The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-05 00:00:00

**if Make the extant of our eiim atmeilial marina
following :—ln the
beyond what wee requisite, ;I
a). -"r
to
bethecommerce of the world
first place, on the reetoration of ). 'eaee, the
~, „,u .
tan nations vrere
began to revert to its ancient chan "mu, 1," g. ”V_ _
shins. eva,
desirous of carryingun their own to 1
stee in their ow"
aril-
_...a, also
gave a check to the shipping of the Itoited States, uor i
' secondly, the abolition o
felt by the shipping of this country. S. s. h)
rams for our
the slitie trade put an end to one sources o.
in 11115, exam:sive
11101.1,
~
1.,
kidnappmg t st
been before employed in the nefarious traffic 01
.....
chan
.e
took
sleet* for the West Indian markets. ' Thirdly, a firer. '
vessels On the Coast of Africa ; those veseeja,
'..suction of
place in the Metliterraneim sea, in consequence of the e 1 ‘ hi, the
that piratical warfare, which had hem so Jong carried us. 4aer.,
States of Barbary.. Formerly,' no trading vessels of the .114.
aa.
einP Yt
which had
rowan States could enpear off the masts of their native sea in
mirky ; and the coasting and carrying trade , Was emit-a on b
English ships. But, now, *ince the bombardment of Algiers, the
flag of every petty state bordering on the 'Mediterranean, floats to
;freely and securely:as our own. 'There.' is good authority for esti-
mating the decrease in the employment of British shipping-, from
this change alone,'lmetweenaleven 'out] eight hundred British vessels.
Fourthly, on the termination of hostilities, there was necessarily a
diminished demand 'for ships in the public service. The greateet
proportion of those,' which had been taken up as lured trausporte,
was discharged. This diminution •is not lees than 1,2116 vestals,
amounting to MA..2 torn, p. 16-19. These are some of the
causes.; Which, on the return of pence, would lessen the demand of
Bri,t,
cemmercial marine.
and unavoidably produce a great decrees. iu the
iiSlei:ll:PdlPyi,nri' The Petitioners complain„ that in consequence sf
the alteration made in the navigation laws within the last three or
four years, the employment of British shipping has &Tressed, aid
statement
the employment of foreign vessels trading with this country has
increased. This, like the former, is best answered by a state
of fists.. Iu the year ending on the etith December, 19;11, the
euinher of _British vesseli that entered inwards, was 19,16 e, toad
the amount of their tonnage 2,364,249 tons. The nutittaki of
ibreipt vessels that entered inwards ditrinE,... the same year, was
Zi.,940, the amount of their Mintage 6945680 tons. Its the year
ending on 9.sthDecember, ISO, a year, in Which the motlitica-
tituis made in Our navigation laws were in full operation, the
number of British vessels that elitertil inwards, sous •21,766 ;
the /moment of their tonnage 9,70ti,84•1 toes. The lonelier of
.tiwelyn Vessels 'during the sank! )ear, that entered inwards, bats
Mentor() to ti;b6l,.and . the mown of their tonnage is 892,C01
toile. ' Thus it appears that she positive inereuee of !trio's/.
vessels, that entered inwards, as compared with dui year ISX4,
was in number 2,622, and iii :tonnage -te9,595 ; while the
increase offiweign venele, was in number 1,1181, and in tonnage.
197,7,21 tons. 'Phis at least is no unsatisfactory result. The
increased employment of &Welt shipping alone in that you,
exceeds the aggregate increase of employment to the 'pippins of
all other nations' of the worlil."---p. 93.
The last, insl erissaia.il esessekisil mist.. hy the Peiisionese
daiesimo the 1;,, ersembie ;. tie' Seirodeetioss of a law whieheeahiee
~ .'rats". sVi fit I liA , I kicil ii' the Priv, I :,ii,,,•ji. so ~,,,ir ill
(lit. iiiii.,,i,l swim, ,i, di. ?,,,,,it ~,,, 11iiiiii14,, of 5,,, 1, i4iiiii,io.
as iiii.y .14-rre to linpust, Ili higiii, , 1,, ;,., ite iliiti;,, oillithO lititimiL
ships, 411V1 the goods imported tlici-io. 11...1, op.o the', ot, s 44..
and the like .A.4.dr imported ii. such .I.ipt. Th. orottcc. girsi.LN
Mr. Iluskisson to this part of the Petitisse, is full of spirit; sod
unite conclusive. A mict-t,th onlyof his reasoning is 'here attempted.
. If the system ottliscrintinattuo. ditties for the enceintigenteut of
slapping, were u secret known to w,;, country idoue ; ' if a similar
system were not, or could not be .pat in force in eeary'oom•
country, the measure it; question would 1.. t admit of defence.
Bet since the L'isiteil States of America, hi the end blatancy, fur
the purpose of connteracting Our navigation laws, tultqh in their
utmost rigour, the' rules of those laws, anti carried, eve', further
than we had ever done, this priliciple of discriminating cite;,,
against our shipping, and since' Other Maims hew hallowed, te.,
prohi-
are follewing their example; in such an altered state of the syittid,
it became our duty seriously to inquire, whether a system. of Cow_
mercial hostility, of which the ultimate tendency is rellitusi
duties upon
fboirteioigniTeshwilll4etlilevri .that striseteittlitoro
ail Iti.iegrlttaindtiyserintine::iog
a''.
fully retaliated upon our own shippint seeing throw duties
in the ports of foreigu
Willett Liglanit was likely to gitin, uad
countries, was a contest iu
out of which, if Persevered in, eke
was likely to none with dignity
or advantage? " I will 154 amide," said Air, Hoidaia,,,, .a tor
the numment, every cOl*kration of a higher "attire, mural or
political, which would "eaturally lead us to look with some repug
nance to tit* cokaging in such a contest. I will equally, lay aside
11l eetroddieration for the intereit ()four manufacturers, and for the
general well-being of our population, who, as cOnstinters, would
obviously have to pay for this systoM of eustout,house warfare.
and reciprocal restriction ; and 1 will view the tetestion solely Ist
reference to the 'hipping interest. In dna comparatively narrow,
but, I admit, not unimpurteut, view of the 'question, I have 11111
dittienitk in stating my coneletiott,-4 conviction at which I LSO*
arrived lifter worth anxious consideration,—that, in the louren,
this war of discriminating duties, if persevered its g-
on both sides,
Must Operate must ttsthe injury of the country which, at the time
of entering upon it, !!assesses the greatest commercial marine.
How eau it be otherwise? What are these discriminatiug duties.
but a tax upon commerce and nevigation? ; Will not the heaviest
share of that tax fail, therefore, upon those' Who have the greatest
*maw of shipping and of trade ?".„..p. 32.
‘, Before we eniburk iu sucha contest, we ovve to the charec-..
ter of the country,. as wellan to he interests, to satisfy ourselves,
lino, that it is neeessary for its welfere; and, eeeontlly., ttit ono*
commoitted.to the trial with all the commercial Powers of Europe.
the country would have the firmness and fortitude meoeseary- to go
through with it. Du tint let gentlemen too hastily detide thie
last point in the utFirmatiVe. Let them call to their-recollection that
'famous Orders in Council ;. let them, above all, 'bear iu mind„
'that we have yet had but one 'trial of this discriminating wartioaa,
the trial with the (Mittel States of Ameriee, and that we
mos,'
out of thet trial, after several years''perseverance, by emtoediug
.the very object, ii3l. the InititliSilanee of wilidt it had been
..,:tving at the sante
starriest on. Would, it be politic, or dignified , to engage i
i like struggle in Europe, with the risk of ar
result:?
.. Bs commerce, in navigation, in oow power, and init..
e,or not Withholding from Pi
ritinte pretensions) tbst. United fitati".S am our most formidable
eta and the country, eto plume
to America i"---p. 33.
,ruirmala;d and we I,Alo,holt•tarir,eaitgl:nl
however suppose that, it all hazards,
Mayo, eonourred in yielditeis.--
" Let us for a ume,ierit,
We have embarke,', in this warfare of counteracting, eistiee. They
policy have no; right to mums. that, iu the
i"vrt°grZini:"(leile3dtilis struggle, time diecritninuting duties imposed in the
foreign eouutry, (Prussia, for exuniple) on British whipping; will
not be, at least, equivalent to the like duties levied its England on
possess shipping. The United States did not ceutent them-
selves with equivideney,—they went more boldly to work ;O.- at,
*tight any European power. Ifequivelent dutiea be established on
both aides, how will they Operetta? It is Ow that the shiopillg at:
each country will loam) in the mote relative situation to that of diss s
Other, as if no such duties had been imposed; the defies, therefore.
In both countries will bee tax, and a very objectiouable one, upon
formerr principal exports
wel:lptl:rdtse tarl the
in
the interchange of their' respective, productions. But, as those.
productions are different, these duties will affect differently the it,.
toldutsitroythoefrtlriaeweomntaetnedriitaigh.parTtithse.
North of Europe are nurtures:Owed goods and colonial I'droduce;
4—our imports, timber, hemp, flax, pitch, tar (oecasior.ally corn)
the foreign country,—the latter in this countrY)--by all the
amount of the tax. What is this in the foreign ,Country, but a
premium against bur manufacture. in favour of the rival to of other statee, or of the itnporting state itself; and in this
countty, but a tax upon raw materials requisite for carrying "
our own manufactures? A 1 : , 5
... snip, tor instance, is 11 manufactereil
article,' and, to encourage our shipping, here is an udditional tax
upon the raw materials of that manufecture t Our eotton goods.
our woollen stuffs, barely maintain a ccrepetitiou with those of
other countries, end here is nn additieinal [WC tin their importa
ra tiott into those countries, to tu 'the' 'scale
against us; Our
West India planters complain be the law price of their Pmalic":
tinny, and we provoke ...,, „dditimiut Oa, which kettle to Shoe
them Altogether out 1
or ,e. foreign ' i snarket!—li. 0.5.
t .
i Acting upon Oleo principles, the English. Government thought
0...
ii' more Prud•-Sit and more tlignifted'to inter into aatill!cathl: stilitrsat,
meats vii other pewere,- foundedthe h
on ..asis of trunk I_l4
at
cola..
of advantages, rather than e. hi i
4nd r,ntire reciprocity
ul reciprocal exclusion ;--a *poem,
seat of commercial hostilityti 'tiol the :;hipping' !Worm;---involving
at hest, of doehtfill ilupl, to all the other important interests of
the certainty
of
greet
would, at last, . place Pit-haute:it end the
the country ;,and
%%Italia; alternative, either 4 turning ; deaf ear
Government int:
mi. 'ie)fithe many who would suffer train the contest,
to the cotor --- .
it, act other contests of a like nature haveheto
or of ternsinating
omion
bringing with it slot only immediate
terminated. by cone t
rwts
w.tci
.h
'ration, hut other eonseipte , , sinli•t nut end with the
huini ) . PIULA,LETIMS. .
tionvesaion itselt.

ArFAnt 01? noNoun !—Mr. shopooto,
to mr. C—c, and Mr. shopman to Mr. F--7-11,
both of this town, with their seconds and medical at-
tendants, met in Earl Behnore's deer-park on Friday
morning. The ground being measured, and even,
preparation made, a friend slept forward, and the mat-
ter was easily and amicably adjusted, without