Yelt.
dress to be made of India muslin and lace. ill loose anAlnlieS'
and long train, which is to be enriched With art ciegatit and'
tasteful • border white satin flowers. •rope 4iectye:
and cottage front, with square backs, arc now moo; in esti.,
mail-on. The Livonia straw bats and bonnets, in tit, G} prey'
form, trimnted with a bunch of cottage tiOwers, and occasion.?
ally worn tied down -wish a crimson silk hannlicreinei shot: •
with white, is truly elegant. Very little varirtiOn, has oren
observed ,in the walking bah/in/re/qr. 'Straw.o,iour&4 kit
gloves i. p‘litst4tl.litus,'aza nall'4oots oh jUni antilad, •
• ; t.rt.-,lz,;•;• •