The Sun.
London, England, 1811-04-30 00:00:00

RUSSIAN TRADE.

The following Memoriil has bon) presented by
!he Merchants of St. Petersburg') 'to one of the
Ministers of the Emperol'
Sta'--Notwritlistanding the advanta:zes
might have been expeaed, kr our, trade from the
wisdom that diretteil the IS,Lnifest and Tara 01
December 19, 180, the events of the present ti.rot-s
must necessarily count,rad those views, and pre-
vent their salutary effects, Commerce has attained
a period of which the annals of former times can-
not furnish us with any example. The rigour with
which it is almost every where plinished, -causes an
&ethic re-aetion, the shock of . which is painfully
felt in every part of the mercantile world.
We have. seen pillars of commerce, which ap-
peared steady and firm, giVe way's the consequeuccs
of it increase, and portend greater calamities, and
the means are eVallowed up 14 the torrent of daily
catastrophes. Confidence is destroyed, credit falls
into disteOtne, and soon commerce will only be
known to have once existed.

Russia, which, by her situation, and by the na-,
ture of her produaions, can only carry on a mati•
time trade, is, more than any other country, aired-
ed, by the anathemas pronounced against trade.
Amsteidam and Haniburgh, the only axis en which
the commerce of Russia turned, no longer exit
for her. Neutral flags disappear one after another.
The United States have threatened to re.estaulish
the Non-intercourse Ace, if England will not recal
her Orders of Council before the 2d of February.
England grants no licenses for the Baltic, unless it
is for corn. All these considerations make us justly
apprehend that no vessel will arrive during the next
Cason., We leave, it to the wiadoar of your Excel-
lency to calculate the consequences which a continu-
ed stagnation of trade will produce on the receipt
of taxes, as well as the impossibility in wiyich Go-
vernMent will find itselfof fulfilling its engagements
abroad.
We content ourselves with explaining, in afew
words, that the prolongation of things in their pre-
sent state must inevitably drain the resources of ge-.
neral welfare, paralyze industry, unnerve agricul-
ture, and 'more and more swallow up national
riches.
There is a means of opposing a dyke to the c
mities with which we areahreatened to be overrun
—that is, Licenses; it is simple, efficacious, and
seems the moFe admissible, having been already
adopted in France
Government might grant to all merchants in Rus-
sia, at their request, licenses to. import.permitted
merchandize in neutral vessels, according to the.
tariff of the ieth of December. The neutrality of
ships might be proved by only showing the at of
property; the merchandize imported by favour of
a license shOuld not be liable, to any other examina-
tion of paper or document, either of its owner or
origin, with regard to local distance blanks ought
to be left in the licenSes for the name of- ttre Cap- •
tain, the vessel, and the flag.
Whoever demands a license. should bind himself
to export, in Russian produce alone, the amount of
merchandize imported by the satne license. WO-
ever does not make use of licenses, continues in the
integrity of the existing-law. The advantages re-
stating from such a measure ere evident. Those
houses which have yet the means of entering into
enterprizes, net venturing to it from a fear of losing
their property by the- propagation of a system of
'confiscation, will find in licenses a security and en-
couragement for following a branch of trade, from
present they are excluded by existing cir-
cumstances. Foreign merchandise; ss ill arrive
boldly, and the prices will be lowered by the consi-
derable diminution of freight and insurance, which
wilt he one of. the immediate consequences. . The
manufaCtures and. fabrics of the country wil' he
nourished and encouraged'by the (*twilit') of procur-
ing at a reasonable price, their necessary wants,
of
which they are threatened to be entirely deprived
by the act cal situation of I,hings,
,It is only by this measure that the homely com-
modities wilt find a sure opening by the return of
ships art ived with-licenses, and Whi cti without -them
would never have gone into our pens.
Knowing how much your -Excelleitcy hits at heart
all that interests the general welfare and the ad-
vantages of trade, we request you to do us the fa-
vour of laying before the Throne our most respect-
ful request, that his Imperial Majesty would.'deign
to grant to htt-fifithful unuchants, licenses, accord
ing to the above-mentioned principles, and in as
short time as possible, as ihe 'seascin• is so moeh ad-
vanced that this measure can only be of use if it is
quick and peremptory.
In supporting our request with your wisdom,
your Excellency will acquire a new right toipoblic
gratitude, Ste.
•

GIiIfiDHALL, A woman, eta decent and interest-
ing appearance, was yesterday charged at this Office
with obtaining five half pounds of ten by fraudulent
meansefrom.the shop of-4 Mr. Sparrow, grocer, on
Lungate-hill, on Friday and Saturday last.
It appeared trom thostarementsolVm. Arney
and Henry :Sparrow, two lads who served in the
shop, that the prisoner went thither on Friday .and
then asked for two half-pounds of tea, which she
directed might be placed to the, account of 'Mr. Al-
derman .Smittt,' of Bridge-street, who was one .of
Mr. Sparrow's customers. The lea was given to
her without *shogun, and she took her departure.
In the evening she returned and obtaieed another
hall-pound of tea, in a similar manner. On corning
the next day, however, for two other half-pounds,
suspicions arose in the tnind.of young Mr. Sparrow,
who first gave her the lea, and then- foll Owed her
into Bridge-street, where he saw her glie one half.
pound to a wornao,,whout she.met. Ile immediate-
ly accosted her,., and conducted her back to his
brother's shop, from whence, a messenger tAns-dis
patched to: the house of Alderman Smith, to ascer-
"iiiwkt4r she bad been sent by the Imnity,,,bit
they denied all knowledge of the transaction. She
was consequently committed to the Compter.
Sir W. C. (le ytcN, who presided, desired that
she should be remanded to Thursday; on which cloy
he directed that Alderman Smith should attend.

ISOM by WILLIAM ARMIG SR SCRIPPS, South Mct.ton street,
the Pori Litttrs for the editor Ike. (port-paid), taus: b add'
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