The Sun.
London, England, 1817-03-19 00:00:00

IMPOR'FANT TO Mr.RCIIAriTi.

We originally "announced to the Commercial
World (See SUN of- Febylary 27), on the autho-
rity of private anti authentic letters, that a Inca,
sure was before the American Congress, the oh.
jeer, of• which was to lay a duty, equivalent to a
prohibition, on all impOrts front the West
ludieS to America, Considering thit this %%NI uld
have been a very fatal blow to an important
branch of our trailing and shipping interests, it
affords us great satisfaction to copy the following
paragraph from a letter, dated 7th February, of a
w.eit.infitrtned and highly respectable house at
New York, to Messrs. Psain, NICHOL, and Fon,.
SYTH, of London :
" We were all much alarmed by a Bill brought
" before congress, which would have stopped. all
" intercourse with your \Vest 'lndia Possessions ;
" the opposition to it has, however, been so great,
" that there is no prospect of its passing into a law.
'"
this Session, if it should In a future one"

The same letter notices, that " Rice, flour,
anti -other bread stuffs are high throughout
the Iluited Stntes." M New York the flour

market htul varied %titbit) tike last month front
"r2l 131)1(41).43per, barrel, :and in the beju-
ititlit,of Febroary'Orititeca to 1,1&, with of I.4lt•thet.
ti Fe expeetetl.—Fhm .9,:331
Ciood freights for Jrlii ish ves3clB were looked for
in the spring on' ni:count of the great export of
corn, flour, &c.

The ‘vOither had been so, intditsly Clnli fur the
three weeks priTetilitg the'llrite of the letter, as to
cloak ail the rivers andlittrbooes with ice.

Su,musreaae, a tntAn Who looked into the pro-
,
foundest depths of human nature as if by ititni-
flint, puts it into the mouth of one of his
ctiu-
racters in Hamlet, tha► the Priner's being mad is
no matter since he is going to Engiantl—r
" for -there the poppie.rtre ail rts toad as lac:—"

Voiant II , another Writer of prodigious acute-
peso, describing the arrival 'of an illustrious
though fictitious Traveller on our shores, licenses'
us of 'the sante malady, and, after an illustration
of the faet, rather ludicrous considering the me-
lancholy occasion, the execution olAdnviral ItyNn,
send 4 the Voyagers to the right about, afraid to
enter the territory of a people so insane:—
Several ancient Authors, we fear allnding to ouc
IsLnul, have also lampooned a certain Country
under the names' of " The Limbo of Vanity " and
"'the Paradise of Fools :" &e.—bat truly under all
these charges and aspersions we have borne up
till now, proud of our national character, and
stUrdily, prepared to contend that we were neither
Idiots trot Maniacs.

Lord lItn.LANn has given our opinions a
shalie„ We really do not know what to say to it
A poor German Physician is Plat dead of the
plague %with which he inoculated himself; and
bete is st 13ritish Peer, nuwarned bit the catas.
trophe, attempting to inoonLito a whole King.
thon with the pestilence. It i p,v,,ing strange.

This Loud (Lord help him !) thought it oeces-
miry to vindicate the reputation of the
Throne, rtitil People front the peel:-
Sation Of INZlU:s4ANlTY.o—infanmanity toward, a
slligld and It fallen foe! 00 this monstrous pro-
vo.i•ittn he ventures to Ciisgrace the House
of Peers by repeating the Altehoods ot Mr.
Dlotrrttot.ox anti his Mitstcr, the scur-
rilities of the L'urter SASITItif 1. We are sorry
that Lord li.vrouttsT telt himself called upon to
Nhetv, which did in a masterly manner, that
loch calumnies mete utterly tintotinflvd. Tfiere is
a degree of humiliation 'to otisworilig the fonl
charges which Slanderers hr in; 'awl were, it el-

ways possilde to pursue tiiat euttrse, it would lie
mole dignified to leave t:►.ikiiyttity tomoticed, to

r(iter and tot iit Tni(lst of its otvn,yenotn, Ms.
armed by its tally; and refuted by its fury.
LiordiromAND is repotted to have said he has
received, within the last three or, four months,
various information on the subject. of 131.10NA-
PARTE'S ill-treatment j but. BUONAPVItTIi asserts
that all his communications are intercepted.—
llow then, carne they to reach his Admirer and
Advocate ?

Lord Ilot.t,ANo complains that the Newspapers
are withheld from lIVONATAUTH. We will allow
him Tna SUN gratis,. and insure its safe awl re-
gular transport to time Transport, his " Great
Prince."

Lord Hoi.t.ANDsays,, that the Corsican and his
followers are not allowed wine etionglr to drink,
since they have only, Ladies included, three bottles
a-day—a shocking short allowance. For our
parts we would remedy this grievance, as the
Mal did, who had a drunken wife. She growled
like litiosAFAltTn at being-restricted to a bottle or
two per diem, which, however, nsed to be suffi-
cient to raise her spirits so high as to render ber
a shame to her' husband and a curse to her ser-
vants. All endeavours to reconcile her 'to reit-.
sonable li4ations were vain.:—at last the GOOD
MAN accidentally left a keg of brandy unlocked
np, and in a few days had to put on'mourning,
disconsolate Widower

We shalt not puisue this subject any further.
To Lord BATH LT It STIS complete vindication of our
country from the imputation of .wanton cruelty,
we refer those tvho think such vindication lieCC.6•
attry for our honour. To the Marquis of B 1.1 C 7.
INGIAAR'S Speech, we refer those who agree With us
In opinion, that there is something very degrading

to England in thus making a felonious and murderous
Usurper the object of constant curiosity and soli-
eittle—akeeping his tummy alive in Europe,
which it would bemost happy for Europe to bury
in eternal oblivion---fanning as it were the iying

hopes of his Jacobin _Partizans, and slie‘%ing the
spark of revolution yet inflamed amid the extinct
embers of that contl;gration which consumed its
strength. The,Noble Marquis's sentiments per-
fccily accord with those which we expressed on
laying MONTIIOLON'S infamqus production before
our, Headers.

Lord TIDELAND was, we believe, left alone
when the Ayes were culled for, and thus by a
curious pun the only Peer of Parliament discon•

'tinted ‘lit.) the treutment of BuoIs'APARTE,. cried—

`" Content 1.1,'

A go-od'tical Crt sentimem. amd
last night in the Ilmise of Cortnnops 0n41.* Stih.
jeet of, I,otteries. This folly was a' little inure
innocent than that in the Upper Honse.

We are not :pleased that a" Gentleman of Mr.
LOCK ti.xwei education, rank, an& character,
should have bolstered up the Batley Pamphleteer,
by admitting him to the equality, of,a challenge.
But we decide upon no man's feelings ;, and these-
fore we will not insist that Mr. LocititAwr was
wrong in giving COBOEVri a credit by the colli-
sion, which even the fellow's, cowardice cannot
altOgether cancel.
Discretion is the better part (If valour :---;und
HUNT himself could not Mire displayed the white
feather more valorously than did the-Register
bully. Flogging his servant boy was pleasanter
than being himself ehastized byia Gentleman so
he shalled abunt, mind bounced, and huffeil, and
looked big, and looked small, and cried craven,
upon the strength of three most exquisite reasons,
,--c6nsisteney, monthly, and piudefrice—embrocing
very comprehensively the time past, the time pre.
sent, and the 'time future, `:

Pray heat' theta fellow who laughs at con-
sistency, declares himself authorized to shy a sh6t,
beeKuse he bad formerly written against Duel-
ling :----because, if Mr. LOCICRAIIT, shOuld
better aim Crotdd h 4 found :—and became'
he was already bound over to the peace, tvlsich
,
bond he very scurrilously insists Mr, LOCKHAtIT
‘votiltl hisvc pr.ociireq to he forfeited.r
Upon his two last reasons we shall net stop to
observe, that Troth--even if either—couldnot he
%veil founded t--i-but, since CoEUETT thinks his
former arguments against duelling are to give hint
a carte blanche of impudence, let his flew regrd
for eobsiNteney desert the Retorrnets, beCall4C
had framerly written Agaitist them. lie most not
sec k refuge in consistency upon one point, while
abit.ring ,It upon another. lie. roust either re-
nounce his confederates, or make atonement to
Me. -LormiinT. study the care of pet song,
safety must have been strong—very strong.,•-witiolt
could urge any creature be‘riag the, extet nal of
man to shifts and escapes so miserable. But Mr.
COBItEtT Was mailethin the most impenetrable of
panoplies—in the resolution--for which few men
are resolred.enough---to offer any insult, and to.
shrink from every atonement. Henceforth, the
self-convicted Coward secures, it, the deglatling
[rotection of his elittracter„ the impimity,of his

imolence. Ile tan now be Ltat•e on vtry easy
ierms. lie tan offer any of cont, and continue it,
and aggravate it, right fearlessty. Even while
shrinking from castigation, he can reiterate tl►e
offence.

We no longer Wonder that the twopenny bul-
lyism which evaporatei, in speeches and pamph-
lets led poor Cashman to the gallows, and left hint
there.
,Mr. COBBETT will answer, perhaps, that
Conscience would not let him violate the Law.—
No, to he sure.---when the.consequences, whether
of rope or bullet, come too near one's self.
Let tts.hope that Mr. LOCKHART has now un-
derstood the degradation of such an Antagonist.
This highly-respectable Gentleman should recol-
lect, that he himself is only a Maker of the Law
ibis petty Demagogue should be left to the Law's
Finisher.