The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-18 00:00:00

tion :

" QUEBEC, Avc. 21

'"Many of our Readers must recollect that
sonic years ago the 13iitish Governmeot laid a
slew ditty on. Norwav and Baltic tAWiet, which
enabled the timber trade of this conntry to stand
a competition with that trot •he Baltic 'file•
Measure at the, time was considered m of a po-
litical than oi a financial or commerctal natitre,‘
having for its object to make Great Britain inde-
pendenr 91 the Northetn Powers, for an article
which they had already iittemp ed to deprive her,
hill! with' >.t hick could tot totally furnish her-
Self. As a political measure, it has been so far
successful as to cause eitensive estalalishinznis for
facilitating the timb,r trade to be made in this
and the neighbouritir: Colonies, and supplies may
sit piesent be furnished to the requisite extent.
It would appear by the late official document we in-
serted from the Otfice of die Committee of Trade,
dated Whitehall, 2:sth February, tax a duty equi-
valent to that which has enabled us to compete
with ,the Baltic Tinitier, is now proposed to be
laid on the Timber imported into Great Britain
from this' Country. 'Die trade n 0,4 barely sup-
ports itself, and the con,Pcinenee of the tie kV duty
must he its entire &,structiou ; for we have no
other market than that of Great Britain : we are
not' permitted to have any ',it her. We have our
Ite olds tO figure to themselves what must, in the
present state or the tra,le of Vie Colony, be the
con..i.evenee to the coointy at large, of the Sudden
loss or so great, a proportion of its exports All
the extensive establishments made on the faith of
the permanency ot_ the poiey alluded to, must
and will probably never be re-established.
Whenever here is a good crop in Euriipe., we shall
have uothink to export Ow a sew furs. Without
exportatiot, all importation lutist SOOll cease, and
at e s irangst.iitik of cotiocc%ion between this court-
'try and Great Britain he broken."

Sill!' NEWS.

DEAL, OCT. 1 7.—Caine down froOt the River,
i)htl sailed, the ColonFerchil, for Purl-,411-Prfoce.
P.. S. A vel4,l,.stertt marked " 1-l-too4h, of
weymmith," has helm welted op by a Deal boat,
sispposed to be pit of a vessel ,cast away on the
DAteh roast.

Five o'Clock..--A Deal boat has just come ou
shore from the Goodwin Saud. The boatmen
state that 'kt vessel is lost ou the off part of the
Sand, supposed to be a large cutter or sloop, from
the appearance of her gaff and way-side boom,
which they tried, to extricate front the Wreck, but
%vcie prerv'ented by the tide flowing so rapidly,
which run it under water.

tf . PORTtMOUTH, OCT. 17.—Arrived the, Eliza-
befit. CLAUSEN, fiont Petershurgh.
FALMOUTH, OcT. 15.—The Fox packet, which
Arrived yesterday, spoke on the I Ith inst. the
Marlhorows,h packet, and on the 13th saw the
.Princ,ss Elizabeth • packet, friti Malta and
Gibraltar..
. MUNDSLEY,•OCT 'l6.—A sloop-rigged vessel,
5 rallcd a Humber Keel, laden with Oats, foun-
dered a hule to the North of this place to-day.
•
'A fishing, boat being at her stern jest before she
went down, it .is hoped that all tLe blinds are
,SaVcd.

THE ARMY.---The t blowing arrangement will
account lor• ansports bring hired by Government
for floe Mei!iterranenn
The'Blll Regiment of Foot is ordered from Cork, and the
12StIr Regiment from Portsmonth, to the Mcotiterranean, to
racy,: t,r 2d Battalion of the 14th and the 31st Regiment, or-
dered lhour. The 2d Battalion. 14th Foot, is to be inimc-
diataly disbanded, Olt account of the Peace. The two Batta-
lions which arc to return home are stronger,. by at least 200
men, than the ttco which are goiiig out, a proof tha-r
;went are Dot under any apprehen:ions 3, to the •afe of Vie
Islatai in the Meititerrauean-The 78th Foot arc' r rder,d
from Scotland to Ireland, to replace the Btlr regiment t rout.
Claunicle.) , '

. ,
A third Cabinet Ginned, summoned by Lord
C4.tiTLEREAGII, WAS held yesterday. It asst nal)led
at ttvo O'clock at-the Foreign Office,: and uas at-
ended, besii:es the Nohl'e Lord, by* the Bari of
LtvEr,PooL, Earl BATHURST, the CHANCELLOR of
the EXCHEQUER, and Mr. CANNING. Vise.mot
SIDIIoUTH, we regret to State, was again absent
from indilpositiott. The *Council sat till near four
.61ciork
. .

IVitiosort, Ocr. l7.—.Yettertlay, on (teeming of
file continued fall of-rain, none of (lie Royal Fa-
)llilY lett tIL! Castle. The weather being, ntittivotir-
ohlr, the QUEEN awl Princess • ELtzArsi.:Ttt
licit leave it io-dity. erineess AUGUSTA awl -
ro'cl'i on horseback in the Park, with several

amend:infs.
Yesterday Earl BATHURST had an ataeuce of
the REGENT at Carlton-t►ouse.

The ot SLJ o WAs expected to leave
taw„ this day for i•IS Seat in I relat4l.
The Dean of IVORCEnTRK is at, this lime dange-
rously ill at his house at ‘Vor'ces-
tershire. His disorder is paral).-tic.—(Herald,)
'the Eati of DARLINGTON is elected Aiiiyor of
I.lartlcpQol,

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DERnv , (hi. 11.ty-pirst 3p. m.

. •
The Co.tirt orie,.ed at e4;lBt tuts uiot,;~ii,;,aucl
the business bt*an 'lhere..were
veral :—Maq the.
"niistie,s oftite s'e'rVatit, ltobtert cis; tilio was

shot by a gnu tired through the 'window; Samuel
Fletcher, wit'ose hotiSe had be'enbroke open, and
wbo Was forced tO give np his gun attidhis ser-
vant io the it'oti.rs ; IViihaat Shipman, :the Seer-
forCed away, .and who/ ga.Ve an acetitint of
the thatching And etiuntermardiing of the ItiOter.s
Henry a farmer, who had peen forced to
join theft], and 'who dep,std to a speech, siying,
that inky the titne *eis 'coine Co fight or slit Vt.,
and whom the mob encouraged to accOnipany
them by the pi-otnise of tonst-bed and ale, tint! a
fresh Government, tVhich Mr. Cross; In lies cross-
examination of this witness, called a Prorisioziol
Governltlent.

%%Milan) Booth; antither person forced tiWity,
also depose(' to the countermarcheS of the rioters.
George apodwin, ninager of ,the on - w.,rks
at Bin terry, deoosed to the general -appearance of
tar rioters, their order,' and their arms. It was
he who toOk the iinifflunition from one of them,
and which, tiy a ciatons coincidence with \Vat-
son's case, consived of bullets-partly thrust into
the foot of an old stocking, and the test lying in
an old sack : altogether, it consistrd of about 84
pounds weight.

Wm. Roper also bore testimony to the regular
array of the Hotels.

MT_ltolleston, a Magistrate of Nottingham,
and Captain Phillips, ot the 15th Diagoons, de-
posed to the easy di,persion ot the ranks of the
rioters, and to the subsequent ul►ltreheasiou of
several of them.

The evidence for the prosecution concluded a
little. before 12 o'clock. The Jury having retired
and returned in a tew minutes,

Mr. Cttoss began. his Speech fur the defence
exactly at 12 o'clock. The Learned Counsel
spoke.tor about two hours. lie began by stating
the law of treason, and expressing hits dissent front
the doctrines laid down by the Attorney General,.
fotioded !n the exposition of the statute of Edward
111. by. JuStiee Foster, and other law authorities.
He traced the progress of tbe law front Elward
downward, and the raviolis ens imiclawnts wade
in the reign of ,12,therted VI. and Queen Mary.

Fle showed how the famous stature of t,dw.JII.
had been ,rendered nugatory by rorced interpteta-
tions, arbitrary tonstrllC` ions, or what were ealitti
constructive treasons. At the accession of the
reigt►iug family to the throne, the Riot Act had
been made, and constructive treasons were aim-
This celebrated act, by applying a parti-
cular punishment to riot, and describing whit tens
to he con?idered as tinnult or riot as distinguished
from treason, rendered the doctrine of constructive
treason useless for the protection of the intbiic
peace, and sufficiently explained what was meant
by levying war. Levying of war was ditfeeenr trout
mere tumult ; and the prisoners, though guilty of
the latter, wete not affected by any evidence that
wa. brOty,ht to I►rove them guilty of the former.
There,hati been trials in Derby for High Trea-son,
but these happened alter a mehellion, it► which
there was a great army employed on the side of
the ret►e! overthrow the Gov erument.—
There had been only rwo attempts at constructive
Treason since the accession of the Brunswick
Family, and these Ipppeneti in the case of Lord
G. Gordon, and in the trial of Watson in West-
minster. Both attempts were (Ideated, though the
most violent outrages 1w tumultuous
,assemblies
were, Committed in both cases. The Learned
Counsel then went over time circumstances of the
case beture t he J ury, anti contended that they came
only under the description of -riot, and not of big!)
tcreason Ile gave a detail of the causes of the
discontents of last yea', and spoke in severe terms
of L:obbet and nis cheap publications. He com-
mended Lord Sidmouth's Circular with respect to
the law of libel, and thought that . such publica-
tions as Cobbet's should have been sooner stopt.
Whet► the Learned Counsel concludetl,•a wit-
ness was called to prove that the prisoner bad re-
ceived parish aid.
Mr. DttimAN began his speech for• the prisoner
about ball-past two, and was left speaking at
three o'clock.—(The Times.)

DISTURBANCE at the DERBY THEATRE.

‘Vedries,lay night the Theatre of this town was
crowded in every part, to witness the performance
of Mr. BOOTH, who is engaged. for three nights.
The hills for the night announced for representa-
tion The Iron Chest, the part of Sir Edward Mar-
tinter by Mr BOOTH, and the farce of What Next?
In the interval, between the conclusion of the
-Nay and the commencement of the Afterpiece,H
several, ut the auditory in the boxes called for ;
God save the King. which the Orchestra-
((lately legal) to play. The gallery, which was
crowded by the lower and working classes of the
people, expressed some opposition by hissing,
grooning, kicking against the seats, and crying,
out, `• Britons go free." These symptoms of vio-
lence were instantly overwhelmed by an twatii-
mutts thunder of applause from the boxes and pit,
the visitots having simultaneously stood up (the
Gentlemen with their bats off), when this cele-
brated air commenced ; a Mutual emulatiop he-
t green the respectable pert of the auditory .and the
gallery ensued, aud.contioned for smite time, the
',Jitter manifesting decided appro.:mtion, and the
Halter tunittlitious opposition. At length the
boxes and pit triumphed—the I uytil anthe In was
played wills the usual deinonstrations of repect
from the.respectsble and well-erected part of the
company. But at the conclusion the higher classes
of gentry in the gallery joined a chorus of groan •
ing, which continued for sortie time, until coat-.
pletely silenced by the other parts of the house.
-The 'remainder of the performance went on in
quietness, ..,•01:;•• an early hour the auditory re-
tired to Lilo: respective habit

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CCU\`,~]l~~~ I;\::~

" j wanta not fo wear the (71:ain,
" And rule Ct'rr lrsio again,
44 Thongll i, like SKIN!:7ER, 5t..0(1."*
Thin tliat;llLActi Div.tttF
And he of :srnse and irrtmitar
prod a falauk SVC)op?

1-10SISITALITY.
Yon say you acted on the plan
Of that great, patriotic, man,
SagaCioUs T(lmsiV
'rum hall, itt least, a bounteous mind--h
W''iild he his honours have resigu'd;
Nor 'give the Fr% ith N a I) IY NE,II

ECONOMY:
tam) but little cares;
Ile scorns all titles but Lord Mayor's,,

And the'refore saves his coin

Nay, his contempt extends tri Knights',
Hence to his hoard he none invites—
, • • ~•,, •
7 Nut s'vu renown's! SIR LOIN.

fide the LORD M AVOWS Simech.----t

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