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THE SUN.

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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 20, 1822.

The French Papers of Sunday, a Dutch- Mail,
and Madrid Papers and Letters to the Bzh, iii-
stant, have arrived since our /Pst, from which we
give extracts in our preceding columns.---In the
French Chamber of Deputies, the discussion of
the Law on the Journals was resumed on Satur-
day. After the proposition and rejection Of a
variety of amenJinents, the 4th and sth Articles
were adopted. The Chamber then proceeded to
ballot upon the whole inlet, when the numbers
were—in favour of the Law, 219—against it,

137—and the Law passed.
The proceedings in the Spanish Cortes,
in consequence of the attack made by the
populace on the. Count DE TORRENO, and
Senor MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA, on accolitt of
their political opinions delivered in the Cortes,
will be read IN ith great interest, and convey a
highly favourable impression of the noble feeling
which governs that Body. The Cortes, after
the consideration of this subject, proceeded to
discuss the new Law for regulating the Press.
According to private letters, this Law had been

322.

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ting of the 7th, and the whole was expected to
pass on the followit►g day.

Extract of a Letter from Charleston, Jan. 19.

The examination of the Officers and crew of
the Portuguese ship Mariana Fora terminated
yesterday. .They were discharged upon the
ground• that there existed no proof of their hav-
ing attacked the Alligator with a piratical inten-
tion; that. they acted under a mistake, in "sup-
Posing the 'Alligator to have been a Patriot pri-
vateer;:and fired upon her with a view of fright-
ening her off. The ship, we understand,•will he
libelled in behalf of the United States as a prize
to. the Alliga.~or.
By the curlew, in 11 days from Port-au-
Prince, we learn, that the 'Spanish Refugee pri-
vateers in the vicinity of Santa Martha were
capturing all American vessels they fell in with.
The United States' schooner Grampus has sailed
to protect the trade in that quarter.

OIL FROM LABRADOR.
ropy of a Letter dated Treasury Chambers, Nov. 29, 1321.
GENTi.ENtEN--Having laid before the Lords Commit-
-3iollers of his Majesty's Treasury your Secretary's Letter of the
1:44 inst., in regrrd to an application requesting the two car-
of Oil irnporte.d from Labrador may be admitted, duty
frze under the Order of this Board, of the 16th July last, lam
'"43.4lrnanded by their Lordships to desire you will continue to
act under the said Order, and transmit to my Lards a copy of
the Clause referred to in your Secretary's Letter.
Commissioners of Customs. S. R. LUSHINGTON.

Treasury Chambers, Dec. 8, 1821.

GENT LE NIEI4—I am commanded by the Lords Commis-
lioners of his Majesty's Treasury to transmit to you a Memo-
rial of the Agent for the Island of Jamaica, in. regard to the
rotillation cf the duties on Sugar, and to desire that, until the
7rltasure of Parliament be known, you will direct your Officers
,to-receive 32 shillings per.cwt., as duty on Clayed Stir r, and
to take Lone for the remaining sum of three shillings per cwt.,
rut which a warrant shall be transmitted.
Commissioners of the Customs. 3-n. I.V3HINGTON.

War INDIA INTERCOVII3Z—We have recently heard,
ith much surprise and regret, that it is the intention of the
P'esr.t. Board of Trade to recommend to the Legislature the
r"Peal of, or -to give a power of SUSPENDING, to the Privy
C''untih (which would-have almost the same effect as a repeal,)
t"e most important provisions of the Statute of the 28th
of his late Majesty, c. 6, which regulates the intercourse be-
tween the British Sugar Colonies and the United States, and to
4110 w a free intercourse between them in A-am/smear Ber.
l'a3t3.—We had flattered ourselves that the discussions on this
"object in 1784, 1791, and especially in 1806, had FOR EVER
settled this great Maritime and Colonial question, and that It
bad been permanently determined that this intercourse in fu-
tare should be confined to British Shipping as an encourage-
ment both of the Navigation of the Empire, and the general inte-
r,lts of the. British North American Colonists.—For the present
we shall' only call the attention of THE NATION to the
`blabs coniemolated on this occasion, and refer them to
tiro masterly Reports (1) of the Privy Council on this
'ubieet, which are ackn7ledged to have been written by that
eminent Statesman, the late Earl of LivEnpoor. : at the same
t'3le, however, iecotn:i.ending to the serious consideration
cf His Majesty's Government, the brilliant, patriotic, and
unanswerable speech of the late Master 'of the Roils, against
the American
,Intercourse Bill, which was introduced to
Parliament by the Administration of 1808. We recollect
the Powerful effect which this celebrated speech produced on
the Rouse of Commons, and THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
at that eventful period ; and we well remember the language
held by that Admihistration at the opening of the. New Par-
L'atinent in 1807; on the opposition which, they said, had been
gweri to that ill fated measure by most of the Members of the
reaer.t Cabinet.: Sir WILLIAM GRANT, on that occasion,
%I:l4ered an essential service to his Country, and we find on re.
• to the (2j'debates, that he was supported by Mr. PER.
ttc•''7al., Lord, CASTLEREAGH, Mr.CANNING, Mr. ROSE, Mr.
l'.°l-Titlf-E, Mr. WALLACE, and some other distinguished
,ads of Mr. PITT. In the Upper House, the Bill was op-
-24 N'
by Lard ELDO, the present PRIME MINISTER, Lord
1.4t...,11417z, the Duke of 'MONTROSE, Lord CAMDEN,
''4B2i•EFPIELD,: and seVeral other Peers—and passed with
41Y titer a• 'lion, and limited in its operations, we believe, to
Mc late w„.
`eke it for-grated 'the tti
'theta in a measure of such grave i-
Z:,c;• :.'Majesty's Government- will allow sufficient
far the British North Aarerican Colonists, and the Ship-
Pl,,lttereste to be heard before any proposition is made to
zl4--`'lrlent on the subject ; for we are informed, but we hope
th '''ZrrtctlY, that hitherto no communication has been made to
tht2jel.°lants connected with British North America, or to
it;;'erchants and Ship Owners at the out-ports, on the sub-
Et.% d Inthe Report of the Privy Council of 1796, we find it
that Great Britan can never submit even to treat on
eup• tiePPenrs to'be the favourite object of the United States,
h the aa • • ofships into the trade of the
eaorassion THEIR
t‘ Colcnies, and as the circumstances which led to the
:;111)°?arY expedients resorted to in the late war, in order to
s'lPPlics f6r the sugar colonies, no longer exist, there is
1i,..,Js sl
uittiiftottubid nowlegt be -slowedundonwh ;ich a free intercourse in American
for of the competency of British
oath 4Trierica and Newfoundland, and the British Ship-
oiezi
, to supply in abundance all the Planters require, there
P rot 807 doubt whatever. Indeed, the advocates of the
''Pesed •
d'' inroad on , the Colonial System do not, we un-
h , venture to allege that there is any occasion in that
'2:Peet for the measure, but openly declare that it is intended
(teeable the Planter; to get rid of a larger quantity of produce
ha-dn.:a:l COw be disposed of through the free ports in the West
3 el' British North America. We are, however, afraid
that the West India Planters will be grievously disappointed,
ta:d that they Will not be benefited by the change otherwise
the by its accelerating the period of their final separation from
onend llother tßatintry ; for it, willerender them entirely depend.
the United States; and such is the view which has
137e:teLLtar.ken of this subject by the AbbZ, RAYNAL, Monsieur
sraArez, and other intelligent writers. It would be much
t,e perhaps a more sound policy,at once to permit both
t{:4llMi est India and British American Colonists to trade in Teri.
zt,
Shipping DIAECT
0 to parts of the world, than to
o this great branch " our carrying trade" to the 'nzPihng of the United Stites and other countries. If there

was a possible chance that the great bulk of the West India
Produce to be taken in exchange or. PI7IICIIASED by the Ame-
ricans will be consumed within The Union, theie would pro-
bably be less objection to the measure ; butthat is_riet to be ex-
pected by any one correctly informed of the present situation,
condition, and temper of the people of the United States. And,
therefore, it is to. be apprehended that the greatest part of it
will be consignei to Europe without even the delay or expense
of re-shipment—for it is not to be expected that the Americans
will not resort to similar expedients to facilitate their views and
increase their profits as they did when they evaded the stipu-
lations of the late Treaty respecting their trade -to and from
India.. •

By adhering to the policy so emphatically enforced by tit 2
Privy Council in 1784 and 1791, a most extensive and profit
able employment, especially since 11303, has been afforded
to the British Ship Owners, and to the agriculture, trade, and
fisheries of British North America 'and Newfoundland. The
returns of this trade; printed by order of the House of Com-
mons for several years past, place this important fact beyond
any doubt, and from, which it is evident that any alteration of
the present system will entirely annihilate all the 'advantages.
the Mother Country hal derived from it. Therefore the real
question to be derided by the Legislature,, should this measure
be persevered in, is, whether the Colonial System shall be aban-
doned or not ? For it is idle to contend that such will cult be
the effect of this measure. It is our sincere conviction that it
will, and that the change intended in this branch of. the
Colonial Trade is part of the general revolutionary sys-
tem about to be entered upon, by. which .the old Miritime
and Qolorlial policy of the country is to be • sacrificed to
that which is • triumphantly styled " a more enlightened .
order of things." For ourselves, we are. still satisfied with
the present system, and are not ashamed to walk in the foot-
steps of our ancestors, who appear t 9 have had more correct
views of these great national objects than all-the Modern Eco-
nomists of the present day. We shall very soon again revert
to this interesting and important subject, and endeavour to
point out the dangers which will arise from pushing modern
theories and notions too far. At the same time we shall be
sorry to see any indecision and inconsistency in the Govern-
ment on a subject of this nature, and on which they expressed
themselves without reserve in 1805, and then declared
the necessity there was of adhering ta. the old
.policy
of the Country. What equivalent the Board of Trade
intend to offer to British North America, and to the British
Carrier, we have not heard. We cannot suppose there is any
truth in.tbe remark, that the only protection to be afforded
them is, that all American articles imported in American ves-
sels into the Sugar Colonies are to be subject to duties !
The measure is denied to be a concession to the United States,
and therefore the Islands will be open to the ships of all Coun-
tries : it is, however, pretended to be a boon to the West India
Interest, as some small relief in their present . depressed state ;
but, surely, a reduction of the duties on West India Produce
imported into the Mother Country will be much more effectual,
without entailing on other great National Interests the ruin
which will inevitably flow from the adoption of this measure.

(I) See collection of Reports on Navigation and Trade, pub-
lished in 1881, by J. BUT TERWORTki, Fleet-street, and J.
RICH/4E030N, C9rnbill, and J. ST OCKDALE, Piccadilly, in
fivo.

(2) See the Debates for 1808, 2 •ols. COESETT'S edition.

BRIGHTON, FEB. 18.—The KING, as already
stated, attended Divine Service on Sunday. His
Majesty was accompanied by the Master of the
Horse, and the Lord Steward. The Clerk of the
Closet,•the Bishop of Lincoln, was not in attend-
ance, we fear through indisposition. In the pew
to the right of his Majesty were Lord Mary-
borough, Sir B. Bloomfield, Sir W. Keppel, Sir
Andrew Barnard, Sir Edmund Nagle, and
Sir Hilligrove Tumour. The whole of the
above Noblemen, Lord Maryborough except-
ed, were habited in the Windsor uniform,
and all wore stars, the Duke of Dorset and Lord
Maryborough excepted. The body of the Chapel
was crowded with Nobility, &c. admitted by
tickets.—The King wore a plain blue coat, with
a black stock, the former buttoned closely to,
plain, and without the star, or any
_species of or-
nament whatever. In health his Majesty never
appeared better, and so devout was his manner,
that it enforced a similar observance of the sacred
occasion in all present.
We understand that the return from India of
the Marquess of 11A9TI NGS is at last definitively
fixed ; and that he is to succeed Lord STEWART
as our Ambassador at the Court of Vienna. The
Marquess is known to have long beep anxious to
withdraw from his present situation, where he
could not be prevailed on to remain ; indeed his
resignation has, we understand, been in England
upwards of ten months. The education of his
family is one powerful motive with his Lordship
to revisit Europe.---Report is positive with re-
gard to the appointment of Mr. CANNING as suc-
cessor to the Marquess.—(Morning Chronicle.)
Yesterday the Duke of York, as Commander-
in-Chief,- held a Levee at his Office in the Horse
Guards, which was attended by General 8.-1. i-
. General HART, and near thirty Officers.
• Yesterday a Committee of the Lords of the
Council assembled at the Council-office, White-
hall;
It is said his MAJESTY has determined to
.Send
the Order of the Garter to Denmark, and that
Sir TnokAs TYRwIIIT is to -be -the bearer of it.

Lord LONSOALE, who has beeh some time
much indisposed, is now recovering very fast.
The Hon. GEORGE LAMB has left town, and is
a Candidate for the representation of Dungarvon,
vacant by the resignation of Captain CLirror.D.
The Duke of DEVONSHIRE his great influence in
that Borough, and it is likely to be exerted in
favour of Mr. LAMB, a Whig, but not of the
Radical tribe.

Letters were received yesterday, from Bata-
%ia, dated the middle of November, which state,
that the cholera morbus had committed great ra-
vages among the,Captains of vessels, more parti-
cularly those belonging to America. Within a
few days six Captains of American vessels had
been carried off by this dreadful malady.
There is a considerable number of Greek fa-
milies at present in Marseilles. The young
females are the principal objects of curiosity ;
their dress resembles that of the Lacedemonian
women.

We state from authority, that the Earl of
GUILDFORD has postponed the rent-dav•for the
receipt of his Lordship's Waldershare Michael-
mas rents, to
.the Zd of April next.--(Kentish
Gazette.)

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