The Sun.
London, England, 1828-03-27 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—Giving the utmost credit to the good inten-
tions of the gentlemen composing the Finance Com-
mittee,,l am thoroughly persuaded that they will: he
fir, very far, from coming to a correct conclusion,
in regard to the abuses in public offices, particularly
in the higher ones, if the written returns called fel-
by the Committee from those offices be the only
data before them. These returns, it is true, may
!!ontain the number of persons on the establishment,
of each office ; the amount of their salaries, collec-
tively and individually; they may contain, also,,
correct account of the allowances, emoluments,
an;
m
~loth for
perquisites of office, in some cases but not is
all
a_
the returns are framed, and in many instatw,s
out, by persons filling the higher °flies ;„ the mac•
e.
partments, who have the most to fer,r,
themselves and their immediate contlex;..ons, by a
discovery of the truth:.

oo r
victualsThl thele e
facto,
employed aP ! :as must be proved,.
P.;nly as to the
correctness of
lovfiltlhenseetretu
examination of the indi-
.tos otuhrec enaotf the,.., emolut _
obtain a just knowledge
rso•,-,0
4n the several offices, both b°
the committee do tb:sr,,,,anadndpeuxttel:ttrsti:tieghi,::
'.,ims as cannot well he evaded,
.not
b
aaarns:Lotellio‘icit•islain.eospiell.cet
duputoileisit:lfiaecytsh‘arivlei
caoemtueatloly per orstea; and depend
ligfhieh- never owilit oer
can be otherwise elic;te.d. I have h 1 t .e honour to be,
Sir, your N.,ery humble servant,
[ WirneF,j ' . . • .
SCRUTATOR.
We, erect is have in a few days, a copy of
t}': iteaty between the Brazils and the kianse
Towns ; meanwhile we insert a copy of t.',le 6th
article, as particularly interesting to British com-
merce, and likely to afford employment to some
of our ships which are unable to obtain freights. •
This article provides that the vessels of favoured
nations---that is, of nations having treaties with
Brazil—are to be allowed to carry the produce
of that country to. Bremen, Hamburgh, and
Lubeck, .anti to take in return any goods from
those entrepots of Germany. Now England
and France are the only nations so circumstanc-
ed. France has not enough of vessels "for her
own trade. Not one French vessel entered
Hamburg,h last year, while between 500 and 600
English arrived there, This article, in fact, eon,
'the
cedes the indirect trade of the north of Gemany
and Brazil to British shipping,---Brazif, the
most productive country in
:i
America,
ask
It may
be asked, why did the
this boon, and the Brazils grant it. The cause
is evident. Neither the Hanse Towns, nor
Brazils . have shipping enough foc thii 'trade.
The object of . the former is commerc;• rather
by her flag for this trade, if she
titan navigation, (although she might ,her flag, rationalize
chose to lend
winch is evidently
to encourno the depots at., Bremen and Ham-
P:ot her policy),—
bmgh—those trading Bremen
ofnorthent Europe;
while Brazil . fp,
,-- :41 that whatever attracts
wealth. and fac:ititates the introduction of it into
'Znlntry, c
her new
- - , eminently promotes her pros-
perity, We have reason to know, that the feeling
was. to benefit Britishl • • ; and the Hans
s upping
Towns, from' l • . ase with
their perpetua intercot
Enalai lt I
t, f and from the large British capital in-
volved in the Hanseatic trade with this country
(one-third of that 'with Europe), naturally lean
to those who support them. In short, both
parties feel that the one is necessary to the other,
and the Hanse Towns, having an opportunity,
did not forget their old friends. The shipping
of the Hanse Towns does not exceed 300 ves-
sels—that of Great Britain exceeds 20,000.
The advantage gained is a reduction from 24 to
15 per cent. on goods imported into, and ex-
ported from, Brazil. The ratifications of a con-
vention of commerce and navigation, signed at
the
Brazils in November last, by the Marquis da

Queluz and the Count de Lages on the part of
the Emperor, and Mr. Senator Gildemeister and
Mr. Syndicus Sieveking on the part of the Han-
seatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Ham-
burgh, have been exchanged in London accord-
ing to the usual forms, by the Viscount Itabayana,
his Imperial Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Lon-
don, and Mr. Colquhoun, Agent and Consul-
General for the Hanse Towns in Great Britain.