The Sun.
London, England, 1810-07-17 00:00:00

gOREIGNI surrLY.

" Among these expedients, our American Co-
lonies, our East India Posse,sions, and the Island of
Trinidad, have been particularly mentioned.

" ADI,ERICAN COLONIES.

" With regard to the first of these resources, the
American Colonies, necessity has, at last, coin-
veiled us to du that which true policy should have
induced usi,at all times to have done. The shutting
up of the ports of. the Baltic, and our. being there-
by deprived or the means of obtaining supplies of
masts, states, and other articles of timber for tISe
Navy, have driven us to the expedietit of receiving,
through the abtive exertions of individuals, supplies
of these articles from our American Colonies ; and
thus the Timber Trade of that country will be en-
couraged, unless a prospect of returning to the for-
mer channels of supply should present itself; and
then, however faint the hope may be, -ol a continu-
ance of the means of being supplied from the Baltic;
we shall perhaps see the rising ex pett a ions of our own
Colonies again disappointed. This source of supply
ought never to be lost sight of, and Government
will be wanting in duty.to the country, if it neglels
to foster resources which, in the hour of any appre-
hended danger,: we must be under the necessity of
resorting to. I have been induced to offer this sug-
gestion, from the consideration of the prejudices
widen have often existed against the Timber Trade
of America, .high, though rising into greatneSs at a
former period, received a death-blow. by the Ame-
rican war, and has been ever since rpo much ne-
gleded, until our wants forced us to revive
rit ; and
the abunclaut supplies of timber to be obtained
from that quarter, rendered it of too. much im-
portance to be trifled with, or treat with in--.
difference.

" Every supply of oak, or any other American
timber, applicable to naval purposes is of import-
ance in a two-fold view. First, in respect, of the•
positive supply the Navyderives trona the impor-
tation, and, secondiy, by the benefit dir el y.
or indirectly received from such importation, in
so. far as American wood is substituted for that
of home produce, in the intern uses -of tho
country, and in the building of commercial shipping,
and thertby saving a part of the timber of our own
growth, from being diverted from the.sapply 'of our
dock-yards. On triese groutids, I concetvQ we 9001
not, under any circumstauceb, to relax from giving_
every possible encouragement to the Timaer.frado
of America."

From these remarks it is candid to presume the
Noble Lord Was trot apprised of the measures which
had been previousiy taken by his Majesty's Mini-
sters, to extend ihe intercourse between the United
Kingdom
.and the British North American Colonies,
with' a .view to promote the Timber Trade from
ehence, otherwise In. would have noticed them ;
for on the eed of May last, the Rouse of Come
mons, on the motion of Mr. Rose, resoled to
double the present 'duties on foreign Timber;
ac-
cordtngly a Bill for that purpose was introduced,
which, after some alterations from the opposition
of the. Cornish Miners, received the Royal Assent
on'. the 15th of June. It is also to be remarked,
that timber from these province's is not at present
liable to any duty. •
This Salutary measure, Mr. Editor, will when
brought, into full operation, namely,. after the first
of January 1812,, be attended with the greatest na-
tiotial 'advantages ; it will give increased employ-
t ment to British Ships and British seamen, .for ;here
is every reason to believe that" upwards of oneehou-
sand ships will be engeged even this season in the
Trade from Great. Britain to these Colonies; it
will relieve the country Item any Anther drain •of
specie for foreign Timber which is generally brought
in foreign vessels ; it will extend the export of our
own mdeetadures to the British American Colonies;;
! and encourage and improve those new sources of
trade with tee interior of North America, which
have already presented themselves to the :notice of
the Biitishenerchants in Canada. It is however, to
be hoped, that the opinion now exeressedeby Lord
Melville, Will induce: the Legislature in the next
Session of Parliament to repeal the exception in
the laee'AEt in-favour of Timber the.growth of Nor- •
' way. Serious inconvenience is already felt in the
Timber Trade from its injurious operation, and no
• real benefit can be derived from it by the Cornish
Miners, at. whose request it was inserted in the Act ;
it is literally giving to Norway, a bonus at the cx-
penva of Great Britain; it being evident to every
person.conversant in the Trade, that whilst this ex-
, ; cep+ ion continues, the Norwegians (exclusive of the
The Renfrew Regiment of Militia' have received other advantages they possess from proximil of
ceders to hold theenselve.e.ineeeadiness,faeembar k situatiee) will advance the price of. their .Timber,
1011 fiorn the Tower fur Scotland; and it is report- to the amount of the ditnience of tie duties upon
ad that they will. be succeeded by the .2d battalion it,_ and of those on Timber from the Baltic; but in belonging to the 3d Regiment of Foot Guards. case Norway Timber was liable to the
'payment of
It seems to be generally believed, at least is strongly .tteties to we same amount as Baltic Timber; the
-late Ad would produce the same etleet on the former
rieported, that the two boys. to whom BuoNeektaz
has consigned the Government of Holland are his as on all foreign timber, namely, a redudion in the oeve 80116 t 4 the dauehter of his real wife, for the price of it in the countries from whence it is
elustriao: Princess is certainly not to N considered brought. It may with great truth, be observed,
as his wife. --This report was -prevalent- some years that the red and yellow pine from the King's Cole-
,,agn--tiew strange is it that the man who Seems to pies,- are as well calculated from their strength,
De the ve'ry worst- in the world, haVe Should attained
• durability, and other perti for all the p posstttiton the greatest earthly power. of the Cornish Miners,pro es,
as the Norway timherurpoises. It is with pieesuie we observe that the old houses, The-prejudices which existed respeeting the ua-
., &eve of St. Clement's CiOardit, in.the Strand, are lity of the • red and yellow pine of these provinqces
pt 11i..g down;-preparatory to the completion of the are fortunately removed ; for from the immense
Imfg projected inTrovements which have been ebtri- quantities imported for the King's service, and at
metteed with so much advantage td the North side, the great out-ports during the last two years, it is
• leading &ore Temple-1m; -.and which, when finish,d, clear the same were altogether uplonnded ;even
retteet this avenue to the'City one of the most the white pine, it is admitted, may be advantage-
commodious around that emporieni of wealth. lously used in various trades, and it will serve as an •
T:IC Earl of Bsiettketi, we are sorry to state, ,excellent substitute for more valuable mtive wood,
centenued on Suntlay evening, very terieusly which for many years has' 'been so improvidently
t'sLd, at his seat, Berkeley Castle. - ,pppited to comMue purposes. As to the white oak

" 5. Toe towns in Africa, such as Tunis, Algiers,
`4:0.• to he taken poi.session of the French, and at a
genera, peact-, cony-tests whiai might have been
made by French in Africa during the war, are
to be given as indemnities to the Kings of Sardinta
atld Sicily.
"Malta to be possessed by the French, and no
Peace ever to be made-wititEngland",-tlileis Mai
Island bereded to France.

" 7.. Egypt also to be occupied by the Frenck
" 8. Vessels belonging to the following powers
c'nly, shall he peribitted to navigate in the Medi-
terrauean, viz. French, Russian, Spanish, and Ita-
llan ; all others are to b. excluded.

" 9. Denmark is to be indemnified in the North
of Germany, 'and by the Hanse towns, provided
she consent Ri give up her fleet to France. fi •
" 10. Their Maj.:sties of Russia and France
win endeavour to come to some arrangement, that
Ile power snail in tutu.-,.. permitted to send frier-.
.chant ships.to sea, unless they have a certain num-
ber of ships d war. .1
" This treaty was signed by Prince Kourakin and
Prince Talleyrand.
* The public 'cannot expea from me that I should in-
lorrn them how, and by %that means, I Was put in possession
Vf thp important d,curnent howcver, is that quarter where
,1! was necessary to substantiate toy assertion by proof, I have
Aounn no hesitation U. doing it. - L. G.
+ See my =last publication, in which there are some tarts
relating to the intent.ons ot- France, 'wit hiesped to the Da.
riish fleet ; and I must here observe, that whilst Buonaparte
Was thus holding out to Denmark inticinnitieS in the North of
c.; ermany, M mat was sent on-a•missioti to the King of Swe-
den, who was. then in Pomerania, catring Norway to his
Swedish Majesty, il'he would make a peace with France.. .
,+ stm,an arrangement, the ports ot Prussia, Meckleh—
• at'ilit. Qidenborgli,-the Hank I owns, anti several Otk_rs,
in
&i t)c governed by some -or the-tem:ling maritime eotveriits
Pr.

of Canada if 1, allowed by all impartial pcT;ong, to
too equally yvell adapted —a d proper kir the tist-416
1
which Dimtzic oak is applied in sh;p building ; anc
as to Qitebee staves, it is only necessary to refer ti
the prices, current to see the e3;iin3tion in wine!
they are held.-

Independent of the, political benefits 'which will
result from encouraglag, the Trade acid Fisheries of
the King's North American Colonies, and the in-
tercourse with those parts of the Continent of
North America which have their otit-Itl to the sea
by the river St. Lawrence, the greatest cammerc.al
advantages will arise, And very few years be
generally felt throughout the einpre. The com-
petency of these Colonies to supply timber of all
kinds and fish to an almost in.iclinite extent b;.,ing
now universally admitted, it is to be regretted, that
foreign fish is still allowed to he imported into the
British West India islands, though it has been Most
unequivocally shewn, that the exec-s of the average
export of British Colonial fish of several years, is
nearly equal to the average import of • that article
for the period in the British West India islands.

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encouragement greater encouraement is not given by thy;
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That greater encouragement is not given by. tl
West India interest to 'these colonies,. and tha
foreign fish and luotbet is not prohibited•from brim
imporied into the Bri'ish West India Islands Maw
creme in the minds of all disinterested Englishmen
the, greatest astonishment And regret ;. umpt-cially
when it appears that the fish imported in British
vessels from the King's North American 11.0%inces;
has sold this year in the British \Vest Indies at the
lowest p.rices e%er known that is, between the Ist
of January and the Ist of April last. •
Islands.
.1 Dry Fish I Salmon I Alewives '

G rcnada

Dollars

--Collars 1 —1)--oha—r

Herrings

Dollars

St. Vincent •' a•
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St. Lude . i_ 6
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Dominique . . e-li' a i --1 I"a - 4
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St. Kitt's* . I.
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Jamaica -. . !. I4a 5L 1.31 I .56 a6.i 4 a.
* At llatbadoes and Antigua these prices are payablz in
produce (runt and molassses). a; per cent. higher than the
stifle articles. could be bought for cash or bills, and it is the
same in the other Islands to windward.

Al. a 5

Under these cio urnstances it is to be lamented,
the British West India Pianters do not feel the
policy of rendering themselves altogether independent
of the United States; winch in a very short time
could be effected, if they would cordially unite with
the Mother Country in: encouraging the trade,
agriculture, and fisheries of the King's Nort h 'Ame-
rican Colonies.

On this interesting subjr& I intend, Mr. Editor,
in the course of the present recess to transmit to
you some further observations, and also on the ne-
cessity of encouraging the agriculture of Upper
Canada, and the export of flout' from Quebec; the
cultivationof hemp in all the provinces; and the ex-
port of fish and salt provisions from Nova Scotia,
and New Brunswick. In the. mean time, as. your
Paper, is very generally read at all the out-ports, I
trust your correspondents there will riot fail to avail
to themselves of the numerous arrivals which are
expected from British North. America, and to- send
you ail the information on these topics which it will
•be in their power to coned. •
ALFRED.
London, July h 6, lBt O.

The followingare,extrads from some private let-
ters which have -reached us from Lisbon :--
« CELEMCO, Jo 28.—Circumstances seein to
indicate that we were going to retreat.. General
Hill has left Portaleg-er, and is encamped at Cas-
tello Branco, where he is gone by order of Lord
Wellington, but has not beep forced to abandon
his post. It is asserted that 26,000 French :-.•e in
the Alcantego; so it. is feared 'they may get
Lisbort before us by the way pf Abrantes The
heathquarters -are at Alineida,•bat all the depart-
ments are. ordered to remain here, .and the Guards
stationed here have the same.orders, which certain-
ly does not look like an . &ince ; my o.wri opinion
is that weshall f~ltl back."

" LISBON, 5111 JULY.--Ciudad Rodrigo lifts en-
dured for several (Lipka tremendouA- bombardment ;
it is the object of the French to induce Lord
Wellington to change ,his ground, but his Lordship
is determined rather to let it fall than be drawn from
his present advantageous position.• Un the 26th,
at night, the garrison made. a second sally, wherein,
it
.seents, that• although the French received them
with a dreadful discharge, they carried away 150
prionets, and killed a great number. It is appre-
hended, however,, that their resistance will' he in
vain, without they are relieved by Lord Wellington
or by the. Spaniards from Villa Franca. The
French, it klieved, do _not increase in numbers,
and they are said to be deficient of provisions.
Bread is very scarce. A few days ago it uois re-
ported that Lord Wellington was to return, hut as
no such intelligence has come from head-qtulters,
we consider it void of truth sin!) a circutnstet-ce
vvOld be oor total