The Sun.
London, England, 1822-03-08 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.

It is our desire to make Extracts from the
Provincial Journals, as well as from the Loudon
Journals, a permanent feature in our Paper;
but the pressure of other matter has interfered.
NVe shall, however, resort to the former as often
as we have opportunity, as the Provincial Editors
have more time for reflection, and several of them
obviously possess more talents, with a more can-
did spirit, than we find in those of the Metro-
polis. The following extract is taken from The
Leeds Intelligencer of Monday last, a paper to
which we have often been indebted for many
judicious articles :
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" The Committee of the House of Commons, on Foreign
Trade, was re-appointed last week, on the Motion of Mr. Wal-
lace; and their labours will, in all probability, be directed
to the perfecting that alteration in our navigation laws,
which that Gentleman announced as being in contemplation
at the close of the last Session of Parliament. Our readers are
aware that Mr. Wallace introduced two bills on this subject
intu the House, which were read once, and printed for the
consideration of Members during the recess. The object of
the first of these bills is, to repeal (livers ancient statutes,
and parts of stte.utes, so far as they relate to the importation
into, and the exportation from, England, of goods and u►er-
cbandixe from and to foreign countries : and of the second,
to make more effectual I.rovision for permitting goods im-
ported into Great Britain to be secured in warehouses, or
other places, without payment of duty, on the first entry
thereof. These acts are now before us :—The first appears to
contain many objectionable clauses; particularly one, by
which the exportation of British wool would be permitted.
It is, however, too long, and its provisions too multifarious,
for its to do justice to it this week; but, in our next, we shall
certainly again call public attention to the subject. The se-
cond bill is less complex, and its object more direct than the
first. It provides, that goods of every description may be
brought to England, and warehoused, either for home con-
sumption or exportation ; except, in order to protect our ma-
nufactures in our own markets, such goods, the importation
of which is now by law prohibited. The latter are to he ware-
housed for exportation only, and not to be delivered for home
consumption, on any pretence whatever, under penalty of the
forfeiture of the whole of such goods, and of a sum equal to
twice their value. All goods warehoused for foreign con-
sumption are to be exported duty free. Such is the outline
of the proposed Act : the details are not of so much conse-
quence : for it is the principle of the Act itself, to which, un-
der existingcircumstances, we feel it to be our duty to object; as
its operation, though it would probably extend our commerce,
would also injure our manufacturing interests, and that in
no inconsiderable degree. It is evident that, except other
measures are also adopted, the manufacturers of Great Bri-
tain would be placed on a much less eligible footing with re-
gard to competing with foreign manufacturers, than they are
at present. Merchants would bring foreign goods to Eng-
land duty free, and re-export them on the same terms: Of
course the manufacturers of Germany, of Flanders, and of
France, would not be backward in availing themselves of the
privilege; and-the consequence must be, that, as the latter
would, in many instances, be able to undersell the British
manufacturer, the markets which are now opening for our
commerce, in South America, and in other quarters, would
be supplied with the products of foreign nations instead of our
own ; and the advantages which would result from making
Britain the great emporium of the world—the " storehouse
of nations,"—would not counterbalance the injury thus in-
flicted on we of our most vital interests. But this measure
may be made one of general utility; and our manufacturers
would offer no opposition to it, if they were put on a fair
footing with the foreigner. To do this, the duties on foreign
wools, oils, &c. must be repealed; and we shall then fear no
competition. Indeed, without any reference to this particu-
lar measure, we believe a repeal of those duties would have a
far more beneficial effect than that of Is. a bushel on malt.
We are glad to find, that the attention of the merchants and
manufacturers of Leeds has been called ,to the subject. A
meeting, we understand, was held on Saturday, at which it
was taken into consideration; and we hope that the mer-
chants anal manufacturers generally will lose no time in ma-
king their sentiments known to Parliament on the occasion."

EXTENSIVE CIRCULATION OF FORGED
,flO
NoTEs.—Yesterday John Lomas, a youth of
genteel appearance, was brought up to Bow-
street Office for re-examination, charged with
uttering a great number of 101. Bank of Eng-
land notes.—The Office was crowded with per-
sons who had received forged notes from the
prisoner. Among them were several medical
men to whom he had gone for advice, two or
three music masters, who had given him lessons
in that science, and not less than eight or nine
tradesmen to whom he had by various stratagems
passed his forged paper. The charge, however,
which excited a stronger degree of interest than
any other, was one preerred by two young ladies
named Boorman, residing at Hackney, for whom
and the family, in consequence of the prema-
ture death of their father and mother, who had
once been in affluent circumstances, a subscrip-
tion had been set on foot. The prisoner called
and gave one of them a 101. note, which was im-
mediately changed at a neighbouring shop for
ten sovereigns, and lie left two of them, walking
off with the other eight. The 101. note was in
a few days returned from the Bank, stamped
" Forged." The two Misses Boorman swore
positively to the person of the prisoner.—The
prisoner was remanded for further examination
on Thursday next.