The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-16 00:00:00

we ate discussing, to state the exportations during the war.
Since the peace, the exportations to Norway for the last six
years, as given in the Appendix to the Report of the Select
Committee, average 119,3951. :I I 10, of which nearly One
half is foreign - and colonial produce ; and .the. exports to
SWeden, for the same six years, average 314,8601. :. 11 ;
arid of Which more than one half is colonial and foreign pro-
duce... The average export of British manufactures to -Nor-
way arid Sweden both, for the last six years, does not notch
exceed 200.001. per annum; and, by reference ludic extracts
just given front Ander sdn's History of Commerce, the whole
exports of 179.0, just a hundred years ago, including Denmark,
Norway, and Sweden, were 840,0001. The barrenness of the
soil, in Nor Way and Sweden, must ever keep elown the
population ; and as they have nothing to offer iu ex-
change hot wood and iron, any material extension of trade
with them is physically impossible. During the last six years,
it appears, front the tables of the report of the Select Com-
mitfee, that the imports from Norway.and Seteden have been
made in the_ proportion of three foreign tuns of shipping to
one of British, viz.
• • .• Denmark 1 •
17,8'34 50,872
1914 Norway 1
• Sweden
iDenmark 2
28,329 150,044
1815 Norway
. Sweden
(Denmark t 14;424' 33,491
'lBl6 Neirs*.iy
Swed ......
f Norway
• • Sweden
Norway - 85,984
• '
,1 Sweden
1819 f Norway
kS s ede
" The Norwegiaos cannot now pay what they owe ns ; and
unless you, from motives of hunianity,. give there) a higher
price •for the first cost of their timber than the fair eompeti•
Lion of the market:will permit, it will probably be a long
time before they will be able : but as a matter of trade, and
as regards the pernianent interests of this kingdom, • the
rights and claims of our manufacturer,, of our seamen, of
our colonies, of our ship-owners, all ea y out •agailtst such a
sacrifice. It,is clear they have not ping but wood to offer you;
and unless you pay them more for it, by taking its the deities,
and temoviog the competition, they must continue to content
themselves with the barest necessaries of : and, if you grant
them the boon, the utmost you .can possibly hope to add to the
exportation of British trianufactnres to Nut way and Sweden
together- would be 150,0001. or 200,0001. at the expense
of interests infinitely inure valuable, and which by you ought
to be held sacred.
••" 1 shall now, therefore, show what those interestsare which
would be affected by the removal of these duties ; :and 1
flatter myself I shall 'peit the case in so clear a light, as to
satisfy every .rdiecting .mind. ot.the impolicy, inexpediency,
and injtistice of the measure. Whoever reads Mr. Rose's
speech, when the duties were laid, must be struck with'as-
tonishment, that none of those who introduced the subject
of -their repeal into the Ilotise of Commons, as well as into
the House of Loads,—neither Mr. Baring, nor Mr. Robinson
in the former, nor the Nlartitiis of Lansdown or Lord Liver-
pool in ttic latter,—ever uttered one word as to the.inierest
Of the colonies in the question. It has indeed betel at-
tempted to be shown that the Catmdianlandholder has no iii-
terest in the matter; mod notwithstanding Mr. Ellice has
stated That the landholder in Canada gets little for the pine
timber, he admits 'the oak timber and' stares are of greater
imputtance and value, and that certainly some farmers en)-:
ploy part of their time in. cutting wood during the winter.---
No persem has been examined, (Mr. Bainbridge being only
an export merchant) on behalf ut the farmers, who in fact
are the chief and almost the sole landholders of New Brom-
wich and Nova Scotia, althoogh 3-4tlis of the pfrielinehrr for
some Yeats has come froth these provinces. But it is admit-
ted, that the landholder is interested in the valths of the oak,
besides his labour, during the winter; and the calculation
giveir is by the Committee.of be. state of the timber trade
in January, 18.10Thf, Bin Appendiit, has-11. us. 'us-first cost
per load in Canada for white, arid 21. ss, for red pine tim-
ber.. Allow this to be divided between what are called
woodcutters and farmers, the amount on the average of the
mber imported tor the last three years Will be-
-201,000 loads, at IL As 1 251,2A0
Add, for red pine, the price tieing 4t. lus „...
Deals
Oak timber and staves . 50,000

• •
To be divided between landholders, farmers, LC341,40
• and woodcutters. • • J
". Alter sue h aitatement, can it be said that the Colonists •
are notinterested in this trade? The annual loss to them,
in cost and labour, would be clearly:, front the accounts an,
nixed to the Report 'of the Select Committee, 840,0001. ; to
say nothing of Or capital in saw-mills, which is the least
part of it. But who will calculate the loss which this country
may sustain in good feeling arid attachment by such unkind
treatment ? It is well hnown that in many. perhaps in most,
instances, in clearing the land they burn the timber on ac-
coma of the difficulty of carriage, and hecause.it. is hut of
late years that this country hos encouragekthem to ship it.
Mr. Rose clear!o held this out to theirs as a permanent re-
source; and have they no ti;ht to ;look to you fur every fa-
cility in 'paying for their importS of your martufac,tures,'
amounting on an average of the last six years'to
per annum, besides rum, sugar,-..ece. from the West India Co-'
lonies,•to the amount of 300,9001. more, mating"altugether
2,709,4041. Sterling ?
" 1 will not suppose, that this country worth). hold such
language to them as Mr. Rose's, when the enemy was at our
gates, and after they had exposed their prt.)perty fat us to be,
burnt, and themselves to the tword ; -thae-then, when peace
was made, and nu external danger threatened, that we w mid
turn round upon them, amid deny then). ail -the reasonlble
advantages they have a right to expect front this trade at our'
hands, turd confer it on those who are ever ready to join our
enemies, confiscate onr manufactures, and stop our supplies,
when it suits their purpose. We have. a monopoly os their
trade, no other flag is unfurled for them, nor dot they desire
any other; only treat them with something like parental at-
fection alai a jtist reciprocity, and they wilt ever stand by us.
So touch for the interest which the Colonists have in the
question; I shall point out presently the interest which we
have in promoting their presperity.
"Our shipping and seamen' form theticxt most important
interest, that would he affected by the measure cf adopting
such a scale of ditties, as would deprive the ciihinists of a
fair share of the supply of timber. It appears that the ship- -
pitte, employed in the I rade' with the British North American
Colonies, on an average of the last six years, amounts to
2.02,'47 torts, which, at the depredated rate of. shipping, is
worth, 2,027,470. Now, the Select -Committee should consi-
der, that a British built ship is a British manufacture; that
all the ships built in the river Thames are of English timber,.
with the single egeeptiort of the decks, which are of Paittzic
or Memel- det&; that of the fist cost of the hull the wood
forms about one-half of time Value, and of that half the Is-
t-ign.deals at the most I•lCth ; the remaindeliii Comptised of
timber, perba.ps'from the eitates of the elect Committee, with
British labour-and Carriage added to the first cost ; the iron
and copper, with copper -sheathing, • mahe tme4uterth tuttre,
atid the lehont the other. It tieed not betilentionedficat the
sails, rigging, cables, andariehiirs, iire--BeittSleinautifactitre,
and, with the masts, form an addition of a third mare to
- the calm oh -
" Suppose‘the proppsitidn of the Select Committee should •
be carried-into effect; and .that One halibf the steerage - minus-
her of ships in this trade, for the last six years, should be
thrawn out. of eroployment,-that norither we may take' at-
-100,000 tons, which, at the present'dcpreciated tate. -of hip-
ping: is worth .t,no0;000I. • The: cake lot lint at thoitillMSt
errs.)nt with the subject of the wear and tear of ships,..is
that they letinire, in
.the trade of. tine -Aine;=i,au or En'ti.ipean
seas, an'asi-rage" refit; egoM • 'to ten'.oef cent. per :in nun) ,
a is eiiaily equal ttiji &Mattel for British labour'aud Ma-
unfactures to that amount, dad half as much more replace.
those may het entirely lost, nial:inglogether
" i thud; '.t will not he.eletried; t hat theitelire- employment--
of this quantity of tonnage creates a. demand for British la-
bour and manufactures to that amount, exclusively of the Le-1
-nelicial'iritti'est of t.iie—OWnet.s,-Who no detive'a,
fair return fortheir redtteed capital in .theseloo,ooo totts.of,
shipping, which probably cost them double ; • viz. 4,000,0001.
• •
" I defy the Select 'Committee to 'point outa4TaCional
• ground s f hope, that the demand for utter prothif:o with' Nor-
' way and Sweden can be,permanently increased by 150,0001.
be)ond its ptettmt afriount,',ll any fair tcciptot;ul teaat:;')Aew